*Combination of typical Blood, Sweat, and Tears (which I like), and some weird horns. Horns were too much throughout. *Fave Songs: Smiling Phases (Track #2) and Sometimes in Winter (Track #3) *Started off loud, then some good songs, then alternated between loud and good. *You Make Me So Very Happy was track #7. *Tried to put this on in the background while I was working. Some was good and melodic, some was just too loud/shouty and not my cup of tea. Weird combo. RATING - 5/10 based on personal taste.

*Very chill, singer-songwriter vibe with some super light horns, lots of piano and guitar. *Best track - One of These Things First (Track #4) *Really good background music. Listened to it several times today because it was short (39 mins) and because I could work at the same time. *Enjoyed it, but wasn't wow'd. *Rating - 7.5/10

*Sounds like British Green Day. *Dave says it sounds like The Monkees. I guess - British and there's a little 60s/70s musical stylings in there. *Alright (Track #4) - We know this one! Never heard of Supergrass, and didn't realize this was their song. *Fave Track - Time (Track #11). Sounded a little more mature than most of the album. *Overall I liked the genre, but this felt like the band's first album (it is) and not refined at all. You can tell this is an early effort. DAVE RATING - 4.9/10 RATING - 6/10

*SONGS I ALREADY KNEW: Coconut and Gotta Get Up. Also knew Harry from The Point! and that he had some Beatles ties. *RESEARCH: He's from Brooklyn. Died from a heart attack. Born with heart problems. *Sounds like a combo of Billy Joel and the Beatles. *Super short - 34 minute album. One song is 7 mins. *Very solid, easy listening. Dave liked it too. RATING - 8/10

*Knew: Up on Cripple Creek and Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Whipping Post isn’t on this album) *Combo typical The Band sound (CCR, Allman Bros, etc) and some Van Morrison vibes *Really liked some of this album. Didn’t so much like the aggressive harmonizing and violin. *Hard to rate because some is great. But definitely not all. RATING - 7

*Arcade Fire fan, so I know all of the good songs on this one, but I’ve never listened to the whole album. *Could easily get rid of 4+ songs in the middle and make it a fantastic 45-55 min album instead of 65 mins. *Feels like a cohesive album as opposed to just a series of standalone songs. *Love when their songs build and alternate between quiet and loud. *Fave track - Sprawl II RATING - 8/10

*Fave song - Here Comes the Sun (followed by Oh! Darling and Golden Slumbers) *Some great songs here. The medley in the second half is cool too. *Definitely some misses here though. *Not album I would listen to in full again. RATING - 6.5/10

*RIP Brian Wilson *Yup, sounds like The Beach Boys... Old timey harmonies about beaches and women. *Fave track - Help Me Rhonda. *Super short at 28 mins. That’s about as long as it takes to get really tired of the this sound. *Wouldn’t be mad if someone were playing this. Would not actively seek it out though. RATING - 6/10

*Did not like this at all. *Only 30 minutes - 13 songs, ~2 minutes each. *Bubble gum poppy and boring. *Fave Tracks - Can't Buy Me Love and Hard Day's Night RATING - 4/10

*Several big ones here: Suck My Kiss, Give It Away, Breaking the Girl, Under the Bridge. *73 minutes is too long for RHCP. *Love the bass. And guitar. *In fact, really enjoy the album when Anthony Kiedis isn't singing. His voice has never bothered me, but this is a long time to be subjected to it. *The lyrics are awful, but you don't notice them most of the time. *Fave tracks - Castles Made of Sand, Breaking the Girl, and Under the Bridge RATING - 6.5/10

*I like (don't love) the White Stripes. *Fave Song - My Doorbell (also the only one I already know on this album) *Starts out pretty standard Jack White - mellow and melodic, but still interesting. Turns into more experimental, and I'm just not here for it. *Research - I didn't know White was Meg's surname and Jack took it when they got married in 1996. This was their 5th of 6 albums after breaking up in 2011. RATING - 6.5/10

*Not a lot of strong songs here. * best song – castles made of sand

*If you like CCR, you’ll like this. *Short album at 33 mins, and every other song is a hit. *Fave track - Keep on Chooglin’ (longer and more jam band-y than the others here) RATING - 7.5

