Nice old-school punk with some stylistic flavor that I really appreciate. Gives me some sort of shoegazey vibes at times but still feels like great classic punk.
Likely more to my taste than most Slipknot albums. I appreciate the talent involved, but it still largely doesn't do a ton for me. Gehannah, Snuff, and Vendetta stand out.
Black Rose is a fun song. Appreciate the musicianship here and there but overall too slow for me.
I'm sure I listened to this one many many years ago. I wish the guitars had a little bit more presence and sometimes the orchestral arrangement doesn't seem to make sense to me, but it's Metallica doing an insane set list so I have a hard time not enjoying it.
Production gripes will probably drag it down a star or so though.
Of all the albums I've listened to, this is one of them. Not that there's anything particularly wrong with it.
Supremely groovy. Good stuff!
Reminds me of some of the Sonic Youth I've heard. The production/mixing drag it down a bit for me, but this one makes me wish there were half star ratings here.
I've read about this album - the lyrics were mostly done by Richey Edwards, who disappeared a few months later, so it's often mentioned online as a sort of dark album due to referencing many of his personal struggles - but never actually listened.
Damn, is it good. Great riffs with awesome tone. Interesting samples and lyrical content. I know the rest of it is likely different to some extent but it makes me want to listen to more MSP.
Yep, enjoyed a TON of their music today.
Inoffensive, but very samey. Not particularly for me.
Not my favorite Beatles album but it's up there. Banger after banger after banger.
I've never gotten too into Megadeth. The album is perfectly cromulent thrash, but not super memorable in my opinion. Wake Up Dead and Peace Sells are classics.
Some weird country/pop/soul mishmash that is just not for me.
I appreciate the music here and there, but it's slow and the vocals are boring at best, bizarre at worst (but never in a way that works for me).
Just nothing about it that makes me want to come back to this album or listen to the band any more. There are maybe a couple moments of promise but they don't quite get there for me.
Solid stoner rock. "How to Handle a Rope" slaps in particular.
I dig the rougher sound on this one. Lots of great songs - Heart-Shaped Box and All Apologies are my favorite. Fun listen.
Somewhat charming - feels very 80s and even though I wasn't alive for much of the 80s, it is a little nostalgic.
I don't like the farty bass tone that appears on some of the songs. It's funny that they come right out the gate with "The Boy in the Bubble" with the bass at its fartiest. Sounds like something from a cartoon.
I don't think I'm likely to revisit this one, but it's not terrible.
Super chill. Like early Thievery Corporation, but way more French. I dig it.
"Absolute" came close to working for me, but not quite.
Just the most milquetoast '80s pop I've ever heard. It almost sounds like stock music or low-budget movie music that tries but fails to emulate '80s pop.
Doesn't do it for me.
Not sure it's something I'd listen to regularly, but I thoroughly enjoyed this album. She had a great voice and the music was solid.
I kind of wanted to like this, but it mostly just does nothing for me.
For some reason, "The Lyre of Orpheus" (the song) is particularly grating to me.
"Breathless" is pretty fun though.
I feel like being boring is almost worse than being actively bad. Having a harder time with this than with Nixon by Lambchop, though probably mostly because this is a double album so it's a lot more to get through.
Zeppelin is one of those bands that I was very into as a kid but that has largely fallen off my radar... Revisiting Zeppelin II is a TREAT.
Bonham and Jones are absolutely up there as one of the very best rhythm sections of all time.
The "deeper" cuts are really resonating with me more, but even the "overplayed" songs are excellent. "Ramble On" is probably my favorite Zeppelin song of all.
I guess I see how this sort of leads to punk but man it's not all that interesting. Boring vocals, boring guitar tone, boring keys...
Music is solid... Vocals are a little whiny for me. Not a bad listen, but unlikely I'd revisit.
I'm pretty sure I've heard Haircut 100 as the punchline to a stand-up comedian's joke in the past - can't recall who - but that made me expect something wimpier like Scritti Politti.
Not bad though. Funky. Sort of gave me Japanese city pop vibes though the vocals sounded British as you'd expect.
Not sure I'd listen to it regularly, but not a bad experience.
This is one of those treats that makes me glad I started doing this.
Excellent folk album that I'd likely never have heard of if not for this site. The music is really pleasant.
An interesting mix of chill and chilling. A couple of the tracks could be in horror movies or something, much of the rest is basically downtempo music, a little jazz thrown in.
An interesting listen, but a bit all over the place.
