Some very strong songs and lots of creativity, but it also has a few clunkers. Perhaps needed slightly more active listening than I was prepared to give it since its not fully my genre.
One of the all time greats, pretty much every song is a pop slam dunk. No notes.
Pretty easy & enjoyable listening. Moondace is a classic for a reason, but the rest of the album was new to me. I enjoyed all the songs, but am not floored. Hard to relate to whether it was innovative 50 years ago.
Really not my style. Monotonous singing, boring beats and lyrics which completely lack substance . I guess the best I can say is that it was not actively offensive to my ears? But I found myself constantly wanting to turn it off, so hard to give it more than a 1.
Something i listened to at age 12 or so. Really not my favourite genre these days, but it maintains some nostalgia. Still a hard listen, feels very teen-angst-edgy.
Even if it grates at least there is some emotion in the stuff, unlike yesterdays rnb, so I feel I have to give it one higher just because of that. The real slim shady almost pulls it to a 3, but there was too much pure trash to get there.
Solid, you can hear many influences from ex. Beatles and other contemporaries but they are also very clearly their own thing. Easy listening but probably nothing I would regularly go back to.
Very much not my genre, but I'm enjoying it. Pretty pushy. It feels unfair to call something so varied monotonous, but at the same time it feels so improvised and varied that it all flows back into itself and I cant really distinguish between the tracks.
Pretty good, it's a band I've not really encountered much but its in my lane for sure. Maybe not a slam dunk, but many interesting sounds. looking at a 4 early on. Something I might actively put on.
Pretty generic punk sound, but it's ok. Not much to say, although why this one is includef over all the others I have a hard time telling.
Totally fine, if somewhat generic rock? obviously Another piece of my heart is a standout track and some of the others were very good. But I'm not going to go out of my way to get back to it. On the higher end of a 3, but till not cracking the higher rankings.
I've never really given Marley much of a chance, but I'm immediately finding it pretty interesting. The reggea beat is instantly recognizable. Enjoyed the listen, but don't see myself returning too much
This is borderline. Some cool songs, but it's pretty noisy. I appreciate that it's highly influential and all that, but ultimatelt it's hard to listen to for me.
Seems like a joke-band? Or maybe this is just the 90s vibe that I have forgotten. It's mostly just quite dull. Simple music and lyrics, not really seeing it.
Very chaotic, but this time in a way I like. Blister in the sun and add it up are some all time angry songs, the rest are good too but I don't see myself seeking it out too often.
A bad I have never heard or heard of. Starting out with a 20 minute mood piece is definitely a bold choice, but I'm enjoying it more than I would have expected.
It's hard to separate nostalgia from preference here, but both Today and Cherub Rock are deeply rooted in the psyche. Good album and I could for sure see myself going back to it.
Very Indie. Very enjoyable. Not every song hits, but when they do they do. This is right up my alley. Soft tones, lyrics with some interest. What's not to love?
Fully pleasant, but unchallenging. Sounds very 60s pop. Each track reminds me of the previous.
Perfectly cromulent. Some tracks are very good and some quite forgettable. A high 3, but ultimately i think it falls back on an overall sound I find a bit bland with the roomy soft guitars and basic drum patterns.
Interesting music, I can see how someone likes this but it requires very active listening. The mix placing the drums so far forward is also a bold choice which I am not 100% sure i agree with.
Now you are speaking my language. Very compelling album.
So many classic sounds. Very easy listening, but in a good way as opposed to some others.
Close to the edge is an all time banger, no notes. Every track is unique and complete. Maybe the instrumental stuff can drag, but it all works in the focused listen.
Close to the edge the track is of course stand out, but Siberian Khatru and the cover of America are stellar shorter tracks to listen to with less commitment.
Probably very cool for its time, but it didn't really tickle me.
Its OK. very much jazz and nothing but. I'm sure its inspiring to some but it's mostly plinking to me.
It does not get much more 80s than this. Perfectly fine listening, but nothing to really get into. 3/5
Very chill, but intro is a classic and all around nice album. Not much to say, but this time in a good way.
