357
Albums Rated
3.22
Average Rating
33%
Complete
732 albums remaining
Rating Distribution
Rating Timeline
Taste Profile
1950
Favorite Decade
Metal
Favorite Genre
US
Top Origin
Curator
Rater Style ?
51
5-Star Albums
30
1-Star Albums
Breakdown
By Genre
Top Styles
By Decade
By Origin
Albums
You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
|
5 | 2.38 | +2.62 |
|
Group Sex
Circle Jerks
|
5 | 2.75 | +2.25 |
|
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
|
5 | 2.76 | +2.24 |
|
Damaged
Black Flag
|
5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
|
Among The Living
Anthrax
|
5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
|
Viva Hate
Morrissey
|
5 | 2.96 | +2.04 |
|
Copper Blue
Sugar
|
5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
|
Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
|
5 | 3.09 | +1.91 |
|
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
|
5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
|
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
|
5 | 3.25 | +1.75 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kid A
Radiohead
|
1 | 3.71 | -2.71 |
|
Hotel California
Eagles
|
1 | 3.59 | -2.59 |
|
Funeral
Arcade Fire
|
1 | 3.55 | -2.55 |
|
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
|
1 | 3.46 | -2.46 |
|
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
|
1 | 3.41 | -2.41 |
|
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
|
1 | 3.39 | -2.39 |
|
The Band
The Band
|
1 | 3.34 | -2.34 |
|
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
|
1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
|
The White Album
Beatles
|
2 | 4.17 | -2.17 |
|
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
|
1 | 3.16 | -2.16 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4.5 |
| Black Sabbath | 2 | 5 |
| Van Halen | 2 | 5 |
| David Bowie | 4 | 4.25 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Kanye West | 2 | 1 |
| Kraftwerk | 2 | 1 |
| Leonard Cohen | 3 | 1.67 |
| Sonic Youth | 2 | 1.5 |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 1.5 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Morrissey | 5, 2 |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 4, 1 |
| The Who | 2, 2, 5 |
| Beatles | 4, 5, 4, 2, 2 |
5-Star Albums (51)
View Album Wall
Popular Reviews
Hugh Masekela · 24 likes
5/5
Listening to anti-apartheid jazz while watching ICE trucks barreling down my street towards the the farms is definitely making me feel a type of way…
Kraftwerk · 1 likes
1/5
Sounds like the shit you’d hear at a really boring German orgy in the 1980s.
Incredible Bongo Band · 1 likes
3/5
Definitely what the box said it was....
Arcade Fire · 1 likes
1/5
The one star is for Wake Up. The rest was white noise to me.
Count Basie & His Orchestra · 1 likes
5/5
Still can't believe Mel Brooks got him to play his orchestra for a throwaway gag in Blazing Saddles. What a legend.
1-Star Albums (30)
All Ratings
DJ Shadow
5/5
Oasis
5/5
I dig the early sound that Oasis had, that ran counter to the more popular grunge in the 90s.
The The
4/5
Sick 80s sound. 10/10 would shoot down Soviet helicopters over Afghanistan to this music.
Pentangle
2/5
If this was all the music British people had to work with then it’s no wonder they invaded so many countries.
The Beach Boys
2/5
2/10 needs Problem Child.
Hugh Masekela
5/5
Listening to anti-apartheid jazz while watching ICE trucks barreling down my street towards the the farms is definitely making me feel a type of way…
Dire Straits
4/5
It’s okay. I liked the mellow vibe of the album. It got better towards the end, after Sultans of Swing.
Beyoncé
3/5
I heard bits of Single Ladies and a couple other songs, but I've never actually given Beyoncé a chance and listened to her stuff. Not sure where this sits in her discography, but it was pretty good.
Elton John
5/5
Played it three times in a row. Great driving and lounging music.
Scott Walker
1/5
I enjoyed none of this weird British man talking at me to bad lounge music.
Johnny Cash
5/5
Listened to the standard edition twice on my commute today. Now I'm listening to the Legacy Edition that's got another hour of recordings from the San Quentin session. Love Johnny Cash.
Sonic Youth
2/5
I liked the sound, but it wasn't really memorable. There's better 90s bands.
Arcade Fire
2/5
I breezed through that album without realizing what songs were which. It all sounds the same.
Roxy Music
2/5
Good background music but not much more going for it
Dead Kennedys
5/5
Love this album. Early punk had such a nasty raw sound that you’d expect to hear at the dive bars they played. And there has to be someone picking these albums, with how topical it is.
U2
4/5
It’s not Joshua Tree, but it’s okay.
Leonard Cohen
2/5
I should've been into this, but his voice is so droning that it felt like he was rambling one big long-ass weed puff rant.
Youssou N'Dour
5/5
Loved this album. A good example of how diverse Afrobeat is with parts of different genres the African diaspora has influenced. Only think I didn't like was how short album was.
