This is my favorite White Stripes album, it's a banger from start to finish. No more notes.

Before I started this album I was wondering if I was going to nope out of it. In my initial research pre-album I saw that this was a double album and only the artists 3rd. What makes one think they can put out a double LP worth of bangers on only your 3rd shot. Is it because your sister is famous as fuck and you think that you'll be as good as that. Only a listen will tell. Well I made it through almost all of it, most if that was while I was on hold with a medical billing group so there is that. This does not deserve a double album or 21 tracks, the interludes were terrible, this album is terrible according to discogs she only put out one more album (as of 10/14/2025) so who knows.

It's a great album. Loved it.

I appreciate Black Sabbath for what they opened the door for, but I feel that I enjoy Black Sabbath songs performed by bands that are not Black Sabbath.

Metallica has to be the most well known bands where you can say "I liked them before...". And Justice For All is before Load the album where they seemed to have lost all of their fans and is, for me, part of a holy trinity of Metallica (And Justice For All, Ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets).

When I'm listening a lot of my time is wondering what made this album on the list. This is a good album, it's snot bad, but I don't know why I would have to listen to this one.

One of the best albums that I've heard so far. I can hear how this has influenced other Brazilian Artists.

This is a classic for a reason. Not my personal favorite Depeche Mode, but a solid album start to finish.

Looking at some of the other reviews on this I was worried what I was going to hear. I don't see the hate, but I also don't know anything else to say other than this is was kind of Meh. It was not bad, not great, just kind of filler.

PJ Harvey is one of the many names of Artists where I know the name and I know they are famous, but don't own anything from them. I can see why this album is on the list, not really my style but a good album. The only thing I had of her when searching my own catalog was she was on a song with Tricky.

Adding a saxophone to yacht rock does not magically make it not yacht rock.

There is a reason that James Brown is called the godfather of soul.

One of the bester Missy Elliott albums, not a single song on this is bad.

This is one of the greatest. I honestly feel that 100% of my friends all have this album in one way or another.

It's a live soul album and it was good.

classic for a reason.

Sitting right in the middle of the two best albums from the Berlin Trilogy it's like most middle children not as good as the other two but still unique in its own right.

JuJu is one of those albums that I've heard all the songs on it but never listened to the album itself. Over all my years I would accumulate mix tapes and then sadly mix cds and in hundred and thousands of those some how my friends, lovers, and other people had given me this album but in the best way possible song by song over 30+ years.

The greatest Echo And The Bunnymen album because it has the greatest song they have done. I know it is just my opinion but I think that "The Killing Moon" might be the best songs from the "new wave" era.

Growing up my parents had a pretty eclectic taste in music. On any given day if they were listening to one of their albums you could get some Kraftwerk, Irish Folk Songs (mostly about how much the English suck), and you know other typical 'boomer' type music. This album, is by far my favorite Kraftwerk Album 6 tight songs great album, great sounds.

A great album by a mediocre band.

As a kid who grew up in the 80's and 90's right in the heart of the satanic panic it's funny to go back and listen to this kind of metal. Holy shit were people losing their minds of Iron Maiden and AC/DC. When you actually sit down and listen to it you realize that it is nothing compared to what would come later. Hell I'm sure if I played some Iron Maiden now to some people they might go 'wow this is pretty good punk/heavy rock'. Which is it, and this album is great.

I remember when a friend of mine from PA mailed me a mix tape. The A side was some of his own electro stuff that he was working on and the B side was this album. In the note that he sent he was like 'picked this up the other day and was blown away, needed something to fill the B side of the tape so here you go'. I too was blown away because it was a great electro album and coming from the home of Daft Punk you knew it had to be great. Still when I hear DVNO I always have to listen to it a few times before moving on. I'm sure that when the tape I have breaks it will be at that part where I listened to that song over and over and over again.

Every night my partner and I talk about the albums that we listened to that day and what we thought of them (we both travel for work so it's usually done over the phone). I was telling her about Lauryn Hill and that I remember buying the album (on cassette tape) and that I remember the Fugees but I don't remember anything of them after this album came out. That's the thing, no albums did come out it's like Lauryn Hill leaving the Fugees killed the Fugees and then there was nothing. It's an influential album for the ages but now that I listen back to it, it's not what I remember.

