“Africa Brasil” by Jorge Ben Jor (1976)
Never heard this album nor this artist. But i have to say, I loved it. I'm not sure what i was expecting but I loved the rhythms and the samba feel to the music.
I'll be adding this to my saved albums
As a white Australian teenager, i thought that this album was brilliant. I felt the anger, I loved the beats, I played Fuck tha police loud.
It is an album of its time and place. Listening to it now i can appreciate it, but it's not for me
This is a great album. A really solid opening with Ramble Tamble. The tracks then move into a higher gear. It is a really pleasant way to pass the time. If this was a greatest hits album you'd be pretty happy to have it in your collection, to think that this was released as a regular album is striking. The musician ship and the vocals a brilliant. Worth listening to.
I was underwhelmed by this album. The songs on the album have a sameish quality to them that causes them to blend into one. It is the sort of album that could play through in the background on a chilled night in and except for one or two tracks you wouldn't notice it playing
My goodness this is a patchy album. There are some great songs on this album (Synchronicity II, King of Pain, Every Breath You Take), but some of the other music just goes straight through to the keeper for me.
You can hear the quality of the musicians, but songs like Mother just suck the life out of the album.
It may be because I'm a middle aged white guy, but I love this album. I love the way that Paul Simon has drawn from other inspirations and worked them into something that is his. The harmonies are gorgeous, the rhythms catchy and the African influences brilliant. It is a really vibrant and diverse feeling album.
I quite liked this. It is the conic Brit-pop sound. A really solid debut album.
Electric live performance, raw and raucous but still note-perfect. Sam Cooke goes at a break neck pace. We were robbed of him way too soon
I liked Freak on a Leash and Got the Life I found the rest pretty tedious. It has a same ish quality that is wearing.
I can see why this album is so revered as one of the great funk albums but it doesn't do it for me. I'll come back and listen another time but I just felt lost in it
I was 12 when this album came out and somehow managed to miss it. Listening to it now takes me back to the early 80's and evokes some of the sound of that time. It’s an enjoyable album, a nice early 80s snapshot with one classic on it - Pretty in Pink.
For me the album is a "oncer" - I'm glad that I heard it but I don't think that I'll be back
I like Arcade Fire, don't love them. I like the vibe of the album. They did a great job creating an atmosphere.
This album is catchy, timeless music with a distinctive vibe. Marley shines brightly throughout the album. The version of No woman no cry is not the one most people know but no complaints.
Great album, very consistent all throughout. It's a very Black Keys album. I suspect it functions as a good soundtrack for an evening of food and friends.
I really liked this album. As an 11 year I remember hearing Brass in Pocket and writing the band off. The album had an edge and an energy that I really enjoyed. I liked the Chrissie Hynde's voice and the way they moved between punk and new wave. I'll listen to this again
This was Ok, enjoyable enough, straight down the middle 70s rock.
Their sound is distinctive. It is easy to hear the debt that bands like The Beastie Boys owe them. I love the way that the album opens, it catches you and just keeps going
I hadn't realised that this was their debut album...It's a ripper. This album takes everything that was good about British rock bands at the time and dials it up to 11. There are some absolute bangers on this album.
So many bongo drums...this album of covers was great until it wasn't, somewhere around satisfaction.
Neat little time capsule of 70s vibe, but a bit much to listen to all at once...
Listening to this on the day of Ozzy Osbourne's passing.
Easiest 5 stars I've ever given. An absolute classic from start to finish.
I quite like this. I hear Pete Seeger and especially Woodie Guthrie. It's kind of a tricky album to rate, it’s pleasant enough but i think I prefer Woodie Guthrie and especially Bob Dylan
Smart, political, and fun, this is a great record. There are times when a great heaping of ska, just hits the spot. Loved the vibe
I loved this album. Janis Joplin's voice is so raw, so sublime. Me and Bobby McGee puts a smile on my face every time that I hear it, as much for the way that band life the tune as for Joplin's singing.
This album is bluesy and jammy and the Full Tilt Boogie Band are really tight.
