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Album	You	Global	Diff
Traffic Traffic	5	3.07	+1.93
Fun House The Stooges	5	3.27	+1.73
Made In Japan Deep Purple	5	3.29	+1.71
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.3	+1.7
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	5	3.3	+1.7
Live At Leeds The Who	5	3.31	+1.69
Raw Power The Stooges	5	3.31	+1.69
Either Or Elliott Smith	5	3.39	+1.61
We're Only In It For The Money The Mothers Of Invention	4	2.46	+1.54
Machine Head Deep Purple	5	3.58	+1.42

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi	1	3.29	-2.29
The Age Of The Understatement The Last Shadow Puppets	1	3.25	-2.25
Like A Prayer Madonna	1	3.23	-2.23
Tuesday Night Music Club Sheryl Crow	1	3.06	-2.06
Stripped Christina Aguilera	1	2.88	-1.88
Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette	2	3.72	-1.72
Justified Justin Timberlake	1	2.68	-1.68
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room Dwight Yoakam	1	2.6	-1.6
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	2	3.39	-1.39
Siembra Willie Colón & Rubén Blades	2	3.33	-1.33

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Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	3	4.67
Deep Purple	2	5
Pink Floyd	2	5
Led Zeppelin	2	5
Beatles	2	5
The Stooges	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Madonna	2	1.5

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Popular Reviews

American Gothic

David Ackles · 2 likes

2/5

Not all lost ‘70s albums need to be reclaimed.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson · 2 likes

3/5

Like catnip for grandpas

Copper Blue

Sugar · 1 likes

2/5

Starting to get a little bored of all the just “fine” 90s albums on this list. Are these just all Robert Dimery’s favorite albums from high school or something?

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys · 1 likes

4/5

More like Surf’s Down… not cuz it’s bad cuz it’s sad.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake · 1 likes

4/5

The final boss of “Sad White Guy Guitar Music”.

1-Star Albums (8)

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Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

2/5

Incomprehensible at the tempo it's played. Feels like showboating. Not for me.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

5/5

The duel-interplay between Ritchie Blackmore's guitar and Jon Lord's Hammond Organ is hard rock bliss. Best played while speeding down the highway like a star.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Heavy riffs, bitter-sweet ballads, and a whole lotta cocaine.

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

The singles are pretty fly. The rest all sounds the same. I miss Crazy Taxi.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

Packt full of hits!

Clandestino

Manu Chao

3/5

Un guiso multicultural con un toque de buen rollo.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

It’s got the hits! And some other songs or whatever. I don’t care.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

Every song here is pitch perfect for a montage in a 90s boomer romcom.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

A spooky old man singing about spooky old man things. Not bad!

School's Out

Alice Cooper

3/5

Opens with a triumphant classic rock radio staple and then immediately descends into five tracks of the weirdest shit your ever heard. Ends strong though.

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

“Papa Was a Rolling Stone” could be 30 minutes longer and I’d still say it ends too soon. A fucking classic.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Listened to this high while laying down in the dark. Now I know all the secrets of the universe.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Feels like music you'd hear while shopping at the JCPenney in the 90s.

Led Zeppelin

5/5

They rocked so hard they made a blimp crash.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

Truly lives up to the t-shirt.

Django Django

4/5

Sober: “This is cute. It’s like a tribute to that Nuggets box set. Retro with a modern electronic flare. Nothing revolutionary.” High: "This is revolutionary!"

Solid Air

John Martyn

3/5

i love that Martyn pays tribute to Nick Drake but this album feels like a poor man’s Nick Drake.

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

3/5

“When I say Yee you say Haw. I DIDN’T SAY FUCKIN YEE!”

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Very cool and very British.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

It’s not Getz/Gilberto but if you’re throwing a 1960s cocktail party you could do a lot worse.

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

2/5

Cool samples. Boring execution.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Oh baby.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

3/5

Bandoneon and Vibraphone... Name a more iconic duo.

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

2/5

Sounds like 80s Chili Peppers.

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

3/5

Great beeps and/or boops!