*Kind of like if INXS but with absolutely no cool parts. *Fine background music, but pretty boring and sometimes just annoying. *Looks like Wiki described is as English space rock, which seems accurate. But light rock. *Meh. *Don't hate it, but very unsure why this would make any top album list. RATING - 4/10

*Like an off broadway musical - fun and different, but wouldn’t revisit. RATING - 5.5/10

*Fun album. *Felt very hair-band 80s at times, but higher level music other times. *Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child o' Mine, and Paradise City all on the same album is impressive. RATING - 7/10

*I really enjoy Green Day, but don't love this album. Same Green Day, but it's really whiny. And not in a fun emo or punk-rock way. RATING - 5/10

*Folk rock, which I normally like, but this was mostly pretty boring. *Natalie Merchant made an appearance! But only for a short 2 min song… *Fave track - way over yonder. *Pleasant, good background music. Just not very compelling. RATING - 6/10

*Enjoyable but not memorable and wouldn’t listen again. RATING - 5/10

*Weird not listening to this on St Patrick’s Day. *These guys are premier Irish punk rock. RATING - 6/10

*Weird music - no singing/lyrics. *Sounded like it could be used for a Tony Hawk video game. *Worked well as background music - almost like white noise. RATING - 3/10

*Very chill, sad acoustic music. *This album was recorded the year before Nick Drake OD'd on antidepressants. RATING - 7/10

*Ahhh, don't like. Weird mix of repetitive club beats with occasionally a cool Indian or Middle East sounding song/instrument. *Almost entirely instrumental. *There's an 11 minute 'song' - whyyyy? RATING - 3/10

*Uplifting middle east music. *Enjoyed it - good background music. *Research - Nursat Fateh Ali Khlan is Pakistani and died in 1997 at age 48. RATING - 6.5/10

*Classic Buddy Holly *Fun listen, but wouldn’t listen again unless it happened to be on. RATING - 6/10

*Short jazz album. *Good stuff, but need to revisit to give it a better listen - just had it on in the background. RATING - 6/10

*Started off pretty cool, then got repetitive. *Will try this one again - kept trying to listen throughout the day and just wasn’t in the mood for light metal. RATING - 6.5/10

*Very 1972 fly music. Fun and groovy, but wouldn't actively listen to this on my own. RATING - 6/10

*Really like these guys, but missed Young. *Good background music. *Fave track - Guinnevere (track #3) RATING - 6.5/10

*Bizarre album. Basically a jam band experiment, but all over the place. *Only 6 songs of about 15-20 minutes each. *All over the places - lots of experimental noise, then some melodious parts. Instrumental except one track. *Not my jam. RATING - 3/10

*Fun, but there are a ton of way better female hip hop acts out there. RATING - 5.5-10

*Standard Willie. Good stuff. RATING - 7/10

*Love the Talking Heads. *Only song I knew was taking me to the river. RATING - 7/10

*It’s like 90s ABBA… but not as catchy. *Only knew Lovefool. Whoever identified that as a single among the rest of the meh songs really struck gold - I had tuned out by the time this one finally rolled around toward the end of the album. *Not terrible, just not very exciting. RATING - 5.5/10

*Beatles meets Oasis. Rating – 7/10

*Some hits and misses. *Fave track - Imagine RATING - 6.5/10

*Sultry and interesting. *Enjoyed the singer’s voice and most of the songs, but not the ones by Elvis Costello. *Fave tracks - split and little water song. Rating - 7/10

*Yikes, I thought I liked joy division, but this was mostly rough. *First song was 6 minutes of good vocals with obnoxious background noise. *Improved after that, but will not be revisiting. RATING - 4/10

*Dripping with Americana delight. Fave track - Dancing in the Dark RATING - 7.5/10

*Solid 30 minute album of all good CCR stuff. *Fave track - Bad Moon Rising RATING - 8/10

*Actually not a bad album. Fun to listen to. Melodic and a little soulful. RATING - 6.5/10

