This Is a Call is such a great album opener. I think it's easy to rag on Foo Fighters for becoming such a formulaic arena rock band over the years, but that first 10 years was, mostly, very good. I came to this album late as was a little too young at release but with the wider context of knowing where Dave was and what he had experienced I think this is a really great little solo project. Not sure many would have predicted it growing into the biggest rock band in the world.

I knew more of this than I thought. It was better than I expected, usually thinking of Thin Lizzy as a bit dad-rock. Dragged a bit through the back half.

Am I putting this at a four? Maybe......... It's not my favourite Led Zeppelin album but I really enjoyed it and Kashmir elevates anything. Fuck it, FOUR STARS!

Fantastic. Energetic. Unique. Just bloody brilliant.

Hmmmm. I liked what I knew already, the rest didn't do a ton for me. A bit samey in places.

I struggled with this. Prog is not my thing at all and I didn't really particularly enjoy anything here.

I am putting this at a four as I enjoyed it without ever really getting hooked. I do plan to return to this though and I feel like it's an album that is likely to grow on me more over time.

Just not my thing. I got through the album but nothing really grabbed me.

Never heard of the songs, the album or the artist. Not a genre I am really familiar with either, but I loved this. Enough so that I listened to it four times and then left spotify on auto play for similar content the rest of my work day. I think the scoring system makes it hard to go above a 3 without intimately knowing an album, but I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna bloody do it.

So I didn't include the egregious final four tracks in my listens or rating. It's not my taste but it was uber fucking funky. The bass and those disco drums make it impossible not to tap along at your desk.

Tough. It's good at what it does but a little samey for my liking, even some of the songs themselves. This feels a bit harsh but going with a 2 as it just doesn't feel like something I'd reach for again.

Me and prog. A never ending rivalry. It wasn't terrible.

Trying very hard to be objective and not let recent events cloud my rating. Not a massive Sabbath fan but this album is great. Riffs all over the place, opening with probably the best Sabbath song (maybe the best Ozzy song).

There is only so many bongo covers I can take in a way before seriously questioning my state of mind and how I got here.

That stereo mix dates this so much. Really good song writing though.

I found this tough. I can take thrash metal in small doses but an entire album is too much for me.

Decent music, very fun lyrically

Absolutely fantastic

Going in I thought this was an immediate 5 star but the length of the double album was a bit much at times and I didn't love everything as much as I remembered. The highlights are very high though.

Brilliant pop music. I never want to be friends with a person who does not sing along to Purple Rain.

I should love MC5. They are loved by many of my favourite artists. They have just enough chaos in their sound to sit amongst similar artists that I love. Instead I just kinda think they are fine.

I have always hated Aerosmith and thought of them as a terribly cheesy act. I guess that is strongly influenced by my age and mostly knowing their latter output. This was really good though.

Critical darlings but this just passed me by. Listened a few times over the weekend but nothing really grabbed me outside of the singles I already knew.

Didn't hate it but a bit cheesy in places

Just wonderful music

Just a really good rock album. It's not Led Zep 2 though.

This feels harsh, and I suspect with more listens this would definitely increase. The song writing and production were really unique and fascinating BUT it didn't really hook me.

I've never listened to as much Dylan as I probably should. Really, really enjoyed this though. Will be returning to this one.

It was alright in places but I often found it just kinda filling the background.

This should have been my thing but it just really didn't work for me at all.

One of those bands where it has become really boring to build your personality around stating that they suck. When actually their first 4/5 albums were really solid. This wasn't their peak but is a really strong debut that hinted at what they would do on the next album which is a 5. Some wonderful basslines on this album.

It's tough, I acknowledge this is amazing for a lot of people but I struggle to engage greatly with it.

Brilliant. Just absolutely brilliant. Writing something this strong at age 21, the strength of her vocals. Someone Like You ranks somewhere in my favourite, most powerful songs of all time. Flawless.

This was really great

Just a bit bland

This is really hard. Clearly a great song writer, a really unique style and voice that is recognisable BUT when listening to the album it just drifted into the background of what I was doing. I feel like this is an album that greatly suffers from the setup of this, an album like this isn't going to work in a single day of two listens whilst working. I expect if you come back to me in twelve months time this will have grown on me greatly.

Not really for me

It's not been a great week for albums has it?

Yeah, this was pretty brilliant.

A bit bland and forgettable

Just didn't grab me at all

Very 80s

So good, but not their best album. I really hope The Suburbs is on this list at some point.

I always thought of The Verve as brit-pop for your Dad, this didn't particularly change my mind. Some good moments but not for me really.

The freneticism of System of a Down is so enjoyable. I think Toxicity is their most listenable album but this is still really damn good.

This was a really pleasant surprise. Entirely unfamiliar with the artist but will seek out more.

Never listened beyond There She Goes which is an all timer. This was good though, will return.

I'm supposed to like this because I know so many other folks that do and have similar tastes to me, but every time I try with The Black Keys I come away thinking it was fine.

I don't love this as much as a lot of critics do but it is really good. The only thing that would improve it would be sitting in a Range Rover and singing along with Rob Brydon on a Spanish country road.

All that I really know about Tracy Chapman is that I cannot stand Fast Car. It's not a bad song, it's a very good song, but I can't stand it. Too many open mics, too many boring and samey cover versions, too many times on the radio, too many times on my tv. Any potential for that song to ever move me in any way has been eroded from over exposure. Decent album though and I found out a Reel Big Fish song that I like is actually a cover.

This was so samey that to be honest at the end of my second listen I just came away feeling tired. Not for me at all.

This was the first album I ever owned, it influenced so much.

I listened to this a lot at middle school and looking back I'm really not sure why. Shock value maybe? This really is not for me, but I can acknowledge that it isn't terrible, it definitely makes me cringe though.

This is a tough one and feels like the kind of thing that probably suffers from this format of listening in a day and then judging. I wonder if I would rate this higher had it been a Friday entry? It faded out on me at points but there was some stuff I liked and would like to really properly listen.

I'm trying to not be influenced solely by how damn good Epic is. I listened to this album a ton in my late teens and was massively into Faith No More. It doesn't quite do as much for me these days, but they do have a real unique sound. Mike Patton verges on being a musical genius.

I know we're supposed to hate on U2 but I love this album. Listened to it a ton in the early days of really exploring music as a teenager and thought it also had something really special.

This was really neat, a bit of a Postal Service vibe in places and I've already listened to some other bits. Nice find.

When you already recognise pretty much every song before putting the album on there's already a baseline of this being notable. Some really good stuff on here even if a bit dated.

I really want to like PJ Harvey. So many people I know love her but it always is just kind of ok to me. It just doesn't grab me.

I didn't even notice when this ended and went to shuffle. Like Phyl, on a different day I may have taken this in more.

Any of these tracks alone would be fun, all of them in a row is a bit much for me though.

I always think of Dolly Parton as a character, or even a caricature, rather than an artist. That is quite unfair of me, and mostly due to never really listening. I liked this.

It's not my favourite of his albums. 'Salright?