Let's get the joke out of the way first. I went to a fight and it was ruined by having an Oasis show break out. I kid I was never blessed enough to see Oasis live. I was 14 when this came out and was squarely in the prog metal and metal camp at that age. I had just found Undertow and listened to it so much the tape broke. I definitely remember Live Forever an Supersonic playing on the 'alternative' radio station in the town I grew up in. Next to Blur, in my opinion, for the greatest Brit Pop band out there.

I always forget that this album starts with a reference to UFOs. Now I was not alive when this album was released and I can also say that I was not even an glimmer in my dads eye cause he was not even in high school yet. Jimi Hendrix embodies the term 'the good die young', unlike Henry Kissinger, Hendrix checked out at only 27 oddly the same age as another left handed guitar player from Washington state and the Seattle region Kurt Cobain. My favorite song on here is actually the one sung by Noel Redding, but I think that could easily be switched with Castles Made of Sand.

As a fan of other Prog or "Progressive" music, Rush, Genesis, Polvo, etc. Yes, is one of those bands that I knew existed but I had never heard, or if I did hear them they did not make an impression on me. Before listening to this album I did go and see what other people thought, and it does seem to be similar to me. A mid album from a mid band. Although there are 3 bangers on this Roundabout, Fiver Per Cent For Nothing, and Heart Of The Sunrise.

First off, is is the greatest fucking album from Public Enemy! Really needs no notes but I'm going to give them anyway. Listening to this album now as an adult and reflecting back on what Hip/Hop Rap was in the 80's and what it is now is shocking. Back in those days, it seems to me, that if you wanted to be taken seriously as a Rap Artist you needed to have a DJ that you could shout out, Public Enemy (PE) had for this album Terminator X and the samples and scratches on this album are beyond amazing. She Watch Channel Zero might the best, just listening to Chuck D rap over clearly a heavy/hard rock guitar riff and drum beat with Flavor Flav doing all the best that a hype man can do. That brings me to my next point, Public Enemy was more than just Chuck D, Flavor Flav, and Terminator X. You also had Professor Griff and during this time S1W the dance crew that dressed like a paramilitary group out to protect the Public Enemies. My partner was blessed enough to see them when she was in college and they performed at her college and she said it was the greatest show that she has ever seen. This is a 20 out of 5 stars album.

Not a big fan of Elvis Costello, but can see where people would like this, but it's just not for me. If that makes me a hater, then call me Emperor Palpatine cause I'm letting the hate fill and flow through me.

Let's get a few things out of the way before digging into this. Pink Floyd is one of the greatest Avant-garde, Space Rock, Progressive Rock, bands out there, and like all great British bands two of the member absolutely and totally fucking hate each other. Last I head David Gilmour has even called Roger Waters antisemitic. I'm sad that one of my favorite albums Ummagumma or Meddle are not on the list of albums to listen to because it's great. Regardless I think that Dark Side of the moon is a good Pink Floyd album but not a great Pink Floyd album in any way. I think that a lot of that comes from people enjoying the idea that this syncs up with "The Wizard Of Oz". Still a good album I think it's a good transition for them on to some of their biggest albums of all time The Wall, etc.

There was a part of me as I was thinking about this band that I would get the names mixed up. I would say Television in my head when I meant Magazine. I can see this being an important album as it firmly sits between the Punk and New-Wave genres. While this might sound harsh that it excels in neither of them but was solid all around. A good album for fans of both as you won't be disappointed.

The best thing about albums from this era is that you only have about 40 minutes to work with. That means you either put all the great songs on there and push it to the max, or you put the best on there and don't overstay your welcome. That is not to say that Highway to Hell overstays its welcome, quite the opposite. I wish there were more of this. I want more songs just like this like a great heavy rock album for the ages.

