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.
Mostly enjoyed this! I just wish it slightly fewer skits and bits. "(3 Is) The Magi Number" "Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)" "Eye Know" "Tread Water" and "Potholes In My Lawn" were all faves.
"Irresponsible Hate Anthem" "The Beautiful People" "Tourniquet" and "Angel With The Scabbed Wings" are decent, but the rest of this kinda blends together for me
Enjoyable and chill! Was very nice to listen to while it snowed outside. "All Blues" and "Blue in Green" were favorites on here.
Automatic 5d. Arguably one of the best live albums of all time. Great stripped down versions of their originals, and fantastic covers. Not even gonna pick favorites cause they're all favorites.
Would I listen to this on my own? No. Would I drunkenly sing along to this with a bar full of strangers at 1 AM? Absolutely.
Was happy to see this pop up! Had a few Fela Kuti songs lurking around on my playlists but hasn't listened to this one, and enjoyed it! "Black Man's Cry" and "Let's Start" were faves on here.
Enjoyed "Sat In The Lap" and "Suspended in Gaffa" the most, but generally enjoyed this! "There Goes A Tenner" and "Night of the Swallow" were also fun.
Not my thing. Not actively irritating but not my thing.
It's a Christmas album, its fine.
This was an interesting one to get for 100. It's crazy to me that "Welcome to the Jungle" "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child O' Mine" are not only on the same album, but that it's their debut album. "It's So Easy" and "My Michelle" are also alright, but holy fuck these songs are overplayed. This isn't really my style of music, but I'm not gonna pretend like these songs aren't at least decent, but goddamn it's been almost 40 years I think we can stop playing these songs on the radio.
I knew and liked "Supervixen" "Only Happy When It Rains" and "Stupid Girl" off this, and those remain my faves on here. I had never listened to the whole thing, and I enjoyed it! Found I also especially enjoyed "Queer" "Not My Idea" and "Vow"
Still not my thing. I kinda like the cheesy synth riff of "Jump" but even that is mostly a nostalgia for 80s movie soundtracks than the actual song itself. The noodley guitar solos just don't do it for me.
This was hit or miss for me. I enjoyed "The Shining Hour" Wish You Well" and "Dixie Drugstore", but the rest was mostly okay for me.
Mostly enjoyed! "Carry On" "Helpless" "Our House" and "Country Girl" were faves on here.
This was a weird one, cause I'd be super into a song or two, and then kinda zoned out for a couple and then he'd come in with another banger. "Sign o' the Times" "Housequake" "Starfish & Coffee" "Hot Thing" and "The Cross" were faves on here.
This was alright for me! Enjoyed "Cloud Nine" and "Runaway Child, Running Wild"
This was really good! Much more obviously club music than the other albums of theirs I've listened to. "Break & Enter" "Their Law" "Voodoo People" and "Poison" were faves on here.
This was great! I think the only thing I had heard off here prior was the "Boy Named Sue" rendition, but this whole things was awesome!
This was good especially for a debut album! "Break On Through" and "Light My Fire" were the only songs I already knew off here, and I also enjoyed "The Soul Kitchen" "Back Door Man" "End of the Night" and "The End"
I mean c'mon. Easy 5. "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" were already familiar to me but also enjoyed "Head Over Heels" "The Working Hour" and "Mothers Talk"
Hard to rate. There's a few good songs on here like "Suck My Kiss" "Give It Away" and "Under the Bridge" but I wouldn't say the rest is amazing, merely okay, like "Breaking The Girl" and "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" and some are actively bad, like "Apache Rose Peacock"
I mostly enjoyed this. I think the only thing I had heard off of here was "The Killing Moon" but also enjoyed "Seven Seas" "My Kingdom" "Silver" and "Yo Yo Man"
So weird and so good. "Vicious" "Andy's Chest" "Hangin' Round" "Walk On the Wild Side" and "Satellite of Love" were faves on here.