I feel bad saying it, but this had me going back and forth between boredom and outright irritation.
Sometimes the music just doesn't seem to work together in a way that makes sense to my brain. It's like they're shoving disparate parts together. And the vocals and drums and horns just don't have pleasing tones. A lot of the ambient stuff just isn't pleasant.
There are moments where I can get into it and I'm like "hey maybe this song is gonna work for me!" and then the vocals come in or something and knock it back down.
It's just very much not for me, I suppose.
Makes me think of the Rocky Horror Picture Show for some reason.
It's perfectly cromulent. Doubt I'll revisit it or listen to more Roxy Music.
Prince was an incredible talent. I really like his funkier stuff and there's plenty of that here.
Drags a bit in the second half but overall a fun listen. Not one of my favorite albums of all time or anything, but very good!
Never a big Bowie guy but this was a pleasure. The Stars (Are Out Tonight) and I'd Rather Be High are highlights.
I've listened to some other S&TB stuff. Sounds like a heck of a debut record, pretty raw and unpolished compared to much else I've heard, but quite an entertaining listen. Definitely some good stuff on the album. The cover of Helter Skelter is interesting.
Starts off with a bang, which gave me high hopes. Unfortunately I don't dig the vocals and while the music is often great on the first half, it eventually starts to sort of blend in and drag as the album goes on.
Solid album, Rush is great. Passage to Bangkok is one of my favorite tracks by them. Not my favorite album though.
I imagine I'm in a fairly rare category of people who listens to this and mostly feels pretty neutral.
It's chaotic. I guess I sort of appreciate the art of it. Beefheart often has a pleasant voice, but maybe "Willie the Pimp" just led me to have a soft spot for it.
I can't imagine choosing to listen to this as a regular casual thing, but hey. Whatever floats your boat.
GnR is one of those bands I listened to a good amount as a kid and haven't really revisited.
There's a reason this is a classic 80s album, though. Even though I'm largely tired of the hits, they're still excellent songs. Mr. Brownstone, Nightrain, and Anything Goes are bangers.
Very pleasant, very chill folk music. Drake has a soothing voice and the music is quite nice.
Oh, THIS guy again. I already got Oedipus Schmoedipus.
It is another album that was intended to be some sort of soundtrack for a nonexistent crime film.
Unfortunately, that doesn't necessarily translate to an enjoyable album listening experience to me. It really falls down in the second half for me.
There are a handful of moments that remind me of downtempo artists that I enjoy, but overall it's not for me. Less appealing to me than Oedipus Schmoedipus by far.
The music is pretty pleasant at times. The vocals don't do anything for me.
A little boring overall but with some interesting musical ideas. "Change is Now" is actually pretty damn good.
Like Talking Heads if you gave them a truckload of meth and dedicated a roadie to repeatedly kicking David Byrne in the nuts.
I've never been much of a Stones guy, but this strikes me as being the Stones before they were cool.
A bunch of covers and one real original (one of the better songs on the album for sure).
It's alright. Nothing worth writing home about.
Synchronicity II is a great song. EBYT is overplayed to death of course but a good song. Wrapped Around Your Finger is pretty solid.
Much of the rest of the album bores me or annoys me, honestly. Never been a huge Police fan though, just listen to a select few songs.
A few great songs in a sea of middling-at-best rock. Can't really see why this is on the list.
Prince is great. Not my favorite album, but a solid listen.
Probably not something I'd listen to regularly, but it's a joy to listen to. Especially with good headphones.
Jaco Pastorius was one of the most talented and influential bassists ever and the rest of the music is also really great.
Overall a nice, pretty chill indie rock record. Gets a little bit samey at times but never too much of a drag to listen to.
The music is really nice and the vocals are pleasant.
Something about the synth on this album just really appeals to me.
Starts off with a bang with the first couple of songs being excellent. Much of the rest of the album doesn't quite reach that height for me, but it's a solid listen.
A perfectly good Queen album but nothing specific really grips me or stands out as something memorable. Good listen though, Queen rules.
Kamera and Pot Kettle Black are decent songs.
Mostly doesn't do much for me though. Maybe a little better than the last Wilco album I listened to?
For whatever reason, I've only just scratched the surface with Aerosmith. Never explored beyond the hits.
Steven Tyler is the weakest link here IMO (which is fine as he's a bit of a piece of shit). He's particularly irritating on "You See Me Crying".