Bill Callahan
3/5
third album so far of a white guy talking over a guitar. If I have to hear it again, I'd prefer it be Johnny Cash.
Franz Ferdinand
5/5
One of the first “modern” rock albums I got to listen to as a kid.
Slade
3/5
It sounds like glam rock before glam rock knew what to sound like. Still feels too 60s.
Mike Ladd
3/5
Lyrics were okay, but I really liked the experimental beat and instrumentals. Reminded me of the rap they’d play on early [adult swim] like MF Doom.
T. Rex
4/5
Loved it. Another saved album.
R.E.M.
4/5
Another saved album. 10/10
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
It was okay. Most of the songs sounded like the same 4-second loop of a Cranberries song on slow-mo.
Serge Gainsbourg
2/5
I was more distracted by the Frenchman whispering sexily at me during my morning commute, than anything...
Billy Joel
5/5
Hell of an album to listen to on America's birthday.
Dennis Wilson
4/5
I really liked the variety in this album.
a-ha
5/5
I hadn't actually heard anything else a-ha did, besides Take On Me. I was surprised how much I enjoyed the whole album. I liked every song.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Didn't realize that "Dance Till You're Dead" beat came from this album. I prefer this version over the dance remixes.
The Killers
5/5
I've got soul but I'm not a soldier.
Justin Timberlake
1/5
I get that this was supposed to be objectively good, but I didn’t enjoy a second of this.
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
I was listening to this and my dad overheard and talked to me about how he heard this album in the Marines, when one of the black dudes in his Recon platoon introduced him to Soul music. This music goes steady enough to let you ponder the lyrics while enjoying the rhythm.
Adele
4/5
Never gave Adele a chance, and was pleased with what I heard. Every other song saved.
Morrissey
5/5
More Morrissey, please!
Le Tigre
4/5
Girl punk fucks.
Radiohead
3/5
Never heard anything by Radiohead besides Creep. They’re good, but not amazing, if this album is anything to go by.
Guns N' Roses
3/5
Liked the tracks everyone else knows, but I forgot how rapey some of their other tracks were…
Nirvana
4/5
In Utero is fine, but I always liked Nevermind better.
Skunk Anansie
4/5
Never heard of these guys before. I like them.
Coldplay
5/5
One thing I've loved so far has been going back to albums I grew up on and having a newer appreciation for, as I've gotten older.
The Human League
2/5
All the buildup of a mediocre 80s band, just to lead up to the one song everyone knows from that one commercial on TV or movie trailer or whatever...
Brian Wilson
4/5
Great for lounging poolside to.
David Bowie
3/5
Not my favorite Bowie stuff, but the sound was interesting.
Prince
4/5
I forgot how good this album was. The movie was okay.
Black Sabbath
5/5
Every song saved. This dude was belting out lyrics that had no right being as amazing as they were. RIP to the Godfather of Metal.
Eagles
3/5
Can't listen to the Eagles without thinking about that Country Bears movie lol.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
The tracks where Jimi just gets to do Jimi are amazing. The ones with his backup band trying to do Monkee shit are garbo
Black Flag
5/5
Fuck yeah.
Cheap Trick
4/5
Every live album at Budokan I’ve heard sounds like a great time.
The White Stripes
3/5
They'd be better if they had a bass player
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Loved the first track. It follows an Aksak rhythm, which is something that was big in the Ottoman Empire. Hearing the sequence in a jazz track was cool.
Deee-Lite
1/5
I was waiting for Marky Mark to start rapping, and never got it. 0/10
Underworld
3/5
Def sounded like a synth album
Bob Dylan
2/5
That was definitely a Bob Dylan album.
Aerosmith
3/5
This sounds like Aerosmith got into rock 20 years too late. Sabbath and Zeppelin were already around, but they still sound like a cover band going down the list of a Johnny Rockets jukebox.
5/5
Awesome, from start to finish. Awesome composition, awesome lyrical storytelling, awesome vibes. Had to listen twice.
Judas Priest
4/5
Not their strongest stuff but still some solid tracks
Massive Attack
4/5
I only heard these guys before in Guy Ritchie movies. This album was a lot more mellow than that stuff. I dug the R&B rap vibes
American Music Club
4/5
had to find the album on YouTube. I liked the diversity. A little bit of indie, country, and soft rock. Surprising to hear from the 80s.
Kanye West
1/5
Listened to this trash and then washed my ears out with The College Dropout. This list has two Kanye albums, and neither are College Dropout or Graduation. That’s some bullshit.
King Crimson
3/5
21st Century Schizoid Man was great. In the Court of the Crimson King was good. Everything else sounded like they were just rehearsing and tuning and forgot the recorder was on.
