Less rock and more country. I hear his influence in the band Pavement's music. Love Ooh Las Vegas.
Some amazing songs on here and some self-indulgent stuff as well. Overall a good album once you know your place as a listener.
I remember hearing this back in the day. Forgot about this recording. At the time it sounded very advanced for it's time. There were some others out there, like the Ninja Tune artists, but this recording was certainly ahead of the curve. Some acid jass, techno, electronic, hip-hop influnce this recording. I can still listen today and it takes me back to the late 1990's, before Y2K.
Not my favorite R.E.M. record. This and the previous record, Document, started getting R.E.M. on the pop music stations and more heavy rotation on MTV. To me the sound became to polished and to overproduced. While there are still some amazing songs on this record, it just was not my style. I was a big fan and went to every show when they would come into town, but by this record, I was less interested in the band. This album was really less jangle pop as the previous albums and R.E.M. seem to lose their college radio station sound. That is fine, we all have to graduate from college someday. However, for R.E.M. their college sound was what drew me in and made them endearing.
Love David Bowie. Love this record. While I was too young to know this record when it came out, I have grown to appreciate it in my years. Sound and Vision is a favorite of mine and if one song can encapsulate the mood, feeling, sound of the record, it is this one song. The production is fantastic and this record is a favorite of many and I can see why. Certainly a top three record from David Bowie for me.
Not my cup of tea generally. This album is fine but I preferred. Countdown to Destruction.
When this was released I really knew Jay Z but more casually. This record was somewhat groundbreaking for him and really brought him to the forefront of hip-hop/rap music. Great production and excellent music combined to make this a record for the ages.
Not their best album but a very solid album. This was more mainstream, if one could say that, compared to the previous albums. Some very good songs.
Other than a couple of songs, this album is a bit dated. However it was certainly ahead of its time and still resounds in the mind.
This record makes me feel good all over. Very quality record and I forget about its existence until times like this and it makes me happy. Love this band and I have been lucky to see them a few times and early in their career.
While not my typical kind of music, I did grow up with Ozzy Osborne and Black Sabbath was just before I would have started to listening to rock and metal. A good album, but just not my speed.
Never heard of this artist. At least not as a solo artist, if he may have been part of some group. This album was fun, quirky, and the vocals were fun and catchy. The music on the first song was fantastic and match the vocals perfectly. The following songs felt like they were telling a story. Sometimes jazzy, sometimes rock n roll, sometimes folksy. I think I will have to put this record on replay for the next few weeks.
One of my favorite albums of all time. On my desert island top 10 list of records. Songs that still find a way to my heart.
One of my favorite records of all time and it is not even my top U2 album or (three). Some really lovely songs and the mood it sets is transcending.
I really enjoyed many of the songs on this record. In fact I own a physical copy. Get Free is a song that I still listen quite a bit today. For a 20 year plus old album, it still sounds as fresh as when it came out.
One of my favorite records from back in the early 90's. But what I remember this is the time that Brit Pop was just starting to make its way with music in Britain, countering the dirty rough music America was putting out. At the time this sounded raw and inspired and now looking back and contrasting it against bands like Suede, Elastica, Blur, Oasis, and even Radiohead to some extent. Those were heady times!
I respect Run DMC but not a fan of their rap. I was into more other ones.
Not a Neil Young fan. I should say not a fan of his music, but I do respect him as a person and as a musician. This album is a classic and probably should be in everyone's record catelouge.
Love this record and surprised to find it here because it is a bit obscure.
My favorite RFTC album. I think this record is amazing and I try to share this with friends whenever I get the chance. Sadly, most of my friends have a narrow taste in music. Not that it is a bad taste in music, but they don't get out much. The mixture of rock guitar and drums, brass, and a little punk makes this album, band a classic.
For me this record is pretty darn good. It's not my favorite of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. However, I think it has the best song ever written and sung by Tom Petty in "American Girl"
Not a huge fan of this album. I do like Julian Cope's projects and not hating this one, but it would not be on my turntable often.
Little Wing is one of my favorite songs. That being said, I have to be in the mood to listen to this album. It is a generational thing so for me I have very little relationship with the record. It is a fine record but only can indulge in it a few mosels at a time.
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is still my favorite, but this album is ok.
So not my favorite Public Enemy album. It is good but I prefer Yo! Bum Rush the Show, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, and Fear of a Black Planet much better. Musically and lyrically this was a good album but I prefer the others.
This is a fun rock and roll album. A little before my time but some fun and rolicking songs. One hit song to really tie it all together. Obviously the better version of the song vs Quiet Riot's.