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Like catnip for grandpas

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

3/5

This guy sounds sleepy but the vibe is pretty chill. 😎

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

2/5

Who…… cares?

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

I’d give it 666 stars if this thing let me but it doesn’t so I’ll give it 3.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

1/5

A tribute to drunk boomer moms everywhere.

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

4/5

The perfect end to a sad girl summer.

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

1/5

Well… at least the cover is cool.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Makes me want to light every candle I have.

Kenya

Machito

2/5

I’m sure this crushed at cocktail parties in the late ‘50s but it’s not for me.

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

4/5

A 70s glam band with a song called “Gang Bang”? Now we’re talking!

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

Chugga-chugga-wug! Chugga-chugga-wug!

A Seat at the Table

Solange

4/5

Dude, this is fuckin’ GOOD.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

As good as heroin!

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

Just guys bein’ dudes.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

More like Surf’s Down… not cuz it’s bad cuz it’s sad.

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

4/5

Like Depeche Mode if they all got jobs at a tech company.

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

3/5

Sounds like the kind of music you’d have sex to in a RadioShack back in the 90s.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Fuckin’ bangers all day.

Like A Prayer

Madonna

1/5

More like “Like a 😴”

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Songs that are great for commercials or for getting high.

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

4/5

I got a fever and the only cure is more electric jug.

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

More like the FUCK Yes Album. I mean that in a good way.

Blood, Sweat & Tears

4/5

This makes me so very happy.

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

This thinks it’s sooooo cool.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

It’s got none of the hits I know but it’s still a cool vibe. But yeah, none of the hits I know.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Love the album. I still don’t get why the cover is like the Lion King.

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

2/5

I need a little less country. I need a lotta bit of rock and roll.

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

2/5

This like you wanted to grab a bite to eat and accidentally stumbled into this dive bar and a crazy guy at the piano won’t stop talking and you wish you’d gone somewhere else.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

3/5

This feels like school

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

3/5

I don’t know man. It’s not bad.

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

I can smell what these guys are cookin’.

The Cars

5/5

This was just what I needed.

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

1/5

I just can’t with this 90s Mom rock.

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

2/5

Not spooky enough. Too 90s. Barry Schmarry.

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

1/5

British Cowboy music? BARF! 🤮

Blur

4/5

WOO HOO!

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

4/5

Out of all the Britpop bands, Pulp seems like they have the most sex. I’m not talking about a quick “shag”. Im talking about real sex.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

3/5

Supa satsfying

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

How did this get here?

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Almost as good as the soda!… Almost.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

What’s a battle?

Sheet Music

10cc

3/5

“Art Rock” truly is the best way to describe whatever kind of music this is.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

I love all the video game sound FX.

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

2/5

I got a fever and the only prescription is more tabla.

Parklife

Blur

4/5

I wanna hear a moody and serious cover of “Parklife” next time they make a Jurassic Park.

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

This seems really smart.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

4/5

A Love Supreme > A Taco Supreme It’s close though!

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

4/5

There’s a relaxing Bob Ross quality to this one.

American Gothic

David Ackles

2/5

Not all lost ‘70s albums need to be reclaimed.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

Any of these songs sound like they could be the theme to Roseanne.

2112

Rush

4/5

Some nerdy ass shit. But that’s good shit.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Pure dentist Muzak

The Velvet Underground

4/5

This is one of my go-to albums when I have a migraine. So you might say this album has the power to heal. ❤️‍🩹

Hms Fable

Shack

3/5

This is definitely an album.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

3/5

Like Stranger Things!

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

Makes me wanna hit something with a skateboard.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

3/5

You go girlfriend!

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

I can kick it.

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

3/5

Very cozy. Very 90s

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

2/5

Salsa ain’t my jam. Now if this was queso that would be a different story.

1984

Van Halen

4/5

Almost as much fun as the book!

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

I’ll never get over that soft and beautiful opening acoustic number going straight into Paul Simon discovering Moog synthesizers. It’s awesome.

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

3/5

Finland done good.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

4/5

He’s a piece of a shit. It’s also really good. It’s complicated.