Extremely basic rock? Noting stands out, which makes you wonder why they are here? Just to show what was on the radio at the time?
Hard to give them a low score when its so inoffensive, but I can't see my self going back to it either.
Obviously one of the goats. Not every single track is great, but enough sure are.
Not my favourite genre, as has become plainly evident. This one was ok at best. The tracks are repetitive but at least not oppressive to the ears. It is very long though, and not really holding up as listening progresses.
2/5
Too much jazz. I'm sure it's great for the initiated, but it does not make a good album for the rest of us. Especially the talk in between all the tracks also extra annoying.
To my ears the quintessential disco. Not my standard fare, but as far as poppy stuff goes this has a good beat and appeal. The main knock is how repetitive the songs are. 3/5
Sounds in some ways incredibly generic psychedelic, but from what I'm reading this is one of the originators of the sound. That always muddies up the rating. Normally I would give it a 3 for being generically good but somewhat uninteresting.
It's very old school metal. It's fine, and again I'm sure it was revolutionary for its time, but I have a hard time giving it too high a grade. 3/5.
Mostly piano, but quite pleasantly so. Very repetitive.
An unexpected 4 for me. The first track is clearly problematic and I rather it wasn't there even if the music behind it is good the lyrics were bad then and have aged poorly. But ultimately I have to go on the quality of the rest of the album and it really encapsulates the rave sound of the time.
Clearly this is a classic, but musically it mostly just seems to be people saying random phrases over drum beats. Hard to give this more than a 1 from my own perspective.
A bit all over the place, at first I thought I was listening to a jazz album and then other things happened. It's dull, but at least each track is distinct unlike some of the other albums.
This sure is an aggressive album. No concern for the listener, only for novelty for the sake of novelty.
Feels like very average hard rock now? None of the hits I would have associated with Iron Maiden are here, but the sound is very clearly getting there. I enjoyed it, and will bump it up one for originality
Some absolute classics on this one, and it's a great album. Ultimately I think it's just a 4 for me because it's a bit much guitar. I get that that's his thing, but still.
This is one of those where my nostalgia gets to overwrite my snobbishness. Is this some deep and profound album with heaps of technical skill? no. But do I jam out to it just because its from my childhood? yes,
Some pretty mediocre folk rock. Not much else to say.
Pretty artsy but enjoyable. Not going back to this one but I had a good time througout,
It's good and very listenable, but ultimately it's another pop album from the 80s.
Very of its time, but in a good way. My biggest knock is that the album is way too long and can't quite support itself with the tracks.
Not listening out of principle I'm afraid.
Albsolute brainflood music. I'm sure it's very technically accomplished but it is a tad experimental for me.
This is someone I'd never heard of, but it was above expectation. Good variety, interesting instrumentals and lyrics.
It's fine. A bit dull, but obviously some are classic.
Very straightforward punk. It's enjoyable enough but i remain un-floored.
Depeche Mode is a band I've only heard the best-ofs before, but this one is really quite gripping. And with Personal Jesus, Enjoy the Silence and World in My Eyes on one album it's hard not to go high.
I will say that an Arabic cover of Imagine was not what I expected. The album itself is fine, it's very different from everything I've had before here and not quite to my taste, but it was enjoyable enough. Ultimately I have to let my inability to understand the language pull it down.
Pretty raw music, but enjoyable enough. Very of it's time and Nirvana-esque, which fits considering who was singing. Although I did not know of the relation when I started listening.
Perfectly mediocre, every track sounds like the last. Completely inoffensive but also completely sleep-inducing.
Good album. It's not 100% my jam but enjoyable enough.
Very Stones. I think this is an artifact of how popular they have been, but it's not clear to me which of all the versions I should be listening to. The inclusion or not of paint it black is quite relevant.
Regardless this has some incredible tracks. Under My Thumb alone may almost be worth a 5? Especially considering the pieces are also good.
