I love how chill this album is. Makes me want to sit outside at night and sip a cocktail. Low Fi beats
I like Yes and there are a few great tracks on this album but it's a little uneven?
This is a lot. I'd probably need a many more listens to digest all of this but I'm probably not going to do that.
This album is big and dramatic and Queen effin rules
Not a huge metal guy but this album rips. Put them in the Iron Maiden. Excellent!
A classic. Technical but kinda raw. Metal but still melodic in a way.
Karen O could sing the phone books and it would sound amazing. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs rule. 3.5 stars
Had no idea Bowie was involved with this one. Can't hear Lust For Life without thinking of Trainspotting.
Save the drama for your mama! I'm sure this is fine, but it isn't for me.
I like Brian Wilson and I like the Beach Boys but there's something about this album that a slog to listen to. What's probably a 1 is a 2 for me because its Brian Wilson.
Just a gorgeous album. Marvin Gaye pointing out and sometimes solving the world's problems in the most beautiful soulful way.
It's Dre. It's Snoop. It changed rap. Its a five.
Not everything on this album is great but what is, is. Charlie's Angels song, check. BeeGees cover, check. I was ready for this jelly.
Is this Industrial music? If so, Industrial music is not for me.
Maybe I need to listen to this a few mote times. I like Elvis Costello but this is kinda meh?
Love this album. It's like a greatest hits album except an actual album. Plus Kate Bush for good measure. All thriller no filler!
Sigur Ros is like Icelandic Explosions in the Sky and I'm cool with that. Plus the use of Staralfur in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou rules.
I'd heard Brimful of Asha but not this album. The cover of Norwegian Wood is good. I really enjoyed this!
A more psychedelic Beach Boys but also they're more environmentally conscience? They should have made the whole album Feel Flows.
I know its Bowie, but, meh?
I listened to this album quite a bit during my hippy phase in high school. It has its moments!
Really don't know that much about David Gray (is he british maybe?), but for some reason I really like this album. 3.5 stars
Didn't really remember many of the tracks other than the hits, but this is a really solid album. I wonder if my listening is now influenced by Fetch the Bolt Cutters? 3.5 stars
I don't think I've ever heard of Joan Armatrading, but man, this album is pretty good. Bluesy, funky and her voice is killer. I feel like this album could have been made in the last 10-15 years. Sounds way ahead of its time.
Really pretty album. I like the way Drake's breathy vocals play with the piano and guitar.
Ever if she lives on a airboat in the swamps now, for whatever reason, I just can't get down with Lana
Wikipedia says Suede is part of Britpop's big four, with Oasis, Blur, and Pulp, but I swear I've never heard of them. I guess this album was fine? 2.5/5 stars?
Top 3 greatest albums of all time.
I know this album gets flack for appropriation and breaking the boycott of South Africa but I can't help but love it. I love the zydeco, I love the South African sound, I love Ladysmith Black Mambazo I love the unmistakable mid-80s sounds. One of my faves.
A perfect album. No notes.
This could have easily been 1000 albums to listen to before you die. I did NOT have to listen to this album, which was in fact unlistenable. 0 stars
Never heard of Shack. Dreamy, late 90's Irish/Liverpuddlian vibes. I'm getting a spacey Todd the Wet Sprocket? Not bad. 2.75 stars. Rounding up to 3.
I generally like Damon Albarn projects but for some reason, this one isn't doing it for me.
Pretty soulful, especially for a British lady.
I lasted 30 minutes and couldn't do any more. I actually enjoyed the harp but the vocals were not for me.
The birthplace of heavy metal.
This one is no Pet Sounds, but the classic Beach Boys harmonies are still there.
Ripped and sinewy...just like Iggy Pop
Really good but such a debbie downer of an album
I've never heard of this band. I saw another review of this album that said "The first note of the first song had me intrigued but it quickly got really bad after that." And I thought, did I write that? Some interesting things going on, but overall a tough listen.
Why does John Cale sound like Ringo on some of these tracks?
I enjoy 80s new wave but this just isn't for me.
I remember when this album debuted, mostly thanks to Slow Jamz and Through the Wire. It sounded so unique compared to other hip-hop albums and still does. Kayne before Kayne Kayne'd. 3.5 stars
Oh, by the way, which one's Pink? 10 stars
I'd never heard of The Coral. This album is chaotic and not in a great way. Did they steal the guitar riff on "Goodbye" from Disney's It's A Small World? The early aughts were a wild time.