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

4/5

This thinks it’s SO cool.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

It makes a lot of sense that they cast this guy as a singing ape

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

Damn those Swedes. They did it again!

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

3/5

If drugs were a band.

Achtung Baby

2/5

More like ECCH-tung 🤢

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

Moody and dark and yet it’s a real toe-tapper!

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Hey, I want a Mercedes Benz too!

Sincere

Mj Cole

2/5

The amount of dull English House music on this list is staggering.

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

2/5

Dentist rock at its finest.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

This was cool when I was like 17.

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

2/5

You make this live album over 90 minutes long and don’t even play “Brown Eyed Girl” or “Moondance”? That’s just sick, man.

Copper Blue

Sugar

2/5

Starting to get a little bored of all the just “fine” 90s albums on this list. Are these just all Robert Dimery’s favorite albums from high school or something?

Arular

M.I.A.

4/5

I miss the days when all I knew about M.I.A. was how dope her music was. 😞

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Like Seinfeld!

Permission to Land

The Darkness

4/5

Fuck yeah, those were the days.

Paris 1919

John Cale

3/5

It was okay.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

Classic mopey boys mopin’ it up.

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

2/5

I do not have much fondness for the synths of the early 90s.

Phrenology

The Roots

3/5

Makes me wish it was still 2002 and I was just chilling and watching Toonami.

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

This what I call morning wood.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

It’s okay. 😏

The Only Ones

3/5

These guys sound like nerds.

Nowhere

Ride

3/5

Vibes, bruh, vibes.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Hard to think of many classic albums that start stronger than this one.

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

4/5

Worth the wait. 😎

Funeral

Arcade Fire

4/5

It’s hipster bullshit but it’s still good.

Signing Off

UB40

2/5

English reggae just ain’t my bag.

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

Goth boys dun good.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

This album sounds drunk.

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

4/5

For a bunch of British white guys this is funky as Hell.

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

The future is beeps and boops.

Music

Madonna

2/5

Maybe it’s a generational problem but Madonna will always feel like drunk mom music to me.

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

3/5

This has got percussion up the wazoo!

The Clash

4/5

Spot on. Right.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

This feels SO 90s

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

2/5

It's 2 stars, bitch.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

All her stuff feels SO sad now.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Yeah, dude we all know.

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

4/5

Crazy to think there was a time when one of the coolest things around was a bunch of scrawny white British dudes playing old blues music.

Common

3/5

Makes me nostalgic for the early Adult Swim era of Hip Hop.

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

4/5

He sure loves to bitch about stuff... And I love it!

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

I came for the rock but I stayed for the soul.

Live At Leeds

The Who

5/5

I fucking loved this album when I was 14 and it still hits as hard today. 🎯

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

“Hotel California” is like the boomer National Anthem.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

I like Dolly but she’s always sounded like a cartoon mouse to me.

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

Like proto-Vampire Weekend with a Chevy Chase jump scare.

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

4/5

Like if Mad Magazine was a band.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

Merry Chrysler!

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

This makes me miss VH1

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

It’s like Fallout!

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

1/5

Somehow I find him more charismatic as the villain in Sling Blade.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Grunge is born!

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

The final boss of “Sad White Guy Guitar Music”.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

This puts the FUN in Funky… Get it?!?

Raw Power

The Stooges

5/5

You’d have to have a heart of napalm to not like this album.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Court AND Spark? Together at last?

The Man Who

Travis

2/5

The Man Who didn't want to listen to this album... Spoiler: It was me.

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

This hit me like a flower.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Grandpa hive rise up!

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

I’m proud to be one of his employees!

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

3/5

I wouldn't mind living in this so-called guitar town.

Teen Dream

Beach House

3/5

You couldn't find a more appropriate label for this than "Dream Pop".

Iron Maiden

3/5

You know it's early cuz the skeleton guy looks kinda derpy on the cover.

Kala

M.I.A.

4/5

Sigh. Really wish she wasn't so crazy.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

This dude has so many albums. I'd never heard of this one.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

She sure is!

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

I could stare at that album cover for fifty years.

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

Meh.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Makes me want to go rollerblading.

