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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Take Me Apart | 5 | 2.75 | +2.25 |
| The New Tango | 5 | 2.88 | +2.12 |
| Truth And Soul | 5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
| Chicago Transit Authority | 5 | 3.2 | +1.8 |
| Femi Kuti | 5 | 3.25 | +1.75 |
| Home Is Where The Music Is | 5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
| It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back | 5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
| 2112 | 5 | 3.39 | +1.61 |
| Stand! | 5 | 3.43 | +1.57 |
| Hot Buttered Soul | 5 | 3.43 | +1.57 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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| Second Toughest In The Infants | 1 | 2.86 | -1.86 |
| No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) | 2 | 3.06 | -1.06 |
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Public Enemy
5/5
YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHH BOIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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Chicago
5/5
Chicago is one of the all-time greats. I must admit, I have never heard THIS album before, but I really enjoyed it. Poem 58 leading into Free Form Guitar was pretty interesting. A part of me really loved Free Form Guitar and another part of me was like "what the hell is going on." But it was awesome all the way through regardless.
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The xx
3/5
The first album to kick off this list. I feel like all my notes throughout this journey are going to be "very chill" or "good jam," so I'll try to write something more haha. This album reminds me of the kind of music I would drive around late at night listening to. I particularly liked the songs "Shelter" and "Night Time."
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
LOVE me a good harmonica solo
Orange Juice
3/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Van Halen
4/5
PANAMA!!!! That song makes me want to do a sick jump off a ramp in my car.
The Roots
4/5
The Zutons
4/5
Started out thinking it reminds me of Ok Go, ended thinking it reminds me of Cage The Elephant. Fun album.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
I don't think I've ever listened to The Rolling Stones before this, but I wasn't too impressed with this album.
The Monks
2/5
I have a lot of respect for bands like The Monks, for experimenting and trying to create a new alternative sound. We wouldn't have many different styles of music today if there weren't pioneers out there trying new stuff. That being said, I did not care for any of this lol.
4/5
The Who
4/5
I thought it was a bit odd that a live album was on this list, but this actually ruled. Great performance.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
I once again was not impressed with this Rolling Stones album. Am I missing something? These guys have a magazine named after them.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
I enjoyed this so much that when the album was over, I just let Spotify keep playing similar music all day lol
Rush
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
I actually just recently got into Bruce Springsteen, so I listened to this a while ago.
Solomon Burke
4/5
Man, I love the blues, and I'm so glad this album list has had so many bluesy artists.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Beck
3/5
2/5
Listening to this felt like I was missing out on part of the experience. Seems like the kind of thing you had to be there for.
Van Morrison
4/5
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Synth-pop is truly something special.
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
A classic
Kelela
5/5
I really enjoyed this. Reminded me a lot of Imogen Heap. I went and listened to the rest of their discography as well. I think I might have found a new favorite artist.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
So three stars for me means I didn't hate it, but I didn't like it either. I started out not caring for this album, but as it went on, it started to grow on me. Gives me Pixies vibes, a band I love. I think I would be a hippopotacrite if I hated on this and then went and listened to "Doolittle."
Steely Dan
3/5
Dad rock. This is neither a positive nor a negative, just a general purpose statement.
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
I wondered if there was ever gonna be an album on this list that I knew really well. I listened to the shit out of this when I was in college. Love Curtis Mayfield.
Common
4/5
Moby
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
I enjoyed a few songs on this album. Although, while I appreciate their impact on hip hop, Run DMC has never been one of my favorites.
Tom Waits
3/5
I used to sing in a voice similar to this to annoy my girlfriend. Never realized I was doing a Tom Waits impression. I didn't hate it entirely. Overall, I'm a blues fan, but for some of the songs, his voice was just too much, like someone getting plastered and doing Louis Armstrong karaoke.
Steely Dan
4/5
Groovy
U2
4/5
Guess I like U2
Liz Phair
4/5
If this was released today, it would 100% be recommended to me by Spotify in the release radar.
Fela Kuti
5/5
Now this is EXACTLY the kind of thing I expect from a "1000 albums to listen to" list
Boston
4/5
The fact that I knew nearly every song on this album just proves that it's a classic
The Offspring
4/5
Punk rock is my favorite genre, and while I'm not Offspring's biggest fan by any measure, this still ruled.
Electric Light Orchestra
5/5
Five stars, don't even have to listen, ELO is just a five star band.
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Bluesy easy listening
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
I must admit, I've never actually listened to Bob Marley, at least not on my own. This was really great, I can understand why he's legendary status.
Underworld
1/5
This was so incredibly boring. I think even when I listened to EDM back in the day, I would not have liked this album.
Blondie
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
RIP Ozzy.
The Kinks
4/5
Ms. Dynamite
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
I've always been fairly indifferent to Bowie, cherry picking some songs here and there. I was pretty indifferent to this album too.
Jethro Tull
4/5
Caught myself going "hell yeah" multiple times while listening.
