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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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The Poet
Bobby Womack
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5 | 3.21 | +1.79 |
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GREY Area
Little Simz
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5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
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Kenya
Machito
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5 | 3.27 | +1.73 |
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Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
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5 | 3.34 | +1.66 |
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Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
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5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
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5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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5 | 3.39 | +1.61 |
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
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5 | 3.4 | +1.6 |
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Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
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5 | 3.44 | +1.56 |
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Zombie
Fela Kuti
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5 | 3.46 | +1.54 |
You Love Less Than Most
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The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
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1 | 2.95 | -1.95 |
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
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2 | 3.94 | -1.94 |
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Gris Gris
Dr. John
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1 | 2.88 | -1.88 |
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Faust IV
Faust
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1 | 2.78 | -1.78 |
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Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
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2 | 3.64 | -1.64 |
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The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
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1 | 2.62 | -1.62 |
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Born To Be With You
Dion
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1 | 2.61 | -1.61 |
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Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
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1 | 2.56 | -1.56 |
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Blackstar
David Bowie
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2 | 3.48 | -1.48 |
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Odelay
Beck
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2 | 3.46 | -1.46 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Miles Davis | 2 | 5 |
| Johnny Cash | 2 | 5 |
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Magazine · 1 likes
2/5
Sometimes it feels like you are listening to the list of "1001 albums you could get through life not hearing and not be missing out on anything"
This is one of those albums. When they showed off their punk and ska roots, with some nice 2 step rhythms it was good. But mist if the time it just made me feel nothing.
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American Music Club
3/5
Started strong but too much filler later on.
Solomon Burke
5/5
David Bowie
3/5
Herbie Hancock
5/5
Great from start to finish. What I was hoping to get out of these 1001 albums
Stevie Wonder
3/5
The Stooges
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
Inoffensive background music. Doesn't make you feel anything
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Had the odd moment. I guess you had to be there at the time. Just seems drag too much.
Metallica
5/5
I really wanted to not give this album 5 stars. I obsessed over this album as a young fella but have not really listened to it in a long time. Assumed I had moved on. No! This album slays track to track.
Spiritualized
2/5
Too pretentious. Too much "could we" and not enough "should we". You could see the ideas but they were not formed well.
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Great album. Perfect listening to under the sun with a beer in the afternoon. Could.heat and feel the passion. But, and it's not his fault, I can't stand the song Hallelujah.
X-Ray Spex
3/5
It was alright. I like what they did with the Sax. But a bit too repetitive after awhile.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Mostly solid set of tracks with good passion.
Miles Davis
5/5
Takes you back to player the greatest games of all time: Sim City 2000 and Sim City 3000.
What more could you ask for.
Public Enemy
5/5
Great from start to finish.
The 13th Floor Elevators
1/5
Guess you had to there.
Machito
5/5
Tunes to make you groove.
Arcade Fire
5/5
Great album all the way through.
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Good tunes mostly.
Destiny's Child
3/5
Starts strong with 4 great songs but tapers off after that
Eagles
4/5
If you need an album to sink a few beers with your father-in-law while watching the sun set over the ocean, then it's hard to go past this. Like a macro lager, it goes down easy without much thought.
Frank Ocean
3/5
I csn see why it's on here but not for me.
Black Sabbath
5/5
6 stars!
Elastica
4/5
A very enjoyable album
Johnny Cash
5/5
Legend of a man. Legend of an album
2/5
Mostly just noise
Taylor Swift
4/5
Has some great tunes and you can see why it was such a hit. Bit also, so filler tracks that you'll want to skip
Wilco
3/5
Some good tracks. Some ok. Some noise
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
Great album start to end
David Bowie
3/5
Fairly easy listening but nothing too exciting
U2
4/5
A plesent listen.
The Stooges
3/5
Good though not sure it holds up over time. But a solid listen regardless.
Ray Charles
4/5
Great swing and rock to it and what an amazing singer. Would have been quite the album in the 60s and while it stands up today, I can't give it a 5 as its not quite my cup of tea.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Maybe you had to be there at the time.
Maybe you needed to hear this before you heard the stuff that came after.