Man, the guitar on this album is awesome. Not sure I need to listen to them more regularly, but this was mostly a pretty fun listen.
Alice Cooper is among the greatest of all time and he's still out there rocking it in his late 70s.
This album is excellent. Some of my favorite songs and some of his biggest hits are on it - the title track, Elected, No More Mr. Nice Guy... I had heard some of the others before and some were probably new to me.
I particularly enjoy the bass lines and the tone Dennis Dunaway got on them. A little stronger in the first half, but good stuff!
I knew "See No Evil" from the Ghost cover - the original is quite good as well.
Overall a solid album. Nice guitar work. Feels a little samey but not a bad listen at all.
Interesting listen. Feels very 80s. The music is pretty nice. The interludes seem kind of pretentious to me.
Nothing I'd likely revisit, but not an unpleasant listen.
Cars and M.E. are great.
A lot of the rest of the album sort of blends together - specifically I feel like riffs and moments from Cars kinda show up in many of the other songs - but I like this album.
Been getting into new wavey stuff and listening pretty often in the last few years. Solid listen.
I don't even need to listen to this one to rate it. I definitely will, though!
Absolute classic from some of the progenitors of heavy metal.
War Pigs never fails to get a crowd singing. Paranoid is an amazing little song. Planet Caravan is a beautiful little departure from the heavy stuff. I'm a bit over Iron Man, but it was obviously a big deal when my music tastes were developing.
And for me, side 2 is an insane four-song combo. Electric Funeral is one of my favorite songs to play on bass. Hand of Doom is a ton of fun too. Rat Salad is a great instrumental and Fairies Wear Boots is a fantastic closer.
Insane album. Definitely among the greatest.
I'd heard some of this album already. Some excellent songs, some of the rest of it gets a little shakier.
Very loud and dense, a little pretentious sounding at times.
Exo-Politics is a pretty fun song I hadn't heard before.
It's decent enough. Some moments that make me want to listen to more Muse, but overall it's a little much.
The music is pretty solid but the vocals drag it down a notch for me.
Probably could be a solid B with better vocals.
Yeah, the music was alright but overall it's pretty middling for me.
Really pleasant country/folk. Nanci had a nice voice and the music is really enjoyable. Reminds me of folk music my family has listened to.
Kind of makes me want quarter or half star ratings. Probably more like a 4.25 to me.
Not entirely for me, but a really interesting listen. A couple songs like 6'1" and Girls! Girls! Girls! don't do a whole lot for me.
It feels a little lo-fi without being difficult to listen to. Nice guitar, her vocals are usually great if a bit monotone.
I dunno, this is a weird one. Like I like it and don't like it simultaneously?
I don't know if I'd ever listen to it again but it's kind of catchy at the same time.
The guitars sound good. The vocals can be grating. But there's something in there that kind of works? I think it's honestly growing on me with pretty much every track.
Catchy pop. It's nice but doesn't do much for me.
Sounds a lot better than most of the pop I'm exposed to - the music is nice, Taylor's voice is nice, the songwriting seems a little better from what I can tell. My frame of reference is a little lacking I guess.
Like even though it's not really something I'd listen to regularly, I think I understand why people like her music so much.
It's not offensive or anything but it does nothing for me. His voice is a little annoying at times.
Just very samey throughout, not particularly interesting.
All the most mid albums on here are so long too, it seems. 15 of what feels like the same song in a row.
My exposure to jazz is pretty minimal. This is a pretty fun listen, though.
The trip-hop/shoegazey/electronic vibes really work for me here. Music is cool, I like Madonna's vocals.
Sweet album!
Solid album.
I've listened to Gorillaz but very little Blur. This is probably a sign I should check more of their stuff out.
Sweet guitar and bass tones. I suppose Damon Albarn's voice is a bit of an acquired taste, but I acquired it long ago. The production is nice.
Policy of Truth is a banger. Personal Jesus, Halo, Enjoy the Silence, and Waiting for the Night are pretty good.
Otherwise this is just kind of OK. Kinda makes me want half or quarter star ratings.
I don't know if I can rate it a 1 or anything, but this is not for me.
Track 1 is fine, but way too long.
Track 2 feels like some competent keyboardist faffing around with the choral tone on a Casio keyboard for ten minutes.
Track 3 is basically like tracks 1 and 2 played simultaneously.
The main tone on track 4 varies between grating at the high end and farty at the low end.
I guess it's not bad compared to some other ambient I've heard but my gosh, I don't need to listen to such long songs with so little going on.