Hot Chip
2/5
I didn't hate it, but I don't think I particularly liked it, either. No idea why this is on the list.
4/5
I know it's popular to shit on the Beatles, but I still like their stuff. Not so much because I like their music over other bands of the 60s, but more from an objective technical point. Sgt. Pepper isn't quite rock or pop, like the rest of their previous albums. There's a lot of sound engineering and effects in this album that had never been practiced or attempted in music before. It raised the bar for what people could expect from a music album.
Frank Zappa
4/5
I like Zappa's unhinged stuff, but I was pleasantly surprised by this instrumental work.
The La's
4/5
LL Cool J
4/5
Loved the beats in this album. I didn't realize how much influence LL Cool J had, because I know I heard these beats in other rap albums that came out years after. Definitely heard the same vibes from Jurassic 5's Quality Control.
Elis Regina
2/5
Her stuff was okay. The album was hard to find, and it wasn’t even one of her best albums. Not sure how some stuff makes this list.
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Any excuse to listen to this album again. Love Fleetwood Mac.
Ice Cube
4/5
I have a better appreciation for hip-hop as protest music. It makes you think, and it vibes like FUCK. 10/10.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Van Halen
5/5
Patti Smith
3/5
Like a lady Bob Dylan, but the lyrics had a little more cohesion.
The Who
2/5
Sat through waiting for pinball wizard, then sat through the rest of the original. I was not going to sit through the rest of the 2+ hours of bonus content in the platinum edition
The Dandy Warhols
1/5
totally snoozed through this one. Never even knew the Dandy Warhol’s were a thing, and I still wish I didn’t.
Bob Dylan
3/5
I guess this is the album all of his good stuff was on. I liked most of it.
Kraftwerk
1/5
Sounds like the shit you’d hear at a really boring German orgy in the 1980s.
Q-Tip
4/5
The last couple stinkers got redeemed by this guy.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
I feel like this album could've been vastly improved upon if the singer just said less. Maybe even nothing.
Aerosmith
3/5
I got excited with Back in the Saddle, but every song after felt like falling out of the saddle and awkwardly trying to climb back up mid-stride. Still better than the last Aerosmith album we had.
The Black Crowes
3/5
Had the same vibes as Aerosmith to me, but just sounded better.
David Bowie
4/5
Not as mind-blowing as some of his career’s work, but still very good for his final album.
The Offspring
5/5
Okay so there IS some good music on this list!
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Love Run DMC. They're also my preferred method of listening to Aerosmith.
Sex Pistols
5/5
The best rock is the stuff that folks try to prevent others from listening to.
Eminem
4/5
Eminem gets a lot of shit for his lyrics, but at least he's been consistently self-aware of what he raps about and people's reactions.
Stephen Stills
3/5
Not bad, out of the other “white guy with an acoustic guitar” genre that’s been on here so far.
Queens Of The Stone Age
4/5
Good album to hear the first bits of this band figuring out their sound.
Lou Reed
3/5
I liked every other song. I dig the proto punk, but wish Lou Reed didn’t sing like he’s in a Doo-Whop band at a sock hop.
Dr. Dre
3/5
It was okay. Too many skits and diss tracks, and not enough solid songs. I get that this was Dre's first solo rap album and needed to show his own sound off, but I don't think even he figured out what that was supposed to be yet. Pretty sure this is on the list more as a historic milestone.
Beatles
5/5
Revolver might be my favorite Beatles album, if only because it's the album where they stopped being the campy poppy stage band of the early 60s, and before they got full of themselves and went overboard with the experimental stuff in the late 60s. Plenty of tracks that walk the tightrope between both sounds.
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Short, jazzy, funky. Hell yeah.
The Smiths
3/5
I like The Smiths, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think all their songs sounded exactly the same.
Janis Joplin
3/5
I liked every other song, but I honestly don’t get what the big deal was with Janis Joplin.
SAULT
4/5
I liked the funk and soul melodies in this. Reminded me of Childish Gambino’s R&B stuff.
TV On The Radio
3/5
TV On The Radio has so many better albums than this, but I can dig it.
David Bowie
5/5
We’re gonna run out of Bowie and we aren’t even done with the first year!
Fairport Convention
3/5
Not bad, but this didn’t really stand out for me.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
I'm not as versed with Stevie Wonder's stuff, but I enjoyed this very much.
Ray Charles
5/5
I like Stevie Wonder’s experimental stuff, but I far prefer Ray Charles. Also, kinda weird that they threw the two blind black piano players back-to-back…
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Grooving on my morning hike the whole time this played.
Hawkwind
2/5
These dudes tried way too hard to be some next big thing. Easy music to burn a couple hours while cleaning the pool…
Metallica
4/5
Modern fuckery makes for a better appreciation for the lyrics of albums like this.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
I liked this guy’s sound. Reminded me of Warren Zevon
Count Basie & His Orchestra
5/5
Still can't believe Mel Brooks got him to play his orchestra for a throwaway gag in Blazing Saddles. What a legend.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Led Zeppelin never made a bad album.