*A few good songs, but pretty repetitive. *Metallica is best when they're playing around with volume (loud and quiet parts). *Fave track - Nothing Else Matters RATING - 6.5/10

*I love 90s alt/grunge, but I just find Soundgarden meh. *This was fine. RATING - 6.5/10

*I liked Born in the US better. This was Thunder Road and Born to Run, with a bunch of songs that sounded like watered down versions of those two songs as filler. *Fave track - Thunder Road RATING - 6.5/10

*Like the 1999 version of The B-52s. *Same lead singer as Bikini Kill. *Don't much care for this style. RATING - 4/10

*Fun but repetitive *Fave track - LRC *Worth the occasional revisit RATING- 6.5/10

*Really interesting - folk rock but make it 1960s and British *Fave track - Sally Go Round the Roses *Would revisit and play in the background RATING - 6.5/10

*Melodic, soft to medium rock - occasional blips of very light metal. *Lyrics seem to have been written by a 10 year old. *Lots of enjoyable songs though. *RIP ozzy, but still not a fan of his voice. RATING - 7/10

*Strange combo of Depeche Mode style music mixed with a really deep growly almost metal voice. *Kinda cool, but wouldn't listen again on my own. RATING - 6/10

*Strong album, but everything kinda sounds the same. *Didn't realize ac/dc is Australian. RATING - 7/10

*Sounded like an off-brand Jay-Z, but not necessarily in a bad way. *Lyrics were mostly about social justice, but were a bit elementary. *Enjoyable album *Fave track - Daydream' RATING - 7/10

*1993 English electronic album. *Good for coffee shop background music, but that's about it. *Just sounded like a DJ practicing. No real ebbs or flows - just the same sound on each track. RATING - 3/10

*Fun album. *Only 30 mins. *Listened as background music while reading - that worked great. *Amazing music, but probably wouldn’t return to this album. RATING - 6.5/10

*Low budget Bob Marley mixed with Boyz 2 Men and sometimes Jack Johnson and a lot of autotune or something going on. *I would probably like this a lot more if I couldn’t just listen to Bob Marley instead… *Wait, he’s Scottish? Definitely wouldn’t have been my guess. RATING - 6.5/10

*Do not care for Lenny as an artist, and then didn’t change my mind. *Just no soul and not compelling. It feels like Lenny was originally an actor or something, and then decided to try his hand at being a rock star now that he’s famous. RATING - 4/10

*John was in full hippie mode here - lots of lyrics about love and God not existing. Found out after listening that he was undergoing Primal Therapy in 1969, so this is a therapeutic/trama-dump type album. Huh. *God was an interesting song - seemed like a dig at the Beatles and everything else. Very consistent with his "more popular than Jesus" comment and general ego. *Well Well Well had the worst lyrics but was the catchiest tune. *Not sure John would have made it without the rest of the Beatles if this is the stuff he would've churned out. It's not bad, just forgettable. I listened to it twice today, and there were just a few bits that stood out to me. RATING - 6/10

*Queen’s 4th album. 1975. *Started out amazing in the first half, then got really noisy and bad in the second half (except for Bohemian Rhapsody). RATING - 7/10

*35 minutes of Cuban jazz party! *Lots of fun. RATING - 7/10

*1977 album. Mix of singer-songer with some extra production. *2 discs - 1:52 total run time. *I thought this would totally be in my wheelhouse, but I just wasn't digging it. Mostly boring and a bit self-indulgent. *Didn't realize this was Dennis Wilson of Beach Boys fame. Died at 39 y.o. in 1983 from drowning/drinking accident. RATING - 6/10 RATING - 6/10

*1972 - Bowie's 5th studio album. *Really enjoyed this, especially the first half. *Fave track - Five Years is the opening track, and hooked me immediately. *Will be relistening. RATING - 8/10

*2000 - In my wheelhouse, but never listened to this when it came out. *This took me a few tries, and still couldn’t get through it. *I like a lot of the music - very chill and smooth, but I really dislike her voice. *Like Macy Gray but without the catchy melodies. RATING - 5/10