Interesting lyrical content and some interesting instrumental parts, but not anything I'd like to listen to again
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
This is more what I assumed Nick Cave sounded like. Good use of the band and some great tunes
Le Tigre
2/5
Like the 1st song, but down hill from there. Same production level as that "My United States of Whatever" song and lyrics not much better. Had the feel of someone's first attempt to wrote and record songs in their bedroom
Suede
3/5
Some great guitar work and their rocks songs worked well. But the attempt at mellow songs fell flat
Massive Attack
3/5
Was ok. Nothing to excited you but nothing offensive. Good background music.
Public Enemy
4/5
A great album and innovation of the genre
Syd Barrett
1/5
Wrong list. Should be on 1001 album ypu dont need to waste your time on.
Prince
4/5
It starts well and has some.good hits. Overall a good listen.
Elliott Smith
3/5
Not bad. Not bad. I get it. But its not exactly essential listening.
R.E.M.
4/5
A great collection of songs and enough diversity to keep you interested throughout. Sounds like a product of its times and in a good way.
Any low points are overshadowed by the highs and some incredible catchy and memorable tunes in there.
Air
4/5
Some great drumming, good tunes and an interesting vibe
The Prodigy
5/5
Every album has a time and a place. For The Prodigy's "The Fat of the Land", that time is Anytime, and that place is Anywhere.
No matter how your day/week/month/year is going, put this on and you are in a happy place.
David Bowie
2/5
This really was not great. A black mark on a great career
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Its fine. Not.my cup of tea. Would be great if companies used this for hold music over their regular stuff.
John Coltrane
4/5
Great jazz album good drums
The Saints
4/5
Enjoyed this. A nice change up
Korn
2/5
Starts very strong with some great songs but goes down hill fast and just becomes a noisy slog
Michael Jackson
5/5
Great record. The run of thriller, Beat It and Billy Jean is i e of the best 3 song combos out there.
Portishead
4/5
For an album I thought i wouldn't like i was plesently surprised. Good use of actual samples, interesting vocal performance and nice arrangements. Hip hop pop vibe.
An enjoyable listen.
Talk Talk
3/5
Was ok. Started to drag on a bit but nice musicianship throughout
Ryan Adams
2/5
There is a story of a going to a Ryan Adams concert and calling out to hear Summer of 69.
This album could have done with a bit more Bryan Adams song writing. Its too long, too overly pretentious in parts. Sometimes, less is better, and keeping it simple works. I enjoyed the opening track and a few others, but really I won't be putting this bad boy back on my stereo anytime soon.
Janis Joplin
4/5
Solid album. Good catch rockk
Elvis Presley
4/5
Good tunes from a long lost time
Radiohead
3/5
I know it's a legendary album and all but I couldn't really get into it. Too much literal noise for the sake of noise at times. Feels like it's trying to hard to be different, hip, and better than everything else with no real self awareness. Some good moments in parts though and good song writing. Liked some of the guitar work. Interesting choice of drum sound. Not sure what it is but really cant stand the song Karma Police.
2.5 but will round up to 3.
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Having only heard his later stuff I was surprised by this. Well rounded effort and an easy listen
Bob Dylan
5/5
Great story telling. Keeps you engaged and wanting more.
Dennis Wilson
3/5
Was alright. Started strong but like many, dragged a bit.
Miles Davis
5/5
A great album that makes you feel nostalgia
Little Richard
5/5
One of the strongest album starts out there.
Trying focusing on anything else while this album is on is near impossible. You just want to get up and move.
Top notch vocals and musicianship.
A wop bop a loo bop a lop ba ba!
Sonic Youth
3/5
Some good tracks hidden amoung the noise. And there seems to be plenty of noise for the sake of noise.
Needed someone in the studio who had not drunk the "hip" Coolaide to maybe ask some production questions amd cut back a few things.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Another album you probably had to be there for. Still holds up as good folk music, but nothing special. Good voice, good story telling, but too much same same.
Beatles
3/5
Great music and catchy tunes. But the lyrics have more cheese than Thursday night Buff Nachoes.
ZZ Top
3/5
Some good ol rock n roll but nothing special. Don't feel this was an album i had to hear before I die.
R.E.M.
4/5
I always assumed i didnt really like REM and never understood how they could be so influential to people like Kurt Coban.
This album was the missing piece. A great showcase of song writing and balancing pop influences with indie and rock execution.
Really enjoyed the bass lines on this album.
Could have done with a bit more variation towards the end, but I'd play this again.