Parliament
4/5
Loved it.
Neneh Cherry
3/5
I really liked the first track, but the rest of the album was just kinda mid.
Van Halen
5/5
Van Halen slamming banger after banger, this whole album.
The KLF
2/5
I don’t think you’re supposed to listen to this without cocaine.
The White Stripes
3/5
Seriously get a bass player.
Anita Baker
2/5
I'd bet money that this only popped up now because of the track "Caught Up in the Rapture" I could only listen to like half of the album on Spotify. It was okay R&B.
Green Day
5/5
One of the albums I was excited for. I love Green Day. I listened to the 30th anniversary deluxe edition. So cool to hear the alt cuts and hearing how different some of their best songs could’ve turned out.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Another banger.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Whole Lotta Zep!
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
I felt like I was at a day spa for an Italian circus
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
Loved how diverse the tracks got
Sigur Rós
2/5
I remember liking this when I was young, but now it's just noise to me.
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
Definitely what the box said it was....
Lambchop
3/5
Didn’t expect to like it as much as I did.
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Loved this.
Isaac Hayes
5/5
Great soundtrack for an awesome movie.
Leonard Cohen
2/5
I didn’t know so many white guys with guitars sounded so uniquely boring.
Joy Division
2/5
This sounds like music I'd hear in a Goodwill in 2007. Very white noise...
Iron Maiden
4/5
I liked their later stuff better, but this was a great start.
Rocket From The Crypt
5/5
Immediate 5 stars as soon as I realized it was a ska album.
10cc
4/5
Good vibes the whole way through.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Better than some of the other stuff that's already been on here.
Circle Jerks
5/5
Short and sick. 10/10
David Gray
4/5
Felt like I was listening to a season of Scrubs.
Lorde
2/5
I have no opinion on Lorde’s music. This did little to change that.
Sade
4/5
Surprised by how much I dug this. Smooth.
Nitin Sawhney
4/5
I really liked this. I recently learned about Indian Konnakol, the tongue-twisting scatting in some of the later verses. Hindi language sounds naturally musical to me.
Small Faces
2/5
I thought I was in for a good listen with that first album. I got tricked. That first track is the only reason this isn’t one star.
Arcade Fire
1/5
The one star is for Wake Up. The rest was white noise to me.
Steve Earle
3/5
Not his best stuff, but still better than most pop country out there now.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
I preferred Peter Gabriel's solo work over his tenure with Genesis, and this was a good start.
Jerry Lee Lewis
2/5
Half of this was mid piano covers of songs that he wished he wrote.
Pixies
4/5
So many better tracks than I expected off one album.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
2/5
Still don't get what the big deal is with Janis Joplin...
Michael Jackson
4/5
The first two tracks go hard, and the rest of the album feels like a funky cooldown.
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
More awesome tracks than I remember.
The Youngbloods
3/5
Had a couple good songs but nothing especially noteworthy.
Jacques Brel
1/5
I refuse to listen to the French if there isn’t enough snooty guffawing and accordions.
Amy Winehouse
3/5
I've never heard anything by Amy Winehouse besides Rehab. I kept hearing how great of an artist she was, but I don't get it. She's okay.
AC/DC
4/5
I always preferred AC/DC's stuff with Ben Scott as frontman, but this was a great introduction for Brian Johnson.
Super Furry Animals
4/5
I liked their sound. Another discovered band to enjoy.
The Beach Boys
3/5
I was surprised by the tone of this album. It wasn’t bad, just not what I expect from The Beach Boys.
Rush
5/5
My favorite Rush work. Such a sick concept album.
Yes
3/5
Yes.
The Zutons
3/5
I was digging this band. I figured they were some forgotten band from the 60s, until I saw the album came out in 2004. They really nailed the sound.
Radiohead
4/5
Still not sure where this rates in their stuff or in general, but I recognize this album art when people talk about their good music. I guess this is one of Radiohead's stronger albums, because this was much better than OK Computer.
Wilco
2/5
This sounds like one of those free music albums that would just be left on brand new computers, because that's the only way they could make any money on the music...
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Only ever heard his "Coconut" song and was surprised to hear that pop up while listening. The rest seemed pretty okay.
Spiritualized
2/5
The whole album feels like a slow buildup to a climax that never hit.
The Black Keys
4/5
Emmylou Harris
2/5
Every song sounded the same
The Cars
5/5
Solid Classic Rock album.
OutKast
5/5
I love how all over the place this album is.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Good vibes
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Interesting to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Bossa Nova style
The Triffids
3/5
I liked some of what was in this album, but the sound and tone was too all over the place for me to really get into.
