1001 Albums Summary

Little long, but I love the noize

I can’t imagine ever liking this. Get it?

Prince of Darkness sample?! Boogie Nights sample?! Nosferatu sample?! Twin Peaks reference?! 8 liked songs

Gallagher? I hardly know her! 2 liked songs

K-Mart Oingo Boingo meets Temu Tears For Fears with a dash of early Ministry & a dose of some Blancmange The The is good good

Okay, the first song cracked me up. Dah bah bah dooh dah! I also thought they were saying “horse carpenter” instead of house carpenter. I think I just have very little patience for hippie bullshit. Especially living in Ojai. I’ve heard worse hippie bullshit. & I’ve heard much better hippie bullshit. Basketball of shite 1 liked song

RIP Brian Wilson. Nothing quite hits nostalgia like the sound of The Beach Boys. & the underlying melancholy (expect for their beach bops) have always really struck me.

Ruled. Real variety of jazz soundscapes. 7 liked songs

Who do I blame for this? 0 liked songs

Maybe the worst Beyonce album to start with? I don’t think she has a bad album, but this is bottom two or three. That said: 12 liked songs

I never considered myself an Elton John fan, despite owning over half of his massive discography. I never actively put him on, but I do always enjoy what I hear. Maybe I AM a fan? 6 liked songs.

A mix between a goof and a crooner. A gooner, if you will. Humorous lines over 60s John Barry Bond sounding orchestral arrangements, yeah, I’m gonna like this a bit. Would really love just an instrumental version.

I do need to be hitting a darkslide as Bam Margera around a pit of fire or be watching the jackass crew in assless chaps line dancing around some bulls or some shit to enjoy this. Also never realized how the boomers wanted to be the silent generation so badly.

Trying to hard. 3 liked songs.

Ah the album that made me not like Arcade Fire. Insists upon itself (not a compliment), boring bloated bloviating. Did they only know how to write songs to the same bpm? 0 liked songs.

Listened to this going through The Rolling Stones Too 500 albums & thought it was trash. After the ballad to the blow up doll track I thought “oh wait, these guys are just fucking around” I enjoyed it way more. 6 liked songs.

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I love U2, do you too?

The Coen bros movie Inside Llewelyn Davis is about this a-hole folk singer who never gets a break cuz he’s just mediocre…..so…all folk singers? I hate Bob Dylan. This is worse than that. People were only sad this when this guy passed cuz he did the Shrek song. Mediocre lyrics packaged in the blandest wrapping. Ojai hippie bullshit again. & he sings about being sad there’s no mail??? Dickhead! No mail is the best! Like unwrapping a single Hershey kiss from the world’s 60th largest foil ball. Totally pointless and not worthy talking about. Oh and the Hershey kiss isn’t chocolate it’s a fucking dookie. Hated this so much.

Starts strong, ends mid. I could do without the middle. I’ll listen to that first track any day.

I also wish this guy was an eagle so he couldn’t sing talk to me anymore. “Fucking me down” instead of “fucking me up” made me laugh out loud. I’m sick of hearing how these singer/songwriter fucks are usually considered lyrical geniuses & master storytellers or whatever when poetry is still like the least popular art form. Coffee shop open mic level shit. There ARE 10/10 singer/songwriter lyrical geniuses. He ain’t one. A song like “All Thoughts Are Prey to Some Beast” is a good track, but I can find things like saying “brain tree” twice when it was already established in the first line. I hate feeling treated like a dummy, I knew the metaphor, didn’t need to be reminded. Fine, but not a genius. Don’t think I needed to hear this before I died. This fucked my day down. 3 liked songs.

This is exactly what I want to get from these sort of lists. A band/album I never would have listened to because I think “Take me Out” is real lame & I never want to hear it again in my life. Was bummed to see this album pop up at first…but every other song rips! Would’ve been listening to this so much sooner if Take Me Out didn’t suck so much. Maybe I’m just happy to get an actual band after a string of duds.

They asked the question & answered in their own album cover! “Slayed?” Thumbs sideways. MID AF is right dudes.

With an album cover homaging Tetsuo, one of my favorite films ever, this had a lot to live up to. Did not disappoint.

I liked this enough but I could not focus on it, always faded into the background & I tried twice. I want to judge these albums harder because they’re supposedly ones I need to hear before I die but that’s too harsh; not like the bands are saying that about themselves. Well maybe Oasis would. That said…I have to listen to all the Beatles albums, did we really need this & other “stepping stone” albums? This was fine

I love REM, top five favorite bands. This is a 5/5 album & not even in my top three of theirs.

This would be a 5 star album if they didn’t record it through a tooth tunes toothbrush.

Would be a low key, chill out instrumental album if this French dude wasn’t whispering at me. Read some translated lyrics & it was fine, they added nothing to the tracks. That said, every time the lady dropped a “Melody Nelson” it made me laugh. Like some 1970 producer tag lol Wes Anderson probably busts a nut when he listens to this. More like put this guy in a full (Melody) Nelson amirite?

I find that I like 2/3rds or 3/4th of every Billie Joel song. & that I only like 1/2 of his stuff. I always want to like him more but something just doesn’t connect. I think it’s that he feels so phony or something.

Wow, I wish The Beach Boys took a note from their former member & sounded more like this in the late 70s.

I can see why they were a one hit wonder. I can also see why they got a Bond song. Thankfully, Living Daylights is better than anything on this album. That was a long 37 minutes.

I liked this album a lot when it came out, but I was also a senior in high school with the same amount of self-seriousness that the Yeah Yeah Yeahs had during & after this album. Or maybe I’m just projecting! Haven’t listened in probably a decade or more. I still like this, but I’ve heard better remixes of most these songs since & do blame Karen O for a lot of cringe bad vocalists in the early 2010s.

Also hadn’t heard this in about a decade & surpassed my memory of it. Real good

Futuresucks/dumbsounds Listened to Futuresex afterwards. That’s a 5/5. This was a lukewarm watered down version of a much better album. The Lonely Island trilogy of songs with JT are better than this.

Smooth groovin’ to love, Jesus, no love, bad times, good times.

Everyone who I’ve ever said “I hate Adele’s voice” to thinks I’m just being a contrarian douche hater. As if “good vocals” are some objective truth. To my ears & my subjective taste, I can’t stand Adele. It’s nothing against the songwriting (which I find is a little bland at moments that is clearly bolstered by her voice). Was hoping to find something interesting this time around but when Water Under the Bridge plays I just can’t do it. This album was everywhere in 2015 & I don’t wanna go back. That said, at least enduring the whole album led to Sweetest Devotion, which I thought was kinda okay.

Morrissey’s solo stuff is to The Smiths what Jack White’s solo stuff is to The White Stripes. Just an extension of the stuff I already like.

I wear a Le Tigre hat almost everyday. We just had Adele, the “once in a generation voice” to my actual favorite vocalist! Kathleen Hannah 4ever

I only kinda get it…maybe my expectations were too high since Radiohead has this “GENIUS” “Masterpiece” aura attached to them. This was…whatever. But I do know this isn’t one of the two albums I know are considered their best.