Stan Getz
3/5
They say with Jazz you have to listen to the notes they are NOT playing.
This was ok. Good background music. Unoffensive cafe music. Some good tracks but nothing special. Needed to crank up the double bass as too low in the mix.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2/5
Can and should you separate a man from his legacy.
Listening to this album takes you back to O-Week 2006. You've taken party pills for the first time and/or its your first ever night on the Jim Beam and Cokes (those days are a bit of a blur now). Either way you've gone to see one of the big local acts heaviky influenced by old school reggae that you vaguely know. They start playing a 2 chord rhythm which at first you are into, but then you get distracted by the urge to chew your own lip. What feels.like 20 minutes later your turn to your friend and mention that this new song sounds awfully similar to the first song. He responds that it is the same song. You are shocked. Finally they finish and move on to the next track bur you soon realise while the key has changed, the progression and rhythm remain the same. That's ok you think, at least Bombfunk MCs play next week.
12 months go by and the new O-Week line up comes out. Its full of bands like Fat Eddie's Dub, Scouts of the Dub Table, Katchadub etc. In horror you realise not only is there no international headliner, there is fuck all variety. Everyone seems to be reggae influenced. You book yourself into a couple of the less popular punk and rock shows and a slab or 2 of South Gs helps you forget your troubles.
Another 12 months passes and this time its worse. All variety is gone, replaced with endless upstrums and snares tighter than a dress shirt on Uncle James. In disbelief you take yourself off for a lunxh time treat of a $7.99 pizza sube at Pappas Pizza. As you start to question your own memories, as if maybe this has always been the way it was, you noticed the walls lined with old O-Week posters. Bands like The Chills, Shihad, Head Like a Hole, The Button birds, Violent Femmes and even (for better or worse) Alien Ant Farm grace the posters. Hell, you even remember your old man's yarn about Iron Maiden playing The Uni of O back in the day. You sit there and realise that all things come and go, and while this might be the peak of reggae and dub, times will change soon.
But then, 660 come along. Now every hipster in Wellington who ever took a roadie up the coast to grab a few slabs of Gissy Gold and stumbled upon a local Marlie tribute act playing at Smash Palace has stared a Dub band, and not only will the be at O-Week, they be playing at mother fucking Re-Oweek. You realise that was no parabolic ride you were on earlier, but a God damn quartic. And that local maxima you were at back in 2008 is nothing compared to the new vertex that is to come.
Fast forward a couple decades and things are getting bleak in NZ. Inflation is up, there are shortages in teaching, nursing, doctors, you name it. Wellington is in decline and record numbers of young skilled kiwis are on the move to Australia.
Now I'm not saying that this is all Bob Marley's fault... but it does make you think.
A couple of good tracks but too much similarity.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Great lyrics and stroy telling. Didn't start strong but built up and finished well. A good album
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
This album is like the time you dated that crazy bird despite all the warnings people have.
When it was good, boy was it good. But when it was bad, it was bad. Not much consistency and you never knew what was next.
You'd think you were done and over it, but then the next bang(er) would have you wanting more and suddenly you'd be thinking you could listen to this album for the rest of your life and be happy.
Next thing you know you have 3 kids, a mortgage and a job you don't really enjoy at the BluRay factory. You come home from work tired one day and forget to wipe up the milk you spilt while making your regular 5.30 pm cup of tea, and your wife looses it.
You realise you should have listened to everyone all along. Especially Dave "2 step" Taylor, your oldest friend, who had been saying all along you'd been blinded by the hits.
But know you don't know what to do. You blew your life savings investing in your crazy wides homeopathy buisness. That promotion you applied for at the BluRay is looking unlikely due to the rise of streaming services. Divorce will be expensive and the recent mortgage rate rise was the last thing you needed.
Some days you even look at your 3 kids and all you can see are the traits of your wife that your come to despise. You wonder what kind of man can fall out of love with his own children.
Any way where was I. Some good, some bad. 3 stars.
Def Leppard
3/5
Trump has started gold plating everything in the Whitehouse.
McDonalds sells a double big mac.
A Ford F150 doesn't even get near the top 10 list of biggest pick up trucks.
We live in a time of excess and Hysteria, despite coming out 38 or so years ago, fits perfectly into this world.
Excessive production, vocals dubs, big guitars, striking drums. It is peak hair metal pushed to its limits. I'd cry if I googled the budget for this album.