A good record but not my favorite Buzzcocks album. Certainly see the influence they had on punk and post punk music.
Enjoyed one song. Not my cup of tea, though I have seen Faith No More play live back in the day.
I have this record. I just don't see it as one of the 1001 records you have to listen to before you die. If other New Order records are not on the list, then I just don't see how this makes the list and others do not. Not a favorite New Order record of mine.
Surprising album and more so knowing that he was already sick and knew he was going to die soon. Sadly he died a few days after the release of this record. A bit avant guarde but still David Bowie was always ahead of the curve or trying new things. Not a regular on my rotation but a very good record indeed.
First of all I cannot believe it is over 20 years ago that this record came out. It still sounds very fresh and new. The whole NY scene at the time was fantastic. You have the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, The Strokes. LCD Soundsystem. Plus you had other bands like The Walkmen right around that time. What a time to be alive and watching great music in New York. This record reminds me of that time and the music, plus the album is fantastic.
A very good album produced by Nick Lowe. Such a well produced album but certainly with a Nick Lowe influence. Not my favorite Elvis and the Attractions album but a very good one.
Great!
Love this record. My favorite Elvis Costello and the Attractions album. I cannot say enough about this recording. Means a lot to me and it brings back nostalgic thoughts when I listen to it.
One of my favorite albums. A seminal recording. Songs like Killing in the Name, Bombtrack, Freedom, still strike a chord today in the political environment of 2025. Those songs inspired young people, like me, and help cement values that are more about people over country.
While not my favorite VU album, it is still one of the best of a generation. So many songs on this recording that inspired so many artists that followed. A dark but lively album.
A very fantastic album, with great musicians. No woner it won best new album in the Mercury Prize. Too bad here in the US is was not as wildly listened to or played on the radio.
Classic lo-fi chill electronic music. They really set the tone for a lot of musicians in this genre. I love this record. One of my top 50 I would say.
Definitely a side A type of record. I loved side A of this album. A very good album and set the tone for lot of goth electronic music.
I have this record as a special edition. First time for me hearing Bjork. It is a fun record and showcases Bjork's voice and the quirkyness of the music of the Sugarcubes.
An albumn that changed my generation but also changed music. I had this album on play continuously when it first came out. Today I still listen to songs on the record.
One of my holy grail records. I have had this in my collection for almost 40 years (just under). Over time the songs get better and better and I realize how great of a songwriter Paul Westerberg was on that record (a fool as well). The innocence but the bravado of the band shows well in this recording. They we just starting to get going yet they faltered in the end. The story was just starting of what could have been.
Another album that is in my top 50 of all time. This recording was being played non-stop when it first came out and I couldn't get enough of it.
Love DJ Shadow and this record working with James Lavelle was ground breaking in my opinion. They would later go and work together on the UNKLE first release, which also was an amazing record.
The first record I bought with my own money. I loved this record at the time it came out and I still do. Such good memories and the music is very good.
While groundbreaking this album is not a favorite of mine, but there are quite a few songs on this record that I still enjoy listening to today. The legend of Elastica and the influence of this record still inspires many bands that I listen to.
Classic album. Sonically sounding triumph. Best recording I have for my headphones. Great music.
Ok album for me. I just never really was into Kings of Leon. I would rate it less but for some excellent songs and songwriting. I am just not into the voice too much of the lead singer.
An album I actually own, really just for two songs. Good production and good music.
One of my favorite records. Has a great sound even for today. Six of the songs on that album are still some of my favorites. Good ratios of banger songs to whole album.
One of my early favorites as I turned from a boy to a man. My adolescence reeks of this record. Not my favorite AC/DC record but one I did listen to a lot.
One of my favorite albums of all time. Perhaps my favorite. I love this record and know all the ins and outs about the recordings and the producer and the head space the band was in when they recorded this opus of a record. It was truly more rock than the subsequent OK Computer and the end of a time where you can say Radiohead was going through it's teenage or early college days. Really helped me through some tough times listening to this record. My favorites on the record are "The Bends" and "Black Star". These songs soar through the atmosphere and into space.
First of all I love Bjork so it is hard for me to criticize an album of hers. This one is fantastic though and while not my favorite, it really shined and showed what was to come from Bjork as an independent artist separate from The Sugarcubes. Some standout songs on this record.
Decent record. A few songs on the album that I like but overall not a favorite. I do like other songs from other albums of theirs.
For a rock opera, this record is pretty much what set the standard. Very interesting theme and the music is very good.
Groundbreaking R&B record. Very good production and at least two amazingly catchy songs that are still sung today. Not usually my genre but this is a very very good record.