I guess there’s a reason I’d only heard those three big songs off this album. I don’t hate Sweet Child or Paradise City (I do not like Welcome to the Jungle)…but the rest of the album, yeahhhhh didn’t enjoy it even a little bit. I was expecting to have a lot more fun. Disappointing. Listened to The Emotron after.

This was the one Nirvana album I hadn’t listened to yet. I’m now sad we didn’t get more Nirvana. I think this is their best album, definitely not the most accessible, but their best & I really respect they didn’t play it safe.

Before I looked at the year I thought “90s Brosnan Bond meets The Matrix soundtrack & 90s alt-rock like Eve 6. 1999 release, I was spot on. Self described as “clit-rock,” heavy metal meets black feminist rage…. Yeahhhhhh this shit hits.

When I was in 8th grade I thought this shit was so profound, looking out the backseat car window reflecting on LIFE. I recommend to 8th grade idiots, & I do miss old Coldplay, but even back in the day this wasn’t the Coldplay album I was going to.

I meant to listen to this after I saw them live a few years ago after I realized they weren’t a one-hit wonder like I had thought. “Dinky” is how I’d describe this & lord knows I love the dink! There’s some real Sega Genesis energy to the synth. Plus, bald icon.

Glad he finally this out of his system I guess…but the fuck? & this guy had the audacity to say that 2000s “rap music” was the lowest point of the music industry? This is some Sgt Peppers shit. Only reason it’s not getting a 1 is cuz Good Vibrations is that good & the occasional reminder that this is The Beach Boys guy.

A Bowie blind spot for me, I’ll add it to the rotation. The first half of the album doesn’t meat with the second half, but I like them both separately. From a 70s Bowie rock album to a like Werner Herzog film score.

Not even my favorite Prince album, but still perfect. I’m never mad to see it in the top five of best album lists.

Don’t get me wrong, I get the “importance” of this, but Black Sabbath often feels to me the same as trying to run quickly in a dream.

There must be some trauma I have with Eagles because something about them fills me with a boiling rage. Consciously I know they’re a totally harmless lil band. Subconsciously I wish I every Eagle went extinct.

This was a pleasant surprise as I had only heard Purple Haze before & didn’t like it. I was expecting an album of Voodoo Chiles but surprised to find it wasn’t that!

Hey, wait a minute, my TV doesn’t work! It’s broken! No TV party toniiiiiiiight

Dang, this get a whole star boost for goodnight ladies and gentlemen. More bands need to play themselves off. The vibes were a blast throughout. Minus a star cuz I’ll just never vibe with jam-y sounding bands I don’t think.

Saw the music video for Hardest Button to Button on the big screen at Universal Citywalk in the early 00s, as I was eating Panda Express, & it blew my mind. 🟥⬜️🟥⬜️🟥⬜️🟥

I took one semester of jazz at CSUN, I know what I’m talking about.

Deeelightful

It’s the Get Slippy band! I love that song. Some of this album reaches that peak, I think the first track in its entirety would have been a 10/10 LP. Even though I don’t necessarily have negative thoughts on it, hour plus is overstaying its welcome. I can see listening to this again & just jumping in at the halfway point to give the second half a more fair shot.

Randy Newman wannabe

Not enough honkin on bobo

I don’t know if I’ve ever listened to this front to back before. I can see why people were upset when he killed off Ziggy, but I’m glad he did

Just one long “fuuuuuucccckkkk yessssss” throughout the whole album. Rapid Fire is one of the best opening tracks to any album.

Massive attack of boredom

Couldn’t tell you why but I kinda dug this one.

Trepidatious going into this for obvious reasons & after the first like four songs I thought, “crap, am I giving this a 5?” But the wheels fell off big time in the second half.

I want wipe all late 60s music from existence to get rid of this album.

“Hey YouTube! It’s ya boy, & today we’re doing to Hot Chip challenge!” The clearest “3 star album” for me. I like a lot of Hot Chip remixes, a compilation album of that would be a 5. I feel like I was inclined to like them, but this album never added up to more than a solid 3.

What were these guys smoking????

What was this guys smoking?? Jazz fusion/jam band stuff isn’t for me but I really liked a lot of this. Will probably not listen again, expect maybe that first track, but I enjoyed my time.

There She Goes is undeniable. The rest of this album was so inoffensive that it became offensive. Is this list determined to make me dislike all British music? *listened again & I think I was just in a bad mood or something? This is definitely better than Oasis in terms of 90s Brit pop stuff. There’s some stuff closer to REM.

KL Cool J

Showing my ignorance here but this had a real city pop vibe in some tracks that I really loved. Makes me upset there’s not more foreign albums because this was a really pleasant surprise

Look, it’s a five, but I also don’t need to hear most of these songs for another ten years.

Listening to this like “this sounds like DAS EFX.” Then my man showed up on a track!

Really? Giving us the post-final show album? The “comeback” album. There’s two LCD Soundsystem albums that are far better than this mediocre attempt to recapture their glory days. & it’s not like I don’t like this album, but it’s not even a good representative of LCD Soundsystem

Van Halen has an element of cheesiness that I can’t get on board with, but this was fun enough

A name I’ve known forever with absolutely no idea what she’s about. It’s much better than I was expecting, I was ready to be snoozed

The Poo

Producer: Alright yall, I think we did. We have a 5 star, 40 minute seminal album, let’s start ironing out the finishing touc- Dandy: nah nah nah nah nah. We got at least another 30 minutes, let’s get that five star down to a 3. I could see this being an easy 4 if I’m in the mood for it. Shoegaze is very divisive for me apparently.

The closest I’ve come to “getting it”

I understand their pioneers yadda yadda yadda. This is good & unbearably repetitive. I think people like Brian Eno & Gary Numan also working in the electronic genre were doing waaay more interesting stuff. The first & last two tracks would have made for an ok ep.

Impeccable vibes on this one

Look, I think Pale Blue Eyes is one of my favorite songs & I danced to a Velvet Underground song at my wedding…this was sleepy as hell

Maybe I should have played Guitar Hero Aerosmith Listened to this album when going through The Rolling Stones top 500 & I’ve liked it more each time. Also…9 songs, 34 minutes, it might be getting a 4 for that reason alone! Get in, get the lead out!

I don’t like this.

Probably only on here because of the connection to his death & I do think the context doubles the haunting quality of this album, but I think a lot of it stands on its own. Maybe wouldn’t have put this one on the list personally, but I’m happy I went back & listened to it.

🎵 Gotta keep it five star rated 🎵

It’s no Bad Credit

Glad to know there was more good stuff on here than just the one song of theirs I’d heard (too many times probably)

Didn’t Mather that much to me.

Anybody gonna tell this guy he isn’t black?

Oh cool, my like fifth or sixth favorite QOTSA album. This list is often lame. Rated R, Era Vulgaris, Songs for the Deaf…all like twice as good as this album.

Not one mention of the All Spark??!