Dug this more than I expected to! "Good Times" is great, and also enjoyed "My Forbidden Lover" and "What About Me"
Easy 5. Fairly certain I heard at least one song off of this album at every party/hangout I went to in 2013. "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe" "Backstreet Freestyle" and "Swimming Pools (Drank)" I already knew and liked, but also enjoyed "Money Trees" and "m.A.A.d city"
I think the only War song I knew was "Low Rider" and I was pleasantly surprised by this! "City, Country, City" "The World is a Ghetto" and "Beetles in the Bog" were faves on here.
Perfectly serviceable rock. "La Grange" is great, "Waitin' For the Bus" and "Jesus Just Left Chicago" are good, and the rest is okay.
I really have no idea why this was on here. Just dull reggae. I guess this was big in the UK in the 90s?
Easy 5. "Thank You For Sending Me an Angel" "The Good Thing" "Found a Job" "Artists Only" and "Take Me to the River" are all amazing, and the rest of the album is great as well.
I think this album just veers over the pop/punk line into pop too much for me, it's not bad, just not amazing to me. Plus I think "Basket Case" and "When I Come Around" while good, are just overplayed. "Longview" and "Welcome to Paradise" still hold up though.
I don't know why I enjoy the band when this is typically not my kinda thing. "Rag Mama Rag" "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" "Up On Cripple Creek" and "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" are all great
This was all over the place. I was varying wildly between hating it and loving it, sometimes in the same song. I feel like overall it was a no for me though. I did enjoy "Love Hangover" though
I was whelmed. Didn't grab me at all, felt very generic. Did have some interesting stuff happening musically at times, but the vocals put me off mostly.
While this is better than the other album of hers I got on here, I just can't get into Amy Winehouse.
It is impossible for me to be objective about this one, this album is early college for me, it was inescapable at the time and in a good way. "Time to Pretend" "Electric Feel" and "Kids" are so so good, and "Weekend Wars" and "The Youth" are also great. The back half of the album is definitely a little weaker, with the only standout for me being "The Handshake"
Easy 5 for me. "Chameleon" and "Watermelon Man" have bene in the playlists for a long time, and "Sly" is great too. "Vein Melter" is a little weaker for me personally but still good.
Didn't really vibe with this one, occasionally had some cool dreamy stuff going on but wasn't consistent enough for me. I liked parts of "On Your Own" and "Life's an Ocean"
Bad album by a bad human.
Easy 5. "Message to you Rudy" and "Monkey Man" have been in the rotation for a long time, but "Gangsters" "Do the Dog" "Nite Klub" "Concrete Jungle" and "Too Much Too Young" are all great as well!
"Tom Sawyer" and "YYZ" are great, the rest of this is good, but I don't love love it.
For modern pop, Lorde is alright. Still not my thing but it's okay. Enjoyed "Homemade Dynamite" and the Loveless half of "Hard Feelings/Loveless" the rest of the album isn't bad to me, just didn't grab me at all.
Great quick album. "Wasted" "World Up My Ass" "Paid Vacation" "Live Fast Die Young" and "Group Sex" are all great
Had never heard of her, and this was pretty good! "Modern Kosmology" "Slow Motion" "The Architect" and "The Lightning Back" were all enjoyable
Man this was rough to get through. This is the music that the rich kid who went to your high school makes to seem tough, but they're too dumb to realize everyone is laughing at them.
This fucking rules. "Let's Go Crazy" and "When Doves Cry" are probably my faves on here but "Take Me With U" "Darling Nikki" and obviously "Purple Rain" are great as well. Also hadn't realized that "Darling Nikki" is the song that made Tipper Gore absolutely lose her shit.
Enjoyed this! "Tell Me Why" "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" "Southern Man" and "Don't Let It Bring You Down" were my faves on here.
Always fun to listen to a song and be like "Oh that where that meme/trend came from" Anyways, "Roundabout" "We Have Heaven" and "South Side of the Sky" are great, and I enjoyed "Long Distance Runaround" "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" as well.
Mostly okay for me! Enjoyed "Relax (Come Fighting)" and "Two Tribes" and the covers of "War" and "San Jose (The Way)" were interesting, but the rest didn't grab me too much
I weirdly mostly liked this? "Lonely at the Top" and "Political Science" were my faves on here.
