Such an easy album to listen to, and the first that I could listen to on vinyl instead of streaming. One of the best debut albums of all time and really set the tone of the dark post punk sound, production is great and this album has a great atmosphere especially when you feel dark and broody, not a 5 to me because I don’t listen to it regularly enough but I have no qualms about people who think this is a top tier album

Really good album with one of the best songs of all time, I did find at times it could drag on a bit, but still a great album

My First Zeppelin on the list and I freaking love this record, such a jump from the first. Better production, actually self written songs (ignore the plagiarism accusations “cough cough”), and some of the best riffs in rock history. Have this on vinyl and one I listen to very frequently. Only downside is that in heartbreaker the solo is very weird before the other instruments jump back in, but that’s part of an already great song and can be forgiven. Best deep cut from the album imo is lemon song (one of the best bass riffs every set to tape)

What happens when you mix joy division with RATM’s attitude, and I’m all here for it

Some good points throughout the album however you have songs like laughing which I’m hoping they put in to make me laugh that kinda drag down the experience

In the car going fast vibes, very enjoyable

Classic punk which you’d really enjoy if you were super into it, not much deviation from the formula so imo a bit generic but can’t lie I was bopping my head a bit. Good for my clash lore but they did much better later

Very enjoyable album, a new favourite, does not feel out of place in this day and can hear how a lot of modern indie rock artists are influenced by this album. Definitely one I’ll be revisiting quite often.

I like the idea of returning to an unfinished project, and the music by no means is bad and I didn’t mind listening at times, I think the bigger question is was this needed? To me it’s trying so hard to be another pet sounds and because of that it can sound dated especially with all the musical moments that are call backs to it. If I wanted pet sounds I’ll listen to it. I can tell this is especially for the really big beach boys/Brian Wilson fans but probably not for me

Why can’t shady just go back to this!!! All jokes aside a great album, great flows and Dre’s production is awesome. Only thing that holds this album back for me is that some bars are definitely products of the time and in a way stop it being as timeless as other rap albums

Boring is the biggest criticism I can throw at this album, I can listen to it but it’s just background music honestly. Bowie has many more better albums than this and this is the first album where I’ve thought should it honestly be on this list

Such an easy album to listen to, and the first that I could listen to on vinyl instead of streaming. One of the best debut albums of all time and really set the tone of the dark post punk sound, production is great and this album has a great atmosphere especially when you feel dark and broody, not a 5 to me because I don’t listen to it regularly enough but I have no qualms about people who think this is a top tier album

It’s Marvin Gaye so it’s going to sound great. In saying that I don’t think it’s as ground breaking as his other big albums, it feels very samesy throughout and knowing the backstory feels like should I be listening to it

Good flow and the production is very nice, good for my rap lore, but don’t feel the need to go right back to it like some other records

The hits are undeniable, in saying that some of the deep cuts on the album are quite a chore to get through and really break up the enjoyment of the album and make it hard to listen to as a whole project and had to use the weekend to listen to it. Again the hits are what save this album from being rated lower, I might come back to this later in life and enjoy it more but right now not so much

Really enjoyed listening to this, held back by some production and musical choices that date the album but in other instances those choices really enhance and make some songs timeless. Some quite good deep cuts on this album that make this an overall fun listen and didn’t feel the need to skip songs

Started off interesting then it kinda became generic, probably won’t revisit anytime soon

Quite an interesting record, obviously has some big hits on it, and there is no denying that the trio are incredible musicians, but to me I don’t get as much enjoyment out of it as other bands of the period.

Strange but super interesting to listen to, after hearing about this band and a certain album that was made I thought all of it would be unlistenable, however this was actually quite fun

Quite a few songs on this that I come back too regularly, Twist of fate is one of my favourite dylan songs, another record I get the chance to listen to on vinyl, looking at the backstory and realising this was heavily inspired by the breakdown of his marriage makes this quite an emotional masterpiece.

I guess I’m not a Bruce Springsteen fan, it’s just a boring album to me, nothing much going on second half of the album I just started skipping songs hoping something would pique my interest. Nothing did unfortunately

Not a bad album, interesting to listen to and see how this is very much the progenitor of punk, quite ballsy to have your debut album be a live album which definitely helps with the raw aesthetic they were obviously going for

Pretty easy to listen to, but didn’t really blow me away

Not really memorable in my opinion, song writing not as captivating as blue, maybe a little insulting to say but kinda feels like background music

Didn’t realise this was the album that had under my thumb on it, definitely the highlight of the album. The rest wasn’t too bad nothing to right home about, still a fun listening experience

One of the OG punk albums and it’s quite good, has 2 of the most quintessential punk songs of all time with anarchy and good save the queen, the other songs are also very fun, production definitely suits the songs making this a very fun listening experience.

