Really enjoyed this one. Double listen!
I wish I was in a tavern when I was listening to this
There were a couple songs I liked, then stopped liking, then started liking again. Just a bit too long.
If Walk of Life or Money for Nothing was on this album, it might be a bump to 2 or 3 stars.
Somehow felt longer than the Masekela album
There’s a reason there’s just one well-known single from this album
Kim Gordon once said that Lana Del Rey should kill herself once.
Sprawl II was good. 2 stars!
It all just bled together, I don’t think I could pinpoint a single song
I couldn’t stop kicking flipping when I listened to this
It’s fine, mysterious ways is a good enough for a 3 star
If I could give it a zero I would. It straight up ruined my day with how terrible it was.
Didn’t give me what I wanted
It’s time to put Bill Callahan away
Probably closer to a 4.5, just good jams
Hot take: I don’t care how influential music from the 70’s is if it’s garbage. This was painful.
Really Excellent Music
Red Egg Man
One day in the studio, an engineer complete messed up the mix and called it a new genre and tricked people into thinking it’s good.
This album, like all shoegaze and shoegaze adjacent albums, is terrible.
You know, Serge, you're what the French call "les incompetents"
It’s always a little concerning when a “known” band comes up - is it going to be an oasis situation or a Franz situation?
This shit ruled. I expected it to and was happy to be correct. 9 awesome songs. It made me sad to be alive because it means I’m not good.
Very neutral on this, as three as they come
I had hopes that a-ha would prove to me more than a one-hit wonder after the second song.
Then the rest of the album played.
Mr Brightside remains the GOAT song of the 21st century
It’s crazy how much better FutureSex/LoveSounds is than this generic, soulless R&B trash is.
This coward didn’t call any of her albums “dude you’re getting” so automatic 1 star
Jesse Lacey was full of shit, it’s fine to criticize Morrissey
I was between a 1 and 2 for this one but I’ll give it the star for having some brevity. Didn’t really hate it but didn’t really like it.
Better than Creep but I still don’t get Radiohead
What a ripper. I only knew the singles but liked the whole album. It’s kind of sad when iconic singles have defined a band rather than a whole album.
This one could have used some more time….in utero
I didn’t love this album but it’s exactly what I wanted from this list - an album full of songs that I’ve never heard from a band I’ve never even heard of.
Even worse than I thought it would be
Overall pretty good, definitely more good songs but don’t you want me is a classic and the rest of the album didn’t reach that height
What a mistake to put Good Vibrations on this album to remind the listener of what was. It’s certainly made me appreciate every “genius” musician that died young.
Hopefully the worst Bowie album on this list. Very 3 star
This album is responsible for my favorite joke on a podcast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9JUAu_v4rA&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD
Totally neutral on this. I like Paranoid but nothing else is good or bad.
I think that I’ve always disliked Hotel California enough to discount the Eagles entirely but this was better than I was expecting, I might even be willing to so that I liked it.
Let’s have an album party
I don’t like “I want you to want me” enough to knock this down to a 3.
If it had Dream Police instead, it gets a 4
Never been a Jack White or White Stripes fan, still am not after listening to this album. The whole early 2000’s garage/indie rock era was never for me (except Franz Ferdinand after hearing it in this list).
A nice jazz album that didn’t overstay its welcome.
I have soft spot for 90’s dance so I was excited to see this pop up but I really wish every song was about a minute shorter, could have bumped it to a 5.
I liked this album a lot, I don’t really listen to much electronic music. I do have to wonder what exactly sets this album apart from the countless other electronic music but I’m not complaining.
I went in with an open mind, not having heard much Bob Dylan and hoping for the best.
I did not get the best - it was worse than I could have thought.
Any album with with a song bragging about a massive song is going to get a bonus star.
I think it’s kinda popular to not like Aerosmith but it’s a fun album. The singles are timeless for a reason.
The highs are high and the lows are also fine. I’m not sure if I like Bowie or not yet.
This is a weird one - I I liked all the songs individually but by the time I finished, I realized I didn’t really like the album.
Pretty whatever. Didn’t hate it
I haven’t been sleeping well and the first thing I do in the morning is listen to these albums so when I say it felt like a fever dream, it has nothing to do with the music and more my state of mind.
1 ok song. Black Skinhead has a different context in 2025
Just terrible shit. I don’t care if they heavily influenced an entire genre when they bands they influenced are a million times better
I think if this album came out 3 years earlier, it would have been big. Unfortunately, it’s just a worse version of MGMT with everything else bad about indie-electronic pop of the time.