Snoop Dogg elevates this album, the beats are undeniable, every track is a minute too long. Maybe I’m just ironically not down with any genre that has “stoner” attached to it.

Barely squeaking up to a three. It should be a 2 because I think the songs I don’t like i really don’t like, but per my rule if I like half the record it’s a 3 & I liked 7 of 14 tracks.

Herbie fully loaded this album with electric jazz n funk. Listened while I cleaned the house & it was a pretty sweet soundtrack, would love to have on vinyl

I don’t think I’ve ever thought about a musician as much as people do when they hate on Morrisey. This is the first Smiths album I heard back in the day & remains my favorite

I honestly think I prefer Bette Midler in The Rose

What, no PEUPPER?

I was excited when we got this album because I’ve heard two of their records I really enjoy. I did not really enjoy this. Listen to Seeds or their debut album, this is not a good representation of the band

This is probably what a lot people think of when they think of “David Bowie.” Go figure the two songs I don’t like on here are named after two people I don’t like.

I went to the Fairport Convention & all the swag sucked!

I just can’t think of any context where I’m throwing this on. I’m slightly more favorable to this because I didn’t know Stevie Wonder had a certain level of humor to him. Creepin’ & saying things like 10 zillion make for At least a more interesting listen.

Digging the big band sound in that first half & then what, they all fell asleep?

Blast from start to finish. We’re past 100 albums & this is easily the most fun shit we’ve had. Read a lot of reviews that are like “duhhhh it’s repetitive” but that’s like saying a rap album has too many words. The original album art is infinitely better. So far I think this is my favorite album we’ve done????

Cool…a genre of music that has no cultural impact & an album that is eclipsed by far more well-regarded psych-jam shit. What do you do when you listen to this? I don’t understand the “smoke a j & listen to this!” review either. I’m doing all the right drugs & this still sounds as empty & soundless as space itself. All that said, even though I didn’t like a track off of this, there were moments where I enjoyed the spacey sounds (I think there was a song with a sax that I liked for about thirty seconds) & I think I could have a much worse time with a similar type of album. Still…one star despite not having the worst time ever.

I relistened to that Judas Priest album we got already & I think my preference is just faster metal. I’ll put some Metallica in my rotation but I find I’m wanting it to just get goin’ cuz when it does it’s really good. I’ll be interested if the other Metallica albums offer any variation to this, which is pretty much what I expected from them.

I don’t think I like Nicholas Cavern, but he did help make one of my favorite film scores: Assassination of Jesse James, which I listened to after & think that should have been on this list instead.

10/10 album cover. Tan & I listened to a lot of this type of jazz, call it “Tower of Terror queue music.” So I still can’t really listen to this stuff without feeling a wave of grief. I’ll give it a three because I did love the atmosphere of this, but this is a DNF for me.

I was totally lost cuz I haven’t heard the other three. Went into this with the attitude of like “okay it’s a ton of songs I know? I really got listen to Stairway again?” Off the mark, bangers. Stairway is good. That mountain hop song was trash & I don’t think I like When The Levees Break at all cuz I associate that song with douchers.

This was a fun funk time. Nothing all that special.

Man, those first four or five songs are really something! I read that this is proto triphop & if that’s true then wtf happened to triphop. This album falls off once the electronic/synth takes a back seat. It’s a 3 star but I listened to that first track no less than like ten times so it gets a full star boost.

How does a band make a banger like Running with the Devil & then just fumble every other song. Not a fan of the sound of VH guitar but I recognize the talent.

Bummed this isn’t on Spotify, I thought this was awesome! The mix of genres was working for me big time.

Jack White, & by extension White Stripes are in my top three favorite musicians…I wouldn’t say multiple White Stripes albums need to be on the list. & of all their albums this is the only one I’d give a four. Songs that I like I love extensively. But there’s a few tracks on here I’m not hot about.

I appreciate the joke of listening to Rapture this week, but I appreciate the album a little bit less. Can’t deny any of the talent of the singer or the emotion of any of it, it just don’t hit me in any way.

I did it all for the Dookie

4>PG. def don’t need repeat artists if the albums explore the same sound. Led Zeppelin is fine, but I don’t need this much.

Led Zeppelin >4>PG. I like about 2 minutes of each Les Zeppelin song.

I miss the french lady whispering “Melody Nelson” to me.

I think having heard September my too many times for too much of my life has ruined a lot of their upbeat flavor. Undeniable in their genre I suppose. Loved the horns.

I thought this was a cool ambient album. Might not throw on any song from it but I’d definitely listen again for that specific vibe

I’m counting this as a ska band. Any song with horns was great. Ironically, the bongo heavy songs left the most to be desired.

If this list has taught me anything about myself….I don’t like song longer than 4 minutes. These are LIL ditties if I’ve ever heard one! No reason to drag all these songs to 5+ minutes. Is this guy the brother of the author or something? Bonus star cuz I love the album cover.

Impeccable atmosphere. I don’t think I want or need another shoegaze/dream pop album, this is the top

Look, I loved this stuff a lot but it’s made me so frustrated at this list. Put a film score in here but just one? I can think of 1001 film scores to put above Shaft, as much as I like it. I would never recommend this experience, unless you’re a masochist like me

That first song is the most listened to Leonard Cohen song, it was good. Nothing else was.

Well, turns out I only like the one Joy Division album. If I heard any of these on their own I might like them more but it’s a rough listen in one go through. Wanna make it close to a three, but it ain’t quite.

I had a hunch & listened to two other Iron Maiden albums. This debut should not have been on this list. Look, it still shred, but their signature style & polish was missing.

Would I put this on a list? No. Am I upset it’s on here? No. Would I rather it have been RFTC instead of Scream, Dracula, Scream? Yes. Am I still going to give it five stars? Yeah. Does it deserve five stars? Probably not, but this list is barren of ska so I’ll boost what I can get. Plus I loved this album in like 11th grade.

I’d love to give this a 5 just for how much it surprised me after that first track. I really loved a lot of this & it’s one of the first albums that I thought could’ve used another track?! Had a blast with this one

When I got to “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream” it all came together. I do not like this ramblin’ loser.

First album I could listen to on vinyl! Does in 15 minutes what takes others an hour and a half to do.

Any of the straight acoustic stuff, hard pass. But that like drum machine sound with this genre kinda worked for me?

In the name of the Lloyd!

Something about Smooth Operator is like nails on a chalkboard for some reason…the rest is nice, but not my tempo or what I really connect with.

Was thinking, “man, I might like this a lot more if it leaned more instrumental.” Then Tides came & I think that’s one of the best songs I’ve heard yet. & the track following was pretty good too. I don’t like trip-hop & this is like what our third one?? Cmon mannn

Probably a 3, but I’m pump in it up cuz I like the personality of this band more than the music. Again, I’m more of a Monkees man.

Won’t pretend it doesn’t get a nostalgia boost, but it’s better than the other album we listened to.

Giving it a two I know the floor for country is so much lower & this wasn’t fully atrocious. Also this guy says he’s a socialist. So bonus star.