Lots going on here! My third Bowie album on this list so far and the third Brian Eno produced album! And wow this is probably my favorite Bowie album of the three so far, which is saying something cause I liked the other ones. Cool instrumentals and sounds throughout. Felt very experimental. "Speed of Life" "Breaking Glass" "Sound and Vision" "Warszawa" and "Weeping Wall" were all great but "Subterraneans" was a standout to me with the creepy vibes
This was awesome! "Plastico" "Buscando Guayaba" and "Pedro Navaja" were great and I enjoyed "Dime" as well.
Great album! Interesting time signatures, chill vibes, easy to listen to. "Take Five" is obviously the standout, but I also enjoyed "Blue Rondo a la Turk" "Strange Meadow Lark" and "Kathy's Waltz"
Enjoyed this! I can definitely see why some might find it irritating sonically with the sometimes *interesting* choices. Faves were "Non Alignment Pact" "Modern Dance" "Street Waves" and "Life Stinks"
Just so early 2000s pop. "Rock Your Body" is the only song on here I don't actively dislike, and even then it's kind of a "so bad it's enjoyable" vibe,
Queens of the Stone Age is one of those bands that's had several songs floating around my playlist for a long time but I've never sat down and investigated too much, and this was great! Right in that stoner rock/sludge metal vibe I enjoy! Faves were "If Only" "Walking on the Sidewalk" and "Mexicola" but generally enjoyed the whole thing!
Not gonna deny her vocal talents, this is just very much not my thing.
Just not much here for me, not actively bad but didn't grab me at all. There was an occasional groove I'd enjoy but it would never go anywhere interesting.
Almost 150 in, and this is the worst album I've heard on here so far. I saw "early UK Rap" and was interested, but this was horrible. I legitimately had to look up and verify whether or not this was satire. His delivery is awkward and the flow is nonexistent. The music sounds like he randomly picked a pre made tune that came with his keyboard.
This was a tough one to rate. This album had some good bits, but they never stayed long enough, and frankly reading about the recording of this album, the whole thing feels kind of exploitative.
To start off with,, "When I Kissed the Teacher" is YIKES! "Dancing Queen" is I think overrated, but still good. The favorites on here are probably the 4 track run of "Money, Money, Money" "That's Me" "Why Did It Have To Be Me?" and "Tiger"
Fantastic! Almost a gospel album but also I think more accessible to the general public than some of his other stuff. "Get Ready For Love" "Hiding All Away" "Nature Boy" and "Breathless" were faves on here.
This gets a reluctant 5. I wanted to like this more than I did. The way everyone talked about this album had me expecting a lot from it, and it didn't quite live up to that. It's good, don't get me wrong, but not mind blowing. "Wish You Were Here" is great, obviously. And I liked "Welcome to the Machine" as well as most of both "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"s. It still gets a 5 cause only one song on the album "Have A Cigar" not being my thing is still a pretty damn good ratio.
Interesting early UK new wave. Faves were "Quiet Life" "Fall In Love With Me" "Alien" and "A Foreign Place" If I had one critique it'd be that it felt very samey after a while.
I didn't hate this, but didn't really like it either. "Last Child" or "Sick as a Dog" are the only standouts on here for me, rest is pretty generic meh
This was good, but falls into the same category as a lot of these early 60s and 50s albums do for me, where they have one or two really kickass songs, like "Cry to Me" and "Can't Nobody Love You" on here, and the rest feels kinda like filler that was mandated by the record execs. I think this does a little better, cause he has a great voice, and even though it can get a bit samey in parts, it's at least a good same.
"Paint it Black" and "Under my Thumb" are by far the best on here, and are basically the only thing preventing this from being a 3. "Lady Jane" and "Doncha Bother Me" are also good. "Stupid Girl" and "Going Home" are kinda grating though.
Took me a minute but found myself getting into this. The driving rhythms with the almost incomprehensible lyrics that are almost rap in a way? "Ladybird (Green Grass)" "Lost in Music" "I'm Going to Spain" "Service" and "The League of Bald-Headed Men" were faves on here.