Paul Simon
4/5
Really liked the upbeat bluesy folk. Haven’t heard much of Paul Simon’s stuff outside Simon and Garfunkel.
The Pogues
3/5
I liked it fine, but no way an 80s pirate rock album should be on this list.
Anthrax
5/5
Anthrax goes harder than I expected.
4/5
I think the live, raw, dirty rock is my favorite music sound from the 1960s.
Otis Redding
5/5
You know someone's good when even their album full of cover songs is better than what some people crank out over their whole careers.
Deep Purple
3/5
Not my favorite album of theirs, but still has a couple good tracks.
UB40
2/5
I like Reggae, but I don't see what warrants this album to be on the list...
Queen
5/5
I don't think I heard anything off of this album before, but it was still one of the best rock albums I've listened to.
Ray Price
3/5
Didn’t expect this to be country, but I liked this guy enough.
Sugar
5/5
Never heard of this band, and loved every second of this.
Songhoy Blues
4/5
Another new band I appreciate learning about. I love their sound, and need to find a good translation so I can understand the lyrics. I feel like they have a lot to say about what forced them out of their country.
Pink Floyd
4/5
Great driving music
Def Leppard
3/5
One of the best of Glam Metal, but that's not an especially high bar.
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
I've heard of these guys, but never listened to them before. I dig the early 90s dirty alt rock sound. Honestly reminds me a bit of the J-Rock band The Pillows.
Pretenders
3/5
I like the 80s sound, but not sure what I'd see to put this on the scale of other bands...
4/5
I love when a band can have such an iconic sound through vibes alone, and not always need vocals.
The Cure
3/5
Not my favorite stuff by the Cure, but not bad either.
Nick Drake
3/5
Probably the second-best White-Guy-With-A-Guitar artist on here.
Beck
3/5
Not as funky as the other Beck stuff I like, but pretty good.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Top 3 white guy with a guitar.
Björk
2/5
I don't think I was in a run-down enough former Soviet discotheque or zooted on enough cocaine to enjoy any of this.
ZZ Top
4/5
I like the bluesy tracks, but would rather prefer a more cohesive sound across a whole album. This was all over the place.
The Who
2/5
The two songs in the middle were okay, but wasn't into the very white Brits trying to do Blues covers...
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
It was fine, but not very memorable.
The Who
5/5
The Who just sounds like The Who in this album. Not trying to match other bands with covers like their early stuff. Fully into their own mold.
Iron Maiden
4/5
This is a great album to listen to when you’re really angry.
Pixies
2/5
I was into the first part of the album, but lost interest halfway through.
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
It has the one song everyone knows they did, but I really dug the full instrumental tracks.
Paul Simon
3/5
The whole album felt like each track was leading up to You Can Call Me Al, then just wound down.
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Did not vibe with this
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
I listened to Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt so much that I forgot how haunting the original NIN version was.
Chicago
2/5
Not a Chicago fan.
Ray Charles
3/5
Only Ray Charles could take classic country songs and make them even more depressing.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
It's not as great to listen to classic Hip-Hop when literally everyone else has sampled your tracks in every other genre...
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Probably my favorite S&G album, and not for Mrs. Robinson. America is a much better track.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Didn’t realize how much I prefer their later stuff.
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
Another album I didn't have any real complaints about, but I probably won't remember in a week.
Morrissey
2/5
Didn't expect a forgettable Morrissey album....
Various Artists
1/5
I hate Christmas music.
Jethro Tull
2/5
This feels too much like a good funk blues band trying to sound like a shitty Medieval minstrel troupe...
ABBA
3/5
Never heard this stuff before. Wasn’t disappointed
Mudhoney
4/5
Dirty garage punk is the best.
Cat Stevens
5/5
Classic.
The Clash
3/5
I prefer the more punk stuff they do
Kraftwerk
1/5
I listened to a German guy say the same sentence for 20 minutes, and checked out from the rest.
Boston
4/5
Another of my favorites
Linkin Park
3/5
Pretty good, but way too over-played.
Rod Stewart
2/5
I don't hate Rod Stewart, but his music is just grocery store white noise to me.
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
Listening to this was enough for me to realize I haven't listened to enough ELO.
Bob Dylan
4/5
So far, the only Bob Dylan album where I enjoyed most of it.
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Hendrix is great, but there’s a lot of padding around his hits. There were a few tracks I never heard before that I really liked.
Snoop Dogg
4/5
Rap should still do skits between tracks like this. Great sound, and hilarious.
Dr. John
1/5
Couldn't get what exact sound this album was supposed to have, but I didn't care for much of it.
New Order
3/5
Had no complaints, but no song on this album popped out to me.