And the problem with excess is it usually comes off as tacky. That is the case here. It doesn't feel authentic. There is no real soul or passion. This is music tailored to sell big. Trying to find meaning and depth to the lyrics is like trying to figure out why Christopher Luxon thought it was a good use of tax payer money to fly himself and Albanesr to the top of a mountain for a photo opp.
If you want to hear the album that killed hair metal and brought forth Grunge, Thrash, Alternative, then this is it.
3 stars as despite all this the title track, Hysteria, rips.
Fela Kuti
5/5
Fresh, Jazzy, Funky. A great ride. Goes by fast despite its moderate run time and leaves you wanting more. While other jazz influenced albums can be all pomp, pretentiousness and show offy, there is none here. All feels authentic
Soft Machine
1/5
The 1st track sucked. Why relase a song that is 50% just random noise. Had to be some kind of inside joke.
The rest is not much better. There is progressive, and then there is excessive. This is the latter.
Ray Price
2/5
Guess you had to be there. Not my cup of tea.
Dr. John
1/5
I get it, they did a lot of drugs in the 60s. But at some point when Dr John proposed an album that was to be inspired by the sounds of a busy Mumbhi street market, the chants of Tibetan Monks, the bells and clinks of a Sunday morning religious parade mixed in with southern rock n roll, there needed to be a veto.
Im starting to think he may not even be a real Doctor.
Paul Simon
4/5
An intersting mix of styles. Really enjoyed the African influences. Some parts didnt work but for the most part its a great album.
And "You can call me Al" is an all time classic.
Magazine
2/5
Sometimes it feels like you are listening to the list of "1001 albums you could get through life not hearing and not be missing out on anything"
This is one of those albums. When they showed off their punk and ska roots, with some nice 2 step rhythms it was good. But mist if the time it just made me feel nothing.
a-ha
3/5
This album is full of hits like take on me and... well that's it. Starts strong but nothing else lives up to that track.
Its not bad, but its not good either. But what an opening track.
Beatles
5/5
A far more mature album from these dudes. You can see they've come through the 60s drug error and survived to tell the tale.
The lyrics are far more interesting, though there is still fun such as Octapusus' Garden.
Instrumentally, they are in top form, and I particularly enjoyed the drumming here.
A great album from start to finish
Fleet Foxes
2/5
How high was the critic who claimed this was one of thr greatest debuts of all time. Or was this a critic who has listened to F-all music.
Its not to say the album is bad. Its alright, nothing special. But it came our in 2008 and sounds very much like albums that came out decades before. It doesn't break new ground, its just the same old indie folk.
A couple catchy tunes but most was not my cup of Tea. Others have done it better.
MGMT
3/5
This album reminds us of the power of the EP. Take your best tracks that represent where you are and put them together. Or thay some artist suit the singles driven craze that comes and goes in music, and is back now with streaming amd the ease of playlists.
Unfortunately, this is an LP and the non single tracks struggle to live up to the hype of the singles.
Knowing how many early iterations there were of songs like Kids and Electric feel, and the time and effort from multiple parties and producers that went into refining these tracks, you have to wonder if more time.could have been spent on the rest of thw album.
Likely other albums on here. When its good, its great. But when its average, its average.
The Beach Boys
3/5
Some great tunes but a bit of a dates sound now. And too many lyrics related to young girls.
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
I had no idea what was going on and enjoyed it.
Funkadelic
4/5
A solid funk album. Good groves and keeps you interested
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
A bit self indulgent.
Pixies
3/5
I like the Pixies but not so much this album. Has some good tracks and you can see their influences, and yhe influence they would have. But its no master piece from them
The Killers
4/5
Was surprised how much I enjoyed this. Catchy song writing. Only fault was the over reliance on electronic tones that didnt really add anything.
Red Snapper
2/5
Takes you back to being in a cosmic corner on Cuba mall trying to work out how they can get away with selling what they do.
1st track was ok. But then its the same shit for an hour.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
A bit of a downer. Very slow, very repetitive.
Maybe it has a time and place, but this was not it.
The xx
4/5
Good minimalist tunes. I know that intro song from somewhere but could not say where. Easy relaxing music. Doesn't try to be anything it is not and does what it is well.