The orignial album appears to have been 23 minutes, according to wikipedia. The one linked here is 2 hours?!
I did not feel compelled to go for the whole "deluxe" experience. But the more distilled release seems pretty ok. You can feel the early grunge. Especially in the drums. Not my favourite, but its ok. 2-3
Not my favourite Bowie-album, but it is still very strong. More disco/synth-influence than I had expected.
This is music which deserves attention that I did not always give it. But there is plenty of variety and intention behind every track. It has plenty of truly excellent songs and even though not every track is a 5 star, the average quality is very high
I am generally a sucker for the 60s-70s great concept rock album, but this was very indulgent. Pinball Wizard is and remains an all time track, the rest are a bit much. Always been more of a Quadrophenia man.
Very 80s, I'm on the first track and it feels like I'm straight in some montage in a B-movie. I've only ever really heard the chart-toppers from the Police, but at least initially I was pleasantly surprised.
Following tracks are less interesting. It's not an offensive album, but ultimately quite dull.
What am I listening to?
I do try to finish the albums even if I don't always succeed. But this one was hard to give more than 10 minutes of my time.
Now this is a true 80s pop banger.
It's hard not to give a high grade just based on the hits, but the rest of the album was suprisingly good as well.
Hard to give it anythings else, just a whole BGM-album
One of the fives fives that ever fived.
While my guitar softly sings, back in the USSR, don't pass me by... The hits do just keep coming.
I don't think I will be rating every beatles album a 5, but this one sure is.
This is really not my genre, but Phrenology was far more interesting, more varied hooks and some standout tracks.
Pretty inoffensive stuff. I enjoyed it well enough, but I'm not floored. Perhaps not what I would have expected out of ex. Joy Division?
I'm not actually a huge U2 fan, and had been expecting to give it a low-ish score. But I do think the album is very listenable and don't just want to fall prey to the "U2 are bad actually" mindvirus.
Bit varied, whole lotta love is good, but it does go on. The latter half was a bit more approachable. But you can really see Zeppelin going somewhere here.
Found myself really enjoying this as an album. I had only heard a few tracks off it before but takes as a whole it's very strong. Maybe hard to give a 5 to what is ultimately mostly just guitar and singing but it's very unique.
Not really feeling this one. What are we trying to achive? The length is completely egregious and so for none of the tracks has been even close to good.
Pretty enjoyable swing. Again not my genre, have a hard time seeing myself putting this on on a Thursday night. But out of the pre-60s Albums I've had here it's the best so far.
Perfectly OK 80s-90s hiphop. I have a hard time seeing myself going back her, but I enjoyed it well enough
Good album. I already had some of the tracks of various playlists but had never gone through the whole thing. The only knock is that i's possibly a bit same-y.
Very easy listening. I enjoyed it well enough, but never felt particularly challenged or interested.
This is some very basic. Presumably it's from the early days of metal. I guess being able to hear the individual instruments and lyrics is in some ways quite novel.
Ultimately a 3, inoffensive.
I know imagine more as a meme than a song. It's fine. A bit dull and a bit offensive for what it encourages in others compared to how it's author was living.
As an album it's got some kind of message, but the tracks vary in quality. Gimmie some truth is pretty good even if the politics are very on the nose.
Ultimately a 3 or 4.
Big swingy. It's very same-y, but what is same is at least pretty good. There is however a limit to how many love-songs with names of random women I can listen to on one album.
This is something I'd never put on, but also would never complain if someone else put on? Obviously completely fundamental for what came afterwards. I'm leaning 4 for historic significance.
Pencil skirt was one of the more creepy tracks I've heard. obviously intentionally, but still. Common people is of course a classic, even though i think the cover might be better.
The music is pretty good throughout, but again nothing I would be putting on frequently
Bittersweet symphony is one of the most 90s songs of all time. I'll be coloured by it releasing just as I became slightly more aware of real music, but I'm very tempted to give it a 5 just for that. It is my list after all.
The rest of the album is fully OK but not spectacular.