This albums is exactly the thing that I began to fear during this time of music. While it was still in the 'physical' era it represents the "CD" first approach clocking in at about 68 minutes that is only available on a CD if this would have come out when Vinyl was the most popular medium it would prolly have had 20 minutes of songs cut, they would have had to figure out a way to get to a great 40ish minutes of music instead of 68 of meh. The album outstays its welcome. I really enjoy Madonna's early work. The only track on here that I will remember is Ray Of Light and I think that is mostly because that was on heavy rotation on the radio.

It's crazy that this was recorded in 1957. I had to coble together a bunch of different YouTube videos to experience this album turning it into a sort of fun scavenger hunt.

Another banger of an album. This is a great example of how Jazz can be a basis for all kinds of music. As I was sitting down to write this it I thought of a Stella Sketch where they were arguing over what music they wanted to listen to and they were all a variations of Jazz-Funk!, Jazz! Funk, Jazz Funk! sadly I either dreamed it up or Stella is so protected by Comedy Central thy won't allow it on youtube. Regardless of if you know Stella or not this is an amazing album.

Not good, not great just kind of there.

Having listened to "White Light" by Gene Clark (a member of The Byrds) I was a little worried about this album. My parents never listened to the Byrds while I was growing up so this is my first time listening to them. Like so many of some of these albums on this must listen to music list i wonder not only why was this one selected but why do we need to listen to 5 other albums by the Byrds. If they are all like this they will all be middle of the road country rock, no need to get all worked up 5 times for this. I think that there are just better representations of this sound.

Tits On The Radio is the jam from this album. I also enjoyed the Pink Floyd cover as well. My memory of the Scissor Sisters has them as more electro/dance than this but it does not matter what a treat as a freshman album.

This is my favorite White Stripes album, it's a banger from start to finish. No more notes.

I have no idea what I just listened to but I know this, it was amazing. I have a sneaking suspicion that most of the low rated albums for being 'interesting' or 'weird' or 'experimental' will be 5s in my book and that is what this one is earning.

A fantastic album. For me Wonder Wonder is the top track on the album. Well earned 5 stars.

Patti Smith is my spirt animal.

This is the kind of album that you can just put on in the back ground and it won't offend you or your guests. It was good not great, but an alright in the middle kind of thing.

Sometimes when I'm like "I've never heard this band before" when I get my album for the day I get excited like I'm going to be exposed to something new and exciting, something great. Not with this, this, this is trash. I can think of all the bands who were formed when they listened tot his album and were like 'fuck if they can get signed so can we'. I do know this though, no one looking to form a band is putting an add out saying 'looking to start a band that sounds like Big Star. I cannot say this more, garbage, garbage, garbage. What is worse, is there seems to be another album from this trash ass band. -100/5

This album answers the question what happens when a great musician makes an album that does not live up to their prior content. When I was doing research on this album it was said that this was not critically or commercially successful but was reevaluated after his death and in the post mortem period was reevaluated and people were like 'yeah maybe it's good'. Nah, should have stayed where it was. A decent album but not great.

Off The Wall is part of the, in my opinion, holy trinity of Michael Jackson albums. Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad. I mean how could this have been a bad album with Quincy Jones at the helm. Always 5 stars.

I love the prodigy and while not as good as Fat Of The Land, this is a great album. The thing I really love about this kind of music and the simple lyrics is they work often better than something that might be more specific. Fuck Their Law repeated gets you the same idea if they tried to hide it, and well, they were not trying to hide it.

This album is the reason why I started going through this process. I've never heard of Mike Ladd and now I'm glad that I have. I found a new band/rapper that I like and also love that this is again another album where as soon as it started I knew that it was going to be controversial, or at the very least polarizing. Gave me very strong early Kool Keith vibes and I'm here for it. The Bladerunners song having EL-P made it even more. Best song on the whole album though has to be The Animist.

As the first if the "Berlin" trilogy albums this is one of my favorites. I love how it starts with the instrumental "Speed Of Life" this is one of those albums where you just know it's going to be great when you look at the cover. I know that a lot of people don't like 'The Man Who Fell To Earth' but it's a great movie and the cover of this album is a very alien way to represent the music that, I think at that time might have been quiet alien. Bowie always gets max.

