Enjoyed Is That Enough, rest wasn't really my thing
Enjoyed the back half more than the first 3 songs
Album slaps. Sledgehammer and In Your Eyes are classics obviously, but also really enjoyed That Voice Again and Big Time.
Look I'm not the biggest Beatles fan, but I'm also not a psychopath to rate this anything less than 5. Obviously some classics on here, like Blackbird. Also enjoyed Back in the USSR and Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. Generally enjoyed side 1 more than side 2.
Not really my thing, but enjoyed Pale September
Mostly not my thing, but did my find myself jamming to a couple songs. "Dance" and "Jazzie's Groove" in particular
This was an interesting one! Enjoyed "Cowboy" "Dragon (Icelandic)" and "Blue Eyed Pop"
I liked the folk aspects, wasn't too keen on the easy listening-esque parts. Enjoyed "One Of These Things First"
This is the kind of album I think of when I say I don't really like the Beatles. "And I Love Her" is the only song on here I somewhat enjoyed.
Enjoyed this slightly more than Here My Dear. Enjoyed "Let's Get It On" obviously, but also liked "Come Get to This"
Had somehow never heard of her, although I do listen to stuff that was clearly influenced by her. Particularly enjoyed "6'1" and "Never Said"
This is an album you put on during sex, and for no other reason.
Look this isn't one of the greatest pieces of human art or anything like that, but it is perfect drunk in a dive bar and everyone starts singing along to "Simple Man"
I enjoyed the Kanye beats, wasn't as grabbed by Common's rapping. "The Food - Live" was probably my fave on here
I like jazz! Really! But I could not get into this at all. Just 10 minute songs noodling around on the organ, did not grab me in any way.
I liked parts of this! Guy has a crazy voice! Enjoyed "That's The Bag I'm In" "Everything Happens" and "Sweet Cocaine" the most.
I wanted to like this more! The description sounded cool but it didn't grab me. "Brimful of Asha" was way too repetitive for me, but the Fatboy Slim remix is okay. Did enjoy "We're In Yr Corner" though
Already knew and loved "Stand" and "Orange Crush" obviously, but enjoyed "Pop Song 89" "You Are The Everything" and "Turn You Inside-Out"
"Here, There, and Everywhere" "She Said She Said" "Good Day Sunshine" "For No One" all rock
Can definitely see some of the influence this had. Enjoyed "Looking For a Kiss" "Frankenstein" and "Trash" in particular.
I knew and liked N.Y. State of Mind but I don't think I had ever listened to another Nas song, and this fucking ruled. "N.Y. State of Mind" "Life's a Bitch" and "The World is Yours" are all fantastic
This was tough for me, I'm pretty hot and cold on this album. I loooove "21st Century Schizoid Man" then "I Talk to The Wind" loses me. then "Epitaph" draws me back, then "Moonchild" reeeeeally loses me. and then I like "Court of the Crimson King!" I guess it all just kinda averages out.
This is fine, but very samey? "Step It Up" was probably my fave on here
I like Massive Attack! Mezzanine is a great album! But this one didn't really do it for me. "Karmacoma" and "Heat Miser" were the only songs I really got into on here
Mostly really dug this! "Sure 'Nuff'n'Yes, I Do" "Zig Zag Wanderer" "Call On Me" "I'm Glad" "Electricity" and "Plastic Factory" were all great!
It's okay! Not entirely my thing, but okay! "Pusherman" "Freddie's Dead" and "Superfly" were my faves
It's great. "Cracked Actor" "The Prettiest Star" "The Jean Genie" and "Lady Grinning Soul" were my faves on here.
I like parts of this! "Cult of Personality" obviously but enjoyed "Middle Man" and "Glamour Boys" as well.
Not really my thing, guess this guy might be why I didn't like Massive Attack's first album very much either. "Black Steel" and "Brand New You're Retro" were probably the ones I enjoyed the most
Finally someone I've seen live on this list! Even some of the songs on this album I've heard live! Generally I think Nick Cave was better live but I still like this album. "Stagger Lee" and "The Curse of Millhaven" are probably my faves on here, but this is the kinda music I have to be in the right mood for.
This is probably a generational thing, but I was expecting to have a really hard time not hearing Chef, and it actually wasn't for the most part, only every once in a while did it kinda come through! I think mostly cause he's so much younger on this. "Walk On By" and "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" were my faves, and I enjoyed parts of "By The Time I Get to Phoenix" it just needed to be way shorter
This wasn't it for me. It sounded kinda like a bunch of different bands I like but without the parts I enjoyed. Hard to put into words. I fee like if you were a gen xer in the UK this is your holy grail but otherwise not so much. "Sorted For E's & Wizz" was about the only song I enjoyed on here.
This was okay, enjoyed the music more than the vocals. "Caught In A Mosh" and "Efilnikufesin N.F.L." were probably my faves on here.
This was an odd one. I get that this was supposed to be a movie soundtrack but it felt like at least 3 different movies. "Something Wicked This Way Comes" was about the only song I somewhat enjoyed here. Great album title though.