Beatles
4/5
Fishbone
5/5
I mean starting with a rock and roll cover of Curtis Mayfield is just cheating. This album was funky as hell and tons of fun.
The Smiths
4/5
4/5
This was mostly on in the background for me, but I got good vibes.
Death In Vegas
3/5
I can't shake the feeling that I maybe should have gotten high before listening to this.
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
I'm finding more and more that I'm really into this style of rock.
Violent Femmes
4/5
Old school punk
Otis Redding
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Another one of my favorite albums from my college days. I freaking love RATM.
Dire Straits
5/5
Yes
Iron Maiden
4/5
So rock and roll. Just like Black Sabbath, it's really funny to me that this is the kind of music people would clutch pearls at back when this came out. Maybe it's the spooky album art.
Harry Nilsson
3/5
This album was a rollercoaster, man
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
Q-Tip
4/5
Bill Callahan
3/5
I feel like I might like this if I was in a certain mood, but it did not fit the vibe for the day.
Ray Price
4/5
Ended up enjoying this more than I expected. I didn't really have high hopes after the intro speech. Oh god, am I an old man?
Ray Charles
5/5
Ray Charles is one of my favorites, this was an instant 5 for me. He's got some serious pipes, sings like a beautiful bluesy angel. I mean c'mon, his last name is even my first name!
Hole
4/5
Radical
Pulp
3/5
ABBA
4/5
I had a girlfriend who was really into ABBA and at that time, I couldn't get into it. But I enjoyed this, my music tastes are so different these days.
The Police
3/5
Al Green
4/5
Norah Jones
4/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
Another album that I think I would really enjoy if I was in the right mood for it.
Paul Revere & The Raiders
4/5
Today I learned Minor Threat's "Steppin' Stone" is a cover.
Blur
3/5
The music is fine but I lost a lot of respect for Blur when I watched them bully Nardwuar during one of his interviews.
The Mars Volta
4/5
The Mars Volta is a band I've been meaning to listen to more of, they have been recommended to me by two different people. I like this style a lot.
Pavement
3/5
Soft Cell
3/5
"Tainted Love" is my top song on Spotify with over 500 listens. Long story short, a D&D character I played had an item that would play a song that only they could hear on repeat, so I would play it every session for the joke. Now Spotify thinks its my all time favorite. It is a good song though, which is a shame because the rest of the album didn't really do it for me.
The Pogues
4/5
Okay, I must admit, I ended up enjoying this album more than I initially thought I would. It's pretty fun.
Motörhead
2/5
I understand why a live album can be considered a "must listen," I really do. But even if the performance was legendary, there is still something missing from just listening to the live recording. Actually physically being there for the show is a big part of the experience that no live album will ever capture. Any time one of these comes up, I feel like I am missing out.
The Cure
3/5
The Kinks
4/5
Morrissey
4/5
Astor Piazzolla
5/5
Thoroughly enjoyed this.
Pretenders
3/5
I started out liking it ,but as the album went on, it kind of went down to just meh for me.
The Prodigy
3/5
Seems like something that would be good as music to an action or racing scene, maybe. Unfortunately, my commute to work was not nearly eventful enough to warrant such an accompaniment.
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Snoop Dogg
4/5
Femi Kuti
5/5
The first few saxophone notes of the first song won me over immediately. The world music on this list always hits.
Sigur Rós
3/5
The Band
4/5
Scott Walker
3/5
I'm not super into showtunes and this was very showtune-y
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Music to enjoy while drinking whiskey alone at a dive bar
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
I was wondering when we'd get to this one. I've listened to this one more times than I can count already.
Nico
4/5
I think this album is a good example of how much my music tastes have changed over the years. I think a decade ago I would really dislike this, but nowadays it hit just right for me. Funny.
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
Man, this was just not any good. This album is just noise, and not even enjoyable noise. Every once and a while, an album appears that is clearly only on the list because it was experimental for its time and maybe influential to it's subgenre. I understand why that is considered a must-listen; this isn't a "1001 BEST albums" list, after all. But holy moly was this album a slog.
The Specials
4/5
I don't care what anyone says, ska music is FUN as hell, I will always enjoy a funky ska album.
Love
3/5
Brian Wilson
4/5
I thought, "this reminds me of the Beach Boys." I go to read about the artist and it's one of the Beach Boys. Overall, I thought it was nice enough, though I think it didn't fit the vibe for me today.
The Verve
3/5
I think this is the most neutral I have ever been to one of these albums. Curtis said it perfectly, I sort of felt like I was in a Boy Meets World episode for the entire album. Didn't hate it, but I don't think I'll ever listen to this again.
OutKast
4/5
Speakerboxxx > The Love Below, but both are really great
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Sade
4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
5/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
I like this, I think it would be awesome to see live.
Frank Sinatra
4/5
It's Sinatra
Björk
4/5
I've heard the name of this artist before, but I would've never guessed that this is the kind of music they make. But I enjoyed it! Very chill listen.