It's got Brian Eno! It is Roxy Music! Two member of this band don't like each other so of course it's going to be a good album. It is also a pretty good example of what people thought art rock was like in the 70's. No reason this does not deserve a 5.

If this is your thing, then it will be fine. Not my thing not really interested in it. I only think this album is on here because it's Dennis Wilson if it was anyone else, this would be classified as a typical basic rock album. As I listen to more and more of this I start to wonder is this Dennis Wilson trying to be John Lennon or was John Lennon trying to be Dennis Wilson on his solo work.

For the second day in a row I've gotten a pretty meh album. Maybe it's your thing, I won't yuck yr yum but also don't think this is a good album let alone one I must listen to before I die.

It's the Ramones!

This is one of my favorite eras of punk and rock. Where typical styles and forms were not set in stone.

It's Adam and the Ants how could this be bad.

I knew that I was going to like this when it was the Kinks, figured I would love it move when I read that it was a concept album. There is something special to me about concept albums. I feel that they can be potentially dangerous for bands where if the concept is not clear people might not understand what is going on. Great album.

I don't get the hate for this album. It's a pretty good proto punk or proto garage rock sound. If I don't know the band when I get my album for the day I always try to guess at what the sound is (based on the name and year) and this time I was way off by saying Surf or a kind of Pop Rock. It was a good freshman album and I would like to hear more.

Kind of meh. I don't see the hate and I also don't see why it's here. It's just there as an album.

Get it.

She is the greatest

Roxy Music is one of those bands that, as a record collector, I always knew about. The albums would show up at record shows and stores. They were always presented as a band that you should collect. I think that was mostly due to Brian Eno being in the band than anything else. This is a great album, I don't understand the hate that it is getting.

The thing about Eminem is that he was that generations panic music. I was not a fan of the music but I did enjoy the fuck you attitude. Just like most moral panics it subsided and the world continued to turn and those who claim to love free speech will continue to try to use the power of the state to squash free speech.

The thing about Jack White music is that you can tell it's Jack White. Not saying that's a bad thing or a good thing it's just a thing. A decent album from a good musician.

The best song on this album is Sunday Bloody Sunday.

I really enjoyed this blast from the past.

Pretty good and typical disco of the era with the first track being the most famous.

Harry Nilsson is one of those artists that I heard tons and tons of songs of but never knew they were from the same artist.

Lovely but but of rock and roll.

The Pogues are one of those bands that I love when I hear. Just listening to this folk punk always brings a smile to my face.

Love The Cure, but this album is a bit lacking. But it deserves 5 stars because it's a fuck you album. They decided to change their sound because they were getting too popular. It's right in line with other bands of that era not wanting to sell out.

ABBA is all about pure joy and this is one of the most joyful albums

Brit Pop. Is it the best brit pop? Can't be the best Brit Pop that is Park Life by Blur. It's passable and good, not the best, not the worst.

This is the old school ZZ Top Sound. If you like Texas Blues you're going to need this one in your collection.

Albums like this is when the band should break up. Too great to try to follow up.

It's Elliott Smith.

Is this as good of an album as Asleep At The Back? I don't think so it's a pretty good album all in all but not as good as their freshman release.

Sigur Rós is one of those bands that if you don't at least appreciate what they are doing I don't want to be friends with you. I'm serious! I don't want to learn Icelandic because I love just thinking of what they might be saying on here. Regardless this album is about as classic as you can get as far as I'm concerned. Cannot get any better than anything that Sigur Rós has put out, every album should be in the book, and that's why it will always get a 5.

Dinosaur Jr. was right at that liminal space between punk and indie rock. Maybe even through in some lo-fi in there. I don't own any Dinosaur Jr but after listening to this I would be interested in getting some if the price was right. I looked this one album up on Disc Ogs and the first edition from SST is sitting at about 100 dollars and I've already got enough expensive habits don't need this one. I appreciate this album a lot more than most people but I'm also really into that area of Indie Rock/Punk/Hardcore/Metal/Etc as this is the bit of music that fueled a lot of what I got into just a few years later. Regardless of what people say Don't is the best song on the album 5/5.