Dug it! Also suddenly understood some references from other songs after listening to this. "Sunday Morning" "I'm Waiting For The Man" "Femme Fatale" "Venus in Furs" and "Heroin" were faves on here.
I don't even know if I can rate this? More like an avant garde art piece than an actual album? Some of it interesting, some of it annoying, some of it creepy. I kinda enjoyed "Blue Rosebuds" and "Laughing Song" but can't exactly say I'd sit down and listen to this album for fun?
Another album that I've had several songs floating around on my playlists for years. "2+2=5" "Sit Down, Stand Up" "Sail to the Moon" "Where I End and You Begin" "There, There" and "I WIll" are all great. "Go to Sleep" is probably my favorite underrated Radiohead song. Also had somehow missed "Myxomatosis" and liked that too!
I like some Arcade Fire but this one didn't really grab me. "Intervention" "Windowsill" and "No Cars Go" were good but the rest just mostly missed me.
Not my thing. "Strong Enough" and "All I Wanna Do" are tolerable.
This was not fun to get through. Only 8 songs on the album and three of them over 15 minutes is not great. "Statesboro Blues" and "Hot'Lanta" were fine
Not as good as their next album, but still great! "This Is A Call" is the standout here, but "I'll Stick Around" "Alone + Easy Target" "Good Grief" "Floaty" and "X-Static" are all good as well.
Was very happy to have this one come up, another album where I've had about half of the songs lurking around playlists for a long time. "Cherub Rock" "Today" and "Disarm" are the standouts, but I also really like "Quiet" "Rocket" "Geek U.S.A" and "Mayonaise"
Enjoyed this more than I thought I would! "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Time after Time" are the only ones I really recognized, but "When You Were Mine" "She Bop" and "All Through The Night" were good as well!
Mostly just boring? Did enjoy "Only You Know" though
Parts of this were good, felt kinda like a milder Buzzcocks at times, but generally didn't grab me too much. "Another Girl, Another Planet" and "Language Problem" were the faves on here.
Generally liked this! The only song I had heard before was "Androgynous" which was the standout here for me, but I also enjoyed "I Will Dare" and "We're Comin' Out"
My first non Beatles Beatles album so far I think! This was pretty good! I had heard "Band on the Run" before obviously, but "Jet" and "Let Me Roll It" were the standouts for me here. Also enjoyed "Mrs. Vandebilt" and "Bluebird" and "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" were decent as well.
I mean it's an obvious 5. Classic from the start. Obviously I knew and loved "Folsom Prison Blues" but I also really enjoyed "Dark as the Dungeon" and "Cocaine Blues." The whole album is really good between the songs, and the cheers of the inmates, and the occasional warden announcement.
Was feeling mostly meh about the first half of this album, with "Man" being the only standout for me. In the back half, I already knew and liked "Maps" but ended up really enjoying "Y Control" and also liked "No No No" and "Modern Romance"
This was cool to listen to! Lots of "Oh yeah I guess that's where that sample came from" throughout. And it was pretty easy to groove to as well.
This is just fine? Like non offensive but not interesting at all. "Mrs. Robinson" was basically the most interesting thing on here, and it's never good when the best song on the album is a cover.
This album is just weird, in a good way. I feel like I'll have to do a Beatles album ranking when I'm through with all their stuff on this list. The starting run of "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" into "With A Little Help From My Friends" into "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" is pretty great. The middle of the album feels a bit weaker, but is still good. The sitar on "Within You Without You" is very cool, and the back half of the album picks up again with "When I'm Sixty Four" being the standout in the back half for me.
I don't think I enjoyed this album quite as much as This Year's Model but it was still good! "Welcome to the Working Week" "Miracle Man" "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" "Less Than Zero" and "Watching the Detectives" were all enjoyable, and "Waiting For the End of the World" was probably my favorite on here.