Another band I've never heard of. I really enjoyed this one! Not sure if it was just the production, but the band sounded really tight... and I'm a sucker for a rock n roll sax.
Even in the time of '69's peace, love, and harmony, I feel like these folks would have booed off the Woodstock stage.
I'm a sucker for 80s new wave and this album has 3 classic tracks.
The Police are cool and this album is cool. Message in a bottle right out of the gate. Stewart Copeland just smashing the drums from start to finish.
Not my fave White Stripes album but still very good!
I know he's Neil Young and he's the godfather of grunge and everything, but it's just not my thing.
Lenny Kravitz will always be cool. Didn't realize he produced and played all of the instruments on this album. Not bad for a debut!
I know this is regarded as one of the greatest punk rock albums of all time. This was the first time I've ever listened all the way through and was a little underwhelmed.
Pretty solid album. All Through the Night is a banger. I prefer Prince's version of Prince's When You Were Mine.
Is this album about Marvin Gaye's divorce? I get the sense that it's about Marvin Gaye's divorce but there's really no way to be sure. I'm not against records about divorce (see Beck's Sea Change) but this is 75 minutes very specifically about Marvin Gaye's divorce (from Anna, it seems). That said, the fact that its Marvin Gaye and still has some pretty funky and soulful moments gets it 3 stars. This "review" was almost as long as that album!
I think Get Together is the only Young Bloods tune I'm familiar with and this album sounds nothing like that song. I really kinda liked this album. Some Alt country on the first track? Then funky folk music? And then the jam lounge jazz vibes with the last track? It was all over the place style-wise but it all seemed to work cohesively.
I appreciate that LCD Soundsystem has a sound that's unmistakably LCD Soundsystem. I'm not always in the mood for them but when I am, this album is the one.
It's a pop classic. It's Bad.
I suppose that there is an artistic merit to Leonard Cohen but he just isn't for me.
Inexplicably, I was sort of enjoying this. I'm thinking, this is way more than just the famous riff from The Exorcist .... and then Mike starts naming the instruments he's playing. Then halfway through Part II, the ACTUAL demon from The Exorcist grabbed the mic for some reason? What?? And then we get into Turkey in the Straw. Hahaha. What is this?
Does this album hold up? Maybe? Maybe not? It's a little concerning that the best tracks are cover songs. But the beats and samples are still good. And Miss Lauryn Hill is there, so, 3 stars.
I have a friend who's a massive Bruce fan. In college, at house parties, at some point in the evening, he would inevitably find a perch on a chair, stoop, or a hood of a car and singing at the top of his lungs, would lead the party in a sing-along of Born to Run. Good times. Take that, Mr. Brightside. Anyway, truth be told, I've never listened to this album from start to finish. Shame on me.
Maybe this album isn't a 4 but it's a 4 to me. First time I heard Arcade Fire was this album and it was so weird and different. Still a great listen.
I read another review that described Among the Living as thrash metal bordering on punk rock and I kind of like that. This album shredded the legs of my acid washed jeans.
Never heard of Hookworms. Is this an album I had to hear before I died? Probably not. But I listened three or four times and it got better with each listen. Maybe it was the crunchy organ and Stereolab vibes? Welp, on my way to listen to some Stereolab.
Pretty chill house music, but most songs on here sound fairly similar?
Not a huge Green Day fan or pop punk for that matter but this album is full of hits and Green Day's drummer is named Tre Cool!
Pulp is fine I guess. I know Common People but mostly because of the Shatner version.
A classic. Pixies rule and so does this album.
I enjoy that the album art for Bat Out of Hell looks like the album sounds. Unnecessarily huge, theatrical, explosive, way over produced, awesomeness. May a giant bat on a steeple watch over you as you launch your motorcycle out of the grave.
I'd never listened to this in its entirety before. Obviously the hits are the hits but man, this is pretty good. The Broken/Head Over Heals/Broken reprise sequence is fantastic. The music is undeniably 80s but somehow doesn't seem outdated? And they end with a 7 minute instrumental? Ballsy. This might be a 4.5/5. Okay 4.25.
Joni Mitchell has such a beautiful and unique voice but this isn't really for me. Maybe giving this another listen in a different mindset on a different day would help.
The album could have just been Elizbeth Reed and Whipping Post and it would have still rocked. Jam On!
