I've never really listened to Elliot Smith. This is pretty good stuff.
I love the way this album sounds. I remember when it came out, I was 18 and finding all kinds of music that I'd never listened to before. I still get chills when Ready Or Not comes on. It set a really high bar for hip hop.
I listened to this yesterday at the news of the passing of Ozzy. Glad to get this today as a tribute.
I think this one is my least favorite of the big BS albums. You can practically hear the cocaine in it which I find to be a good effect on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, but here, it's a lot less focused. Obviously there are some bangers- Snowblind, Supernaut, Changes, among others. But there's some experimentation that, while commendable, ever so slightly misses the mark for me. Still, I love it.
Sometimes I think jazz is what happens when a musician knows too much about music. It's an expression of expertise and a force of will.
I listen to some pretty niche shit that others wouldn't tolerate. I also love Steely Dan. I get why this stuff exists. I respect it but do not find it enjoyable to listen to.
I love the Breeders so I've been intending to listen to this album for a long time. In fact, I've started it a few times and been distracted so many of these songs are familiar.
I like it a lot, and in some ways more than the Breeders. I have very specific attachments to the Breeders so I wouldn't say this could usurp them in my personal rankings but I will keep this album in my rotation!
Obviously has some of the greatest Eagles songs they ever wrote, title track being the most obvious. There are some fucking cheesy songs on this album though. The highs are so high and the lows aren't awful but woof, does it feel scattered.
I think there's some kind of bias that is playing out in this list. Perhaps it's some connection between the age distribution of the people that contributed to the list, or maybe there's something about folks who are inclined to be music critics are also likely to appreciate Brit pop.
I find this fairly indistinguishable from Oasis. Maybe it's missing a hint of cynicism. I did not hate this album but I am baffled that this is included. Anyway, it's well-executed, just kind of boring and snotty in that Brit pop way.
Ughhhh I hate Morrissey. I hate the way he sings, I hate the lyrics he writes. I genuinely don't have enough time in my life to waste listening to this crap. The inclusion of this album and the at least one other that I know of makes me reconsider my involvement in this project. It's that bad. Would give it zero stars if I could.
I recognize the value of this album to the evolution of rock n roll. I heard the creativity of the songwriting and the absolute perfect execution. The subjects of these songs can be dark and if that's intentional, that's fine, but I think that they just reflect the times they were written, ex. don't talk to that guy kind of shit.
I love later Beatles stuff. I don't really engage much with this era so I'm grateful for the opportunity but will 100% put on Rubber Soul before this. Like, ever.
I really like this album. I've love Fairytale of New York for as long as I can remember. It gets a little monotonous for being over an hour. Kind of the same thing over and over. I believe if I was in a band like this though, I would never want to stop playing so I can appreciate that. It's a great flavor of punk too.
Easy to listen to. Not really engaged by it because a rebellious part of my brain insists that jazz is a trick that really good musicians are playing on the rest of us. But I can see myself getting over that and putting this on as background music. I understand how this is counted among the best jazz records.
Not for me. The biases of the individuals who contributed to this list are pretty evident here. My biases go in a different direction.
I accept the argument that this stuff is important to the evolution of music but I don't feel compelled to listen to this all the way through. Maybe I'll get around to it someday and regret not spending more time with it but I seriously doubt that.
I think this is great art but like many of the other albums on this list, I feel like it's an album that someone who likes a specific kind of music would like and consider important. I listen to a lot of death metal and I don't know that I would include any foundational DM albums on a list like this.
Like the energy. I find the vocal style to be kind of exhausting.
I appreciate the intent to expose listeners to the music of other cultures. I'm not going to give this a one star because I didn't listen to it all the way through. My active listening state is not tuned to this sort of thing and I think it ever will be.
Great piece of musical art. It's a little long for my tastes but it has my all-time fav PF song, Comfortably Numb. I'm not going to be able to say how incredible this is better than others. Ultimately, DSOTM and WYWH rank higher for me.
One of the things I love about David Bowie is how much he changed up what he was doing. The downside of this, for me at least, is that when I'm listening to anything beside Ziggy Stardust, I kinda just want to be listening to that. Still, fucking legend.