Very funky soulful record, no real standouts however but quite nice to listen to

Some skips, but overall a fun sounding album with some really good songs on it

Amazing vocals from the man himself, starts off more uptempo and slows down as the album progresses but that doesn’t diminish it at all, it’s a very satisfying listening experience

Very good album, little Richard has an amazing voice, what holds this album back though is how similar a lot of the records sound to each other, some have the same opening piano riffs and most have a very similar musical formula

Very solid rock album, good riffs, but probably won’t be returning too soon

I swear to god this is trolling, it’s the same drum track looped over whimsical tunes that would not be out of place in a nature doco, this would fit perfectly as hold music for a big corporation. I skipped basically all the tracks and couldn’t finish it

Lyrics didn’t understand, music was Latin with some bite, quite enjoyable

Very well produced album and highly political considering where the USA was at that time, an album more known for the hits I do go back to it every now again but Jesus of suburbia I need to be in a mood to listen through all of it and the album feels a bit long

Let’s get the good stuff outta the way, the hits are some of the greatest rock songs ever written and axl has one of the greatest voices in rock and slash is one of the greats. However besides that this album is 80’s power rock, better than bon jovi but the album cuts other than filler were impediments to hearing the great songs that are worth listening to.

Really lovely album, great songwriting and was fun to listen to while chilling in bed, had a great song I’ve heard but didn’t know it was this album

Lovely album, dolly does not get enough credit as a singer/songwriter, this album doesn’t overstay its welcome fun to listen and chill out to

Rip to a legend, what can I say that hasn’t already been said about this album, easiest 5 I’ve given so far and another I can listen to on vinyl, some of the greatest songs written and has one of the best sabbath deep cuts with planet caravan which you would not expect on a metal album. Awesome riffs and great production, just gets me so pumped listening to this album

Really good rock album and fun to listen to

This is a weird one for me, I like Willie Nelson generally, I like his songwriting and his voice, but this album just didn’t do it for me, I think maybe knowing they aren’t his songs kinda brought it down a bit, but one I don’t feel like I’ll be revisiting

Really nice funky album, quite fun to listen to

Really good voice and quite a good songwriter, one song I listen to quite regularly but the others I probably won’t return to that often

Really good album, Andre and bigboi are 2 of the best to do it, flows that are still really fresh and some of the biggest songs in rap are from this album

Really good album with one of the best songs of all time, I did find at times it could drag on a bit, but still a great album

Tried listening, not my thing

Very good jazz album, would’ve been perfect if it was organised as in the songs leading into each other matched the same energy but it did feel disjointed in some places

Not the biggest fan, a bit too long of an album

Not a swiftie, better girl boss albums exist, if you enjoy good for you I guess

No, just no. All over the place with not much cohesion. Couldn’t finish it

I love the Beatles, they’re one of my favourite bands, and I understand the importance of this album being all songs they wrote themselves, in saying that I don’t think it’s that strong of an album, the highs are good with hard days and can’t buy me love, but the other cuts unlike other albums are not that great

Quite a fun funky album, interestingly the title track is the weakest of the album.

Honestly it’s ok, a couple songs I really like such as hold on but overall not as good as imagine in my opinion and a step down in the songwriting shown in the Beatles, unfortunately I think this was the case of get all the material out that I couldn’t use for the Beatles. It’s not a bad album just underwhelming

What an album, the perfect example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts, a very cohesive and well put together album that is super easy to listen to and super chill and doesn’t overstay its welcome, the vocal performances are amazing and the groves are super awesome.