I mean, this has got to be one of the best debut albums of all time for me. It's banger after banger after banger.
Excellent bass lines and guitar riffs, some killer keyboards, awesome vocals.
Only real criticism I can come up with is maybe it's a little repetitive? But man. So good.
Half the album has been in my rotation for years. I'm not sure if I'd heard the rest of it, but those other songs are right up there with the hits for me.
Not my usual style but pretty solid. Nice electronic pop backing music, nice vocals, catchy.
Very much old fashioned country. Not unpleasant, but nothing really stands out to me either.
I like the more stripped down folkier stuff. Some of the rest of it is out there for me.
Didn't realize that "I Don't Want to Grow Up" was a Waits original - I'd only heard the Ramones version.
I might be a bit of a Beatles fan boy but I've gotta give this a 5.
It's not my favorite Beatles album but it's got a few of my top 10 Beatles songs - Octopus's Garden, Here Comes the Sun, Golden Slumbers.
Just a deserved classic.
Obviously I've heard some of the songs before, but not enough to know they were by Carole King. Stuff like this makes me glad I'm doing this 1001 albums thing.
A really nice listen. Carole's voice was great, the music is nice - I liked the bass. Not my usual style but I think this is a definite 5.
Plus there's a nice cat on the album cover!
Not really what I expected from a Beach Boy maybe?
It's OK. Doesn't do a whole lot for me. The keyboards are kind of interesting at times.
I dunno dude. I think I just really don't like Nick Cave very much.
Starts and ends with the worst songs on the album. Feels pretentious throughout. The music is OK and there are moments of potential, but most of it just doesn't work for me.
"The Kindness of Strangers" isn't terrible I guess.
On the other hand, "O'Malley's Bar" makes me wish Nick Cave would write a murder ballad about me. Following that up with "Death is not the End" feels like they're taunting me.
At least this one wasn't a double album.
It's fine. Nice keys and guitar. A bit boring - I was hoping I'd enjoy it more. Inoffensive though. Decent enough to listen to.
Morrissey is a bit of a cunt from what I hear so I've mostly stayed away from the Smiths.
I don't much care for his vocals either, honestly. He's alright on certain songs I guess.
The band is super talented. Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke have great tone.
There's not really much here that will likely stick with me, though. Music's good, Morrissey isn't for me. Ends up kinda middling.
A really solid pop rock album with some insane bass playing.
"Hold Back the Rain" stands out to me, really awesome song. "New Religion" is really great too.
Really gets better as it goes on, honestly. Just an excellent pop rock album.
I'm torn about whether to give it a 4 or a 5 though.
"Uncontrollable Urge" is a fantastic song.
I could pretty much take or leave everything else. The title track is irritating.
I don't know if I'm gonna start listening to Springsteen or anything, but this is pretty darn good.
Nice music, nice vocals, catchy. Solid stuff.
"Thunder Road" and "Born to Run" stand out I guess. Most of it is a little samey to me.
Mostly pleasant, very samey. It's alright.
Honestly really good. Great vocals, great music, elicits emotions, doesn't overstay its welcome. Short sweet strong country.
"Early Morning Breeze" and "I'm Here" stood out in particular to me.
Queen shit.
It's alright. Music is fine, I'm not the biggest fan of the vocals but they work now and then.
"Uncertain Smile" is easily the best song on the album - really pleasant music throughout with an insane keyboard solo.
The title track has some cool synth parts.
Ah, off to a good start with farty 80s synth. Weird how that's happened on several 1001 albums so far.
Nah, "While You See a Chance" turns into a decent song though.
Ooh, the bass gets a little farty too!
Honestly though I'm kinda vibing with this. Perfectly cromulent soft rock. Solid listen.
The "Comfortably Numb" cover is catchy but so weird, like the Bee Gees doing Floyd.
Catchy but not really my style, so I don't anticipate revisiting it. It's fine.
"Music is the Victim" and songs more in that vein (less falsetto vocals really I guess) stand out as more enjoyable.
"Regiment" is a really cool song.
I like the funky bass that's present on some tracks.
Overall it's fine with some bright spots, but not really something that hits for me.
I've listened to some Venom before. Not my favorite music, but some songs like "Bloodlust" (not appearing on this album) are awesome.
This is a fun listen. I figured the lo-fi production might bother me more but it's not bad at all.
I appreciate the influence Venom had on one of my favorite genres and the album is surprisingly enjoyable.