Tracy Chapman
4/5
A good mix of pop-ish hits with some real hard hitters. Has a bit of everything and a strong undertone. A great way to get a message across the the masses. And what a voice! Some bits were a bit bland though and could have done with some fine tuning.
The Flaming Lips
3/5
I thought id enjoy this more than I did.
Didn't really care for the opening track. Not huge on his vocal style.
The song about his bleeding head was better.
But overall, kinda more of the Indie same same
Van Halen
4/5
6 star guitar work.
-1 guitar tone
-1 vocals and lyrics
Bobby Womack
5/5
Sometimes the cover alone is enough to tell you an album about to be 5 stars.
Funky all the way through. Finger licking good!
TLC
3/5
Was ok. Some good tracks. Some drag. Don't know if it stands the test of time.
Faust
1/5
Not sure what this was or who it was aimed it. Sounded an awful lot like when a band first gets together and is setting up. Some people jamming over others while one guy is struggling with amp feedback.
Maybe there is an audience for this kind of "music". I don't know. And frankly, I don't want to know.
Stan Getz
3/5
Great opening track but after that I kinda zoned out and you could not really distinguish one track from the next. Good tunes, like elevated lounge or hold music.
Charles Mingus
4/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
An intersting mix of funk and hip hop. The title track is such a banger and its influence can be heard to this day. But tracks like Scorpio and your are fell a bit flat.
The Who
4/5
Some great tunes in there. But also at times a bit beach boyish. Goes from a great hit like My Generation to then another cliche song about love.
Thin Lizzy
3/5
When is a live album not a live album. How much "live" does there need to be to class it as live? Thin lizzy are a great,band and these are great tunes but this doesnt even sound like they tried to be live. Its so crisp you can almost hear the producer tapping his pen in time to the oversubscribed he is doing. A live album should be raw. You should hear the mistakes, the flat notes, the hum, the guitars dropping out of phase. Bleed through of instruments. Instead, we have a studio best of with crowd noises places over top. Im sure they are based around live versions (I've read they used the live drum tracks as a base). If that is the case, we just have a glorified collection of their hits. Not bad, but then Wray as well out it up again a Beatles best of.
Now, are thw recordings better than the original studio recordings, sure. And its a great set of tunes and a present listen. But its influential for all the wrong reasons. This album sold.so well that any future band would be crazy to put out a live album without also overrunning it to death.
A good listen, yes. The greatest love album of all time though, deffinitly not. The death of the live album maybe.
Joe Ely
4/5
Quite good for a country album. Seems a bit smarter than your average country singer
Tito Puente
4/5
A great moving album, if lacking some variance.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Not bad, but a bit too much "of its time" with the music and instruments and some oarys felt forced. But listenable.
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Its nice music. Reminds you if simple times. Easy to liaten to with good lyrics. But a bit boring for me.
Ride
3/5
Started well and I do enjoy some shoegaze. But it is a bit much after awhile. Vocals almost non existent in the mix.
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Eveyone who has walked past a guitar in a shop window before has had the same vision of themselves playing either Smoke on the Water, Stairway to Heaven, or any track from by Jimi.
How many white stratocasters did this album seem?
You telling me you hear the intro to Highway Chile and you don't invision Holloywood Hulk Hogan air guitaring the WCW Heavy Wait championship belt on his way to the ring... get out of here.
5 stars all day.
NWO 4 Life!
The Beach Boys
3/5
Good tunes with questionable lyrics.
Mudhoney
4/5
Great album that sets the scence for what was to come.
The Who
4/5
A solid live rock album. Seems off to have a live compilation album on here, but I dug it.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
A classic. What a voice and what excellent song writing
Elvis Costello
3/5
Was ok but a bit same same in parts. For its time, it seems like others were doing it better
The Undertones
3/5
Was alright. Started off well bit a bit one trick by the end.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
I thought it'd be "cooler"
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
First off. If you gonna have Raiders on your name tou should be a haedcore or metal band. So -1 right there.
These kinds sound like they couldnt decide if they were ghe beach boys, the who ir the Beatles. Not bad but nothing great or original.
Run-D.M.C.
5/5
This album is just hit after hit. What else can you say. Starts strong and remains strong.
Dizzee Rascal
1/5
While not invented by the British, they did master the art of a good cup of tea (though no shade on China, Japan and India who also make a wonderful tea). Then the Americans saw that and decided to put their own spin on it, and you got the travisty that is those horrid sweet ice teas like Arizona. And dont get me started on hard ice tea like twisted. The only acceptable us of hard Ice Tea is in reference to the band Body Count.