My Goodness this album is a relentless sonic assault on the senses. It is hard, fast and aggressive. Utterly frenetic
I don't quite know what to make of this album. It is growing on me I think. I feels like listening to a Radiohead album which is not such a bad thing. I think part of the reason I struggled with this album is because it is such a diverse sounding album.
I'm a little surprised at how much I ended up liking this one.
It was ok but for me it's a oncer of an album. It felt like one of those albums you have to work to appreciate. Music from the head not from the heart.
I did really like this album. You can hear what they are becoming as a band.
It's is so soothing that takes you to different places looking at love, regret not to mention living in a yellow submarine.
For an album to come out in 1966 and still sound this good speaks volumes about what a generational band they were. I'm always surprised by the depth of their music.
Honestly, this left me cold. Ms Jackson is a ripping song but there was very little else to recommend the album to me.
I love that an album like this made this list. It is extraordinary. Some of it is wonderful, some of it is overwhelming, all of it is very high quality improv jazz.
It's complex and layered and I really enjoyed it.
This is a wonderful album. the whole experience was raw and listenable. Loved it
This is an album for its time. It feels very 80's metal...Aerosmithish perhaps. Its a good listen though, I'll be back to it
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this album. I wasn't a fan as a teenager, I'm still not, but i enjoyed the album
I'm not sure why I had to listen to this album before I died. I have now I can't imagine listening to it again. It's patchy, it's ok but it didn't connect with me
An extremely easy on the ears bluesy swamp rock album, by a great band out of San Francisco
I really only knew Ian Dury from the Hit me with your rhythm stick phase.
The album is quirky and very definitely an acquired taste. I don't hate this but it did start to wear a little thin
I really didn't want to like this album. As a rule i want very little to do with Nazi sympathisers. I liked the album but i won't be listening to it again
It's albums like this that make this exercise worthwhile. I hadn't heard of Keith Jarrett before, had no idea about his art and am so glad that this list introduced him to me.
His playing is soulful and beautiful and the story behind the album is a ripper. I'll be listening to this for a long time
It was ok as an album. Listenable, hard rock. I liked their later material better. It's probably not one I'm going to play again
I've said this a couple of times now about albums on this list. This is something I wouldn’t have listened to without this site, and I’m glad I did. it has a great vibe to it and it grew on me as the album progressed
I think this album would be great if i was high. Even as it is I quite like it. I love that Lemmy is playing bass on this. But even with Lemmy playing i had had enough by the end of the first disc.
I really liked this album. Joni Mitchell's voice is great. Again, this is another album I haven't heard before, but I am so glad that I've been able to experience it now. This is a very laid back album, easy to listen to.
This is great album. Different. But very, very good. Idiosyncratic is the phrase that comes to mind. The guy covers so many genres of music so effortlessly, it's hard to keep up. I get why some people don't gel with Beck but I really like his approach
This is a new discovery, thanks to the list. The lyricism is great, and it's refreshing to hear some hip-hop that takes a more light-hearted stance.
I can hear De La Soul and a Tribe Called Quest in the rhymes and beats.
A really enjoyable album
The was a really solid album. There a significant number of bangers on the album. These guys were one of the better new wave bands of the late seventies and early 80's
It's ok. It sounds a lot like Franz Ferdinand. If it was on in the background quietly I'd listen to it but it feels pretty derivative.
I reckon this is a ripping album. The musicianship is intense, tracks like hanger 18 are belters and yet I don't think I'll go back to it. It is a product of it's time and my tastes have moved on. I could see 20 year old me with this on heavy repeat...50 year old me not so much
What an album! Musically brilliant. Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Boxer, Cecilia, The Only Living Boy in New York, Baby Driver are all brilliant.
The album takes me back to when I was a kid and Mum & Dad would play the album. My brother and I would run around acting out to Baby Driver
I enjoyed this album. There is a timelessness about her voice that I love. I really enjoyed this album and will be returning to it over time
Man, what an album. This might be my favourite. The guy is a poet. For me the highlight is Shelter from the Storm. The album is so raw and honest. Lyrically brilliant. Many of the songs feel like poems set to music rather than pop songs.