"Teacher's Pet" has an interesting bluesy section. Much of the album is more straightforward proto-thrash. Really excellent.
Standouts: "Black Metal", "Raise the Dead", "Leave Me in Hell"
It's nice but doesn't do much for me.
The vocals are nice, the music is generally fine, I just don't feel all that strongly either way about it. Not something I'd likely return to.
Some of it feels a little too busy to me. Like there's just too many different layers to the synth.
"Lies" is particularly irritating to me. Mostly the synth, it's kind of annoying.
I hope Bruce sees this and he comes and gunvites me to a concert
I like the music, good old 80s punk. Nice production, nice tone on the guitars and bass, good balance.
Vocals are fine.
Pretty solid listen.
Music is interesting but the vocals often do little for me. Sort of a weird cadence and sound to the vocals much of the time. I particularly dislike the male vocalist who's on a few of the tracks.
"Passionate Fight" is pretty decent. "Punishing Kiss" is pretty annoying. Funny that Costello contributed to my favorite and least favorite.
"Scope J" is pretty bad too. Technically this is the first album I've DNFed because I got fed up after 7 minutes of the ten minute final song.
Another artsy fartsy album that, while largely inoffensive, doesn't work for me.
Doesn't do much for me. Inoffensive. Can't give it a particularly high or low score.
Very 80s. Not bad but nothing that really sticks out to me either.
Solid but all the songs sort of blend into each other. Like not bad, often pleasant, but very samey.
More like a 3.5ish but I probably can't give it a 3 so... Dunno. No half or quarter stars is frustrating at times.
Quaint, but pretty samey overall. Not as boring as some of the old school country I've heard from this list, but not particularly exciting to me either.
Decent harmonies, sounds like something I'd hear on a TV show or movie or something. It's fine I guess.
Honestly this is just really an excellent album. A lot of the songs just kinda blow me away with the beautiful instrumentation. The vocals are nice too but I really appreciate the music.
"Movin' Out" and "The Stranger" are an awesome one-two punch to start the album. "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" has some really strong sections. "Get It Right the First Time" is really awesome too.
I've barely ever listened to Billy Joel. Some of these songs are familiar of course. But listening to this album is a really great experience.
Never been much of a nu metal guy or a Korn fan.
Early Greg Capullo art (with Todd McFarlane) on the cover pleases the comic nerd in me.
This is decent enough. Music is fine, I like how present the bass is.
Not the biggest fan of Jonathan Davis' vocals. Don't need all the weird scatting type stuff. "All in the Family" is a big low point IMO.
This is probably a 3.5ish for me but a hair closer to 3 than 4.
The music is pretty nice. Good guitars and bass, interesting synth.
The vocals are... Less for me. Sometimes they're OK.
Nothing I'd likely revisit.
The music is really nice. The vocals can be grating at some points.
It's not really enough to ruin my enjoyment. Pretty solid album.
Mostly inoffensive, but it all blends together and can be irritating at times.
Not anything I'm excited to revisit at all.
Ya know, I'm so over certain versions of the Christmas classics this year. I've been listening to lots of death metal and stuff to cope.
Fortunately, this album doesn't really seem to include any of those versions that I'm sick of.
Good old perfectly decent takes on Christmas classics that are mostly fresh for me.
I've definitely heard the Ronettes' "Sleigh Ride" and Darlene Love's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" - pretty much the definitive versions. Nothing wrong with them at all.
"It's a Marshmallow World" is completely new to me I think. That's a fun one. Darlene Love's "Winter Wonderland" is a nice take.
"The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" isn't bad but it's a low point of the album. Probably why I don't really remember any version of that song (I'm sure I've heard the original classical instrumental). I could also do without the 90-second Phil Spector monologue on "Silent Night".
They all sound pretty much the same because of Spector's production but most of these versions are fresh enough to me that I enjoyed listening to the whole thing.
Good choice for a Christmas album, I guess!
I just can't with this guy.
Mediocre '90s white boy shit.
It's 58 minutes? Somebody thought I needed to listen to this before I die?
Ya know what, I don't even mind the car song. It's silly but it has some sweet guitar work.
Several all-timers on this and I've had a great time listening to the rest.
Brian May's guitar sound is unique and he's a fantastic player. I'm not sure if I've heard his lead vocals before but his lead is pretty nice on '39. Obviously Freddie Mercury is Freddie Mercury. Deacon and Taylor hold it down nicely.