Foster the People’s debut album isn’t on this god-awful list but this random-ass, no impact having, generic album is?
I am not a Beatles Boy but I recognize that A Day in The Life might be the greatest song ever written.
This is a perfect album and it’s a shame that we have ever other Beatles album on this list instead of just having one to truly appreciate.
Rats off to you
Zappa in the crappa
PaZappa the Rappa
Knew I’d like it from the first note. Shame Oasis is the famous 90’s band from the UK
I always knew LL Cool J but never had any idea what his music was like. Never in a million years would I have guessed he was the Mama Said Knock You Out guy.
Every song was too long and some were really annoying but overall I still enjoyed it.
What a waste of time. Nothing interesting, just monotonous, generic electronic that feels a decade too late.
I don’t think any songs really stuck out other than the three I’ve heard hundreds of times but those three songs are enough to give the album a 4
8 minute songs are as bad as hour long albums. Hated this
I wish more bands went wild with musical concept albums while retaining their sound.
Doesn’t make me want to watch the movie but was a fun listen.
Everything people think is bad about 90’s music is this album
Why did every song have to be so long? Why is this album on the list? Is this going to turn out to be some kind of joke where at the end we get a message laughing how we wasted years doing this?
Needs more footwerk
Would have been a 3 if the production was better. I can’t comprehend the thought process of not boosting the vocals on a hip hop album .
Toys in the Attic was way better, this does not belong on any lists
It’s gotta be tough for a band when your biggest hit is a cover song, which begs the questions of why is this album on the list?
I was also wondering the other day of who was ever influenced by Aerosmith, I think I found the answer.
I think I’m not a Bowie guy. RIP my fandom
It’s great to have an album on the list that I already listen to a few times a year.
I’m counting this is as a ska album on the list
This is just too corny to be appreciated
This album is fine. It’s got its place in history but it’s like a lot of other influential albums - just not as good as what comes after.
There’s a couple stinkers and the skits are awful as usual but it’s still one of my favorites.
I was going to give it a 4 but the R-rated LFO parrot in Marshall Mathers gets it to 5.
First song was good, everything else was pretty forgettable to bad
There better be another Queens of the Stone Age album on this list because this one sucked and I know there are good QOTSA songs
Interesting enough for me to not hate it, not good enough for me to like it
Much better solo offering than Ice Cube
I think when people say that the Beatles suck, they are talking about this album.
Jazz is too hard to review.
I liked the other Smiths album more
Better than the other Bowie slop we’ve gotten but I think I’m firmly not a Bowie guy
Feels like god is pranking me whenever we get some bullshit like this. There’s nothing on this album justifying it on this list nor it being on any list of any kind.
2 1/2. Didn’t totally hate it but I’ll never be excited to hear anything from it
Right about now
The guns in my mouth
Did I finish this? Absolutely not.
Did I hate what I did listen? Not entirely.
Does this kind of trash belong on a list of albums that you should listen to before you die? Only if you’re looking to rush to that day
Pretty boring but that’s expected from Metallica
Not all seeds need to grow into flowers, not all things in caves need to see the sun
More instrumental like this please
I now know why there’s a Count Basie theater in Red Bank
I’d never listened to a full Led Zeppelin album before. It’s not like it was bad but they are kind of in the same realm as Bowie or The Beatles to me, obviously talented and influential but I don’t care at all.
Too much funk for me, not enough fun
I liked the first half more than the second.
A real rock n roll album.
My favorite part is the satanic song having very nice, melodic guitars
I’m a little less than neutral on this one but it didn’t have any songs that really hooked me. I’m also considering it a ska album because of the upbeats in one of the last songs
Didn’t need another White Stripe album on this list. It’s actually starting to annoy me how many repeat artists there are.
Don’t care for soulful R&B
I don’t know what it is, Green Day should be a band I love but I’ve always strongly disliked. Maybe it’s the voice, maybe it’s the deep seated trauma of them being constantly on repeat during my first job - this album lives up to its name.
I didn’t miss out on anything by ignoring Led Zeppelin my whole life
I don’t really have anything else to say about Led Zeppelin that I haven’t said about the other albums. I probably would have liked this one a little more if we were getting slammed with all LZ albums at once.
Will probably never listen again but I liked it. It reminded me of music that would be in a kids movie
Feel bad about giving it a 2 stars because I didn’t exactly dislike it but I couldn’t bring myself to finish it.