I really liked this. My only real experience of the Byrds was Turn, Turn, Turn.
This was fun and a little groovy.
I really liked this. The album has a cool, relaxed vibe. The feel is minimalist indie pop. I could listen to this late at night. I think it would work
I was a little underwhelmed by this album. It opens strongly with Mr Soul but the rest of the album is patchy at best. There are flashes of brilliance but the meh is way too predominant
This feels like an album out of it's time. It has an older vibe even though it was released in 1997. You can tell that they had fun making it, at 30 mins or so it is indeed a short album.
I'm going to give it another listen because I'm still not sure what to make of it
I liked it, it was peaceful and a nice background. The ragas(?) were delicately balanced and played beautifully.
My wife, however, hated it and made me turn it off
I loved this album. This album is exactly what I'm here for - Malinese sand blues. Bring it on
I was surprised by this album. I looked at the cover and looked at the year and thought that I had a read of what it would sound like. Boy was I wrong.
These guys were well ahead of their time.
The album was solid. It started pretty well. But the singers voice started to bother me after a while. Also, what on earth was going on with the cover of Iron Man?
I was interested to read that he wrote most of this album on tour in the US. I don't know if I'm reading too much into the sound of the album, but I felt that vibe. It feels like an album stuck in the middle of nowhere.
Overall, it's not the Spiders From Mars, but that doesn't make it bad
Weird, I could've sworn that I was listening to the Beatles. At any rate, the album is great brit-pop and very listenable.
I'm a white, middle aged Australian. This album feels somewhat anachronistic to me. I can't identify with Ice Cube's anger and the casual misogyny and violence turn me off, I can appreciate the spirit of protest on the album. I can't imagine what it is like to live in an environment seething with the racism, inequality and police violence that marked his life in America.
The highlights for me were Check Yo Self, Now I Gotta Wet Ya and the It Was A Good Day.
I know these guys were trailblazers in Gothic Rock. I think I liked Bauhaus better. Spellbound is the best song on the album by some distance. I think for me, the album goes 3 or four songs too long - the vibe started to wear on me.
I really liked this. It is soulful and bluesy. It is an album of its time and I won't have it on high rotation but I did like this album. Burke's voice is clear, articulate, and soulful. You can hear what would come after him.
Never heard of this group. Very punchy punk. The album has a brightness and funkiness to it. I really enjoyed this album
This album swings between moments where it flies and others when it reminds me of a scene in Animal House where there is a party happening and there is a guy singing a folk song on the stairs and he's strumming a guitar. Bluto (played by John Belushi) comes up, listens for a second, and then grabs the guitar and smashes it on the wall.
I liked Buzzin' fly and Gypsy Woman in particular
Liked it from the first song. This is a really good album. It's a very easy listen.
I love this album. The opening strains of Seven Nation Army grab you and from there you're off to the races. This album is intense but there are still spots to catch your breath. A real joy to listen to
I honestly didn't mind this album. I kinda like pre disco Bee Gees.
The best thing about this album is that I've finished listening to it and I don't have to listen to it again
My goodness this guy was a musician. He's a hell of a guitarist. The album is groovy and multilayered. Utterly Brilliant!
A really good album. I knew the hits off the album but hadn't listened to the rest. I liked it.
I enjoyed listening to this much more than I thought I would...it made a nice soundtrack to the morning. It's very late 60's and it's an awful album cover.
This is brilliant, laid back jazz. It's the type of record that makes you feel like you should be sitting in a dark room with a whiskey and a cigar.
It is more accessible than some of his later music and will get repeat listenings from me
This is ripping, mindless hard rock. Some of the lyrics are a bit...yikes. But the riffs are loud and hard. Play it loud
I hadn't heard this album before. I liked it. The ambiance kind of draws you in. There's a menacing quality to it. It still feels relevant as a soundtrack for the news in 2025
There is a joy in this album that I love. It is a brilliant live performance. King shines but the band is tight and goes with him as he plays.