Hey! Alex Chilton wrote the theme song to That 70's Show and Thank you Friends is on my Thanksgiving playlist. This is fine I guess??
First time I ever heard Siouxsie And The Banshees was on the Batman Returns sdtk. Lol. Anyway, this album is fine. It may not deserve 3 stars but it gets 3 because Siouxsie Sioux will always be cool as hell.
This got better after a few listens. Really enjoyed the title track.
This album sounds like a paneled disco dance floor and cocaine.
This was a little unusual, but I sorta enjoyed it. Big production. It was almost had a Father John Misty vibe to it. I wonder if Divine Comedy had any influence on FJM?
Can you honestly tell me that you forgot? Forgot the magnetism of Robin Zander? Or the charisma of Rick Nielsen? Well I didn't forget. This one rules.
Groove is in the Heart has to be the most upbeat, happy song in the history of music with Bootsy Collins and Q Tip thrown in for good measure. World Clique might be deserving of a 4 for that song alone. Sure, not every track on this one is a winner (loooking at you, Who Was That?), but the good ones do some heavy lifting. Quintessential 90s dance music.
There's no one like the Pogues and there's nothing like this punk rock Irish folk album
Not my favorite Bowie album, even when you consider the timing with his death.
An all time fave of mine. Beautiful in places, raw in others, then a dance party breaks out in Crown of Love.
One of the reviews of this album said "Dwight sounds like he was born and always lived in comfort" ... so he never got the raspy voice of Cash or Jennings or Kristofferson. But I think that's exactly the point. Yoakam's "clean" vocals and generally upbeat music (I'm a sucker for tejano accordion) juxtaposed with the lyrics about jealousy, murder, stealing, and drinking yourself death, is a winner in my book! Why did I write so much about this album? Anyway, 3.75 stars
I kind of enjoyed this. Pretty amazing that it was improvised.
Praise You was on repeat junior year in college. Right Here Right Now was on repeat in every tv ad.
It just so happens that my favorite album is the best album of all time.
Unpopular opinion - I'm not the biggest fan of Janis Joplin. Probably would have enjoyed this tracks more without her vocals.
I think I prefer Black Sunday to this one, but Cypress Hill set the standard for stoner rap.
Radiohead is fine I guess. Sorta need to be in the mood for them. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi is a cool song.
This album is a little all over the place. The hits are there but then there's an unnecessary cover of Across the Universe and some other forgettable tracks. But, funky Fascination might be the sleeper star.
While I appreciate Pac's honest and raw lyrics and don't deny his rapping ability, I could never get into his music.
Everytime something good started to happen on this album, it was quickly replaced with something boring and then the boring thing lasted for a long time.
I've always been aware of Teenage FanClub but I don't think I've ever listened to them. This kinda rules. Rocking riffs, soaring guitars and tight harmonies. Power pop at its best. 3.75
I'm a little biased because I'm not the biggest Eagles fan, but this album is a classic. I'm not sure this is a 5 but it's really really close.
I'm no big band expert but this was cool. And it had an atom bomb explosion on the album cover.
On one hand, I like that the collabs on this album show that blues is the essence of a lot of different styles of music. One the other, I think I would have rather just listened to John Lee Hooker.
Maybe not one of the world's 1001 essential albums, but it's another album I had never heard but rather enjoyed. 90s grungy. A sitar. Huge QoTSA vibes.
I can't listen to The Cult without thinking of Beavis and Butthead talking about tattoos (I wish I had been born with one). I wanted to be dismissive of this album but ended up listening to it four times. Minus the unnecessary Born to Be Wild cover, it really grew on me.
I remember riding around in my dad's 1994 Cutlass Ciera listening to this cassette. Despite losing some edge while dipping its toe into the MTV synth swimming pool of 1983, this album is still a classic. Billy Effing Gibbons.
I love 1001 Albums because without it, I would have never known that Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg sang backup on Cover Me! Anyway, this isn't even the best Bruce album and it is still a 5.
This was an unexpected surprise. I've never heard of Prefab Sprouts but I rather enjoyed this. You could have told me this was a Squeeze album and I would have believed you.
Perhaps one day I will come around on Neil Young but that day is not today. The cool guitar jams saved this from a one star.
Dirty swamp blues rock jams. Keep on Chooglin' indeed.
Did there need to be two Massive Attack albums on this list?
I don't really know jazz but I don't think you have to to feel that this one is special.