Great album!
"Give up the Funk" has a special place in my heart, lol.
In general I think there's something about Parliament's style that doesn't entirely work for me - not that I don't appreciate it, it's just not something I'd listen to often.
I dunno, just maybe with all the group vocals and stuff it's a lot going on for me at once.
Perfectly solid album, nice and funky. Sweet bass and keyboards.
Not far off from some trip-hop/downtempo stuff I've listened to. Not too bad, I can dig it.
Has its moments ("Wildfires", "Eternal Life") but the length of the album and overly repetitive nature of many of the songs ("Stop Dem", "Don't Shoot Guns Down") might knock a star off.
Fine, a few nice guitar parts, just doesn't do much for me.
Never been much of an REM fan. Stipe's voice doesn't really work for me.
Music is fine, I like the guitar style. "Orange Crush" is a decent song.
Overall, didn't really do anything to convert me.
I recoiled pretty quickly when the first song started.
Gave it another song and some of the stuff is kind of interesting. Scott's voice is legit good. The music isn't my thing but I'm sort of compelled to keep listening for some reason.
Some weird lyrical content.
"Next" is another real bad one.
Not my style, but oddly compelling.
Meandering electronic music and lethargic, whiny vocals.
"I Might Be Wrong" is OK. "Dollars and Cents" is OK.
The lows are quite low here and the highs are generally not all that high.
My previous exposure to Radiohead is very limited, but if it's generally like this, it's very much not for me.
Very much not something I would ever choose to listen to. It's fine though. Her voice is good, the pop is pretty inoffensive. It is what it is.
Not bad at all. Not sure I'm super into it. A little low energy? I guess it'd depend on my mood.
Decent enough.
There is a haunting beauty to it. The music is nice and you can feel the emotion in the vocals.
Another one that I do not have to listen to. This is one of my favorite albums of all time.
Pretty sure it's one of the CDs I found in my dad's collection so I listened to it a ton when I was younger. It's stayed in my rotation and I revisit it a lot.
So many great songs. Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell's vocal harmonies. Amazing riffs.
"Down in a Hole" is such a fantastic song in particular. "Dam That River" is a ton of fun to play on guitar. "God Smack" is weird but that riff has always been a favorite of mine. "Would?" is another of my favorite songs of all time, that bass riff is classic.
Yet another that I don't need to listen to!
I never got too into the Offspring, but this is a banger of an album.
Blistering guitar, a great bass tone, frenetic drums, Dexter is great, the whole band kills it on this one.
"Genocide" is an absolute buzzsaw of a punk guitar riff, fantastic song. "What Happened to You?" is a fun little ska-esque diversion from the heavy punk onslaught.
I'm finding Morrissey less insufferable than usual, but the music is mostly kind of boring.
"The National Front Disco" is probably the best song. "We'll Let You Know" is probably the worst.
Just a pile of mid for the most part.
I listened to this when it came out because of the price gimmick. I don't think I much liked it.
Nowadays? It's not as bad as the last Radiohead album I got, but it's not great.
The music has some moments of promise, but mostly falls flat for me. Don't like Thom Yorke's voice on most of it, a bland falsetto. Just not great.
I don't think I'll ever be a Bob Dylan fan.
The acoustic half of this is like nails on a chalkboard to me. Guitar is fine but very subtle in the mix compared to Bob's annoying voice and the ear-splitting harmonica. Can't do it.
The electric stuff is saved a bit by the band being very good, but Bob's voice is only marginally better and that damn harmonica is still piercing. Still nothing I would ever choose to listen to.
Solid rock concept album. Don't totally love the vocals on this one, but it's fine in general. The music is nice.
"Brainwashed" and "Arthur" stand out in particular.
Not my style really but I can't say it's not pretty good.
Great vocals, catchy songs. Solid instrumentation.
It is a little long.
I couldn't name an ELP song if my life depended on it.
The first part of "Tarkus" sounds somewhat familiar though.
I can hear the influence of this album in newer prog I've listened to - Dream Theater comes to mind in particular. Some of the keyboards make me think of DT.
"Tarkus" and "Jeremy Bender" are pretty solid but most of the rest of the album falls a little flat for me. It's fine but a little meandering, the type of music where it feels like they're playing crazy stuff just to play crazy stuff. No feeling.
Very pleasant listening. The band is talented. The songs are long and it's pretty samey, but I can't really complain about this. Nice smooth instrumental jazzy music.