Easy 5. More familiar with Doolittle but already knew and loved "Where is My Mind?" and "Gigantic." Now having listened to the whole album can add "Bone Machine" "River Euphrates" "Cactus" and "Tony's Theme" to the list.
This is what they play at the starbucks in purgatory
This was fine, not really my thing. Enjoyed "I Want to Take You Higher" and "Sing A Single Song" the most
I liked the first half of this album a good amount, then it lost me in the back half. "Oh Yeah" was my favorite on here
I liked this more than I was expecting to! "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" and "Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall" were my favorites on here.
This didn't really grab me at all. Extremely 80s and not in a good way.
Mostly ehh to bad for me. Did enjoy "Adam Raised A Cain" and "The Promised Land" though.
Generally I'm more of a Strokes or Interpol guy, but the three song run of "Mr. Brightside" "Smile Like You Mean It" and "Somebody Told Me" is pretty unimpeachable. That being said, the rest of the album is solidly okay for me.
This was very cool! Very vibey and ephemeral. Enjoyed "Cherry-coloured Funk" "Pitch The Baby" "Iceblink Luck" and "Heaven or Las Vegas" the most.
Biased cause I already loved this album, but easy 5/5 for me. "Down On The Street" is so so good, and I also love "Loose" "T.V. Eye" and "1970"
This really made me feel old in that it felt so early aughts and that that is an actual thing that can be identified now. That being said, the music was okay, but wasn't really into the vocals. "No Intention" was really the only song I enjoyed on here.
I've tried Thelonious Monk a couple times before and always just bounced off, not sure why. Started listening to this one, and was afraid the same thing was happening, but finally after a minute or two into the third song "Pannonica" it clicked for me. I still don't think I would seek most of these songs out, but very enjoyable to sit back and vibe to. "Pannonica" is my fave on here.
Always just had this filed away as the "Sabotage" album, but there was plenty of other good stuff here! "Root Down" and "Get It Together" were very good as well, and it was funny to where Prodigy got the Funky Shit sample from. Generally this album was more jazzy than I expected, which some straight up punk songs
This is mostly not my thing, although I do like a few of the songs, and the general sentiment. "Greetings To the New Brunette" "The Marriage" "Levi Stubbs Tears" and "Help Save the Youth of America" were all good.
Knew a couple songs off here, and already loved "Them Changes" but this whole album was great! Funky, groovy, jazzy, funny, and weird. "Captain Stupido" and "A Fan's Mail (Tron Song Suite III)" were my other faves.
I liked this way more than I expected to! The only ABBA song I think I could name off the top of my head before this was "Dancing Queen" which I don't really care for, but this was good! "The Visitors" into "Head Over Heels" into "When All Is Said and Done" was a great run, and probably were my favorites on here!
The best selling album of all time! I'm personally not a big fan of his music, its fine to me. That being said, the fact that "Thriller" "Beat It" and "Billie Jean" are all off the same album is crazy. But I think those 3 mega hits kinda blind everyone to the the fact that the rest of this album is merely fine? "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" is pretty good, but everything else was very forgettable to me. Except "The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney)" which is actively bad and weird. Overall, it just averages out to merely fine for me. (Maybe an extra half point for giving us some great Weird Al songs)
This was weird for me because I like a lot of stuff similar/adjacent to this, but this just didn't really grab me. "White Winter Hymnal" I had heard before and is great though.
Look I can understand people having difficulty separating the art from the artist. I've had that with Kanye, I get it. But at least Kanye made good fucking music for a while there. I don't understand people's obsession with artists like Chris Brown or Eric Clapton, the music isn't even good.
Already had "I Might Be Wrong" and "Hunting Bears" on a couple playlists, but didn't know the rest of this album very well. Is it my favorite Radiohead album? No, but it's still very good. "Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box" "Pyramid Song" and "You and Whose Army?" were other faves.
I liked this way more than the previous Nick Drake album from this list. The whole album was good, but particularly enjoyed "Road" "Which Will" and "Pink Moon"
U2 is just not my thing, "Trip Through Your Wires" was about the only song I liked on here.
Easy and immediate 5 for me. Already knew and loved this album. "Smacked my Bitch Up" into "Breathe" into "Diesel Power" is a fantastic run, and most everything else here is really good too. "Fuel My Fire" is maybe the only weaker spot here.
This was odd. Felt like it was somewhere between Ween and the Vandals, but glam rocky? Mostly just okay for me but did enjoy "The Age of Pamparius" and "Don't Say Motherfucker, Motherfucker"
Wild that this came out in 1978. Already knew and liked "Uncontrollable Urge" but also enjoyed "Jocko Homo" "Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy" and "Come Back Jonee" a lot.
"Bonin In the Boneyard" is still the best song on here, but also found I enjoyed "Ma and Pa" "Freddie's Dead" "Slow Bus Movin' (Howard Beach Party)" and "Subliminal Fascism" generally this was more metal-y than I was expecting.