Queen is one of those bands where I feel that if you're overly critical of them the fans are going to come out of the woodworks and give you 1000 lashes of the cane. Discogs wants to classify this as 'prog rock' but I think that might be pushing it a bit. This is a decent album by a good band, and while most people remember Queen for their hits only one on this album "Killer Queen". I think that most people (me included) know any of these other songs and just know the hits. Which makes me think is a band great when they only have about 1 hit song off each record. For those that love Queen I'm sure that this is a great album but 1 good song out of 13 on the record classic does not make. 2/5

This is Billy Joel before he went crazy.

Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of those bands that I love to hear. There is something comforting from their version of 'southern rock' or 'swap rock' or whatever fake genre you want to come up with. It's been years since I heard this album and I love the cover of Good Golly Miss Molly on there.

This is probably my third favorite album by David Bowie. Young Americans the song is a banger and you've also got Across The Universe and ending with Fame. In my opinion it goes like this in terms of the greatest Bowie Albums from my collection. 1. Low 2. Scary Monsters 3. Young Americans

I'm glad that I got to listen to this album. I thought that Tod Rundgren was a popish musician. I was not going to give it a fair shake until I read that he decided to go more experimental after taking drugs. Normally an experimental album is an automatic 5 stars from me especially if it scratches all the itches I'm looking for. This one did not, still some pop on there and not totally a fuck you album but close.

First off I love The Who, I love The Who, and I don't care if you don't or do because I love The Who. I sometimes see people on here rating each song so here we go. Original Album: A1 Young Man Blues = ∞/10 A2 Substitute = ∞/10 A3 Summertime Blues = ∞/10 A4 Shakin' All Over = ∞/10 B1 My Generation = ∞/10 B2 The Magic Bus = ∞/10 1995 Release: 1. Heaven And Hell = ∞/10 2. I Can't Explain = ∞/10 3. Fortune Teller = ∞/10 4. Tattoo = ∞/10 5. Young Man Blues = ∞/10 6. Substitute = ∞/10 7. Happy Jack = ∞/10 8. I'm a Boy = ∞/10 9. A Quick One, While He's Away = ∞/10 10. Amazing Journey / Sparks = ∞/10 11. Summertime Blues = ∞/10 12. Shakin' All Over = ∞/10 13. My Generation = ∞/10 14. Magic Bus = ∞/10

Before I started this album I was wondering if I was going to nope out of it. In my initial research pre-album I saw that this was a double album and only the artists 3rd. What makes one think they can put out a double LP worth of bangers on only your 3rd shot. Is it because your sister is famous as fuck and you think that you'll be as good as that. Only a listen will tell. Well I made it through almost all of it, most if that was while I was on hold with a medical billing group so there is that. This does not deserve a double album or 21 tracks, the interludes were terrible, this album is terrible according to discogs she only put out one more album (as of 10/14/2025) so who knows.

Let's get this out of the way right now. 1. Courtney Love Killed Kurt Cobain 2. Kurt Cobain wrote most of this album just like Billy Corgan wrote a substantial portion of Celebrity Skin. Violet sounds exactly like a song that Nirvana would write the rest of the album is kind of meh in my opinion for me the biggest shame is that most of this was overshadowed by Cobain's death/murder just a few months before. I remember learning that he was dead and then just a few days later this album came out and made Courtney Love a lot of money all for the price of killing one of the greatest musicians of my generation. If you're thinking that this has more to do about Cobain than the album that's because the only thing worth a shit about Courtney Love is Kurt Cobain.

When I did my research a bit before listening and reading some of the reviews I had a feeling that I would prolly like this a bit more than most people on here. It's a decent shall we say "glitch pop" album, but that leads us to the inherent problem with this whole book/website. I agree with people on here asking not why it's on here, but not because it's bad but because is so middling. There are plenty, I'm sure, better examples of this kind of music. Hell the Björk albums that were done by Matmos are on here and way better. Speaking of Matmos why are they not on here? Do we need 9 David Bowie albums? Did a better glitch electro pop album lose a spot for one of those multiple Bowie albums or all the Beatles? Not the best representation of what I'm calling "Glitch Pop" or even glitchy electronic music in general but not worthy of a single or double star.