Hmm. Weird squeaky sax solo on "All the Way from Memphis".
This is... Fine. Inoffensive but uninspiring.
Don't love the vocals. Music is solid.
"Violence" is kind of annoying.
Overall, meh. It's fine. Nothing I'd likely revisit.
Something about this really works for me - it's hard to put my finger on it. It's mainly the guitar, I really enjoy that style I guess.
Reminds me of when I found a bunch of older punk and post-hardcore stuff online many years ago. This particularly reminds me of a band called Rain.
Sort of a droning sound, with more complexity than a lot of more standard punk.
Excellent guitars, nice bass tone, really solid overall. A really fun listen.
Very pleasant to listen to. The guitar interplay is quite nice.
"Tears of Rage" is a standout.
Probably nothing I'll revisit or remember too much, but a good enough listen.
This is my favorite Beatles album so guess what I'm gonna rate it?
It's kind of difficult to pinpoint why this one has stuck with me so much. Just a lot of what I love about the Beatles I guess.
I love a good vocal harmony and there's a lot of great ones here. I feel like this album is a big McCartney showcase even though as always the lead vocals are split amongst the band. Some of his lead songs really stick with me.
"You Won't See Me", "Nowhere Man", and "If I Needed Someone" are particular standouts for me.
"Girl" is one I could take or leave. It's OK, but a clear low point. "Run for Your Life" is a little messed up because, you know, John Lennon having been abusive...
Overall an excellent album. One of my favorite albums of all time.
This is some weird, wild stuff.
Not sure I'd revisit it, but listening is a very interesting experience. Crazy psychedelic rock that flows straight from one track to another for nearly an hour of complex, layered music.
Picking out individual songs is difficult since it all blends together. Fun listen though IMO.
After listening to The Holy Bible, I definitely listened to this album. Didn't stick with me as strong as THB or Gold Against the Soul.
That's not a knock on this album. There's a lot of what I love about the Manics here. It's a good deal poppier than their previous albums, with keyboards and strings here and there, but Bradfield and the crew are doing their thing.
I really love a lot of what James Dean Bradfield does on guitar. Really interesting riffs and melodies and beautiful tone. Nicky Wire's bass stands out a bit less here, but the tone is great when it does stand out.
"Enola/Alone", "Australia", and "Interiors" are high points.
This is like 4.5 on the dot. Of course that's not an option, so... Gotta choose one.
Perfectly cromulent 80s new wavey pop.
Nothing to complain about, not much that stands out either.
Good enough listen. Not likely to stick with me.
It's interesting I guess. The jazz club feel is kind of fun.
The music is nice, Tom Waits is fine, I think this concept just doesn't do much for me. And so many of the songs are so damn long.
The bassist is the best part of this album by far.
The comedy bits don't do a whole lot for me. If it was just the music I might enjoy it a little more.
Shows how little of a Zeppelin fan I am that I didn't even realize that "Houses of the Holy" wasn't even on their album of the same name.
I've listened to them a lot, but they've never really been one of my favorite bands. Kind of a band I listened to a lot when my tastes were forming, but then I largely moved on.
There are a bunch of excellent songs on this album. "The Rover", "HOTH", "Trampled Underfoot", "Kashmir", "Bron-Yr-Aur", "Ten Years Gone"...
The rest of the album is good too, but I can mostly take it or leave it.
Pretty solid overall with several really great songs.
I haven't even started yet but I can tell you I'm not listening to all three hours.
This is a perfectly fine box set for someone I'm sure, But Not For Me.
Ella Fitzgerald is great, the music is nice, I don't need to listen to much of this to rate it. Certainly not all three hours.
Perfectly cromulent 80s pop.
Very pleasant to listen to, though nothing really jumps out to me as overly memorable.
"Horsin' Around" is a step down for me, it irks me a little for some reason.
I feel like Tim Armstrong (Rancid/Op Ivy/etc) borrowed from this guy's vocal style. Not all of it, but certain things they do match up pretty close.
I've heard "Fairytale of New York" before because a pro wrestler sang it with Mr. Blobby on a British indie wrestling show. Wrestling is fun.
But I digress.
Starts off a little slow but gets better as it goes on. Pretty fun album to listen to.
"Metropolis" is a fun instrumental. "Thousands are Sailing" is great too.
Love a good bit of Irish music every now and then.
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The riffs are pretty good.
I don't much like the live recording. I don't much like the vocals, particularly the falsetto vocals on the first song. At times it doesn't even sound in tune.