*1992 alt rock. Sounds like Tonic, Soul Asylum, etc. Right up my alley. *Never heard of these guys, but enjoyed it. *Will definitely revisit it. RATING 7.5/10

*1963 - second studio album. *I liked a lot of this. *Simple lyrics and melodies for the most part, with some cool bits thrown in. *Not the bubble gum pop Beatles and not the drug-fueled, introspective stuff either. RATING - 7/10

*1997. *First time listening to this album all the way through. Starts strong with Beetlebum, Song 2, and Country Sad Ballad Man, then falls off. *Really wanted to like this, but just didn't hit. Didn't hate it either though. *Anyone who says Blur is better than Oasis is a pretentious contrarian. *Will try giving it more listens. RATING - 6/10

*1984 - British band formed in Glasgow. *Never heard of these guys before. *Sounds like The Church or pretty much every band on Sirius XM - Channel 33. Love that stuff. RATING - 7.5/10

*1972. British glam rock. *Didn’t love this, but didn’t hate it either. *Pretty forgettable. *RATING - 6/10

*1987 - 4th and final studio album. *I really like The Smiths, and this was solid all around. *Only big song was Stop Me if You Think You’ve Heard This One Before. *Girlfriend in a Coma and Unhappy Birthday are lyrically wild. RATING - 7.5/10

*1988. Celtic punk rock. *I have no idea why there are two the Pogues albums on this list. *I liked the first few songs, but then it got weird. **Best song is fairytale of New York. RATING – 6.5/10

*1991 - Irish-English rock. *I'm not sure what I thought MBV was like, but this is not it. *Not a fan. RATING - 5/10

*1967 live jazz album. *Very pretty album. *Sarah Vaughan has a lovely voice. *Made me think 'jazz is kind of cool' but didn't make me actually look into jazz any further. RATING - 6/10

*2013 - Bowie's 25th studio album. *It's fine - nothing memorable, but not bad either. RATING - 6/10

*2004 - Latin rock band from Los Angelos. *Lots of Latinx horns and rhythm, then some rap/hip-hop in English sprinkled in. *Felt like I needed to be on an island with an umbrella in my drink, but also the hip hop elements felt very big city LA/NYC. Cool blend. *Wouldn't revisit but enjoyed the concept. RATING - 6/10

*1996. Alt rock. *Boring, quiet. *Listened as background music while I was reading. That worked. RATING - 5/10

*1986. *A personal favorite, but also objectively an amazing album. *Red Rain and In Your Eyes on repeat would still make the album a 5 star listen. RATING - 9/10

*1982. English heavy metal. *Sounds like British Metallica. *Fine for what it is. Just not my thing. RATING - 5.5/10

*1971. English rock. *Stay With Me was the only song I knew. *I didn't realize there was another vocalist besides Rod Stewart. *Pretty good overall and pretty much exactly what you'd expect. RATING - 6.5/10

*1987. *5 out of 11 tracks are massive hits. Hard to argue with that. RATING - 8.5/10

*1962. Latin jazz. *Nice easy listening jazz with a Latin flair. *Every song sounded fhe same except for slightly mixing up the tempo, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. *I would expect this type of band to be playing background music live in a nice restaurant. RATING - 7/10

*1966. *This is full of depressed Beach Boys songs, and I much prefer the mellow tunes to standard Beach Boys. *Wouldn't It Be Nice and God Only Knows are the only previously-known-to-me songs. *Would listen to this again, but not often. RATING - 6.5/10

*1996. Per Wiki - Anglo-French avant-pop band formed in London in 1990. *Chill and mellow, with some weird instruments/sounds going on. *Liked this is small doses, but got a little annoying pretty quickly. RATING - 6/10

*1974. *Killer Queen is the only song I knew. *I would rank this higher if there weren't better Queen albums. They're so innovative and fun, but this album doesn't have a lot of bangers. RATING - 6.5/10

*1997. English electronic. *The Prodigy is oddly intriguing and catchy and enjoyable. *Wouldn't listen to this a lot, but would be impressed if someone had it on. *There’s more to this album than smack my bitch up and firestarter. RATING - 6/10