This is like that y'all. Accept its a Brit taking on hip - hop /rap and putting a British urban spin on it. And it stinks.
I'm sure there are people for whom this is their Jam. Maybe. But for me, and I did try, this just sounds like garbage.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
A great album and the Wailers really elevate the tunes
Garbage
4/5
A solid album that brings back good memories
Marvin Gaye
4/5
This is a man who loves getting it on and its hard to argue with his philosophy
Beck
4/5
Good variety. Lots of fun.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
5/5
This album takes you back to better times. Great from start to finish.
The Flaming Lips
3/5
I thought it would be better. A bit weird at times and to "artsy"
Taylor Swift
3/5
Did she admit to killing someone? And how is there a Taylor album with no songs I've ever heard? I just assumed by being alive and visiting any store you'd have heard all of Taylors singles. It was ok, some interesting lyrics and music, but it left me wanting more
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
I really wanted to like it. Maybe I need to listen with lyrics next to me. Seemed to say bitch alot. Not bad, but I expected more.
John Prine
3/5
A nice classic country album. Could go either way.
Big Star
2/5
Meh. Could have stayed unreleased and the world would have moved on.
Nothing to excite. Just drags. Not sure what this inspired.
OutKast
4/5
I preferred the first half (speakerbox) to the 2nd half. Some great tunes but also some filler let it down.
The Boo Radleys
4/5
Genuinely surprised by how much i enjoyed thos album, having never heard of these guys before. A nice mix of tunes.
Soundgarden
5/5
A classic. Such an amazing voice and great musicianship.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
OK here is the plan. I'm going to go to a music school, where kids are first learning to play. Im going to hide a microphone in each room and record these students as they attempt to play their instruments. Im then going to mix it together and occasionally speak over it. I'll call it high art, polyrythmic music. If people don't like it, its because they are not smart enough to "get it".
This is maybe the worst music I've ever heard, and this is coming from someone who use to go to crustpunk gigs.
Negative 5 stars, an absolute waste of time and resources.
Nick Drake
4/5
This was a really plesent listen with some deep hitting lyrics. Kept it simple so the song meanings could really push through. A nice surprise of an album
Christine and the Queens
2/5
I guess if we are "cancelling" Michael Jackson and pretending his music never existed, then this album could be considered worth a listen. But as it is, I sounds like recycled MJ vocal hooks over 80s beats. And sure, if this came out in the 80s, it may have had some impact musically. But it came out in 2018.
I understand culturally this album is of importance. But as just an album to listen to, it sounds like radio pop that'll be stale and forgotten about in 6 months.
ZZ Top
5/5
A great rock amd roll album. Sometimes doing something simple to a high standard is all that is needed. Bar that TV dinner album, all songs were enjoyable, flowed, and did the job. A great album to just relax to, or drink to, do almost any task to. Plus, she's got legs, a classic
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Its alright. Not sure it stands out in any way.
LL Cool J
3/5
Started well and enjoyed the first song. Strong air freshener, who need cologne being a great line. But kind of went down hill after that and never really caught back up
Talking Heads
4/5
A fun album with lots of good quirks, but keeps true to is style. The songs come across as simple pop hooks byt there are quite a few layers. Would listen again.
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
Its an interesting collection of songs. Hard to hear and not make a.comparrison to the Cash version. Ruined was a good tracks. But some others were just noise for noise.
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
It tries to be Prince but its not there. It tries to be Tom Petty but its not there. It tries to have soul and something to say but its not there. This feels like an album bu am artist trying to find their own voice. Not sure why that makes it essential.
The Band
3/5
Its ok. A bit bland it parts. But it also has the track The Weight which is a lil rippa.
OutKast
4/5
Great tunes but too many interlude and a lil long.
Pentangle
3/5
Musically and technically very good. But its juat not for me. Not bad at all. But not catching me
John Lennon
2/5
Starts with an angst ridden teen song sung by a successful, rich older man. And that really sums up the album. A rich man's project that'd doesnt really add anything. Working class hero is alright though.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Starts strong with a great tunes. Couple flat ones there after but then picks up again. Overall a quality listen.