Good songs but not really my cup of tea. Very catchy tunes for sure.
I realize what the Beach Boys mean to music (well Brian Wilson for sure). However it is music I just can't get my head around too much. It is a lovely sound for sure but not my vibe as much as I can get into it. This record has some songs on the recording that I can get behind but not enough to earn more than average.
One of the best recording by the Whte Stripes. I play some of these songs here and there but it is not one of those just sit there, put it on the turntable, and chill out. It is quite energetic so it is like cake, only can have it some of the time.
So, I love the Verve but not this record as much as their debut record, A Storm in Heavan, and of course Urban Hymns, which for me is a masterpiece. This record is all over the place in sonic sound and lyrics and sometimes it feels like a disaster (like what was going on with the band at the time). There are moments of beauty, but those moments fade. Does not linger in the soul like some of their other music. A decent showing but average at best for me.
Not my kind of music but a pretty awesome record.
Zero. Dislike this band.
Never heard this record before but I played it. Great background music. Love the garage, psych rock. Good music I must say.
I enjoyed what I heard. Certainly influential in the electronic world of music but also a little dated. Overall worth a listen.
Love Paul Weller. This record is fantastic. Not my favorite Paul Weller album but it could be because I never had it in my collection (I have a few others). I think though if I did, this record would have become my favorite. Excellent music, songwriting, vibe.
Very solid BB record. Not a favorite of mine but a historic one at that.
While I never heard this album before. I see at least three songs that are classics. I am only ranking on the songs I do know and they are worth the price of the whole album for sure.
It is a decent record. Evan Dando and Julian Hatfield were very good artists. My favorite song of the Lemonheads not on this record. Also, the cover of Ms. Robinson, is ok. It does have a time and feeling record.
One amazing song on this record, maybe two really good ones. Not my favorite record of theirs. Can't give more than three because there are better Depeche Mode records in my opinion. This one is just ok.
Loved this record as a young pre-teen but now I see through its faults and cracks. Still a good record but not as great as I once thought it was. I loved Back in the Saddle and still do.
Not my favorite XTC album. I do like them a lot though. Just not this record.
A classic record. Not my favorite style of music but it is very good never the less.
An excellent album that exposes the talent of Fiona Apple. Really a groundbreaking record.
Not a metal head and this album is definitely over produced by Mutt Lange, but still this record is perhaps one of my favorites. Like ice cream once in a while, this record hits the sweet tooth.
One of the best The The recordings.
Again, music not from my time and a bit dated for me. However this is a great record and a classic.
Amazing record from beginning to end. Well produced. Great music. Missy's special lyrics and rhyming. Very little better.
Some really great songs on this record, but overall not really my type of music and the record as a whole is good but not legendary.
This record resonates with me for so many ways. First it is a legendary record. Second it has two songs that would be top 50 ever. Lastly for me, it reminds me of my youth. This record has a lot of meaning for me and it is wonderful.
Some amazing songs on this record. This record definitely influenced music and the direction it was going.
Not my type of music, but I would not be mad if this was playing in the background of a party or at a balcony or roof top bar. Music is tight. Do not know one song on this album.
Excellent record.
Decent album. Very Bowiesque. I would say not their best album but some very strong songs. Better than mid, not stellar though.
Great band, this record is so so.
Not his best
Again, way before my time but still a fantastic album. Fantastic debut albumn and the music sound was way ahead of its time.
Although not the genre of the music I prefer, this record is history and good music.
A seminal recording. One of the post punk movement's first recording that changed a generation. I love this record.
I love Sparks and I grew up on Sparks music on my local radio station but I really do not know this record because Sparks music spans several decades. From what I heard it is great.
One of my favorite records. Opened me up to a new world of music.
Great record from my teen days.
Not a huge Sufjan Stevens fan but I do really love this record. I think his lyrics are super amazing and he is a great songwriter. This is a very good record. I love the song Chicago.
Very good record but not their finest. Certainly early days of New Romantic, electronic pop, synth music. Not too complex but still a lot of fun.
One of my favorite records of all time. Probably 1, 2, or 3. Just a lovely record and full of great songs. Richard's voice soars on this recording. The songs touching and full of story. No way I go to a deserted island without this one.
It is a fun record. Not my style of music but I recognize the importance of this record to kids all over the US and also its popularity with millions. The songs are a little weak musically.
Meh...
By this time I became less of an R.E.M. fan. They had lost their rough edge and their college sound (best way I could describe it). Very polished record, which made it worse for me. Also, the music seems more pop (though it is odd to say because they are a jangle pop band). Not a fan of this record.