This was ok. The second half was more enjoyable than the first half. Take Me to the River was the highlight
I love Lauryn Hill's voice. It is soulful and smoky and communicates more than just words. I liked the album but not as much as I wanted to. When the album shines it shines brightly but at times it gets lost in itself and tends to drag.
The album is over the top bombastic and operatic. I love it. 16 year old me loved Paradise By the Dashboard Light. 56 year old me still does.
The album is a lot but it is great fun
A ripping album. A double album that doesn't feel overly indulgent.
This album feels very dated. It was hard enough getting through the first song let alone the full 65 minutes. Not for me.
The music was good. The ads not so much. As a concept album it misses the mark for me.
I know these guys from This is my truth. I hadn't heard this album before.
While I was listening to it I was thinking about the passage of time. In particular about the way that time changes the way that we perceive music. I imagine that when this was released in 1996 in was a ground breaking album.
The sound is very solidly brit-pop. It feels a little dated now, with the exception of Design for Life which still hits hard and is anthemic.
This is not an album that I would have gone looking for. It has a lovely simple vibe about it. Willie Nelson's voice shines throughout the album. The story telling is poignant.
My favourite track was Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain.
This is a pretty bleak album. The subject matter is mostly dark. Reed's poetry is brilliant and evocative, the production mostly sparse.
Once was enough though
This album creates a very specific ambience. It's sound is both familiar and novel at the same time. The blend of African, French and American is striking. It's a lovely farewell from a very talented musician.
Loved it
This album creates a very specific ambience. It's sound is both familiar and novel at the same time. The blend of African, French and American is striking. It's a lovely farewell from a very talented musician.
Loved it
I heard so much about this at the time. After listening to it I'm not sure what all the fuss was about. I've listened to it once, I won't again, not for me.
A really good album. Life on Mars is the highlight.
I feel quite conflicted about the album. It's pleasant enough but it doesn't grab me. It's ok...i guess
This started really well, but then the sound got pretty tiring pretty quickly. It is easy to hear where artists like Duran Duran & Spandau Ballet took their inspiration from.
It's good and it's inspirational in terms of the direction music would take but it's not for me
I think that I liked this. It is the first time that I've listened to the whole album in one sitting, rather than snatches of Arcade Fire here and there.
My favourite song is Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains). It's nostalgia and dread all at once, but in a good way.
I'll give this another go at some point
Brilliant. Confrontational, angry, and sadly, still relevant.
This album doesn't resonate with me. It is hard listening
There are so many bangers on this album. The music is driven, fast and energising.
This really is a ripping album. They really were greater than the sum of their parts by this album. Just stunning from go to woah.
It's ok. It sounds like a lot of other British punk from this era.
I love Aretha's voice. it is so pure and clear and strong. The album is smooth and soulful.
She's very clearly an angry, angry woman who has produced something brilliant. It's a 90's classic which probably needs to stay in the 90's.
This album felt very all over the shop. There are elements of elements of hard rock, glam rock, prog rock and a little bit of blues, this album has a really unique sound. When it is good it is really good but when it's bad it's awful
A lovely album. I love her voice. The album is sweet and soulful. Like lollies it is a sometimes food rather than an everyday thing. But all in all and good listen
I was pleasantly surprised by this album. It is very listenable. It provided a nice background while I did my thing.
I think I liked this in spite of Morrisey being a bit of a wanker. The music is really strong, and the lyrics good. The title track is turgid but the rest is easy on the ears.
It's brit-popish but rough around the edges. It's fine, I like it, not love it though
I liked this. It was an atmospheric, electronic vibe. Not necessarily dance music, more like ambient techno.
Who knew that a chicken shack could be so cool. Loved it
I don't really know what to make of this album. The early stones always sound like they are trying to be edgier than the Beatles. There are some really good moments on this album and you can hear what they are becoming.
All in all though, I'd rather listen to Rubber Soul
Classic Rock at it's finest. I can imagine its impact when it was released 53! years ago. It is a really solid album, that potentially suffers because others have imitated it over the years. Highway Star and Space Truckin' are the highlights. Smoke on the Water is iconic
I was underwhelmed by this album. It's ok but it didn't really do anything for me
It's ok, I guess. The album feels very samey and has a noisy vibe to it. I was so sick of Take Me Out but time and distance have helped.