System Of A Down
5/5
A solid door-breach introduction to one of my favorite metal bands of all time. I love how they reinterpret traditional Armenian folk music with modern metal instrumentation. Every track is a political essay, and it doesn't pull punches for whoever Serj or Shavo are aiming for. Not as varied an album as Toxicity, but still an amazing example of early Nu Metal.
Ghostface Killah
3/5
I liked a few of the tracks, but wasn't really into it for most of it.
Queen
3/5
The single hits really carried this album, but I prefer their later stuff.
Guided By Voices
4/5
Surprised by how varied this was. Also didn’t realize I’d heard some of this band before.
The Bees
3/5
These guys are good, and I liked the album, but I didn’t hear anything that warrants them getting on the 1,001 list.
Boards of Canada
3/5
I genuinely liked this whole album of [adult swim] bumper music.
Talking Heads
4/5
Jimmy Smith
4/5
Digging this smooth jazz on a lazy Saturday.
fIREHOSE
4/5
Didn't expect this sound from an 80s album.
Fela Kuti
3/5
Dizzee Rascal
1/5
The music had no rhythm, and that made this dude's voice even more obnoxious.
The Fall
2/5
Not terrible, but they kept blue-balling me with tracks that would've been better if they'd gone 60% harder.
Bert Jansch
1/5
Too many white-guy-with-a-guitar albums on here. It’s starting to sound like white noise.
Booker T. & The MG's
1/5
I liked Green Onions. I didn't like it enough to have a whole album of Just Green Onions.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
One of the few times a follow-up album is just as good as the original hit album.
Grateful Dead
2/5
Never really got the hype for Grateful Dead. They're okay.
Beatles
4/5
I like this sweet spot where The Beatles moved past their poppy concert sound, but before they got convoluted with experimental studio engineering. Just different vibes, each track, playing what they liked.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
You can tell when someone swears a lot because they’re compensating for lack of substance. The whole album was this.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
No complaints, just not particularly memorable. Like a mid Blondie album
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
I really appreciate that they asked the rest of the questions pertaining to your love.
Nick Drake
3/5
There's a lot of lackluster acoustic solo albums on this list. I was pleasantly surprised by this diamond in the rough.
John Martyn
2/5
Another white noise solo guitar album
Iron Butterfly
2/5
It had the one song that lasted half of the album, and the rest was forgettable.
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
Lot of really great tongue-in-cheek lyrics to carry the track narrative. I love these kind of dark poetry albums.
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
70's rock just hits different
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Haircut 100
4/5
I didn’t expect these Hwite boys to have so much funk…
Janelle Monáe
4/5
Never heard Janelle Monáe before. I was pleasantly surprised by how diverse this album was.
Van Morrison
3/5
It’s frustrating when you get an album with your favorite songs by someone, but they don’t deliver the same energy in that live version.
Jane's Addiction
4/5
Never really gave Jane's Addiction a proper listen. Lot more great tracks they've done besides Jane Says.
Neil Young
3/5
Didn't feel very beach with this album with the word "Beach" in it...
D'Angelo
4/5
This album got me pregnant.
Muddy Waters
4/5
Liked getting live and studio versions of a few tracks at once.
Jazmine Sullivan
4/5
This wasn’t on my radar, and I liked what I heard.
The Specials
4/5
Classic Ska feels weird to say, but still sounds great to skank to.
Beatles
2/5
Of all the stinkers the Beatles had, their covers were the absolute worst.
The Velvet Underground
2/5
Totally spaced out through this whole album. White noise.
James Brown
3/5
No bad tracks, but didn't have the same energy as his other studio or live albums
Jungle Brothers
4/5
Had to find a playlist on YouTube and realized the tracklist played backwards by the time it was almost done. Still great.
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
I didn't realize how long this album was. This could've been two.
The Pogues
3/5
Not drunk enough to enjoy this.
Pink Floyd
4/5
Stellar album.
Paul Weller
1/5
I already forgot what this album sounded like.
Leonard Cohen
1/5
Every song had the same formula. None particularly good.
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
Not the best Allman's album, but a better live album than other band's have.
The Beach Boys
3/5
I can only tolerate so much beach organ.
ZZ Top
4/5
I liked a lot more of this album than even the tracks most know about.
Queen
3/5
They get extra points for being early 70s rock. But there’s far better albums than this.
Elliott Smith
2/5
This album was white noise. I barely paid attention. What I was more fortunate to have was a new Gorillaz album that released today. The Mountain. 10/10 made me cry.
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Pretty standard 70s rock, but still overshadowed by the new Gorillaz album.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Never heard this before. British grunge is something I don't especially hate.
The Verve
4/5
I never heard much of the Verve, besides Bittersweet Symphony. That song ruined them, because the whole album was so much better than the first track. I loved this. 4 stars because Bittersweet Symphony is too overplayed.
Ananda Shankar
4/5
The original songs were great. The covers were interesting, and probably included to catch western audiences. Still, love me some sitar.