This album is one of the masterpieces from this band and the mind of Mark Hollis. From the opening track, you know that your soul is going to take you on a journey. I was playing this for a friend who never heard this record out in a public establishment. Some young kids came in and knew the record. I was very surprised and they said it was one of their favorite records of all time. This was coming from individuals that listed to this record 30 years plus after it's release. It just goes to show how great of a record this is.
Funny thing. I have this album but I never really listen to it that much. I know one song from this record for sure, the others I have heard but don't remember. I will be seeing them in concert this week in fact. I think it is a very good record.
Very good album by Damon Albarn and Co. There are two songs on this record that I love so just for that alone, I think this is a very good recording.
Probably my second favorite U2 album. It is hard because it is like picking your favorite child or favorite food. This album has so much spirituality, pain. love, angst. It really is a masterpiece. I remember this tour as well as I went to see U2 perform live probably 6 times on this tour. Makes my top 25 of all time.
Not fair for me to review because I've only listened to this album once or twice. However I respect its place in time and the influence of this band and their music. This record included.
Bjork is one of my favorite artists. I almost feel that she can do no wrong when it comes to music. This record though, is perhaps my least favorite of hers. It is still very beautiful but I still can't sit to listen to the whole record as I can with other records of hers.
A very good record. Certainly dated sound by the sound of the instruments but still a very strong album. I had not listened to it in ages and took the time to listen again and it was very good at its time. Still very good due to the instrumentation and songwriting.
I have this record. Not my favorite XTC record but still some good songs.
Probably the best Beatles record. Period. Tough because Sgt. Pepper is such a fantastic album as well. However, Revolver stands apart in many ways.
An excellent record. I love the Prince song of course and the song co-written with Karl Wallinger of World Party and The Waterboys. Sinead's voice soars on this album of course. This is a great record.
I can't rate any Bowie album less than 5 stars. Even if the album as a whole does not have a whole set of hits. This was an Eno produced record and recorded in Berlin. The song "Heros" alone makes this a 5 star record. The story behind the production plus the end result, makes this song a top 10 of all time for me.
I might get stoned by Radiohead fans for this but this is not one of my favorite Radiohead records. There are maybe 4 or 5 solid songs on this record and the rest seem experimental and less emotional to me. I got this record for a small price when Radiohead was selling directly to download. I lost the download many years ago but still listen to songs from this record, from time to time, on a streaming service or another. Also, I have been a fan of Radiohead since The Bends and saw them live on that tour and many times after, so I feel I am eligible enough to critique a bit. They are perhaps my favorite music act.
I only rate it a four because it is just something I do not listen on a regular basis, not even yearly. There are songs here, that from time to time, I will take the moment to listen when on the radio or on TV, etc. This is when Dylan became Dylan so I tip my hat in that direction on this record.
This record is not groundbreaking, nor is it one of those most talented in the world type of records. It is just fun, innovative, and it came at the right time. For the 90's, this was a nice break from the college pop rock, or the pop acts of the time that the radios were playing. In a world of 3rd Eye Blind, LeeAnn Rymes, Toni Braxton's, you needed this music.
This is three stars but because it is PJ Harvey i bump it up, otherwise I probably would not rate it so high. Very slow moving at times and seems like this was a pet project for her. I feel a lot of Radiohead influenced her music as it is experimental, etheral, and kind of out there. A good record but I would rate at least two of her others above this.
While I did not grow up listening to this record I am still very familiar with the impact it had. I know many of the songs and this is a very solid record. A little fun, and little lite, some serious stuff on it as well. Very good record.
Very pop but yet very eclectic. A record worth having in your collection.
Excellent record. However not an all time great. Still sounds somewhat overproduced but it certainly reminds you of a time and place.
Not a record that is full of great lyrics or amazing compositions. It is just a fun good sounding record and with classic songs that take you to a time and place when you were 16, 17, 18 years old.
Pretty cool music. Never heard of them but I can see how they might have influenced a lot of bands. I would not listen to this very often.
A very good recording but something I would not listen to often or even on occasion. If one of the songs pops up in a grocery store, elevator, or at a restaurant, I will enjoy the song.
While I don't listen to this record often, more like rarely. I do remember listening to it quite a bit when it was released. I was reminded how much I enjoyed this.
I love this record. I listen to it from time to time and then it is on my playlist for a few weeks. The sound is fantastic. Takes you to the 60's, 70's, 90's. A very innovative record at a time that needed some spice.
Never listen to this record all the way but when I do listen to songs on it, I love it. Very good record and I love The Seed (2.0).
