Simply sensational. Cliches are a cliche for a reason and Dark Side is worthy of all the accolades. Whereas chump ass busters like G. Newman and C. Kopech may think that "Money" doesn't belong--and perhaps they're right--I still like the song. As I've listened to this album for decades now, my favorite tracks change. But listening to Dark Side always is a great way to "tick away the moments" of any day.

APOLOGIES TO SCOTT BROWN'S TATTOO. This is a long, weird album. I love jazz but this isn't one that's on my rotation often. There's a lot of discordance. That said, I can appreciate it's ambition and it's still very interesting to listen to. Like Pink Floyd's 'Wall,' this album may be a bit of a bummer but it is impressive.

Not a big Green Day guy but this has some good tracks. Nice nostalgia.

Solid album you've probably heard in parts at dive bars.

Great album that’s easy to listen to and feels cool

Like a lot of beach boys albums of the time, this is a fun, short album. Has some bangers like “When I Grow Up” and “Help Me, Rhonda.” I didn’t need any help from Rhonda or anyone, getting into this groove. Kneecrest out.

Simply sensational. Cliches are a cliche for a reason and Dark Side is worthy of all the accolades. Whereas chump ass busters like G. Newman and C. Kopech may think that "Money" doesn't belong--and perhaps they're right--I still like the song. As I've listened to this album for decades now, my favorite tracks change. But listening to Dark Side always is a great way to "tick away the moments" of any day.

Uhh it's an album made for the 2.5 but since it was all right background music, it gets a 3 star for me. It's fine, but most of the songs sounded the same.

Skits were mediocre. 4/5 stars

Too long and ended poorly but I mostly enjoyed this album from a band I didn't know. My fave part was in the middle with "Barney (and Me)" and "If You Want It, Take It." The Boo Radleys didn't totally take it, but I moderately enjoyed listening to it. I also want to throw the gauntlet down on writing the most obnoxious reviews.

Nirvana may be an overrated band but this is not an overrated album. However, it is top heavy--the album is severely front loaded. Nevertheless, "Nevermind" has plenty of stone cold classics and energy.

Ok, so this album is fantastic, five stars. What if we resequenced it though? How about leading off with "Rock and Roll" for a banger and because I'm not a big "Black Dog" fan. (NOTE: I am a big 'Black Dog' movie fan--RIP Swayze). Then there's a little break from the hard rocking with "Four Sticks," followed by "When the Levee Breaks," and then "Black Dog." Next comes 'Lord of the Rings' romp "The Battle of Evermore" giving some odd vibes, then "Misty Mountain Hop" and "Going to California." My ZOSO ends with "Stairway" as a last song ballad.

Lots of feels in this album. Sure, there’s the big boppers—I somehow forget a lot that “Personal Jesus” is there—but this album is atmospheric for me. “World in my eyes” starts things off well then “Sweetest Perfection.” “Enjoy the Silence” and “Policy of Truth” are pop perfection back-to-back with “Blue Dress” being a great palate cleanser.

I liked the first track and then things went Chinua Achebe: they fell apart. Not a great listen, a lot of Tune-Yards type odd sound noises. A lot of songs just blended together.

Good, mostly cover album. As with a lot of these albums--seems like a trend--this was very front loaded. "The Man Comes Around" and Hurt" were definitely the highlights.

Apparently I had listened and liked a track from this a while ago but never deep dove into the full album. This was a fun listen (with irregular capitalizations) that provided energy throughout. Highlights included "Music makes you lose control," "Sometimes," and "Mdc vendredi."

Getting to be a trend: this album was early heavy. But the big boppers from this album--"Sure Shot," "Root Down," and "Sabotage"--lift 'Ill Communication' up. The whole album is pretty enjoyable, even if it gets a little background music-y towards the end.

It’s a solid album but I don’t think live albums should be on here: they’re like greatest hits albums … live. Also Live at Folsom is also on here and just a year before (and better known). Granted, the track list is much different but still feels odd to have two live prison albums here …

A glam Queen-esque album. I loved some 1980s songs by Sparks and this was my first time hearing their early stuff. It was pretty good, not something that I would visit a lot but it kept me interested.

Dat's some good shit. A splendid debut album start to finish with lots of bangerz.

APOLOGIES TO SCOTT BROWN'S TATTOO. This is a long, weird album. I love jazz but this isn't one that's on my rotation often. There's a lot of discordance. That said, I can appreciate it's ambition and it's still very interesting to listen to. Like Pink Floyd's 'Wall,' this album may be a bit of a bummer but it is impressive.

Some real bangers in this debut album. I was pleasantly surprised: it's fun, 80s listening. I'm glad that Lou Albano got it together for Cyndi. Best tracks: "Time After Time," "All Through the Night"

Unlike Mr. Brown, this is in my wheelhouse of music. "Maps" was a song I always liked on Rock Band from these guys (on another album). This was good indie listening, although to Scott's point, it definitely has a 2000s dated feel to it. That's just a nice nostalgia blanket for me. Best tracks: "Zero," "Heads Will Roll," "Soft Shock," "Hysteric"

I love the Beatles, but it's almost like the more I hear about Lennon, the less I like him. I am a Paul guy--the hard driving coach, whereas John was the deadbeat dad slacker. OK, done with the virtue signaling. But while "Imagine" has dipped a bit as a song for me--so schmaltzy--this album is still really good. "Jealous Guy" is fukken tremendous (and spawned an incredible Donny Hathaway cover). Top tracks: "Imagine" (even after bashing it), "Jealous Guy," "Oh Yoko"--fuck you Kopech, "Oh Yoko" rips.