*1968. English rock. *Sounded just like generic brand Rod Stewart. *Soul-type music from white people is weird. *It was fine, but there are better options for the same music style. RATING - 6.5/10

*2009. British indie rock. *Quiet, boring, some weird percussion. *Okay for background noise while reading. RATING - 6/10

*1973. *This was great - catchy, melodic, upbeat. *All the best things about the Beatles. RATING - 7.5/10

*1960. 4th studio album. *Solid, polished sound. *Enjoyed pretty much every song, but nothing memorable and probably wouldn't revisit. *Would rate higher if Elvis didn't have better albums. RATING - 6/10

*1988. 4th studio album. *One and Justice for All are the big songs off this one. *It's fine, but a lot of it sounds the same. *I like Metallica better in smaller doses - a whole album is a lot. RATING - 5/10

*1971 *Starts off with Tiny Dancer and Levon. Wow. *Solid songs, nothing weird. RATING - 8/10

*2002. Debut solo album. *Solo JT is not it for me - high pitched voice, latin flare with R&B but without any soul. *I can see why people would like some of it. *Flew through most tracks. Would not revisit. *Big hits - Cry Me a River + Rock Your Body RATING - 4/10

*1969 - Canadian-American singer-songwriter. *Sounded like Crosby, Stills, Nash meets Bob Dylan vocals. *Not bad, but not mind-blowing. RATING - 6.5/10

This is a repeat for me? Per my prior note: *Very chill, singer-songwriter vibe with some super light horns, lots of piano and guitar. *Best track - One of These Things First (Track #4) *Really good background music. Listened to it several times today because it was short (39 mins) and because I could work at the same time. *Enjoyed it, but wasn't wow'd. *Rating - 7.5/10

*1964. Rock and soul. *Sounds very 50s/early 60s. *Enjoyable enough, but won't revisit. RATING - 6/10

*1993. *Like Bjork’s voice but the music is so strange. Sometimes melodic and pretty, other times it sounds like someone’s playing with silverware or banging on some pans. *Fine background music. RATING - 6/10

*1965. *It was fine. *35 minutes. Listened twice and didn't even realize it started over. *Forgettable, but not bad. RATING - 6/10

*1995. 2nd studio album. *Big hits: Fake Plastic Trees + High and Dry. *This was my first time really listening to Radiohead. *I think of Radiohead as whiny and slow - there was a fair bit of that (literally a song called "Sulk"), but also some slightly more uptempo songs that I enjoyed more. RATING - 6.5/10

*1972. *Several big hits - Do it Again, Dirty Work, Reelin in the Years. *Pretty iconic - 41 minutes, 10 songs of pure 1970s vibes. RATING - 8.5/10

*1995. English electronic. *This is so not my genre, but I guess this is better than most for what it is. Maybe? *Would be fitting for a video game soundtrack, but otherwise no good application for this. *The vocals were like a non-English rap (couldn't really tell what language). RATING - 3/10

*1966. *Quintessential 1960s - total psychedelic California sound. *Monday Monday and California Dreamin'. *Not a big fan of the slower songs, but the up-tempo ones were fun. RATING - 7/10

*2003. Debut album. *Sultry and playful jazz-pop. *Felt like a debut album - leaned more toward the jazzy side instead of the pop side. *Not a big fan of the slower songs, but the up-tempo ones were fun. *Sassy lyrics and typical Amy voice is a fun combo. *I would listen to this again, although her later stuff is better. RATING - 6.5/10

*1998. *Quintessential late 90s California rock. *Celebrity Skin and Malibu are top tier. *I really like Hole, but I've somehow never listened to this whole album. *I wasn't blown away by the album other than the well-known songs. Will revisit. RATNIG - 7/10

*1989. English electronic. *Thought I would hate this at first, but it was actually okay background music for working. *Fairly melodic for being electronic. *Some light vocal sounds - not really singing. *Really not sure where this music belongs - it's not clubby enough for the club and not mellow enough to casually listen to... Maybe at a like a bad London house party? *Didn't hate it, but definitely not revisiting. RATING - 4.5/10