Knocking on three stars but no one answered. Each song overstays its welcome but has moments I really like. He’s no Bowie or Phil Collins.

0 stars for the man, 3 for the album. It’s a fun time.

I love the weirdo vibes of the Pixies. Did a full deep dive on them a year back & their post reunion stuff is some of the worst music I’ve ever heard.

Solidified my opinions on Janis Joplin.

Heehee

Just for that one part in Mayonnaise alone.

I came into this very negatively. Just looked at the date, the vibes & thought this would be annoying and bad. It was very pleasant tho! Maybe the best of this genre yet?

This was the Frenchest thing I’ve ever consumed. I wish I was alive in the 60s cuz apparently you didn’t need much talent to become popular or remembered.

I was expecting to go I’ve this a one. & yes, I think a lot of the songs blend together & yes, it overstays its welcome & yes, it’s wordy & verbose….but I liked it! Maybe not any individual songs but I get why she was a such an icon

What a bunch of corn puffs. Hey, Hart high wants their pre-game music playlist back!

Man, that first track is a top ten of the list so far. 2nd track dipped but I still liked it….rest of the album was some real bullshit. Hey list, your biases are showing! Made me yearn for Oasis. Also had the suspicion that this album is not representative of the band & I was right. But of course this list chooses the late 60s/early 70s sounding crude

Three star with a boost for the best Beach Boys album art! If I want to listen to a weirdo Beach Boys album I’d listen to this.

Zero notes. Listened to a 20 minute song twice, that’s a miracle. This is my favorite rock album so far

Yes, no, maybe so, ask again later. Really only that first track is one I’d actively skip

A perfectly 2.5 star album.

Didn’t leave me high nor dry. More like this, less like that other album & I’ll be happier.

I got my photo taken by a member of Wilco at a museum Halloween party. It’s a great photograph. That’s all I have to say about Wilco.

I thought this was pretty enjoyable and pleasant until the wheels fell off in the tail end. Can’t believe the coconut song is in here. High highs, mid lows.

One song was enough & I didn’t even dislike this. Every song had the same exact progression. I could have listened to just Angel Sigh & got the whole thing

After the first song I thought, uh oh, was I wrong about them??? No.

Not quite my tempo.

This had at least four stars locked in but damn this album is even better than I realized.

This was wackadoo. Really put the stank on ya.

Puff puff hard pass

I’m not from New York. The vibes are something that bum me out, I’m not gonna put it on.

So innocuous that it became noxious

This thing isn’t for me, but I did like it more than Dylan if we’re talking folk storyteller

It’ll be 1000 reviews that are all the same if I repeat the “runtime is too long” mantra, but I’m sorry, these songs are repetitive and each too long. There’s levels of frustration with the length, & this is a lighter infraction, but it keeps good albums from being GOOD albums.

As a postal worker, it feels blasphemous to like Anthrax!

Shame to give this the same rating as other worse albums, but it’s just not my jam, literally. I think those first three tracks are pretty cool like proto-punk though

I think I’d only heard the one Otis Redding song before, this was a nice surprise. I might like some of these versions better than more famous ones.

Kinda insane how I could sing along to every single note of Highway Star thanks to Rock Band. Oh yeah, I hated this.

I came into this one today in a shitty mood & I’ll be damned if I didn’t come out in a good one. Really connected with the instrumental tracks & the song King which is like my favorite reggae song?? I liked those songs enough to get it real close to a four & the album cover is one my favorites so far.

What’s Queen before they became Queen if not a peasant! It was whatever.

Not a Price you could pay me. Literally fell asleep after the third song & thought it was alright. Then I heard the rest of the album. It’s just not my thing.

“More…sugar.” - Men In Black

This was wild! Every song had this hypnotically catchy riff that made each song feel like they were 60 seconds but at the same time also 5 minutes?

They called this shit a concept album but didn’t even stick to a concept. & no, you’re 13 minute tracks aren’t impressive when they’re literally just four separate songs put into one long track. I like two Pink Floyd songs, they suck.

lmao

I truly don’t know where to rank this. It’s somewhere between a 4 & a 2. You might be thinking that’s 3, but it’s not. This is either four stars, or two. Notably the first album where the lyrics really give it a boost for me, this was some dirt, dark weird bad vibes.

I wonder why I never listens to this before? This was way cooler than Brass in Pocket would lead you to believe

Saw what the album was & thought “War, huh? What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.” Asked and answered.

Appreciate this album more than I like it, but it has its moments & scratches the goth itch like nobody’s business.

Pink Moon was really good…. I hate minor key folk

Well that isn’t what I was expecting. I’ve heard like four Beck songs & they’re all at least weird. This sucked. I also know this list isn’t usually indicative of what the artist usually sounds like, but my once eagerness to dive into Beck albums is out the window.

This would be a one star but for some reason Cinnamon Girl has always been one of my favorite songs. I like Neil Young, but just one song at time. Is there anything wrong with that?

Bjorkest surprise! Passionately adored every second of this. Figured I’d love some, but not at all of & not as much as I did.

Zztop playing this music please.

Not my generation thank god

I didn’t dislike much of this but good lord the songs didn’t need to be six minutes long

I often call my dog Bart, Baba. Loved this album in like 10th grade and meant a lot to me then, I don’t think it deserves the five stars, but I’d listen to this again anytime. Literally the only Who I ever want to hear.

THIS is the Iron Maiden I was expecting to get. Liked it more than I ever remembered. Number of the Beast followed by Run to the Hills is insane

Another one I could listen to on vinyl! Have this thing memorized thanks to Rock Band. Wave of Mutilation coming in clutch.

Pretty milquetoast

Paul Simon is my Bob Dylan

Shocked how much I enjoyed this despite it being QUITE obnoxious.

Only listened to NIN in earnest like three years ago & I’m equally bummed I didn’t listen sooner as I am thrilled to have found a new favorite band in my 30s when you tend to just listen to the same things over and over. So now I listen to NIN over and over.

The Chicago best hits album is one of my favorites, I was expecting to dig this…other than the songs I already knew I did not like any of this sadly.

Pretty slick that he even made this album, but I really only dug the upbeat ditties…which there wasn’t a ton of. I am only 34, not 95, this is not my bag baby. I feel quite sick.

Better than expected, too long. First two tracks and last two tracks are good

Couple undeniable classics, rest was good. Preferred that solo Simon album, but Garfunkel is the better actor

Blood Sugar? low. Sex? yes please. Magik? mid.

1001 shrugs to give before…idk, doesn’t matter. Didn’t hate it, won’t remember it tomorrow. Don’t even remember now!

“I’m not sorry” - Morrissey That made me laugh. Real hit or miss on this throughout. Didn’t add up to much in total

Bahumbug

Bahumbangers! I always liked Aqualung in whatever Rock Band game. The rest were also pretty good and each song was delightfully brief. Get in, flute out.

I listened to like 6 hours of ABBA when I was going through the 500 Rolling Stones albums list…I’m forever done with ABBA.