In doing the revered RESIIthasequel's Album of the Years, I discovered that 1971 was one of the strongest music years. 'Who's Next,' 'Zoso,' and 'Sticky Fingers,' and some other albums we're gonna hear soon on this list. What album stood tallest in 1971? 'Hunky Dory.' It's also my fave Bowie. From starting off with "Changes," this album has a great flow from "Oh! You Pretty Things" to "Kooks." I even forgot how good "Queen Bitch" is--a song for most people in this group. Top Tracks: "Oh! You Pretty Things," "Quicksand," "Life on Mars?"

Unlike Newman, I like big band stuff. I think the album starts great, then peters out a bit. It's not my fave Ray Charles album (that would be the self-titled/'Hallelujah' one) but still, it's Ray fukken Charles. This is in his prime and really good. Top Tracks: "Let the Good Times Roll," "It Had to Be You," "Alexander's Ragtime Band"

This is a very good album, albeit not one that I go back to a lot. I'm not the biggest Rage guy, despite Newman's assertions I should join their commune. Despite all this, this album rocks and is worthy of four stars. Whereas other conformists would want me to give this five stars... FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME Top Tracks: "Killing In the Name," "Wake Up," "Bullet In the Head"

'Rio' is a fun, light 80s album. The best songs here are the singles and the rest is pretty mid. Still though, dem boys looked good. Top Tracks: "Rio," "Hungry Like the Wolf," "New Religion"

A bunch of one liners on this album: "This is something to listen to on the way to an abortion" "This sounds like the National with a drinking problem" "This is for people who found 'Sophie's Choice' too uplifting" Yeah, this album was a bummer. I don't see a re-listen soon. Top Tracks: "A Minor Place," "Death to Everyone"

This is a weird ass album. Todd was running away from the mainstream with lots of drugs. However, there were several ditties I really liked and it had a lot of short tracks to keep it interesting. Top Tracks: "When the Shit Hits the Fan," "Tic Tic Tic, It Wears Off," "You Need Your Head"

Ehh it was ok. Sounded like early, worse Cure in places. Most tracks blended together and I kept wanting more. I felt like it was building to something that never came--title of your sex tape--this was epitomized by the song "The Magnificent Five," which started strong then petered out. Top Tracks: "Don't Be Square (Be There)," "Dog Eat Dog"

It's pretty good! As Newman said, it should be a 3.5. But since I don't want to make women into whipping us, I'll bump it to a 4. It's a short album with a few good tracks to lift the album. Top Tracks: "Brass in Pocket," "Space Invader," "Stop Your Sobbing"

Real close to getting two stars here but the Beck name recognition puts it over. This is not a fun album. It does have some good musicality though, albeit this album sounds similarly morose throughout. Beck's best albums are 'Odelay' and 'Guero,' hope I get to rate them higher. Top Tracks: "The Golden Age," "Lost Cause"

It sounds like the soundtrack to Tony Hawk 3! (Or another Tony Hawk that I never played). "Scream, Dracula, Scream" was a solid romp with lots of energy. It's a solid mood album with most of the tracks running together. Top Tracks: "Middle," "Young Livers"

Shocked SHOCKED that there was a Black Sabbath album today. It was better than I remember. It's probably a 3.5 but again, we don't have that and so remembrance and numerology, this nets a 4. Top Tracks: "Changes," "Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes," "Laguna Sunrise"

A good, short album. It feels like this doesn't really encompass the Godfather of Soul's energy (or his lewdness). It's because it's early on his career and Brown didn't have a lot of his catalogue. Nevertheless, Brown has infectious soul, even in these truncated tracks. Top Tracks: "I'll Go Crazy," "Medley: Please Please Please ..."

A little long for my tastes. Good, not great (or very good). It's no Black Album. "One" rules. Top Tracks: "One," "Blackened"

Nice, quick live jazz album. I had never heard of Sarah Vaughn so this was a pleasant surprise. I enjoyed her quip that she thought a track was going into the album. #classyconfidence Top Tracks: "September in the Rain," "Be Anything but Darling Be Mine"

Sometimes our greatest enemy ... is ourself. That doesn't really have much to do with this fun, little album. I had never heard of Bad Brains before. This was funky, short, and sweet--the mixture of George Clinton and Arrested Development. Top Tracks: "I Against I," "Intro"

Yet another short, fun live album. (Again, live albums shouldn’t be here because they’re like greatest hits albums but I yield). I don’t know if I ever heard a full album from the taciturn, young cousin-loving, driving impaired Jerry Lee Lewis. This album had a lot of energy and fun. Top tracks: “High School Confidential”—is this meant to be ironic?, “Money”