Suede
2/5
I liked half of this album, but it wasn't a consistent half.
Arrested Development
4/5
Love this upbeat hip hop. Such a jarring contrast to the big names in Rap back then.
Kanye West
1/5
2 Kanye albums on this list and College Dropout and Graduation aren’t either. MBDTF is mid. Also Kanye is a piece of shit.
N.W.A.
5/5
Classic political Hip Hop that blows a lot of modern hip hop out of the water.
Korn
4/5
Never actually listened to much Korn, or gave this a fair listen until now. It's good, but the memes and jokes almost ruined it for me. They weren't wrong...
Moby
4/5
The original lo-fi beats
Soundgarden
3/5
I liked this album fine, but I expected more than just roughly half of this album to be worth listening to more than once...
R.E.M.
2/5
I don't remember R.E.M. being such downers...
Taylor Swift
2/5
I've never listened much of any of Taylor Swift's music, let alone any whole albums. I don't know where this stands with the rest of her stuff. The music wasn't bad, but it didn't do anything for me.
Public Enemy
3/5
It was pretty good, but I think I just like West Coast hip-hop better.
Mylo
1/5
The music wasn’t as exciting as it tried to be. The tracks with lyrics gave me a headache.
Meat Puppets
1/5
I immediately forgot about this album as soon as I finished it.
Frank Ocean
5/5
I'd heard the name Frank Ocean but never actually gave him a listen. I was very pleasantly surprised by this album. 10/10 solid bars.
John Grant
3/5
Too many mediocre albums that are either good nor bad but just as equally forgetful
The Divine Comedy
1/5
This sounds like the soundtrack they play non-stop on the island. You know which one…
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Beauty
Blur
3/5
This album was good, but I liked it better for how it showed Damon Alburn’s vocal range. He’s my favorite part of Gorillaz, playing 2D.
PJ Harvey
4/5
We need more girl grunge.
4/5
We need more girl grunge!
Radiohead
3/5
Good vibes, but wasn't the sound I go out of my way to listen to.
Nico
1/5
I did not like her voice.
Ute Lemper
1/5
Sounds like something you’d hear in the doctor's office at a Renn Faire.
Elton John
4/5
Classic
Stevie Wonder
4/5
I've heard plenty of Stevie Wonder, but not nearly enough of a consistent album. Hearing how this album vibed really made Superstitious shine even more as a banger track.
Black Sabbath
5/5
Love how you can hear hints of everything Sabbath would hone in on with their later albums.
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
It was fine but not especially my go-to music genre...
Cream
2/5
Heard the first two tracks everyone knows and then checked out. The music just wasn't that impressive....
Sonic Youth
1/5
I listened to this album three times in a row, and I couldn't for the life of me get a single memorable vibe from what should've been a solid alt punk sound.
Talking Heads
3/5
It's a pretty good TH, but not Speaking in Tongues good.
Nick Drake
1/5
I keep thinking I made it through the worst of the "White Guy with an Acoustic Guitar" genre, but then another shows up and I keep getting disappointed.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
One of those albums where every consecutive track gets better and better.
Muddy Waters
4/5
Muddy can sing the same one song over and over again, and it'd have more soul than any of the White Guy with an Acoustic Guitar albums on this list.
2Pac
3/5
I didn't expect the smooth R&B vibes to work with the lyrics, but it worked better than I anticipated.
Adele
2/5
I can objectively understand that this is supposed to be good music, but I couldn't possibly give any less of a damn about Adele.
Scissor Sisters
4/5
Sounded like a funk band from the 70s forgot to set the alarm, but it sounds so good. I was surprised by how different every track was.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4/5
The original release isn't on Spotify, but the 30th Anniversary revisited version is, and I think I like the newer version. It's a lot cleaner, and harmonized.
George Michael
3/5
George Michael is too sexy
Santana
3/5
The first half of the album was chill, but then it just wound down to white noise
Eels
2/5
It's like if Nirvana did the KMart music...
TLC
2/5
Not for me.
Fats Domino
3/5
Wish I could find the rest of the album to listen to. Most places lock out half of the track list.
Neu!
3/5
It was half good, but only half. The other tracks were basically the white noise you'd hear in a Pier One Imports.
Scritti Politti
5/5
Surprised by how much I liked this album. Listened to it three times. Sick synth pop.
Fairport Convention
2/5
Sounded like a Renaissance minstrel troupe showed up at Woodstock...
Radiohead
1/5
I don’t get it. I keep hearing about how Radiohead is supposed to be next-level, and all I hear is doctor lobby music.
Pantera
4/5
Sick as hell
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Good 80s vibes but the tracks just blend together. Nothing especially pops out.
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
I liked her improv for the songs she didn't fully know or just to fill time.