The Waterboys
2/5
Started out well amd was into it. But after awhile.it just felt the same and unoriginal.
Tricky
2/5
OK background music to some.backyard cricket. Wouldn't listen to it otherwise. May have social issue in there but didnt lock me in
Electric Light Orchestra
2/5
Was it for me? No. Was it was too long? Yes. But Was it fun? At first and at some points. It was hard not to enjoy it at times and you could hear the Beatles influences at times. But at other times so much waffle and over the topnoss
Black Flag
2/5
KISS
2/5
Detroit Rock city, Yes!.
Everything else was meh.
I was made for greatest hit albums should be theor mantra. One good song on each album, followed by filler
The White Stripes
3/5
Meh. Same after same and noticed to exciting. Not bad, but not great.
Johnny Cash
5/5
A great live album. That set the standard high for how to do a live album. A classic
John Grant
3/5
I tried to like this. But it just wasnt for me. Not bad, but nothing to write home about. Some good instrumentation amd original ideas, and i liked his no hold.bavk approach to social issues, so a bonus point there.
Kings of Leon
4/5
Ive never been a Kings fan and as a result never really listened to them.
However, I found this album rather enjoyable. Catchy, heartfelt and good variety. I think its the latter, more pop orientated King's I dont like. This album had thay more rustic, rock feel. A good liste.
The Smiths
3/5
Was what was expected. A plesent listem but not a ton of variety
Cee Lo Green
3/5
Was a nice mix of singing and rapping. Lyrics were OK.
Ghostface Killah
4/5
A mostly great hip hop album. What really stands out is the array of samples used to create beats with good backing melodies. Some good cameo appearances throughout. Some questionable lyrics and interludes. Plays well on a 2014 Chevy Cruze sound system.
Beatles
3/5
A fine Beatles album but I could not pick this out from any other of their albums or pick what,makes this special over others.
The Temptations
3/5
When that drum beat came in on track 1, I had a feeling we were gonna be in for a good time. The funky bass kicked in and I was all for it. Track 2, the political statement was different, but I can get with it. But then it slowed and just sort of lost its groove. Papa was a rolling stone is ok, but does it need to be over 12 minutes long (the answer is, god no). Some took an exciting album and made it drag.
Elton John
3/5
Great,opening track. The rest... meh.
Beck
2/5
Feels like an album I should like but was just too weird. Lots of random noises, obscure references and sounds. Some ok tunes but not for me.
Sister Sledge
5/5
These are songs and a sound that takes you back. Instantly you want to be up and about finding out why he is the greatest dancer. The backing rhythm section do a great job. And we are Family is amazing
The Police
5/5
A really great album built on some fantastic drumming.
Daft Punk
2/5
Unless you are at dur club, I don't really know who this album is for.
Around the world is a great tune if you've had the assistance of some 3rd party substances. But in the car or having a cup of tea, its pretty meh and same same. We get it, around the world.
And the rest, just loops of the same drum beat. And that Rollin and Scatchin song has to be one of the worst tunes ever made. Its like they put a drum loop behind my 2001 56k modem as it tries to download LinkinParkAndLimpBizkitLiveHiddenTrack.mp3.exe from limewire.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
A good story teller and some nice opening tunes. Did feel like I was going to fall asleep while listening at,times.
ABBA
3/5
The hits were good. Everything else was so so
Suede
3/5
I keep,thinking I will like these guys and yet here we are.
1993 saw Nirvana's In Utero and Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream. Then there is this.
These guys discovered a Zoom 9000 multi effects pedal, thought it was the greatest thing every, cranked every effect to 11 and ran with it. The recording quality is constantly all over the place. Some point the drums are clear, and then next thing it sounds like they are playing in a room down the hall. There's good moments and clear good musicianship, but it doesnt gel. And the singing style is not for me.
They did write animal nitrate though, and Basement do a half decent cover of that song, so ill give em a bonus star for that.
Gary Numan
4/5
First off, Cars is a hell of a tune. This album has enough to it that it could have come from a number of different decades and you can understand how influential this sound was on artists to come. The use of some viola (or violin) at one point was a nice touch and change up. But at times some of the songs felt like they hadn't been quite flushed out and a few songs were almost indistinguishable from each other. But overall, a great album id happily put on again while lazing around the house
Napalm Death
2/5
You know it had its moments and I'm glad I can say Ive now listened to a Napalm Death album. Think I likes side A over side B, though some interesting guitar work on side B. Vocals were rubbish on both. Not for everyone and in fact, probably not for many at all. But it did have some pace and you could imagine it produces a solid mosh pit.