*1978. *Sulfans of Swing is the only big track. *Fave track - Wild West End *Love Dire Straits but none of the tracks here were memorable. RATING - 6.5/10

*1975. English ambient pop. *I'm not really sure how to describe this - it was like something off of Garden State, but circa 1975 with some electronic elements. *Good background music - very mellow. *St. Elmo's Fire was a cool track - catchy but low-key. *Pretty forgettable for the most part. RATING - 6/10

*2009. American indie. *Did not like this very much. *Sounds like something from Garden State, but not good. *Boring indie with too high pitched voices. RATING - 5/10

*1976. *Hard to pull off a live album, but this was pretty good. *It was a fine listen, but wouldn’t revisit. RATING - 6.5/10

*1988. *Powerful. *Tracy’s voice is enough to make this a 5/5 album. *Started strong with talking bout a revolution and fast car. *The a cappella song was only something Tracy could pull off. RATING - 8/10

*2000. *Clever lyrics, catchy tunes, thoughtful tracks, and plenty of ridiculous over-the-top profanity in between. *This is a long one (1 hr, 17 mins), so tried to hurry through it, but ended up listening to most tracks. *Fun, irreverent, and classic Eminem. RATING - 8/10

*1969 *Yikes. Just poorly played brass instruments for the sake of making noise. *Definitely a lot of drugs involved in this concept. RATING - 0/10

This is a repeat… from last review: *Knew: Up on Cripple Creek and Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Whipping Post isn’t on this album) *Combo typical The Band sound (CCR, Allman Bros, etc) and some Van Morrison vibes *Really liked some of this album. Didn’t so much like the aggressive harmonizing and violin. *Hard to rate because some is great. But definitely not all. RATING - 7

*1978. English post-punk. *Not the worst thing ever, but this was a chore. *Excessive guitar wailing. *Combo of some good stuff with some annoying noises overlaid. RATING - 4/10

*1997. Northern Ireland - electronica, house, some hip hop elements. *Basically an hour of house music. *Not the worst thing ever, but not for me. *Long songs, and you can fast forward to the end and it still sounds the same. RATING - 4/10

*1969. English prog rock. *I don’t know what I think king crimson was, but this is not it. *Really long songs, most instrumental, that sounded very 1969. *Seemed like the type of music a group of people smoking would put on. *Similar to Phish, where it’s not radio friendly music, but I’m sure they have a big following who appreciates good musicianship. *Didn't mind it, but wouldn’t revisit. RATING - 5/10

*1998. English dance/electronic. *Rockafeller Skank and Praise You are the only songs I knew, and definitely the most interesting. *House/DJ music. *Most of the songs are long and repetitive, but I guess that's the point. *It's fine, but I wouldn't revisit. RATING - 6/10

*1973. English instrumental prog rock. *Sounds like Manheim Steamroller's Christmas album... lots of bells. *Totally fine background RATING - 5.5/10

*1976 *Only 34 minutes *Back in the Saddle Again is a great intro song. *Like many people, I like Aerosmith's music generally, but Steven Tyler's voice can be a bit much. This didn't have too much of the harsh vocals. *This sounded more like Black Sabbath (in a good way) than modern, poppier Aerosmith. I take that back - the next few songs sounded like their modern style. Meh. RATING - 6.5/10

*1994. *Longview, Basket Case, She, When I Come Around, Welcome to Paradise… completely stacked. *Pop punk at its finest. *Awesome when it came out, and still hits hard. RATING - 9/10

*1970 *War Pigs is one of the best opening songs of any album. *Lots of War Pigs reprises. *Lyrics written by a 5 year old. *Fine, not memorable. RATING - 6/10

*1991. English indie. *Interesting combo of Rusted Roots style reggae, English 80s pop, some Latin, electronica, and a few other styles fused in there. *Started off strong but then wasn’t digging it. RATING - 5.5/10

*1984. *This sounded like such an early prototype for hip-hop. *Most of the songs sounded the same - I didn't realize when the album had started over. RATING - 5.5/10

*2004. Debut *Neighborhoods, Wake Up, Rebellion (Lies) *Great debut album. RATING - 8/10