A man most famous for being 51 marrying Edie Brickell when she was in her 20's and maybe also being part of Simon & Garfunkel. He was married and divorced before his wife was even born. This album (his second solo album was released when his current wife was 6 years old. One of his more famous songs for a movie about a younger man hooking up with an older woman is older than his wife. He was a certified star before his wife was even born. I guess what I'm saying is that Paul Simon is a sex pest, not in the Diddy way of being a sex pest (that we know of) but clearly someone who when we has 51 married someone who was 27. The album is fine, it's a Paul Simon album. I'm not a super fan but I enjoy it. He is still a sex pest though.

Coming from the art rock / no wave revival from NYC I remember seeing them at Emo's in Austin Texas playing with two other bands who I felt better represent that sound but did not make it. If you like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and have not heard The Seconds or Ex Models you really need to do yourself a solid and get to listening to them. In fact the drummer from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs was the drummer for The Seconds. This is a solid outing and good representation of that sound. The only reason I'm giving it a 4 over a 5 is because I think that The Seconds and Ex Models are better but I still like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

This is one of those albums that I'm shocked is not more 'controversial' than it is because shoegaze can be quite a turn off for some people. I love it, I love shoegaze almost as much as I love Trip Hop. The sort of ethereal sounds and slow moving nature of it all. It was a lovely accompaniment to the book I am reading and I would not have it any other way.

I have to be honest that I only knew the creepy stalking/voyeurism song "Every Breath You Take" from the greatest hits albums and radio play. But was surprised very much by the very new wave songs it's a nice album and not offensive to the ears. But like most of The Police, good songs from a good band, not terrible, not great just middle of the road.

A lot of this is going to come from my research into this that I do before I listen to the album. I was maybe 5 or 6 when this album came out. I definitely remember “You Can Call me Al” but as for the controversy of the album I was not fully aware of but now looking back on it not only should Paul Simon be reevaluated for being a terrible sex pest (see my review for Paul Simon / Paul Simon for more information) he should be ashamed of breaking the UN backed cultural boycott of South Africa. For those not in the know and the review for this does not go into detail. Much like what we are seeing with Israel South Africa was an apartheid state and there was a United Nations backed cultural boycott of South Africa. Basically band from around the world were refusing to play in South Africa to not play in a terrible place. In some way playing there lent credence to the apartheid regime and one could say that if you did you agreed with the South African policy. There are a lot of bands now that are starting to contemplate doing the same to Israel (look into Massive Attacks statements for more information if you want). A modern, non musical, analogy the Riyadh Comedy Festival where comedians were paid enormous amounts of money to basically white wash the terrible human rights situation in Saudi Arabia. Enough of all of that though. Except it’s also not like he could not be aware of what was going on he was 45 at the time so should have been plugged into HUGE world affairs issues. And for giggles his wife was 20 and in seven years she would marry him. The album is OK and for someone who broke a UN boycott to go make it you would assume that there would be quite a bit more songs about apartheid South Africa by my count there were only 3, and it’s not like you have to go to apartheid South Africa to make an anti-apartheid song Peter Gabriel showed everyone how to do so 6 years before this album came out with Biko. One would assume that the prolific and sexy pesty Paul Simon could come up with a full album since he was in apartheid South Africa writing this album.

This album is is so 80's just look at that hair. In all seriousness this is the female super group of country and western / bluegrass music. Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris were all accomplished in their own rights and then in 1987 they combined like Voltron to gift the world with this album.

This album is everyone who was alive in the 90's and full of a bitterness poured into a sonic mold. The Ironic song that is not even about Ironic things is the weakest song on the album and that says a lot since it was a FUCKING hit. 5 Stars.

Coming out right when America was being the dumbest that I've known it since I was born (Iraq and Afghanistan wars), this whole album is great. This is the kind of music that sooths my savage soul.