I quite liked this album. I wasn't expecting to, but there you go! It was weird but in a good way.
I loved this. The music was seamless as it transitioned from movement to movement. This was a solid groove.
I like this, it's jazzy and bluesy. I love Amy Winehouse's voice. The album is not perfect to be sure. It is patchy, it was written by a 19year old after all. But, every now and then you get glimpses of the artist that she was becoming.
The album was fine. I can hear where they influenced bands like The Clash and a host of others. But, the album feels like not my time or place and so I struggled with it.
I liked this. It was melancholic and esoteric. It has a Lou Reed kind of vibe to it. It is albums like this that keep me coming back to this list. I doubt I would have heard this any other way. Is it patchy? Sure, but I still enjoyed it.
There are some great grooves on this album. It kind of misses David Byrne on vocals though
Loved this. The album is all over the shop, but in a good way. There must be half a dozen genre's showcased, everything from rap to rock to jazz. Brilliant!
Perry Farrell's voice kind of wore me down over the course of the record. When it kicked off I was loving it but somewhere are Been Caught Stealin' I was ready for it to be over. It's a good album but not one I'll revisit
I tried, I really did. It's not for me. The violin was good but overall, it missed the mark
This was a surprising album. It got better as it went along. It's not my style of music, more my daughter's but it was very good.
Well that took a turn. The first three tracks were accessible and easy to listen to and then things got experimental. It's weird but good. I can't give it 5 stars but can give it fours stars with some bleeps and whistles
The musos are good, no question about it. The music the produced was not for me, the album was a chore. Roundabout was good but the rest wasn't particularly enjoyable to listen to.
The album is ok, just ok. I wanted to like it given that it was her first album but it's pretty forgettable
This is a solid album. Greens Onions is iconic. The Hammond organ and guitar work well together
This album was a trip. I somehow missed Sonic Youth the first time around. It is an excellent album, even as they get a bit more experimental as the album progresses. I'm not as effusive as some but still really enjoyed the album
This one went straight over my head. I get that it's satire and that he's making a statement. I know Frank Zappa was iconoclastic, but this just doesn't resonate with me.
These guys were so overplayed when they first came out. It got to the point where I would change radio stations when they came on. I still feel a little that way. Having said that it is a really solid debut album - especially the first half.
The album is ok. It's pretty vanilla synth pop. Take on me is a ripping song that the rest of the album can't really live up to.
In the words of Monty Burns, (sort of), I don't know much about music, but I know what I hate...and I don't hate this.
The album definitely has a darker vibe to it and i think it could be quite a polarising album. Some of it sounds like David Bowie, but not quite. It's an adventurous kind of album. Definitely worth a listen
This album surprised me. I loved it. I hated the previous Smiths Album that I listened to. Maybe there is more to them than meets the eye.
I didn't need to listen to this to review it. I listened to this because I wanted to. This is, in my mind, the best of the unplugged albums. The fact that it was done in one take speaks to the quality of the band. This is the easiest five stars that I've given so far
I reckon this is a pretty good album. As other people have noted, it's a little all over the place. You can hear hints of what's coming and Salisbury Hill stands out by a mile.
It was ok. It felt like pretty generic brit pop. it didn't really grab me but it didn't offend my ears either
I loved this. It was relaxed and fun. That 50's vibe is something else.
It's becoming more clear to me over time that I am not really a prog rock kind of person. This is no exception. The album improves as it goes, but it is not for me
I heard strong echoes of the Beatles in his music. But not for me
Muddy is one of the greats. What's not to like. His Chicago style blues energy is electric. I loved this.
I had never heard Nick Drake prior today. I really liked his album. It's arrangements are lush and rich. His voice is soulful and smooth. The album has an air of melancholy about it, which kind of makes sense given his story.
This an absolute classic. I think of 50's rock and roll and this is what comes to mind. It is infectious, easy to listen to and, importantly, really good fun to listen to nearly 70 years later
The music on the album is great. You can keep the emcee. I haven't listened to a lot of big band music but I enjoyed it.