Have to be in the mood for Elliott Smith. Hits and misses on this one but overall it's a pretty album.
There were a few fun tracks on here but most of it reminded me of an 8 bit soundtrack to a bad Konami game.
Silky smooth vocals, killer guitar work, and old western gun fights. Out in the west Texas town of El Paso, I fell in love with this album. Classic.
Is this a punk rock album? Every track on here is 2 minutes long! And you're Mary Tyler Moore.
Peak late Nineties. Brings back memories of freshman year in college.
Its hard for me to tell if this album is good because its good or if I'm Beatles biased. I'm gonna say good. Also Let Me Roll It is a banger. 3.5 stars
Emmylou Harris's voice. Sheesh. I really liked this. Beautiful. Haunting. And a surprise duet with Dave Matthews!
For whatever reason, I've always had a hard time getting into the Kinks. Lots of their stuff is great but I find them challenging. Some good tracks on this one too but also several that seem meh.
All of the tracks on this one kinda of sound the same, which is fine because its Willie.
Really struggled with rating this one. It's really hard to beat Biggie's flow and wordplay. Not every track/skit hits, but the tracks that do hit hit hard. 3.75 stars rounded up.
I prefer A.M. over Being There but I also appreciate Being There as a bridge to bigger and better Wilco things. It's probably a little too long, but still a good listen. IIRC, this album was one of the first CDs I owned that came in a paper/cardboard CD case instead of a plastic jewel case. Hashtag The More You Know! 3.9 Stars.
I may have come to the conclusion that I don't dislike Dylan songs, just Dylan's voice. Them's cover of It's All Over Now Baby Blue is so much better than Dylan's version. Hendrix owns All Along the Watchtower. Plus The New Basement Tapes is extremely enjoyable.
I honestly don't think I'd ever listened to this album front to back. I'm trying to wrap my head around how this can be an artist's debut album but I'm coming up short. Goodness grascious. My only complaint is that Third Stone from the Sun is too short. I wish it jammed on for forever.
This was a lot of noise, but in a kind of charming kind of way. I might have starred this higher but unfortunately, it was unnecessarily long.
This felt like an off brand Duran Duran
Some cool guitar work but mostly boring
Quirky and odd just like Bjork!
Lots of good tracks on this one although I feel like my appreciation for it has waned over the years. I saw the tour supporting this album back in 2013 and it ripped. This one is somewhere between a 3 and 4.
This album seemed to make the jump from disco to new wave all within its 1 hour run time. Take Me to the River is a standard. I don't think I'd ever heard the album in its entirety, but I really enjoyed it.
Didn't enjoy this one as much as the other CHIC album on this list but its still discoriffic.
This is essentially a greatest hits album and even the tracks that aren't hits are full of swampy goodness.
A really beautiful album. Perfect for early morning or chill, late night listening. Cello Song is a standout.
Her voice is really beautiful and I like the jazz undertones but these tracks got fairly repetitive.
This is as much big band as it is blues. I'd rather more blues.
Take Me Out was on repeat when it debuted. Solid album. 3.5 stars.
This album is really close to a 5 for me. The concept, the songwriting and the weirdness are all top notch. Flaming Lips at their absolute best.
I generally like the Psychedelic Furs but I found this one to be pretty boring
Never heard of The Jam. This was pretty ok!
Honky Tonkin' goodness. 3.5 stars
Just have a hard time getting into the Arctic Monkeys....
This album starts slow but the really revs up in the back half. Kentucky Rain is a banger. 3.5 stars
Pretty good British blues rock
This is probably a 5 (Darlene Love could sing the phone book and it would be spectacular) but Phil Spector coming on the end of the record to tell me he had a good time making the record drops it just a notch.
Pretty good. I enjoyed the tracks that did not have Robert Smith more than the ones that did.
Makes me want to tear down the establishment.
Not much of a NIN fan, but this album seemed so unique compared with the music coming out around that time.
Got a lot more of Stevie's vocals on this album, as opposed to Songs in the Key of Life and I really enjoyed that.
Classic album and one of the first cassettes I owned. Solid from start to finish.
Once upon a time Coldplay was cool and good and this album was the pinnacle of that time.
I like sonic Youth and Teen Age Riot rips but maybe this didn't need to be a double album?
Ole Possum was feeling saaaad on this album. And it was brilliant. Super tight musicianship, too.