Has no business being on any lists of any albums though
Felt like the potential to be good was there, just came short
This “album” doesn’t belong on the list but that doesn’t mean I wasn’t strutting around the house, slapping everything I saw
Nothing stood out, pretty repetitive
I’d never heard most of these songs. Definitely not as good as other Iron Maiden stuff but after the last few days, it was a good listen.
Bruce Dickinson sang the national anthem at the Kings opening game this year - neat
I think this band would have been a bigger part of my life it they had a song on Tony Hawk
Oh it’s the 70’s version of “Vs the Floating Eye of Death”
Of the 2 minutes I listened, probably the best of Dylan shit that’s been forced into our ears.
Make every album less than 20 minutes!
I’m surprised they put Circle Jerks on this list when the real circle jerk is all of the reviews on the Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen albums .
Babylon brings back memories of scrubbing dog shit off floors listening to radio that could only get one station that loved to play the same 5 songs on repeat.
The rest of the album made me wish I was listening to Babylon.
Probably closer to a 3 but liked it more than I expected. Jack Antoff is a good producer
Didn’t expect to like this one but loved the vibes (even though I felt like you could start singing smooth operator during most of the songs and it would fit)
My patience is being tested
Enjoyed this for what it was but Wong be revisiting
Probably a 2.5. Much better than the last Arcade Fire album.
Didn’t hate Bruce Springtwang but it did sound like AI music from the 80’s.
This pedophile sure can jam
I’m not the biggest Pixies fan and I know we’ve talked about influential bands being on this list for the sake of them being influential but this album rocks.
The only cheap thrills were the rush I got when it was done
Kinda forgettable outside of the two songs that no one will ever forget.
I was so worried that Billy Corrgan was born as an adult but thank god he let us know he used to be a little boy.
Garbage 60’s music that should be erased from history
I think having a good voice is the single least impressive characteristic a person can have.
AC/DC is perfect for 30 second segments in movies and video games but terrible for 45 minutes of garbage rock
Couldn’t finish a single song on this. Maybe I just wasn’t in the right headspace
Just because Brian Wilson exists doesn’t mean everything he ever did needs to be on this list.
A prog album under 40 minutes!
Apple Music will just automatically start playing songs when an album is over.
I knew the album was over when I got some songs I’d never heard but liked more than the album I just listened to.
Is the editor of this book British? This is such a nothing band and a nothing album.
It’s not bad but I don’t get it. People speak about Radiohead like they are one of the top 10 bands of all time but I’m also not sure I’ve ever met anyone passionate about Radiohead.
This confirmed that Wilco is just a shitty band that writers like to reference as some “hip” thing. Truly a waste of my time and energy.
Probably the first “influential” artist that I liked
Guide a laser into my eardrums
Why no white keys?
“This is an album by
The “wish we were” Black Keys.
The name of this album is “ Bad
Blues” Brothers.“
This is not the album that suddenly changed my brain into liking country. It just reinforced how much I don’t.
Probably the best album we’ve had on this godforsaken endeavor.
Lost a star because of how many interludes (terrible skits) there were.
Got it back because the beats in Snappin’ and Trappin’ reminded me of Earthbound
Bob Marley wouldn’t get his toe amputated to save his life. Luckily he saved us from more Bob Marley songs.
How did Frank Sinatra ever maintain a hard” persona after releasing any of his music?
This was chill and I couldn’t moving my hips.
Poopenture by The Turddids
Not the worst we’ve had but one of those albums that has no business being in this list
It’s fine but knowing that Graceland is probably on this list it seems like a waste of time
I knew Fairytale of New York but I wasn’t expecting Flogging Molly’s entire schtick to have been lifted.
I also love the brutal title when it’s really just music from The Shire
If every song was two and a half minutes, this would easily be a 5 star.
Sounds like one of those songs in Rock Band that you just assume is by one of the developers shitty garage bands. “Come together” is probably the horniest song we’ve had on this list yet.
The Black Keys are so annoyed they aren’t Otis
I like Highway Star and Space Truckin but dislike Smoke on the Water enough to knock it down a star.
I’m officially signing off from reggae. I know it’s the backbone to ska but I don’t care, it all sucks - except Ras Trent
It seems like Queen could have veered off into a different kinda of band than what they did. This album seems to be their fork in the road.
The evolution of country music to what the modern version is weird
Listening to this on a train in Japan was weirder.
90’s rock has a nostalgia factor while also being forgettable. This is the epitome of that.
Not my thing but not too bad. Probably didn’t give it the attention it deserves.
More importantly, “worldwide” isn’t a genre and Apple Music is just lazy and racist
I think “Photograph” is a great song. The rest of the album is just ok.