I didn't get the Amy Winehouse hype when I was younger, and I went into this thinking maybe that would have changed as an adult. It has not. Just very much not my thing at all, and her style of singing is not enjoyable for me.
Easy 5. "Baba O'Riley" "Behind Blue Eyes" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" are amazing obviously. But "Bargain" and "Love Ain't For Keeping" are good too. This album is definitely not as good in the middle, but the beginning and end more than make up for it.
Another album I already knew and loved most of. "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" "Hotel Yorba" "I'm Finding It Harder To Be a Gentleman" "Fell In Love With a Girl" "Offend in Every Way" and "We're Gonna Be Friends" have been in my playlist rotations for a long time now, but checking out the rest of this album I also enjoyed "Expecting" and "I Think I Smell a Rat"
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would! "Remember Tomorrow" "Phantom of the Opera" "Transylvania" and "Charlotte the Harlot" were faves
I really liked this! I think the only song of theirs off here I had heard was "Have Love Will Travel" but I liked basically everything on here. Mostly covers of 50s songs but done in such a rough and energetic way you can really feel the essence of punk kinda forming within. "The Witch" "Psycho" and "Strychnine" were faves as well.
Continuing the trend of me not really liking early Beatles, their 2nd album just isn't it for me. "Don't Bother Me" is really the only song on here I kinda like.
I dig the music and vibes, just not a huge fan of Robert Smith's singing. "One Hundred Years" and "One Strange Day" were faves on here
I mostly liked this! Very chill. "Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain" "Red Headed Stranger" and "Can I Sleep in Your Arms" were faves on here.
Not my thing at all. "We Are Family" is fine I guess
Generally liked this. Didn't need to be 2 discs though. "100%" "Shoot" "Sugar Kane" and "Chapel Hill" were faves on here
On Speakerboxxx. faves were "GhettoMusick" "Unhappy" "The Way You Move" "The Rooster" and "Church." The amount of times I heard "The Way You Move" at every school dance growing up, it's impressive I don't outright hate that song. On The Love Below, faves were "Hey Ya!" (obviously) "Roses" "Good Day, Good Sir (Interlude)" (Which I had heard on tiktok and always thought was a random skit audio, never realized it was an OutKast bit) "Behold A Lady" "Pink & Blue" and "Dracula's Wedding"
This was okay, none of the Smiths stuff I enjoy is on here really. "Frankly Mr. Shankly" and "Bigmouth Strikes Again" are good
Not really my thing. Guy has a nice voice but this is not my style of music.
Not my thing. "Runnin' With The Devil" and "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" are alright.
Already knew and loved a few of these songs. "All I Need" and "House of Cards" had been in rotation for a long time. Also loved "15 Step" "Bodysnatchers" "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" and "Videotape"
Funny that I knew more songs off this album than Ill Communication, but ended up liking that album more. This is a fun but juvenile debut album, with some good songs, but you can tell they were only just figuring out their sound. "Fight For Your Right" and "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" are the best on here, but also enjoyed "Rhymin & Stealin" and "The New Style"
Knew "Right Here, Right Now" "Rockefeller Skank" and "Praise You" already, but also enjoyed "In Heaven" "Gangster Trippin" and "Soul Surfing"
I just can't take his voice seriously, I've heard it parodied too much. Did enjoy "Cold Irons Bound"
There are definitely some bangers on here, but it does fall short of being a 5. "I Know What I Know" "Homeless" and of course "You Can Call Me Al" are my faves on here.
The first half sounded like off brand Radiohead and the second half sounded like off brand Coldplay. Guess this was a UK thing? "Sea Song" was alright.
I enjoyed this more than I was expecting to! Saw "live jazz album from the 60s" and was initially wary, but this was good listening! Enough going on to keep me interested but not going wild, and I actually enjoyed it being a live album? The occasional bit of glasses clinking or talking cutting in I think actually added to the atmosphere a bit. "Gloria's Step" and "Alice In Wonderland" are faves on here.
This was a tough one to rate. "Intro" and "Crystallized" have been in my rotation for a while now, and listening to it now, I enjoyed "VCR" and "Islands" as well, but this album kinda falls apart in the back half. It gets a little too loose and ethereal and forgets to make music happen. If it was just the first half it'd be a solid 4, maybe even 5.
"December" "What You Do To Me" "Star Sign" and "Alcoholiday" were all decent, but the rest of this kinda bounced off me.
Another album where I went "Yessss" when it popped up. "Someone Great" is one of the danciest depressing songs out there, and "New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down" and "All My Friends" are amazing as well. Also found I enjoyed "Get Innocuous!" and "Watch The Tapes"
Is Korn good? No. Is this album good? Also no. Is it weirdly fun sometimes? Oh yeah.
It is a testament to how good a rapper Biggie was that even with all the weird skits and sex noise bits that this is still a good album. I liked "Things Done Changed" "Gimme The Loot" and "Machine Gun Funk" and of course "Big Poppa" is a classic.