Antony and the Johnsons
2/5
Jane Weaver
4/5
Supergrass
4/5
Pretty fun
2/5
Not for me
James Brown
3/5
I actually thought this would be a live album that I really enjoyed, but once again, I feel like I was missing out while listening.
Stereo MC's
3/5
Went to check how many songs I had left in the album only to find that I was in the middle of the first song again. Decent as background music, but it is all just the same thing.
Pixies
5/5
YOUR BONES GOT A LITTLE MACHINE. Man, I love the Pixies, they are like the exact perfect level of chaotic noisy rock. Not my favorite of theirs, but definitely still a great album in my personal onion.
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Again, just decent background music, but otherwise pretty dull.
The Hives
4/5
"Die All Right" was recommended to me a long time ago by Spotify, back when I was still doing my music show with my friend. It was (and still is) in the playlist of songs I was gonna play on the show. This isnt the album that I heard it on though, I first listened to it on Veni Vidi Vicious! That album and this one share some songs, but they are both great in any case!
The Cars
4/5
The Boo Radleys
4/5
I liked it mostly but the end of the album sort of devolved into noise and I'm not sure I liked it.
Meat Puppets
4/5
Sheryl Crow
3/5
Why do I feel like I've heard every song on this album? I've never listened to Sheryl Crow in my life. Is she just that prevalent that I recognize her voice immediately?
King Crimson
4/5
Gene Clark
4/5
I am a sucker for a good harmonica solo
The Modern Lovers
3/5
4/5
Adele
4/5
A prime example of how my music tastes have changed, or rather, how more accepting I am of different music. I think when this album came out, I would have been vehemently against it solely because it was popular (even though the songs are good). Music is so much more enjoyable when you let dumb ideas like that go. I enjoyed this album pretty well, but it also made me realize that I haven't really heard Adele in a long time as well, unless it was one of her older songs.
The Auteurs
4/5
Sabu
3/5
This is the first "world music" album that didn't really do it for me.
The Smiths
4/5
I listened to this last week lol
Kate Bush
3/5
Hot take but I mostly liked season 4. Besides the obvious complaint of introducing new characters just to kill them off (which they keep doing), the season was interesting and scary and provided an neat backstory for the mindflayer, even if I was disappointed that the interdimensional monster was just a human the whole time. I do still think the first two seasons are the best, but the fourth was better than the third. Maybe it's just because I like the demogorgons and their design so much, we need more of those in the final season. The Hawkins Lab episode with all of them overrunning the facility was the best episode of the show.
Oh this album was okay too I guess.
ZZ Top
4/5
Rock and roll, baby
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Beyoncé
4/5
I have always been fairly neutral towards Beyoncé but I've also never really listened to any of her music voluntarily. I liked it well enough.
Chicago
5/5
Chicago is one of the all-time greats. I must admit, I have never heard THIS album before, but I really enjoyed it. Poem 58 leading into Free Form Guitar was pretty interesting. A part of me really loved Free Form Guitar and another part of me was like "what the hell is going on." But it was awesome all the way through regardless.
Alanis Morissette
3/5
Another album where I seem to know all the songs but I don't think I've ever chosen to listen to Alanis Morissette??? Just like Sheryl Crow, I am mostly indifferent to this one as well.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
N.E.R.D
4/5
N.E.R.D. was on my radar back when I was in high school. Unfortunately, music was harder for me to get access to, so only ever heard one album by them and it was not this one. I've since forgotten about it honestly, but I liked this one a lot. Glad to have finally gotten to listen to more of them.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Isaac Hayes
5/5
John Lennon
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Joy Division
3/5
Not super into gothic rock, but maybe I would have enjoyed this more if it was up BEFORE Halloween.
Joan Baez
3/5
Like many other albums, I think I might like this more if I was in the right mood for it.
Steve Earle
4/5
Very nostalgic
R.E.M.
4/5
I had a friend a long time ago who LOVED REM and would always tell me to check out their discography. I feel bad that I never did until today, especially since I really enjoyed this one.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
I think I have been pretty bored with the Stones albums on this list so far, but I really liked this one!
Public Enemy
5/5
YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHH BOIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Lorde
3/5
I also listened to this one more than once, only because the first time I listened, I got kind of bored halfway through. I decided to give it a second play with a bit more active listening and sadly I just wasn't into it.
Hugh Masekela
5/5
Jazz is great
John Coltrane
5/5
MORE JAZZ
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Springsteen has become one of my favorite artists recently and this list has been great at making me listen to more of his music.
R.E.M.
4/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Prince
3/5
I've never listened to Prince on purpose before, and I actually thought I would enjoy this because I like the dance style music of this era. But this album was pretty boring.
Cowboy Junkies
4/5
This was quite pleasant
Weather Report
4/5
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
Might be fun to dance to but largely forgettable to be honest.