Quit playing in the mud, honey. Listens to the 23 minute original version.

The length of this is such a boon. If this had been 10 minutes longer I’d be over it. There’s a simplicity here that I like, there’s like no ego attached unlike a Dylan where I’m like “dude I don’t care & I don’t think you’re as smart as you think you are.” This guy is just like “your dads gonna die”

Not as good as Rocket From the Crypt

Not as good as the Astro Bot soundtrack. An interesting 22 minute long track that I will never listen to again in my life

Smokin’!

In 5th grade my best friend showed me this cool new hip album. Hated everything about it then.

“Excuse me, sorry, but can you take this guacamole away. It’s a little too spicy” - Rod Stewart fan, probably. This is when the list really needs that 2.5

If I had listened to this in one go through I bet I’d comfortably give it a three. But I knew going in that I’d being doing myself a service to break this into like three different chunks. Would be irritating if it was an hour of this very same-y wall of sound

Eh, shoulda been Blood on the Dance Floor.

I was going to give it a two but I really liked Castles Made of Sand so that 2.5 gets bumped up.

I’m not a big “west coast” rap guy, but Snoop Dogg is a pass! Bonus star for making me laugh

Read multiple reviews that were praising how spooky this sounded. I’d hate for those people to hear about g-g-ghosts!

Weirdly doesn’t feel like a five star album, but I don’t dislike any song. Listens to it twice & liked them more the second time as well.

I only ever knew them as a meme of sorts cuz of “wake up, brush your teeth” etc. Damn this thing was way better than I was expecting. Why do I give it four stars? I wanted to.

Listened to this many times today skipping, like, ten tracks, mostly skits. I don’t think I’ve heard any Wu-Tang adjacent that’s less than good. This was great

I’m really sad I didn’t enjoy my time with this, I always thought I’d enjoy Queen. But the songs that are “good” I just truly never need to hear again. It also lessened my appreciation for Bohemian Rhapsody as this lighting in a bottle track, they were trying so hard in every track to make a Bohemian Rhapsody. Idk man, bummed me out.

Don’t know what to make of this thing. Could be one star, could be four. I think conceptually I like an album with songs that are all under 2 minutes, most under 1:30. But if I’m talking about length, then the album didn’t leave much impression

I needed something to fall asleep to

You’d think a band that has echoes of my favorite musician would be a slam dunk, but anytime I got an inkling of that Tobaxxo sound, it just made me pissed off

I think I’ve seen Stop Making Sense more in theaters than any other film. Never listened to a Talking Heads album until now. & I love hearing these classic albums & leading that the big hit off the album is probably my least favorite track on the album.

Sounds like the Toy Story sega game meets a swanky party.

Fro mo he oh

Very cool guy, very solid jazz, quite repetitive but not the worst

Flatten this Rascal That Danny Brown/Jpegmafia album from a few years back feels like the perfected version of this album.

FLOP.

There’s probably a literal hundred blues albums that have better guitar playing & it’s not like this guy is singing about anything new or with any distinction. That said, liked some of the instrumental tracks, but I’d never put them on before like Skip James.

I always really loved Green Onions, had no clue the album was just 35 minutes of Green Onions. Music criticism is silly. It boils down to “I like this sound. I’d like to listen for 30 more minutes.” I can’t speak to this being technically proficient or anything, but it makes me feel good listening & for this dumbass list, that’s a five

Usually when I listen to some seminal band I find that I enjoy the deeper cuts more than the shit I’ve heard over and over. Not the case with Led Zeppelin, I don’t need the deep cuts AND I’m tired of the hits.

Ungrateful to be alive.

“That’s as bad as listening to The Beatles without earmuffs” - James Bond

The only bad seed is the sperm that wriggled its way into Mrs. Cave and gave life to this talentless phuck

Hooray! The type of album that makes this dumb ol thing worth it! I’d heard Hong Kong Garden & I don’t like that song so I never gave the album a shot. Turns out I like everything else.

Knew within the first five se ones I’d be bummed. there’s a problem when I’m hoping for a country album

Based on everything else in this genre we’ve had to endure, you’d think I’d give this another 1 or 2 stars…imagine my surprise as I enjoyed this entire album thoroughly. This proves that I’m not bias against this genre inherently…it just usually sucks ass. I thought this was incredible & sweeping & beautiful & bittersweet. Really incredible album. Listened to it three times. Probably the most an album has had to earn 5 stars, uphill battle.

The author of this list probably thinks “all lives matter.” The worst part of lil pink skinned singer/songwriter & folk crud mixed with that wannabe black artist bullshit this list seems to love. I’ve mentioned Skip James in a review before with another wannabe black musician & this guy covers a Skip James song! Skip James is not on this list. Listened to that afterwards to get the bad taste out of my mouth. Then I relistened to Nick Drake again after reading the first song was dedicated to him. Probably glad he kicked it before he had to hear that piece of shit song. Getting this album right after Nick Drake probably really hurt my take on this.

In da garbo; a zero, honey. Hate when this idiot author clearly includes an album for just one song. (& I’ve always disliked this song) Anytime I have to endure a bullshit nothing psych album I’m putting on an album by a WuTang member. I’ll probably be out of albums by March. Listened to Ironman by Ghostface Killah - 3 stars

I’m gonna have to revisit this & actually read the lyrics cuz my dumbass can’t keep up/its all over my head.

This is the first Eric Clapton thing I didn’t totally hate. Can’t really deny that Layla riff & after hearing so many bad jam bands, this felt more competent & written.

If this was my sort of thing I could see it being a three or four. Very pleasant, thoughtful album that I can’t fault, but I’ll never relisten probably. If my wife put it on, I’m not having a bad time. Maybe a 2 is harsh, but whatever

Have I heard better songs & albums? sure yeah. Did I want to skip any song on here? Absolutely not. Underrated horns, underrated band.

DAMN! Every track was tight as hell, yes even the backwards one. & the one that sounds like a Mighty Boosh song. Surface level they were all really great & also had a lot of complexity & depth if you wanted to look for it. Glad I didn’t hear this in 2010 cuz I wouldn’t have appreciated it. Can’t believe it was 3 hours long tho. Oh wait I listened to it three times. Instant top like 50 albums. (Well, if I exclude Tobacco)

Nah. One star for some good horns & instrumentation. Will remember zero of this before I go to bed tonight.

This album title is wrong! Something IS Shocking: any time this list has an album I’d listen to again!

What a great 25 minute album with two shitty, long-as-hell songs totaling 15 minutes. He seems to take it all a little less seriously, so I take him a little less serious? He’s singing about being a vampire oil baron. Idk, I think it’s funny. Also I hope they invented a new circle of hell just for the guy who invented the harmonica.

Men in Black if it was D’Angelo instead of D'Onofrio: “More..brown sugar.” Chalk it up to this just not being my genre so I really felt the length, but I never had a bad time. & Shit Damn Motherfucker made me laugh out loud so a bonus star

I ain’t dipping into these waters!