How can I document 'Document?' Like this: it's a solid entry and that I rated eighth best album of 1987. It has a couple of monster hits on it and the whole album is solid and fits together. Top tracks: "It's the End of the World as We Know It," "The One I Love," "Finest Worksong"

Damn. I somehow forgot this album in my 1973 album playlist and it shot up to the fourth spot. This one has bangers: "Candle in the Wind," "Bennie and the Jets," etc. This is a long album that starts with the operatic and double-digit long "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding." Although the album slogs a bit on side three, the big singles more than make up for it. Top tracks: "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"

This was a 2.5 album but it's better than Bonnie Prince Billy and I really like "Wake Me Up Before September Ends." Now that this album is 21 years old and not overplayed on the radio, I can appreciate it a bit more--"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" was played ad nauseam. This is simple Green Day: the songs are all mostly very easy and repetitive. Top Tracks: "Wake Me Up Before September Ends," "Holiday" (omitting the Boulevard part)

More like the Icarus lame. This was just ok. Not terrible but just there. Musical purgatory. Top Tracks-ish: "On the lash," "Kiss like lizards"

I first knew Q-Tip from 'Chapelle Show' then realized he was part of the amazeballs group Tribe Called Quest. Anyway, this album was fun. I'll definitely revisit. Top Tracks: "Life is Better," "ManWomanBoogie," "Move," "Johnny is Dead"

An enjoyable new wave album that would've been much better if "Where Did Our Love Go?" was included. The almost nine minute extended cut of both "Tainted Love"/"Where Did Our Love Go?" was my first song downloaded back in 1999. I believe it took all night off Scour exchange on a Gateway computer. Ah, memories. Top Tracks: "Tainted Love," "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye," "Frustration"

I forgot that the first few songs string together. This is an album that is renowned but I find it good, not great. The title track is tots obvi great but everything seems pretty derivative of that. Top tracks: "What's Going On," "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)," "Inner City Blues"

I got it on. It was good, not great again. Maybe I'm just not the biggest Motown guy. Top tracks: "Let's Get It On," "Distant Lover"

Lesser reviewers have convinced themselves this only deserves a 4. Oh ho, not so. Hating cliches have become cliche. Led Zep is such a behemoth that it fosters scorn. However, although it is not the band's best album, Led Zep II is still sensational. 5 STAR NEWMAN FIRE JOE MORGAN TRACK BY TRACK "Whole Lotta Love:" Operatic opener "What Is and What Should Never Be:" A timeless track that shows Led's range outside of rocking hard "The Lemon Song:" Simple and fun rocker "Thank You:" For this listen, I really tired to listen to the lesser known tracks and this was a standout. Great musicianship throughout. THANK YOU, LED ZEP. "Heartbreaker:" Outstanding "Living Loving Maid:" Fun, catchy rocker "Ramble On:" One of the weakest tracks, and overplayed, but still good "Moby Dick:" Solid drumming "Bring it on Home:" Slow, Robert Johnson-esque finish

Nice, Bowie-esque fun album--I was between 3 and 4 stars. I had a real T. Rex phase for a bit and this is their second best album (behind 'Electric Warrior'). The album is easy to listen to so it gets the nod up. Top tracks: "Metal Guru," "Rock On," "The Slider"

Pretty good album. It’s a lot of Black Sabbath and Led Zep recently so feels like it’s running together. I wish the medleys would have been separated, as the N.I.B. part is by far the best part. Top tracks: “Wasp/Behind the Wall of Sleep/Basically/N.I.B.,” “Black Sabbath”

What? This made it over 'The Man who Sold the World?' Or 'Let's Dance?' I love, love, love Bowie but surprised this album is on here. It's fine--better than 'Blackstar'--but is very similar. Top tracks: "The Next Day," "Where Are We Now?"

Damn this was a debut album?!!? This is a top heavy, good ass album. Four of the first five tracks are certified, and "Weekend Wars" is a pretty good song too! The big singles are on the front side too. Man, 2007 was an amazeball year for music. Top tracks: "The Youth," "Kids," "Time to Pretend"

'News of the World.' 'Jazz.' 'The Works.' These are just some of the Queen albums better than 'Queen II.' 'A Day at the Races.' 'The Game.' 'A Kind of Magic.' These are others. H*ck, even 'Queen' debut album is better than 'Queen II.' All of this isn't to say 'Queen II' isn't a bad album, but just there are better ones. This is the D&D concept album with only one certified amazeballs song, "Seven Seas of Rhye." It's still Queen, it's still worth listening to, but there are many better. Top tracks: "Seven Seas of Rhye," "Ogre Battle"

Need a montage in a TV show or movie? "Take Five," bitches. This old boomer loves this old boomer jazz album. The first three songs are so damn great and at 38 minutes, this is very listenable again and again. Top tracks: "Take Five," "Blue Rondo à la Turk," "Everybody's Jumpin'," "Strange Meadow Lark"

Long but pretty good, somber. I think too much Tom Waits leads to waking up drunk in the gutter. Top tracks: “Downtown Train,” “Clap Hands,” “Singapore”