Not a bad Dylan album, quite easy to listen to, doesn’t have the same emotional appeals as some of his other records

Tried listening to it and I’m generally a fan of this type of music but this album just wasn’t doing it for me

Not a bad album but weirdly produced in some areas, had some songs I enjoyed but overall ok

Quite a good album, I liked the 20 minute prog epic more than the more radio friendly side. Good to see Rush showing what they’re capable of

It’s an ok album not as good as some of the other punk albums of the time, under produced and a very raw sound which I guess is what they were going for, but could’ve been done better imo

A lot of mixed feelings because ye is now a Nazi, and I’m usually a fan of death of the artist but it’s hard when the person is alive and still doing what they’re doing. In saying that, objectively this is a very good album, very well produced with great features and songs, the main thing that drags it down are the skits which I’m not the biggest fan of on rap albums

Fun album, quite a few hits, some songs were a bit boring

What a pleasant surprise, a really fun listening experience, great production and great flows, the members interplaying with each other is great. Definitely a new favourite

Interesting album, I like the mix of genres and what they were trying to achieve however I found the album dragged in some areas, the long songs were a bit tedious to get through. If they tightened the track listing I think it would’ve been a higher rated album for me

A more refined never mind the bollocks, again I do like this album but I think there are too many songs where some start to feel the same

Really quite an unexpected listening experience in a good way, quite fun and some really great tunes, the main thing holding it back is that it can sound quite dated at times, but overall really good

A really good album that I can see many people giving a 5, for me some songs are a bit flat but overall a good listening experience

Look it’s a good live album, but in saying that is it really worthy to be on this list, I don’t think so, unlike an earlier album I reviewed where the debut was a live performance, this is not that, and honestly should’ve been parked to allow other albums where people debuted original songs

Such a great album, funny how in its time it garnered controversy from the folk crowd for being electric, but in doing so Dylan created the first great folk rock album (the byrds are not better than Dylan fight me), great writing and music, best song on the album imo is ballad of a thin man

Surprisingly good album to listen to, quite fun and very poignant. One I will revisit but not all that often

Quite an interesting album, the production is really good, very strong post punk feel

Tried listening, wasn’t for me, it didn’t sound bad or anything but didn’t really capture me like other albums have

A very interesting experience listening to this album, firstly didn’t realise this is where jackass got their theme song, secondly I thought I was going to hate this album when it started but it got more fun, but I feel that is the biggest downside of the album, there are more than enough really good song to have a short really strong album, but this album had so many moments of songs that I wanted to skip

Honestly I think there is one memorable song on the record and the rest are forgettable, after listening to a couple of their albums I do not get the hype behind the police

I went into this not expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised, good songs, well written, highlight is the scientist. Did feel some songs sounded the same

I feel this album is a bit pretentious, it’s way longer than it needs to be, the songs finish and then seem to fade out for 4 minutes, musically it’s great it’s prince what do you expect, but I feel like he tried to hard with this album

Pretty good album, thought I was going to be walking into something pretty meh with that first song (in all honesty the instrumentation on a walk across… actually spiked my anxiety levels which is hard for a song to do), but then after that the album mellowed out and was quite fun to listen to, I did find myself thinking this does sound eerily familiar to another singer and then looking at the reviews some said David Byrne and I agree and at times the songs can sound a bit too similar to talking heads.

Pretty good pop album, again some songs were a bit hit or miss for me

Look, a very good side 1, side 2 with those instrumentals was so uninteresting to me, I ended up skipping to the secret life of Arabia to finish it off. Again side 1 saves this album from being rated any worse

A very good album that I will return to later, the first side I thought was a perfect recipe on how to write pop, the second half while still good I found did drag in some areas,

Right off the bat, if you don’t like prog you will not like this album. Now that’s out of the way, I thoroughly enjoy this album, the excessiveness that people don’t like about prog I really like because people who are skilled musicians can show us how skilled they are and this album has this in buckets, fun grooves provided by squire and bruford and great guitar work by howe. The one thing stopping this album being a top contender is that some of the longer songs with multiple sections I found were a bit abrupt changing into them and not as smooth as they could be

A really very good album, I loved the mixture of indie, theatrics and a lead singer who sounds similar to Bowie. The one major downside of this album and maybe because it’s Spotify is that stupid final song which is 14minutes but more than half is an outro, aside from that a great listening experience

Tried listening, wasn’t for me

Was prince a good musician, yes he was. Just see some of his guitar performances. In saying that this album is so stuck in the 80’s I was expecting an appearance from Reagan. The synths and drum machines date this album so much and not in the fun way and it’s such a chore to listen to. There was a sporadic good song here and there but it’s surrounded by so much filler, the fact that this is album goes for an hour is so baffling and no one had the grace to tell prince that he should maybe cut some of the weaker tracks, then I see this is also his other most appreciated album which also perplexes me.

Very solid pop album, a couple very famous very catchy songs, didn’t overstay its welcome and drag on, some songs are ones I won’t actively seek out but if I run into them I won’t be mad.