Lyndsie told me to listen to this back in 2022 when she was listening to this a lot (I’d heard a good chunk of this already because of her) & never did. Turns out my wife knows my tastes pretty dang well. Loved all this.

Oh crud! This whole time I’ve been doing the donkey!

*jack off motion* *WWE cross chop crotch thrust* *farts* Leave the postman the hell alone!

The original Hobo Johnson. Three songs I love, three songs I really do not. Sounds about right for the Velvet Underground

A live album isn’t a best of album, it a best of live performance. Another case of not wanting to put a best of compilation so you give em a live album since they don’t actually have a BEST album.

This is the second five star album that isn’t on streaming…which sadly means I will likely not listen to it as much as I’d like. Got that De La Soul vibe that I’m a sucker for, would love to find this on vinyl one day.

One of those “this meant a lot to me” albums that might be the worst type of music journalism/criticism. Equivalent to hearing someone talk about their dreams. It’s a five star for me, no need to say why other than “it just is”

I don’t know if they came up with the Irish-folk punk thing, but it’s certainly a signature sound. I’d probably listen to this before other bands…but The Pogued aren’t in Tony Hawk so idk! Somewhere between a 3 or 4, but leaning 3 cuz I realllly don’t like that Christmas song

It’s just another brick up my ass

I don’t know how much more I’d like this album, but I’d like it more without this guy’s voice. Didn’t resonate with me at all. First half of the album I was like “this vocal type is so closely associated with white harmonica dudes & like “‘Merica Pride” songs and sure enough I got a harmonica. Takes two stars off, minimum. (His softer songs don’t fit that description, but I just found those to be pretty bland. He’s on a playlist with Nick Drake & I’m just reminded what a rich album that was in comparison.)

If I were a fish & you caught me…maybe it’s the thought of not BEING SO ALONE…& when I’m back in Chicago I feel iiiiiit!…and the branch on the tree and the tree in bog…bewitched, bothered & bewildered aaaaammmmm iiiiiiii Songs from The Room - 5 stars. Songs from A Room - “this isn’t fudge…ah man this is shit!”

Bullshit live album blues jam band crap by white people (plus a black drummer!) The AllWhite Brothers solidified my stance that talent is fucking overrated as a measure for greatness. Supreme Clientele by Ghostface Killah - 3.5 stars.

What a salve after four stinkers in a row. I know this is considered like one of the best of all time, but idk why an album has to have that pinnacle status. It’s a five star, I don’t gotta go waxing poetic like I’ve been seeing for Allman Brothers, Leonard Cohen, etc.

This reminds me of driving to work in 2014 listening to 103.5 THE SOUND. My go to classic rock station that was replaced by a Christian rock station. Long live The Sound…that said, not my vibe but I’ll always go to bat for “Gimme All Your Loving”

I appreciated the structure of this album, all the songs flowing into each other smoothly…but I did not like said songs. I could’ve gone my life only hearing the Best Of Queen & be happier for it. That Bohemian Rhapsody movie was so bad that it actually did ruin the band for me. People are always like “well if they remake such & such you’d still have the original film to go back to” … doesn’t apply to biopics apparently.

I gotta really be in the mood for Elliot Smith…& I kinda was! Although, I’ll never try to defend this as “good.” Why would I ever listen to “Everything Reminds Me of Her” when “Always Something There to Remind Me” exists & is a banger? Also, of the few things I got after my best friend died, was an Elliot Smith vinyl So I have some sentimental/emotional something, even if I don’t love the music.

Whoa, bold of them to put a 70s English rock album on this list! I prefer Mott the applesauce. David Bowie & Bob Dylan had a kid who couldn’t make up their mind who they wanted to be. All that said, this was like kinda whatever. *learned after writing my review that Bowie saved the band from breaking up, offered them Suffragette City, they said no & he gave them some other song that ended up being their biggest hit lol

2012-2016 I consumed all riot grrrl music I could find. Even had extremely rare stuff downloaded from extremely sketchy websites, surely loaded up the family computer with all the malware & viruses that existed at the time. PJ Harvey was always in conversation with the genre but always separate. Kind of like Sleater-Kinney, on the fence of being “riot grrrl” or not. (Not that the label really ever meant anything. Just ask Bikini Kill) Shockingly I had never heard anything from her until now, or maybe subconsciously saved this progenitor of the genre for later. She’s name dropped in a handful of riot grrrl songs. Obviously this is my my shit, but I do think this album tapered off near the end. Regardless, I will listen to much more PJ Harvey now. Side note: is the story of Sampson & Delilah the reason why bald men are considered less masculine/desirable? (& I don’t mean bald like The Rock, I mean like a Costanza)

The equivalent of a 3hr movie. Shave off 40 minutes and this 4 star album is a 5 star baby! Another fix: bittersweet symphony being the first song realllly drags those next three tracks down. But the second half of this is much more for me. Diet U2.

Maybe this revolutionized sitar music, but it didn’t sound all that different from other sitar music I am familiar with (admittedly, not a lot). Still a fun album that I think achieved its goal, but I found the two cover songs to be the most exciting of the bunch And a million times better than that godawful sitar Gorillaz album! (Jk, I just wanted Jon to get his panties in a bunch for a second haha it’s good)

You cannot perSuede me to like this Dog(shit) Man(ure) Shart

Idk why I don't listen to more of this era hip-hop & this specifically (maybe naively) optimistic positive good vibes. Always lifts my mood, always gets me thinking, always gets me “swinging my legs” Did James Cameron hear Dawn of the Dreads and create Avatar?! (Favorite part of the album was at the end of that song when they said it’s a brand new song by arrested development, dawn of the dreads, I hope you enjoy it. Thanks guys! I did!

The worst bros with the worst taste & worst personalities all praised Kanye like the second coming when I was in high school. Hated it then, had only aged worse. What’s the opposite of nostalgia?

I think I prefer Ice Cube The Predator more but both are 5

I was hoping maybe being so separated from the “nu-metal sux!” era that I’d appreciate this more. & I kinda do. Freak on a Leash into Got the Life is good stuff (I only recently learned the lyric is “God paged me” not “God hates me” & it unlocked just how corny this album is). Hard pressed to give more than 2 stars even if I think Jonathan Davis is a pretty remarkable vocalist. I was warned about All in the Family & the biggest crime about it is just how unfunny it is, not the “edginess.”

Was ready to give this a five as each song just really hit, then there was like 9 of the snooziest, uninteresting chill songs I’ve heard…then another like 10 all-time chills songs. I listened to the whole 2+hr thing & out of 20+ songs only not vibing with 9 is really good!) Plus I listened to the songs I liked twice so that’s like three hours of Moby. Glad to have these in my life now, didn’t know what I was missing.

Every song is too long & annoyingly slow & droning for my taste. Fond memories of Spoonman making me laugh playing Rock Band. Equally unfond memories of having to play Black Hole Sun. Jed sang em better

Really Enjoyable Music

nevermore. As toxic to the culture as kanye.

“The counterattack on world supremacy” aspect is five out of five….turns out I don’t like a hype man though. On another day I could give this a four.