R.E.M.
3/5
Opens with a track that deffintly went on to inspire Everlast's "What it's like", which is a track Kid Rock deffintly loves. And he went on to headline a racist alternative half time show to the superbowl. Now, I'm not saying REM are a bunch of White Speritists, but it makes you think.
There are some good tunes on here. Nightswimming being a great ballad and a showpiece of its time. And man on the moon has a great chorus.
Other songs however just bring back memories of 90s radio and having to listen to whatever uninspiring songs were on. Everybody hurts being an example. Its juat such a dull song overall. And they sure love the use of delay on the vocals.
This didnt live up to their previous efforts.
Beyoncé
2/5
Not a fan of hers but went in with an open mind, hoping to learn something new. But it didnt really do anything for me.
2/5
Was a weird album. Felt like it must have influenced some good albums as by itself it doesnt stand-up. Some of the lyrics seemed a bit basic and cheesey, amd it was very clichce at times
5/5
Fantastic album through and through. Songs, music, lyrics, themes. A great
Muddy Waters
3/5
Started our strong. Nice guitar licks and a good howl. Some questionable lyrics though and after awhile all started to sound like the same song.
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Instantly you know it's the guy from Blur. Has some interesting moments and I liked the inclusion of various instruments. But its just a bunch of dudes getting together for a Jam and then putting out the result. And somehow they convey in the music that most people wont "get" this, and that's just because you are not hip enough ro be part of the London scene. Not amazing but I guess its a good stepping stone to what would become Gorillaz
Nirvana
5/5
Amazing album start to finish. Obviously has the classics but very much enjoyed the non single tunes as well. Amazingly powerful drums throughout
Animal Collective
3/5
Was an odd album. Not really sure what to make of it. Didnt love it, didnt hate it.
Massive Attack
2/5
Not my cup of tea
Cream
4/5
Some great tunes. Nice.use of effects like fuzzy and chorus and wah on the guitar. Lots of blues influence. But too many drugs being taken during these sessions leads to some odd songs in there that just dont hold up.
Little Simz
5/5
Had no idea what to expect and was genuinely surprised. Is this jazz hop? Really worked well. Challenging at times but in a good way
Dion
1/5
Im not sure what else to say other than this album sucks. The first song waa a drag and somehow I found a way to get worse from there.
SZA
2/5
This album brings back memories of taking my teenage nieces shopping and the tune Doves in the Wind was playing at full volume.
I didn't enjoy the experience and I don't enjoy it now. Some nice lo-fi beats (is that what the kids say?) But relies too much on the overuse of profanities to try and be "cool". Its the "chocolate starfish..." of hip hop. This won't hold up over time.
Depeche Mode
4/5
Was a bit same same in parts but otherwise a great listen
3/5
Jungle Brothers
4/5
Great hip hop that incorporates good messages. Very on the nose but good points raised about how history is covered in schools.
Robbie Williams
3/5
Note as bad as I thought it would be. But the big singles were also not as good as I remember them being. Lots of rip off riffs and hooks. Without the vocals, you could think you listening Tom Petty, and next its a radio friendly pop punk tune. OK but not a classic
5/5
Classic album with nearly every tune being a banger. You forget neally all of their greatest hits come from this one album. Would happily listen again any time
Iron Maiden
5/5
Run to the 5 star review. Amazing album start to finish. Steve Harris galloping on the bass. Clive Burr throwing in fill after fill on thw drums. Murray and Smith, 2 of the most iconic rock guitarist ever and maybe the greatest ever pairing. And a debating Dickinson absolutely letting rip on the vocals.
Starts strong but absolutely peaks in the middle with ye run of 22, number, run amd Gangland. And finishes with an all time great with Hallowed. Out of 5 stars, this album gets a 6(66).
Van Halen
4/5
Starts strong with running with the devil. Showcases all of their strong points. Eruption in its day eas maybe something new, but just a track of a dude randomly wailing on a guitar with no melody seems out of place now, especially track 2. Some other great tunes after this though and Eddie is absolutely killing it on guitar throughout. Lyrically, its a bit pervy at times with how the speak of women.