This is shockingly dull. Not much to say, but I really cannot see how this is different from any of the other poprock acts of the 90s-00s.
I guess it's useful as an example of what was going on?
This is a 2 at best. And only because it's not actively offensive to my ears.
Truly the epitome of dadrock, which I say both derisively and lovingly.
Nevertheless its undeniably an album dense with hits, Walk of life, so far away, money for nothing and brothers in arms on one album is crazy. Ultimately a 5 even with some of the weaker tracks.
Starts off strong with lust of life, and does keep going. This is in some ways easy music with straightforward guitar and drums. But it's very compelling, and having some strong hits definitely pushes it upwards.
I am a sucker för this style of slightly more musical punk.
Feeling a 5 here. This was one of the first albums on the list so far which contributed a previously unknown track to one of my main playlists with "Some Weird Sin".
I've not been rating jazz/blues very highly so far, but this one was very approachable. Still can't say much about any individual track, but as a until it compells.
Yet another 0 on principle. I continue to refuse to support this man.
It's not bad, but exceedingly dull. Each song trying to be more romantic than the last.
Smooth operator may be overplayed, but it's a strong track. The rest of the album is fine. Standard 80s love anthems/R&B. The jazz influence elevates it, but the grade stays a 3.
One of the GOATs. Clearly incredible singing, my only critique is that the sound is a bit too monotonous, which lands the album a 4.
One of the most 5 of them all. I've seen it on the toplists, and its place is fully deserved.
Really not much to say, there is not a single dud on the album. Favourites are go your own way and the chain.
This is pretty dull rock n' roll. I know I said Brothers in Arms is the ultimate Dad-rock album, but this one is pretty close.
It's very inoffensive, but similarly anodyne. Can't see myself going back to it but also had a decent time while it was on. Leaning 3.
Very thin sound, which makes sense for a live album I guess? But I am surprised it is their best selling. ¨
I guess reading further this was one of the first big selling live-albums? I don't know if that trend is enough for me to increase the rating.
The tracks are OK, the sound is OK, leaning 3.
It's a fine album mostly, and I am not a huge Doors fan. But Riders of the storm for sure has something special to it. Giving it a 4 on vibes.
One of the first real albums I listened to as a teen (rather than child) with something that could be approximated to a music taste.
I still like the straightforwardness of the album, and no track really outsyays its welcome. Fell in love with a girl is easy, fast and fun. The same applies to many tracks.
This is not quite my jam.
It's fine. I like a fair few 10cc tracks, even if none of them were on this album. It's pretty disjointed however and sometimes made for a hard listen. Probably requires more active liatening than I can give it leading up to christmas.
Perfectly acceptable 80-90s soft pop. I'm completely uninspired, but there's not much to dislike.
More than any previous album I don't see why it's an album I have to have listened to?
I am going to give any and all dedicated Christmas albums 1 on principle I'm afraid.
I'm not a huge Dylan-head, but I do enjoy this one. Almost all tracks are good to great. Standouts are visions of Johanna, Stuck inside mobile and I want you.
I'm not really a zz top man. It's catchy and all that, but i feel like it's music with all the edges smoothed off. Give me all your lovin and sharp dressed man are classics, but not good enough by themselves to lift the rest of the album which sounds very same-y
Full of Peter Gabriels whimsy. I can se why it's not for everyone but I kinda like it. Tracks vary wildly in style and theme, but the good ones are good.
Standouts:
Solsbury Hill
Waiting for the big one
Down the dolce vita
I've never heard of this band before and the album is merely OK. I guess I'm wondering why this is on the list?
I'm not anti-folk, but I wasn't quite prepared for the violin-fest that this was.
I can't see myself ever going back, but it also not bad.
Pretty easy rock. Never really listened to Young, but I enjoyed it more than I expected. Good variety.
Standouts:
Cinnamon Girl
Everybody knows this is nowhere
Cowgirl in the Sand
4
I had no expectation going in, but Blueberry Hill does make a nice start. This is one of those I may have to give some extra points for historic significance because the music itself is pretty generic by modern standards.