Having listened to thousands of songs in this genre, I’m constantly shocked how remarkably unremarkable they all are. Outside of the legends, I can’t tell you difference between a Mylo, J Worra, Kloudd, Schmarx, Dombresky, Inaya Day, La Bouche, PBH & Jack…(all real names) So I find it silly to include any house album on the list (equivalent to a live album)…I do still like dance music. My rating system is biting me in the ass because this is NOT a four star album but I liked all but a few songs. As an ALBUM, totally not anything. As songs put on during a DJ set to dance to, yeah, but that’s a different list.

If the rest of the album lived up to that first track, I’d be tempted to give this five stars cuz I was definitely laughing AT that thing. “Thing,” not song. What the hell even is this hahaha

I still don’t think I get why he’s heralded as an absolute genius, & I don’t have any soft spots for this sound/time. But Lyndsie played this a lot when we were first dating so the nostalgia is high. Even minus that, this not being my genre of choice, real god.

I was only kinda digging Jesus Hates Faggots & then he dropped the n-word & it’s like, idk, calling out the church for hating minorities and being generally very shitty to anyone that isn’t part of the church is a cold-ass take & I don’t think warranted the n-word? Took me way out. This was a hard miss.

This isn’t one star but I gotta take my frustration out that they included a clearly “comedy” album that’s unfunny as hell & the lack of Weird Al is unforgivable. Pulp, but not good. Scott Walker, but not memorable. It’s no Melody Nelson. British comedy isn’t comedy, nor is it divine. (I liked the first couple tracks but then I realized oh, it as a one trick pony & the one trick isnt even good. Like seeing magician do a double lift over and over.)

One of those, “I know this is a classic & Aretha Franklin is beloved by everyone & considered a queen” … & yet… Not to be disR-E-S-P-E-C-Tful, but I don’t listen to soul, am personally not impressed by vocals alone & found this to be not very varied. So while I might “get it,” its still subjectively not for me.

I can’t decide between a 2 or 3…it’s such a mixed bag. The songs that touch on electro-stuff I found way more appealing and Boys & Girls was one of two Blur songs I knew & that’s an all-timer. It somehow makes felt overambitious (& overly long) despite feeling kinda lofi at the same time.

I think I had the exact same response to this album as the last PJ Harvey. Though, maybe this one felt more cohesive as an album.

The strongest of the PJ Harvey stuff on here.

Pink Floyd of 21st century. I’m surprised how much of this reminded me of Coldplay & Arcade Fire. Always thought Radiohead would be more singular. Another example of “influential” not equating to “great”

After those first three songs I was preparing myself to give the rare five star for a folk album…but nothing else came close after that. Which is a shame. Obligatory: I like her work in the Velvet Underground.

Wow, that album cover promises maybe the WORST lineup of guests…can’t believe it isn’t a one star album despite having so many one star ppl involved.

I like Elton John, but I’ve never thought he had a five star album. This has a pretty big number of hits & classics. Too bad it’s almost 80 minutes.

Maybe I don’t like soul music? Or I have no soul. Nothing to fault, but I won’t revisit, except that last track, I loved that.

Having now listened to more bs 60s/70s jammy psych crud than I’d ever want to…this doesn’t stand out to me as much as people make it out to. At least this wasn’t as slow as the other Sabbath entries, but man something about their oft used slow riff tempo really irks me

Corny & goof. I liked it, wish each song was a full minute shorter, but I think I might just have that opinion about every song in existence apparently.

Cream is expired

Nothing without Kim Gordon. Juno was right.

While I do think these songs work way better in the concert film, they’re still good & groovy as hell

I went back & listened to Brytler Later thinking “What does this have that I like that today’s album doesn’t?” It’s remarkable what a stark difference there is. From the jump that album is far more rich, complex, dynamic & Five Leaves Left is bare, raw & boring.

This is some good juju. This is what I was expecting from the last Siouxie album.

I’m tempted to give this three stars because Hard Again as an album title is too funny. But, alas, like all my two star reviews it seems, the 2 stands for 2 long.

2Pac, 2Stars, 2Long. I think if I listened to any of these songs in isolation I would like them more, but when every track is 5 min, the repetition wears on me. I’ve always liked 2Pac, but I’ve never liked a 2Pac album.

I do not like the way Adele sounds. Simple as that sometimes.

I won the Scissor Sisters award at CSUN for having the best essay title, “Reckon Balls,” & never bothered to actually listen to Scissor Sisters! Real good!

I listened to this while out on a sunset walk with Bart & Lyndsie. A very pleasant evening. (I always find it worth noting what’s not on Spotify. LBM recently played in Ojai, I should have gone?) “I HAVE MAGGOTS IN MY SCROOOTUMMM”

I did not have Faith this would be a good album despite loving Father Figure. Thought the corny horny aspect would be in more songs. Functions best when it’s upbeat.

I do not like that Santana man, I do not like that man jams. This was actually NOT the most Santana sounding thing I’ve heard (outside of Black Magic Woman 🤮) but the incredible bongo band did it better. I’ve always kinda liked Oye Como Va

Those first three songs lie about what the rest of the album is going to be.

I have to hear Creep & Waterfalls every day at work on the radio. It’s cemented TLC as this band that I can’t stand & it’s not even their fault.

Fats > Chubby

Moog over olde Krautrock, this is that NEU SHIT!

80s corny cheese. Nothing wrong with that!

This convention sucks

Hmm…I listened to this once on my way to work & liked about half of it okay. I listened to it later with headphones & I still only liked about half, but I liked it more than originally. This album more than the last one I “got it” with Radiohead, but I still think - like all popular music really - you kinda “had to be there”

Lyndsie walks in near the end of the album: “Ugh! Why Pantera, aren’t they like Nazis or something?” I don’t choose the albums! Had to double check Anthrax, Megadeth & Metallica to see where Pantera fits in & I think they’re like right down there with Metallica.

I find that there’s something lackluster in all their songs, like a certain punchiness is missing. Still quality, but never above a 3 star.

I thought this had a lot of potential after the first two songs but found the rest to be lacking anything other than the same wailing and moaning with piano tinkling. Could for background music to a 50s upscale swarthy party

One of my big “vocal tastes are subjective” staples. I also think Waits does storytelling & world building better than 90% of the artists who are known for that. Also a bold first track that really says “buckle up, we’re getting strange”

First three songs: “okay okay, I can get behind this. Lil lost gem” Rest of album: “let’s bury this ‘gem’ a little deeper.”

I kept wondering when I’d run out of things to say about three star albums and it turns it’s about now. Idk, didn’t dislike my time listening to it. Was actually vibing probably more than the half the time but it was all spread thin over a long run time

I enjoy every song as an album experience, but I ain’t throwing on Red Hill Mining Town everyday.

Arctic Monkeys but not as good. And I don’t like Arctic Monkeys.

I wish the 00s picks didn’t also have to sound so 60s inspired, but I don’t expect anything more from this list. Even for bands that sounded like this, this is not memorable.