This was fine? Very samey after a while. Listened to it in the morning and by the time I'm writing this review in the evening and I really couldn't remember much about it and had to listen to it again. "Happy When It Rains" "April Skies" and "About You" are the standouts for me
Kinda all over the place here. A few songs stood out to me "Thank You Friends" "Jesus Christ" "Holocaust" and "Blue Moon" were all good, but the rest felt like it disappeared into a very same-y mush.
This was pretty good! The rapping style makes it sounds older than it is, but that's not a bad thing. Very chill and easy to vibe to. "Step In the Arena" "Execution of a Chump" "Who's Gonna Take The Weight" and "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" were the standouts for me
Another one I was happy to get! "Lust for Life" and "The Passenger" have been in the rotation for a long time, but also enjoyed "Sixteen" "Some Weird Sin" . The back half is a bit weaker but did enjoy "Neighborhood Threat"
If we're going by how well some of these lyrics have aged like -300/5 . Like I know every single male rock star from this time period was very openly sleeping with underage groupies but jesus dude
Really dug this! I think I knew "Tattooed Love Boys" before this, and the rest of it sounded vaguely familiar? "Precious" "The Wait" and "Stop Your Sobbing" were other standouts for me
Knew and liked "Never Let Me Down" off here but hadn't heard the rest of the album. Generally liked it, although it could get a bit repetitive in some songs. "Nothing" was the other big standout here for me, but also enjoyed "Strangelove" and "Sacred"
Kinda like a cosmic gumbo. Seems like an obvious pairing of music genres in retrospect but this was pretty cool! "Queremos Paz" "Epoca" and "Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)" were the faves on here
Better than I was expecting! Quick and to the point, and funnier in parts than I would have thought. "Traveling Man" was probably my fave on here, but "Coat of Many Colors" "She Never Met a Man (She Didn't Like)" and "Early Morning Breeze were good as well!
Crazy how much influence you can hear in this, and it's also impressive how fast it is! All of the songs are barely over two minutes. "Tutti Frutti" is great obviously, but "Long Tall Sally (The Thing)" and "Rip It Up" were other standouts
Some absolute classics on here like "Fuck Tha Police" and "Express Yourself". I also enjoyed "If It Ain't Ruff" and "Quiet On Tha Set". The beats are great, and you can see how influential this album was on rap for the next couple decades.
Crazy how divisive Tom Waits is on here. This is so good, at times dark and dreary, at times funny. "Goin Out West" and "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" are the standouts here for me, but I also enjoyed "The Earth Died Screaming" "Dirt In The Ground" and "Jesus Gonna Be Here"
Decent but didn't grab me a ton! Felt very middle of the road-y rock. I think I had only maybe heard "Connections" before? Enjoyed that one and "Car Song" the most
U2 is just too bland for me. The first 3 songs "Beautiful Day" "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of" and "Elevation" are the best on here, and they're still just kind of okay?
I was curious about this one, I've been meaning to check Frank Ocean out, as I like a lot of the guys from Odd Future he's associated with, even if he is more R&B/Soul than them.
This still isn't my go to style of music, but I definitely enjoyed his "alt R&B" more than a lot of the other examples of the R&B genre I've gotten on this list so far "Thinkin Bout You" "Super RIch Kids" "Lost" and "Monks" were standouts for me here
This is not normally my style, but dammit I can't help but like Sinatra. It's not always the vibe I want, but it's a good vibe! "You Make Me Feel So Young" "Old Devil Moon" "I've Got You Under My Skin" and "Anything Goes" were standouts for me.
2nd album of theirs so far, didn't enjoy this one quite as much as Dirty, but still good! It did kinda lose me a bit in the middle of the album, but the start and end are good. "Shadow of a Doubt" is the standout here for me, but also enjoyed "Tom Violence" "Starpower" and "Bubblegum"
This was fine? Not really my thing. "Superstition" is great obviously, and also enjoyed "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" and "Big Brother" but the rest didn't grab me much.
Look if it wasn't Clapton I'd probably give it a two. This is just the most boring bluesy songs played for way too long, maybe it blew some white teenagers mind in the 70s but now? I feel like this album is only on here because it has "Layla" on it, and everyone knows that song. But after the opening riff why go on? You already heard the one good part