Looking at a 3,5 probably going to 3?
Not the most inspiring. Some of these tracks are ok, but I'm not catching the through-line. It appears to mostly be singing with a bit of strumming on the guitar?
Another one of those pulled up by context rather than intrinsic quality (for me). Ultimately a 3.
This is really not for me. I appreciate that it's one of the most important albums of all time but I cannot get away from the fact that listening to it is actively unpleasant.
This is a 2 just as a token.
I'm not really a Coldplay fan, but their importance as a cultural phenomenon is undeniable. Some tracks are good, but as an album it's mostly quite dull.
Can't really give it more than a 3, but might let it stay there.
I try to not be the most millenial of all time, but i have a really hard time not just giving this a 5 on the basis of kids alone.
Luckily the rest of the album is also good.
Standouts:
Kids
Weekend wars
Electric Feel
I've not heard a single track before, but I'm enjoying it. Mostly a good combination of easy listening but still had a lot of meat to get into. Some real stinkers bring it down.
Shockingly generic 80s rock for the most part?
Some tracks are ok though. Androgynous was pretty good.
Not much to say, another one of those "why was this on the list" albums.
The funk levels of the first track are out on control. The singing is very reminiscent of other British 80s acts with the breathless monotone voice.
It's straightforward music, but I'm liking it. Might have to go for a 4.
An album I experienced at least semi-contemporaneously and still like! I had only listened to the whole thing a few times before but I have some of the tracks on my playlists. Somewhat held back by having many very similar sounds.
Standouts: Ocean in between the waves; red eyes
This is a very long album. But there is a decent variety and the tracks are by and large good.
Standouts:
Tusk
What makes you think you're the one
Sister of the moon
was looking at 4, but i think ends up as a 5
It's Elvis. Hard to hate, hard to love. Obviously important historically, but its just quite dull in a modern context. Even if it it does have in the Ghetto and suspicious minds it only just tips into a 3.
Pretty good. Feels very traditional rock n' roll initially which is surprising given its a '77 album.
As it keeps going it changes a fair bit, I was not expecting the reggea-style "watching the detectives"
All in all good mix, interesting if simple tracks
It's fine. perfectly whelming.
I'm by no means a sabbath-head, but Paranoid is a truly excellent album. Not much else to say. Every track has merit
Will admit to being a sucker for some good latino. This is the first album I've had of the genre, so feels like it's a bit underrepresented on the list.
These are pretty good.
This is some weird shit, but I'm mostly enjoying it.
Had to stop what I was doing at work halfway through Deer Stop to reassess what I was hearing, but decided I liked it. Not many albums have that effect.
Extremely punk. I'm sure this was an important album, based on release year but it's not an easy listen. The fact that it is only 15 minutes actually turns it around, i was looking at a 2, but the duration and rawness combined i think brings this to a 3 for me.
The funk is out of control.
Somehow it had escaped me the fact that papa was a rolling stone is almost 12 minutes of pure banger!?
this is a 4 or a 5, I would never have guessed it ahead of time.
Radiohead are beloved and there is a lot to line here. It really requires active listening, more than many other albums on the list. BUt I shouldn't let that drag it down too much.
Its a bit samey. Not bad, but i don't see the allure.
I don't actually think this album or artist is very good, but I will give it a higher rating on the sole basis that sex is on fire was being played in freshers week at uni.
I tend to like folk music, but this is mostly shouting and some random guitar strumming? I've heard worse, but this barely scrapes a 2. The wiki has refernces to Guthrie and Dylan. The main difference of course being that those two are good.
Station to station as a track starts with a bit slow/noisy, but the second half absolutely slaps.
I'd never heard anything from this album, but everything on it held a pretty high level.
All in all i was impressed. 4/5
You will find me hard pressed to give the album with Sultans of Swing on it anything less than a 5. I know it's tedious dadrock, but I am afraid it's still good. Down to the Waterline is also great and the rest of the album is fine.