This was a great album. It opens at break neck pace with Speed King and doesn't really let up. Child in Time is a classic and I loved King of Rats. One reviewer described it as cosmically bombastic. It is, it is Deep Purple in all their pomp. Absolutely worth a listen
Nope won't listen. No revenue for Kanye
Jeez this is a weird album but I actually kind of like it. The bass playing is brilliant. John Lydon's lyrics and singing are out there. Even the guitar is a really good jangly.
I know others have struggled with this but I really liked it
I like Neil Young. I love his laid back vide and the country twang of the guitar. His music is not complicated but it speaks to me
This was a great album. Atmospheric and emotional. As a band they keep growing on me
Not everything is high art. This is ok British electronic pop music
Eminem is one hell of a rapper. His rhyming and flow are impressive. That said the album is incredibly juvenile.
This album grew on me and then wore off with the space of one listen. I liked the middle section (everything from John Wayne Gacy to Chicago). Knowing Sufjan Stevens' music, it is me who is wrong. But this album is not for me.
I really liked the album. I always find Elvis Costello interesting and listenable. I knew Allison and Watching The Detectives. They were still the highlights of the album. I was surprised by but loved Blame it on Cain.
The music on this album was pretty funky but Erykah Badu's rapping wore me out. There is a tedious sameness to her rhyming that I didn't enjoy. I was over it by about half way through
I don't quite know what to make of this album. Part of the challenge is separating the artist from the art. Certainly, earlier in his life John Lennon was a pretty poor human being. Does that invalidate the beauty of his poetry? Does the fact that he seems to have largely repented and tried to make amends makes his music more acceptable.
In the end I think this is a middling work of art. I like the honesty of Jealous Guy but don't have much time for Imagine or Dear Yoko.
Brilliant. Utterly Brilliant. I love Drive, and the video for Everybody Hurts has stuck with me but there is so much more to this album. I think it's REM's best album by some distance
This album dropped in the middle of a purple patch for Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. The album is tastefully loud, full of energy and perfectly arranged. I can't get enough of this album
This album was up against it from the get go. That scream at the start of skunk nearly got the album turned off. It's a patchy album that gets better as it goes and it rewards persistence in a way that I was surprised by. That said, I'm probably still not coming back to it, it feels like too much of a hot mess and I'm not sure that I want to put the effort in.
I know this album is held in high esteem. I found it all a bit bleh. Musically it is solid but also very similar to blur and Oasis.
I was struck by how much hate this album copped. I decided to give it a go regardless and sat through it. It was ok, it felt like coffee lounge music. I didn't hate it, but i didn't exactly love it either.
I love this guy's voice. It is soulful and creates a mood beautifully. The album made a great soundtrack to the post Christmas recovery in our house.
Phil Spector at his wall of sound best. This has such an old school Christmas vibe. The man my be a horrible human being but he did know his music
This is a great album. There's an earthiness to Lou Reed's songwriting that gives it that edge of darkness and danger. Brilliant!
Not for me. It feels pretentious and I feel like I've just come back from a renaissance fair
I don't get the Coldplay hate. It's almost like they're the Nickleback of the pop world. Are they earnest? Sure. Can it be too much? Also sure. But the other end of the spectrum can be just as wearing.
This album is eminently listenable. The four tracks from "In my place" through to "Clocks" are a very solid block of music.
I had never heard of this before. It was a lovely groove. I know it is entirely samples but they are woven together so well. I loved the album.
This was fun. It is a solid soundtrack while I was studying. It doesn't ask alot of me and I'm happy with that. It is a fusion of indie and dance and for the most part, it works well. The highlight for me was Step On
This is one of the stranger albums that I've encountered in this list. At times lush and beautiful at others dense and just flat out weird. I think this would probably reward repeated listenings.
A knee jerk reaction says that this is a 2 or a 3. I'll come back and change the number if I come back to the album
I don't know how you can not love this album. The energy is fabulous, the band is tight and the results are just gold.
