I actually like this more than I expected to. Reading through some of the reviews I assumed this would be extremely repetitive but I was pleasantly surprised! Some songs go in for a bit longer than perhaps they should, but start to finish this was really enjoyable.

How well I knew this album already out of ten (HWIKTAA): 3 High points: Motherless Child, Please Be With Me (reminds me a bit of CSN), Let It Grow Meh point: Willie and the Hand Jive, Get Ready Notes: Great live feel to the production. Overall a pretty boring and slow album with a couple good tracks.

HWIKTAA: 1 High point: Willie the Pimp! I could listen to this kind of jamming forever. No wonder Trey is such a fan. Low point: can't pick one. It's all good.

HWIKTAA: 5 High point: "LA Woman" and "Riders on the Storm" are great and justly famous, but the real hidden gem here is "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)". Jim's psychedelic rap supported by the band in full acid mode. Awesome stuff. Low point: "Cars Hiss By My Window" is kind of phoned-in. Not a bad song, just not a lot of effort there, and it overstays its welcome.

HWIKTAA: 5

HWIKTAA: 10 Easy five.

HWIKTAA: 10 His peak. A 70s pop masterpiece.

HWIKTAA: 1 Very pretty music. Would listen to again.

Just not my thing. I guess I don't dig the "I want to sound like I don't give a shit" style of vocals.

Not the best post-OK Computer (In Rainbows) offering from Radiohead, also not the worst (King of Limbs). I haven't listened to this album for a long time now, and I think I know why. Very little of it has stuck with me as being "essential Radiohead songs." 2+2=5 might be the closest, but if you asked me to give you a list of 20 Radiohead songs you should know, even that one wouldn't make the list. A decent album that just hasn't aged well.

Pleasant and pretty background music. Nothing earth-shattering.

Does anyone sound more like the 60s than the Byrds do? Good album, but I’m not convinced it’s their best.

Enjoyable EDM.

Good for what it is, but incredibly repetitive (the nature of the genre, I suppose).

Just not my thing. I suppose it has some musical merit, and some of the melodies are pretty, but everything just kind of ran together.

Not quite as good as LA Woman but still a fun bunch of songs by Jim & the boys. Roadhouse Blues is always a riot to listen to.

Some very famous songs and some filler. Like the Byrds, not many bands sound like the 60s like CCR do. Good album.

While "Music for the Masses" is my favorite of Depeche Mode's albums, "Violator" is their absolute peak. They are in TOP FORM. No skips (unlike MftM). Favorite songs (in no particular order): Halo (ok, that's my favorite), Personal Jesus, Clean, Policy of Truth.

Pre-Gilmour Floyd. Mesmerising stuff. Syd Barrett’s psychedelic ge jus on full display. The first four tracks are fantastic, drenched in LSD and full speed ahead. I love this album!

Pre-disco Bee Gees, a period for which they’re (perhaps unfortunately) not remembered as often. It’s pretty baroque pop with lots and lots of string arrangements. Ultimately the album is a bit too long for me, they’ve said what they need to eight songs in. “The Greatest Man in the World” is a gorgeous song.

A hip hop landmark. Busta on “Scenario” is historic. Great album and one I (not normally a hip hop listener) can hear over and over again.

40 years later this remains an astounding, if at times problematic, piece of work.

Pleasant but boring. Not my thing.

Three amazing songs, and eight very good ones.

Perfect, timeless voice. Beautiful music.

One of the greatest pop albums of the 2000s. This is their peak.

ITANOMTHUB has always been my favorite PE album, but this one might be their best. Angry, thrilling, frightening.

I didn’t know a single song on this album but it still cooks.

Always interesting sometimes thrilling album of that appears to made entirely of samples. Would spin again!

Beautiful, ethereal contemporary country music. I love this album.

At this point in the mid-1960s, both the Stones and the Beatles were releasing slightly differing track listings for their albums. That’s the case with Aftermath, so I listened to both. It’s an incredible album (US version has Paint It Black, UK doesn’t, UK version has Mother’s Little Helper, US doesn’t), and is said to be an audible relic of Swinging London. I think it’s the first truly great Stones album.

Incredible album. Their best and my favorite of theirs. We’ve now lost both Kristy and Shane. RIP Legends.

Some interesting stuff here, and very listenable. Probably not something I'll choose to listen to again though.

Really enjoyable, twangy but not too much, beautiful country music. I’d listen again.

Nirvana and Radiohead influences are undeniable. Very good album though, would listen again.

Prior to today, I’d never listened to American Idiot the entire way through. I know more than a few of the songs of course, but taken as a whole it’s an astounding piece of work.

Amazing hip-hop album. I can't claim to understand everything's meaning or significance, but I can still recognize quality.

RIP Ozzy. This wonderful album invented heavy metal. Every moment is influential.

I generally dislike ironically-delivered vocals. David Berman sounds like he's trying to score points with the Pitchfork crowd by not giving a shit. Some of the songs were interesting, and some had some genuinely good moments (Tennessee).

One of the most depressing albums ever. But it is glorious. Robert Smith’s late 70s to earl 80s misery gave us some inspired art, And this is the best of the lot. Perfect for a rainy day with a glass of whiskey.

I haven’t heard this album in over 30 years. It came out when I was in college and I remember that it stunned everyone. Listening to it now was like hearing it brand new all over again. No skips, every song hits. Unbelievable album.

I actually like this more than I expected to. Reading through some of the reviews I assumed this would be extremely repetitive but I was pleasantly surprised! Some songs go in for a bit longer than perhaps they should, but start to finish this was really enjoyable.

Easily one of my favorite albums, ever. My buddy Jack lent this to me on cassette in 9th grade. A perfect rock album.

Very enjoyable album. I don't think I was familiar with any of the songs from this one, which is weird, because my exposure to Mr. McManus isn't limited.

Lots of fun, college memories at the dawn of Madchester.

A love-it or hate-it album, for sure. I love it, but it took me a few listens to get to that point. And when people tell me they hate it, I don't rush to its defense like I would with others. This is also an instance of separating art from the artist since Van is a well-known bell end.

My hot take is that I like this one better than Black Star. Both are amazing albums, this one is just a little bit better. The album cover is the worst ever, though.

I need to listen to this album more, could be a 5 for me eventually.

Solid metal album. Again, would probably become a 5 in my book if I listened to it more, which I will be doing.

An astounding record. Total camp, Queen/Freddie style. So much fun to listen to, there are layers here probably still being discovered.

Fantastic blues rock. Set the standard for all the AOR dudes that followed. What's fascinating about this record for me is that you can hear hints of what ZZ would become in the 80s, but this is still fundamentally grounded in 1970s tones.

Thrilling funk up front, smooth funk to close. Great album.

Parts of this album are really cool. Other parts are kinda meh.

There are three things bother me about this otherwise-incredible album. (1) Glen Frey has only one lead vocal. He was my favorite Eagle. (2) why do we need a symphonic version of Wasted Years? It’s pretty but not really necessary. (3) I’ve never really like “Life in the fast lane.” Everything else is amazing.