Tom Waits
2/5
I liked maybe half of this album, but only kinda. Most of it sounded like something you'd hear while watching violently drunk clowns doing a very raunchy burlesque show.
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
2/5
They sound like the Smiths but not in a way you'd remember...
Erykah Badu
3/5
Funky, but maybe too many different vibes per track on this album.
4/5
Joshua Tree was one of the first albums I ever heard all the way through. My appreciation for it only got greater as I got older. U2 isn't my favorite band, but they were really solid in their writing and composition.
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
I was into this band, thinking they were an obscure pop group from the 60s, but this album is from 2008, so I guess they get extra points for sounding like something I like.
Dirty Projectors
2/5
Not bad, but not especially noteworthy. Sounded like a dozen other indie artists
Beastie Boys
2/5
Sabotage really carried this album.
The Band
1/5
I thought I wasn't Southern enough to enjoy this band, until I learned this band is from Canada. I hate them now.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
1/5
Too echoey but still can’t hide the fact that they’re British.
Eagles
1/5
The Dude was right.
Talking Heads
3/5
Solid album, but every Talking Heads album just makes me love Stop Making Sense even more
Public Enemy
4/5
Really like how they padded tracks between interludes from live concerts
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Good casual grooves
Gorillaz
5/5
Clint Eastwood's music video was the very first thing I saw when I turned the channel to MTV in 2001. Animated characters and worldbuilding with experimental filmmaking and animation changed my entire perception of what music was capable of, as a storytelling device.
The Jam
2/5
Another one of those albums I had no problems with, but it ended being little better than white noise to me.
The Clash
2/5
Should've liked this, but none of the tracks were particularly memorable.
Metallica
3/5
I wanted to give this less stars but James Hetfield broke into my house, beat the shit out of me, and stole all of the cash out of my wallet.
Marvin Gaye
5/5
This album makes me cry every time. 55 years since it came out, and Marvin Gaye’s lyrics are more relevant than ever. We've learned nothing.
James Taylor
2/5
Not the worst of the white-guy-with-an-acoustic-guitar genre…
Solange
1/5
Her music is fine, just not for me.
Radiohead
2/5
Half of this was okay. The other half sounded like wailing and smacking spoons in a messy kitchen. I still don’t get Radiohead
Bad Company
2/5
Five Finger Death Punch ruined the song for me. The rest of the album was okay.
Gang Starr
3/5
I liked the rhythm of this album. Really gave me Jurassic 5 vibes. Now I wanna listen to Jurassic 5, who I'm surprised are also on this list compared to all the garbage that's on here...
Buzzcocks
3/5
Not bad. I still prefer American punk, but this was pretty good, as far as Brit punk goes. Name funny.
Pixies
2/5
Started with some solid surf punk in the first half, then petered out to mid alternative around track 8.
Lauryn Hill
3/5
The music was great but just not my favorite genre.
Turbonegro
4/5
Solid punk album, but couldn't get this to play on Spotify for some reason
Beck
3/5
Needed more washboard solo
Van Morrison
2/5
I get he's a big deal, but all of this album sounds like the happy music you try to play at funerals.
Blondie
3/5
This album was fine, but it feels like it's supposed to be enjoyed while on cocaine at a disco.
The 13th Floor Elevators
2/5
100% 60's sound and none of it was noteworthy. Like what you'd hear in every background 60's flick for noise.
Fiona Apple
3/5
Better than most modern stuff, but not by much.
Yes
3/5
The album was better than I expected, but I've heard Roundabout way too many times from Jojo.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
This album has some of, if not THE, best opening and closing tracks in any musical album. Gimme Shelter is a very bleak anti-war song that delivers so much emotional energy at the height of the Vietnam War's unpopularity, and it's a shame that corporate pop culture has put in so much work to de-fang it. But I think my favorite track of the album may be Monkey Man. It's a self-aware ballad on the band's own reputation and the criticisms from the media towards them at the time, as they got a lot of bad press for being anti-establishment and raunchy.
Paul McCartney and Wings
5/5
Easily my favorite thing Paul McCartney made, including his Beatles stuff. Jet goes harder than any non-metal/punk early 70s song has any right to be. But I've never actually paid attention to the album cover so holy damn why are James Coburn and THE Sir Christopher Lee posing for this? That alone makes the album 5 times cooler.
Genesis
3/5
It was okay. I prefer Phil Collins Genesis.
Deep Purple
2/5
This felt like what that Andy Warhol soup can painting would sound like.
John Cale
2/5
Didn't know that Coldplay ripped off this rando.
Beatles
2/5
A Beatles fan listening to the White Album beginning to end gives the same energy as a Christian becoming an atheist by reading the Bible front-to-back. A few good tracks but it's mostly white noise or absolute dog water.
Aretha Franklin
3/5
Some of the most enjoyable of white noise.