My First Zeppelin on the list and I freaking love this record, such a jump from the first. Better production, actually self written songs (ignore the plagiarism accusations “cough cough”), and some of the best riffs in rock history. Have this on vinyl and one I listen to very frequently. Only downside is that in heartbreaker the solo is very weird before the other instruments jump back in, but that’s part of an already great song and can be forgiven. Best deep cut from the album imo is lemon song (one of the best bass riffs every set to tape)

Solid post punk album, some songs were good, others were ok, not essential imo to get a feel for the genre as a whole

Just a regular country album, don’t know why it’s so revered, if you’re really into country you’ll like this album

Very interesting album, I liked a lot of the songs, did start off slow and I thought it was going to be a mid album but found myself enjoying it quite a bit

This was a really good album, I was familiar with the hits but never took the time to listen to it fully, vocals are really captivating and musically really interesting, I did find the second half of the album was a bit of a challenge to go through, but that could just be me. No qualms of anyone giving this a 5 but for me listening to it it’s a very high 4

A perfectly ok album, some classic songs but others were just ok, not a chore to get through and didn’t find myself constantly skipping songs, but won’t actively go seeking out this album

I was duped, I thought this was a continuation of the yes album, oh how wrong I was, besides roundabout this album was a real challenge to get through, not much to write home about, the only other positive I can really give is that they’re great musicians

Really quite a fun listening experience, quite solid throughout but the second half was a bit slower then the first

Fun album coming from the swamp rockers of San Francisco, easy to listen to and some very famous songs, however it is held back by some songs that sound exactly like another on the same album

Very easy and fun album to listen to, best way to describe is a vibe, definitely more accessible then the banana album (not saying that’s bad, just that this is a very easy way to get into the velvet underground) a few songs as well that are some of my favourite from the group too, maybe not as iconic but should not be slept on

A very interesting album, musically quite complex, I can see why it’s rated so highly, for me however I found it quite a challenging listen, I wouldn’t put this on to relax to, I’d need to be in a certain mood to listen. Also, this album is quite long, that wouldn’t be a challenge for some albums but for this one I did find myself having to take breaks listening to it to come back to it, there were quite a few songs that could’ve either been cut or shortened

I feel very conflicted with this album, Aretha has arguably the greatest voice in the business and here it definitely shines, however I found a lot of the songs sounding the same, also a lot of the songs are covers which for me always drags down the legacy of an album. I’m not saying covers can’t be better than the original, but I find a whole or majority of songs on an album to be covers in a way making it easier for a recording artist vs originals or almost all originals which in my opinion makes them not as great

A bit of a weird one, I think this album is quite good, sounds nice has some good songs but also some skippable stuff. I do however echo a lot of the other people as I had no idea this band existed and do question the inclusion of them on this list, I feel this list is for bands who have pushed the art of music forward, and I’m not saying modern artists shouldn’t be on this list but more so I feel this band is just another group that made good music in a genre but didn’t adapt or progress it forward

Interesting album, liked the mixture of electronic and instruments, some quite good songs some songs were a bit boring. I liked the idea they were going for though

As someone already said on the reviews, this is not a throw on casual album, you need to be in the mood and willing to spend some time dissecting this experience and that will not be for everyone. With that out of the way, I was caught in that lucky mood over the weekend and what an album, super complex, amazing rapping skills from Kendrick and crew, and the content of the songs is super deep. Definitely one of the greatest rap albums ever created, but the one downside is that unlike other great rap albums which you can throw on at anytime, this is not one of them imo.

Look I really like Johnny Cash, I think he’s one of the most underrated song writers, and there is a very famous cover of hurt on this album, but in saying that there are only 2 originals and one of them was originally recorded 50 years previous to this album. My usual feelings are that albums featuring mainly covers are not as groundbreaking as majority original material. I do like most of the renditions though to be fair.

Perfectly ok album, some good songs and some ok songs, won’t actively seek it out

Interesting album, would’ve been interesting to see the direction of pink Floyd if he stayed with them. Very psychedelic, a bit over the place which makes sense considering Sid’s mental state during this time.

This album is such a vibe, it’s like the Beatles and pet sounds had a baby and this is the result, almost pure perfection and I could listen to it almost anywhere, the one downside that is keeping me from giving it the perfect score is the last song, imo it doesn’t fit into the album, but besides that a great album