Ambitious!

My least favorite bands’ favorite band.

I knew I liked that Honey song, but I ended up liking this quite a bit. Probably a three? But I think Just Like Honey is an all-timer.

Hotel California is my least favorite song of all time. Something about it grates my core, I can’t stand it. & look, I GET the Eagles. I remember not hating the other album we got….alas…

Not my favorite Talking Heads by a long shot, but it had its high highs & lows. Really taking a bite out of jam band contemporaries.

2 stars, 2 long. The hits hit, hit or miss for the rest. Three stars tho? Huh?

I enjoyed this when I was out walking Bart, but wouldn’t throw this on on my own. Partially cuz I hear this genre everyday at work

Up until two years ago I never liked Gorillaz having only heard like 5 hits. They were my best friends favorite band so I finally decided to do a deep dive. This isn’t the Gorillaz album I’d pick & I stand by that the two hits off this album are the least interesting. Idk if they have a 5 star album, but I think they’re all consistently 4 stars.

Somewhere in here is a great 5 song EP

I liked 6 of 14 songs, if I had liked one more, or thought that the songs I liked had some real standouts, I’d bump it up…nah. Oddly paced, kinda dragged. Low lows, but catchy sounding stuff.

You ever notice that there’s two hands in the clouds doing a goatse?

Delightful & GAY(e)!

I bet if I listened to this on a road trip I’d like it more. Fire & Rain is an all-timer folk song. Also the album title made me laugh

Solange, and thanks for all the fish! Spotify says she’s an “expectation-defying artist” which is rich since this was a real one note album. I don’t inherently have a problem with one-note, but I got really dig that note.

Idk why, with Kid A & OK Computer both being considered not only Radioheads best album but “top 50 albums of all time” lists…..why do we get MORE Radiohead? I weirdly liked this one the most, but after hearing THE albums from the band, I don’t see the reasoning for more. Especially since none of them have realllllyyyyy brought enough variety to justify multiple albums. (True of half this list, but w/e, preaching to the choir)

I’ve had worse company. This isn’t my stuff

I stepped in the arena & didn’t wanna leave. I also think we should bring back calling people “chumps.” Idk if it’s worth listening to dozens of trash albums to get to a five star…but this was real good.

Man…what a disservice that “Ever Fallen in Love” eclipsed anything else by them. Never woulda given them a chance, but this is maybe my favorite UK punk album? I’d have to look at a list. This is so listenable. A review on here said “it’s FictionAL Romance, not Fiction Romance” and that got a good chuckle out of me.

Pixies are responsible for some of the WORST albums I’ve ever heard (post comeback) I think they have three albums that could be on this list, if we follow the precedent set by this list, and this album is not one. It’s a C-Tier Pixies album. Reaaaallly should have been their first album…which I did listen to right after. This feels like a retread of their previous albums. Still got some great stuff though. “Is She Weird”

I know this is the top of a lot of “best albums” lists…& I get it culturally n stuff but gd the song “killing me softly” turned me off of her voice forever. Something about that song is the antithesis of the brainwaves. Immediate bad mood.

Rock…against(?) ass! I can’t get on board with that message. The turns of phrase in the titles alone really got me. Like Rendezvous with Anus of course. But there’s a lot of funny ass stuff in here…buried in an hour long punk behemoth with more than one 5+ min long song. Do the songs rock, yeah? Do they sustain that rock hardness…dunno, but they made me laugh

There’s a lot of spaghetti on the ground that didn’t stick to the wall.

Heard the first song & thought “maybe this is fine?” Moondance is a bottom of the barrel song.

I saw her live and she rambled through some speech and said fuck like it was edgy. We all loved it.

Psych rock: Good when it’s rock, bad when it’s psych.

I’d tell you what I think of this album but you don’t care

Maybe!

Besides the opener & the closer, this is no good. Minus one star for harmonica solo FOR SURE

A four star album buried beneath 5min long songs. “ooh this is good, I’ll add it to my liked songs…three more minutes? Nevermind.”

Shocked when I saw the three hr runtime until I realized that was the deluxe version. 1hr 34min is much more reasonable. You know, I ended up with about seven songs I really really liked out of this thing, could’ve been worse.

Fuck off

I know this said it was 1973, but this got that 60s STANK on it. I don’t need an album by the guy who was in Velvet Underground instead of that another Velvet Underground album. Not like this list doesn’t loooove its repeats

I think it says something that I’d only ever heard two songs off this album….

Chalk it up to me hearing this genre everyday at work as to why it doesn’t stir anything up in me other than mild workplace annoyance.

Ys? Yes

BAD is Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson is BAD.

Dino-mite!

My brother hates this album & is an American…if only there was a term to call him…

Rocketman did a better version of “he got the whole world (in his hands)”

Anytime this decides to be a rock album, I’m very on board. The snoozy lounge stuff ain’t it, but the writing was at least mildly interesting. I’m tempted to give it a three because I really liked that “Eternal Life” song. RIP

The choices this list makes for the 00s needs to be studied.

And here I thought I was a cinephile! I didn’t have a bad time with this, and it was wonderfully short. There’s something about Krautrock that I like…but rarely something I love

If I had just heard this album I’d maintain that Joy Division is one of the great 80s bands. But I heard that other album. So at least they had one album that was iconic

This would be a five if I could hear the Sega Genesis sound chip version. I’m tempted to bump it to a five because for how this SHOULD have hit me, long/repetitive tracks…idk, I was on board for nearly all of it.

Shoutout to one of the best opening tracks. For when I want to listen to Chicago but not actually listen to Chicago. I probably won’t remember this in a week, but it was nice while it was here.

Good thing this wasn’t called “Movies”

Every now and then a movie hits the audience that only sees two movies a year. & then you say “how did Michael make so much money!” forgetting the millions that don’t engage with movies really. Oasis feels like that for music.

Tori A(l)mos(t) Kate Bush

Stones vs Beatles. Whoever wins, we lose.

I listened to like 4 hrs of ABBA when I was going through the Rolling Stone top 500 albums & they put a compilation album on the list…im tired of these people yelling at me. A B(ba)

ANOTHER ONE. WE THE BEST MUSIC (Real mixed bag here, but overall the energy was positive and the vibes were good)

I think I’ll bump it up to a three because at least it’s the rare example on this list of foreign music & I accidentally listened to the extended album & didn’t complain! I saw this on a playlist called “House Party” and that’s a very different house party than what I’m use to

One of those bands that I’ve loved so many songs but have never listened to an album or explored more. Glad I was forced to!

Stay in school.

THIS is the best band in late night?! I was going to give this a three because I appreciated the sudden genre changes and first half of this album…then it really fell off as it went on. And, automatic star removal for naming a song Pussy Galore & it ain’t about James Bond

Laibach headfirst into an oven, hope us die.

I’ll give this three stars because at least the frontman didn’t have a baby out of wedlock…wait, WHAT? I’ve never connected with Foo Fighters in any way, I like a couple hits. I can listen to an album and not be bummed, but I’m not thrilled either