I associate Cooper far more with the 80s than I do the 70s, but I don't know why? Regardless It's not really my style of rock. Schools out is fine as a track. The rest of the album is similarly. Enjoyed the west side story jets interlude.
looking at the wider field I can give this no more than a 3, but also no less
This is very good. The fusion of of repetitive electronica with the Latin beats feels inspired, and is done in a tasteful minimalistic way.
Relatively straightforward punk. Some tracks are good, some are pretty mediocre and the variety is decent. None stand out either way.
Ultimately a weak 3.
Enjoying this far more than anticipated. Somebody to love is on more than one of my playlists, but I'm almost tired of it even though its good.
But 4 tracks in they're all great. Possibly a bit same-y, if this goes on for the whole album I will get bored.
It's good, but possibly a bit slow?
Punk again. It's all ok but it does very much have the feature of punk where it all sounds the same. It's fine, but I don't find myself very inspired to keep going. Sticks the landing at a 3 I think.
Very pleasant indie. The music is very smooth but has good variety and plenty of interest.. It makes for good listening both actively and while working which is somewhat rare.
Default was already on my playlists and is very good; but I'm finding others to add. This might be an unexpected 5 for me.
I've had a pretty decent stretch now, mostly good music and this is no exception.
It has some duller tracks but I like it.
4
Extremely 90s. Between Even Flow and Alive it's hard to give this a bad grade, but I also don't fully love it. Maybe its because I grew up with it, but the music sounds almost a bit staid.
4
I'm enjoying this well enough even if I'm having a hard time placing it.
Some tracks are a bit much "soft singing over plinking piano".
3
Starting very country, I was ready to give it a lower grade. But it really picks up.
Life on mars and changes make a strong case for Hunky Dory.
Its a classic Bowie album, a bit bad, a bit great, a bit happy-clappy, and all weird.
Starts strong. Tyler is repetitive, but has a good flow. The rest is a bit variable, Many of the tracks are a bit too simple, but they enjoyable for what they are.
Sure sounds like childhood. It's simple, flat and in your face but it's not bad. Leaning 3 or 4.
I was not expecting this one to show up. Aqualung is one of my favourite albums of all time, and has been since I was a teenager. I have no objective way of ranking, it's 5 starts all the way down.
It's pretty good, but a bit slow. The title track is of course great, the rest didn't impress all that much.
America is just one of the best songs of all time, even considering I'm not American. It displays a yearning for something more that just resonates even 60 years later.
Mrs robinson is of course also a classic, but means less to me personally.
All in all a great album. Easy 5.
It's modern pop and I guess not even that modern anymore. It's fine, obviously it's got that standard compelling-pop beat, but it's also forgettable. I guess rather Lorde than almost any of her contemporaries for me.
3/5
Very muzak with some weird asides. Why is this here?
2 for being inoffensive
I can appreciate weird, but this is a bit much no?
Many individual parts are good but the whole is mostly cacaphony.
I hadn't gone through this as an album before even if I'd heard the hits. Not every track hits, but the ones that do really do. Very enjoyable.
Standouts
Talking 'bout a revolution
Fast car
Behind the wall
It's good, but a bit hard to give too high a mark.
This is one of those where I think objectively it feels pretty middling, but the amount of hours I spent listening to Sheryl Crow in the car as a kid just pulls it up for me.
This is just about peak 80s, meant both positively and negatively.
It has some creativity to it, but its a bit much singing over simple keyboards and drums?
I was not ready for more trumpet.
Apparently i was served up jazz week this week.
I'm sure it's good and technically proficient and all that, but it's just way too much.
Again, i appreciate it's overall importance to modern music, but it's just not for me.
Also interesting how juvenile it all comes across, something I haven't reflected as much on before.
It gets a 2 not based on my preference but based on legacy.
It's simple, but enjoyable enough. Its very obviously rock in it's cradle.
I have a hard time grading it, I wouldn't really go back to it. I guess that leads to a 3?