The British have never done anything worthwhile with music
Very impressive to write a bunch of 30 second songs and just repeat them for a long time
One time there was an emo night in Santa Clarita.
War was playing the same venue. They closed with a 15 minute rendition of Low-Rider.
This album sucked.
How long did I need to give this one a review?
This guy is the 2nd worst Drake
Can you believe someone broke up with this genius?!
Mostly one note but we’ve had worse notess
Not what I was expecting at all. Enjoyed the early 90’s pop
I can’t believe people failed to put them down
Liked the vibe more than the songs
https://youtu.be/I79YNDYrUno?si=rBC3ZrtI1ueVNtZ8
Love me some satanic panic circus music
If an album is on rock band, it should get a 5 star
I was bummed when I saw the genre was “funk” but this was moderately better than I was expecting.
Still pretty bad though.
Great, now call me Al will be stuck in my head all week!
British punk is the worst punk
There’s moments where I almost connected with this album.
There are certain bands that everyone knows from their big hits.
They should stay that way.
It’s repetitive but there are far worse repetitive albums. I wish more artists would have orchestra’s backing them.
Just one song I didn’t like. Diving into the Wikipedia’s of the Furious Five was fun
Didn’t over stay its welcome
20 minutes of a good album and an hour of just grating nonsense.
More like badly written music huehuehuehueh
An impression of Morrissey on November 4, 2008:
“Shit!”
Why is this album on the list?
I don’t like Christmas music, even when it’s produced by a murderer.
Excellent song - not as excellent album
The essence of ABBA without the overplayed hits of ABBA
There’s not a lot of middle ground in grunge. There were moments I thought I was starting to like it but they quickly faded
Every day we get a singer songwriter my hatred for Dylan and Cohen grows
I never listened to any Clash because Should I Stay or Should I go is terrible so this was a nice surprise.
Space mountain without the fun
I don’t really know why any other classic rock bands even tried after this came out. Boston perfected the sound on the first try.
I get why Linkin Park was so popular but it’s corny and repetitive. There’s nothing wrong with being corny and repetitive though.
I’m not sure how I made it this far knowing who Rod Stewart is but never hearing a single second of his music until now.
It’s pretty good. Much better than what I would have thought
I’ll give the run time a break since it’s a double album. Good stuff, shame this is the only ELO album on the list.
The best Bob Dylan on the list
The sound and style is undeniable but the songs just aren’t for me
Made me laugh, Apple’s animated album art made me laugh too.
I misread this as Dr Jones at first so I when I was done I put on Aqua’s Aquarium. That gets a 5/5 and probably isn’t on this list.
Anyway, Dr John violates the Hippocratic Oath for 33 minutes.
Started ok but I kinda tapped out around the half-way mark.
If I had been a SOAD fan, I’m assuming this is the one I would have considered my favorite. Manic energy that more bands need.
I don’t get it. I didn’t dislike it but what’s this album doing on this list. It’s not even Ghostface Killah’s best album.
Skipped the singles, liked it fine
I assume there are hundreds of bands from the 90’s that have a similar sound.
That’s not a complaint.
What a weird one. It’s not terrible but 24 hours later I don’t really remember anything about it.
Turned it off after about 45 minutes. What a slog
This just hits different knowing that our country is being run by a PYSCHO KIILER
The whole album isn’t as good as the song Magic Chicken by The Aquabats but when you think about it, very few albums are.
The 2nd best use of a firehouse in 1989. It would take a lot to dethrone Joel Miller getting to drink from the firehouse for finding the marble in the oatmeal on Stanley Spadowski’s Clubhouse.
Each song was good for 4 minutes.
I find British hip-hop/wrap to be incredibly grating, even when they are talented.
I’m so tired of these terrible British bands being on this list. The sun should permanently set on this fucks.
I wonder if any singer/songwriters have ever been either of those things?
Imagine my surprise when I learned that Green Onion wasn’t just part of the Sandlot score.
Made me jealous of the people on the Hindenburg.
Led Zeppelin could never resonate with me
One of those bands that made a giant cultural impact that just leaves me scratching my head.
I guess the drugs were the key to all of those people who made Grateful Dead their life.
rub her hole? Gross Ringo
The seeds are bad alright
One of the better random, nothing British bands that seem to make up 1/3 of this list but still a random, nothing British band.
Psychedelic rock is up there with singer/songwriters in genres that make me want to be deaf
A breath of fresh air among the rest of the singer/songwriter trash AND he’s English?!?