Seems like an influential album, but it's not really hitting for me. I feel like this could get a kid hyped in the '70s but I'd prefer something a little more polished.
"Starship" is a mess of a closer for me.
This is one that makes me want quarter or half stars. Great album but I don't really want to give it a 5.
"Have a Cigar" and "Wish You Were Here" are excellent.
The rest of the album is a great listen, but it isn't something that blows me away or anything.
The latter parts of "Shine On" are particularly good, but probably not quite enough to warrant a 5 in this rating system.
Muddy Waters had a powerful voice. There's a lot of energy evident in listening to this - everybody seems to be having a good time recording.
Excellent production - everything is present and nothing overwhelms or gets lost.
For me, it starts to drag a bit as it goes on and there's not any one track that stands out in any way.
Overall, though, a fun listen and I'd say a worthy entry on this list.
"Words" and "NY" are pretty sweet songs.
The rest of the album is largely fine. Some of the vocals and instrumental choices kind of bog it down a little bit for me. Particularly on "There Goes The Fear" and "M62 Song".
On the whole, fine but pretty unmemorable.
"Sit Down. Stand Up" is a claustrophobic mess. Hurts my ears.
Otherwise somewhat less offensive, but it's got all that classic Radiohead sound that I'm not a fan of. Don't like Thom Yorke's whiny little voice, there's nearly always a little bit too much going on in the background...
"Go to Sleep" is a bit of a nice reprieve as it leaves a little bit more room to breathe. "Myxomatosis" is also kind of OK.
They could've cut a couple words out of the title "We Suck Young Blood".
Energetic. There's a lot going on but it generally works pretty well.
I like the bass tone.
Fun listen.
Perfectly fine, but it all kind of blends together for me.
I appreciate the man and his talents, but it's not something I'd regularly choose to listen to.
"Let's Spend The Night Together" is a really fun cover though.
This is pretty good.
Nothing is sticking out in particular on my first listen, but maybe I'll listen more and some of it will grow on me.
Sweet bass tone and the songs are well written and mixed.
Pleasant listening experience, if a little bit of a blur (no, it's not Blur, it's Supergrass!).
Nothing wrong with this. An interesting listen.
Not really my style, but I can't rate it too low.
This is a treat to listen to.
I've listened to a lot of Thievery Corporation (who did a song with one of Fela's sons) and the inspiration they take from music like this is very clear.
There's an awesome groove to it. There's a lot going on, but it doesn't feel busy or overwhelming. The lyrics are powerful. The songs are long, but it doesn't drag the experience down - and the album is pretty short overall.
Awesome album.
I heard the term "coworker music" today and I feel like this is exactly that.
It's fine. The big songs are pretty catchy. Nothing offensive. Just kind of bland mainstream whatever rock.
Not really anything wrong with this but it's a little less interesting to me than I'd hoped.
"That Lady" is a bop, man. Good stuff. We've all heard it a million times, but this version really hit for me today.
"Listen to the Music" is a fun cover too.
Groovy and supremely easy to listen to.
"That Voice Again" is a pretty great song. "Big Time" is decent too.
Otherwise mostly pretty nondescript 80s pop with a bit of a proggy sound.
"This is the Picture" is really annoying.
Pretty sure I've heard "Connection" before. Good song.
Overall this album is pretty sweet. Love the very prominent bass.
Fun easy listen but not a whole lot stands out.
There are moments where this feels very powerful but much of it quite honestly bores me.
I'm glad I listened to it in a way and I can see what's interesting about it, but it's nothing I'd ever revisit.
"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" has always been a favorite of mine, goofy song but a really fun guitar performance.
That's pretty much how the rest of the album is too. Sweet guitar work. Solid enough rock music, nicely produced.
Justin Hawkins' falsetto can be fairly grating at times.
Overall a pretty good album.
I don't even need to listen to this one, but don't mind if I do.
I don't revisit this one as much these days (partly because my current streaming service only seems to have a censored version), but it's very special to me.
"Know" is still one of my favorite System songs. "Spiders" has an awesome bass line. "Soil" is also up there with my favorites. "P.L.U.C.K." is powerful.
And goddamn I love this album cover. Struck me when I first discovered it in my youth and it's stuck with me. One of my top album covers of all time.
Maybe it doesn't quite reach the heights that some of their later work does, but it's heavy as hell and provides a whole lot of what System of a Down does so well.
It's a joy to listen to.