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

I can't believe they used Swamp Thing's house as the cover.

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

1/5

I can’t believe an album with a 55/100 on Metacritic is on here.

Arise

Sepultura

2/5

I have nothing against this kind of music. I just can’t tell when it’s supposed to be good.

Queen II

Queen

3/5

Warning: This is NOT the one with Bohemian Rhapsody!

Fun House

The Stooges

5/5

Fun!

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

3/5

This seems smart.

No Other

Gene Clark

3/5

Sounds like hippies alright.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

I bought a copy of this on vinyl in 2006 for 98 cents. The second side of the second record was all warped. So I still get nervous when I hear "Sweet is the Night".

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

I feel bad that my introduction to "Lost in the Supermarket" was the movie "Over the Hedge".

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

They couldn’t even beat the Be Sharps at the Grammys

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

The flex to put "Planet Caravan" inbetween "War Pigs", "Paranoid" and "Iron Man". RESPECT.

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

3/5

Does anybody really know how good this is?

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

3/5

I fell asleep at one of their concerts once. Still feel bad about it.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

A helluva vibe.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

I just had the weirdest morning commute ever.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

A very very very fine album

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

2/5

I don't want to live in the Afterfuture!

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

5/5

Listened to this on my morning commute and felt like I was a gonna crash. 5/5 No notes.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

This vibe is chill AF. 😎

Either Or

Elliott Smith

5/5

I’m SAD!!!

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

2/5

Dave Coulier slander.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

Huh? This is on here?

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

2/5

This somehow ahead of it’s time and incredibly dated.

War

3/5

What is it good for?

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Bowie didn’t die, he just went home.

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

This is like if Radiohead exclusively played folk pop and only released albums via Starbucks. I like it.

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

2/5

Somehow, Bjork with guitars is even weirder than Bjork with beeps and boops.

The Visitors

ABBA

3/5

I don't know most of these songs but I like how they sound.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

A delightful pre-Valentine's Day treat.

Garbage

3/5

It'd be funny if the album was bad and I could be like, "At least they got the name right!" But no, it's good.

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

3/5

I’m as surprised as you are.

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

A record with one of the weirdest first sides and one of the greatest second sides.

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

3/5

Definitely on the short list of white guys who can pull off afros.

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

3/5

One of the great names in music.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

2/5

Songs about Minotaurs? No drums? What a bunch of nerds.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

🥵🥵🥵

Truth

Jeff Beck

3/5

Lies!!!

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

3/5

This guy's just always been cool, huh?

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Paul McCartney forgot to wear his shoes. Unprepared and unprofessional. Bad album.

In It For The Money

Supergrass

3/5

I appreciate the honesty.

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

2/5

Great opener. The rest sounds like it’s being played in a haunted gym from the 1980s.

Scum

Napalm Death

3/5

The musicianship is solid but the vocals sound like Cookie Monster on the toilet.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

That’s way too many people for one bathtub!

Out of Step

Minor Threat

4/5

21 minutes let's go!!!

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Uncle Sam is playing at my house. At my house.

Van Halen

5/5

The drunken boomer frat dude of rock albums.

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

3/5

Back when she was cool mom rock before she became regular mom rock.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Nick Cave feels like a real life Cormac McCarthy character.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

4/5

Back in the day, people described this as as The Beach Boys meets Motörhead with T. Rex and Judas Priest. I'll leave it at that.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

That's gonna be one well seasoned soup!

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

3/5

These guys are writing to science? What a bunch of nerds.

Live Through This

Hole

3/5

Makes me want to watch Daria.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

I heard about her from a Father John Misty song. Now I've heard an album from her. I'm officially cool.

Traffic

5/5

Used to rock this back in high school…. in 2007.

Pyromania

Def Leppard

2/5

Drunk mom rock (who tried cocaine once).

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

As long as he stays across the water.

Rage Against The Machine

3/5

Hell yeah! Fuck capitalism!

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

3/5

A love letter to 12 string guitar... and to a lesser extent, tambourine.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

They got the title right.

Elephant

The White Stripes

5/5

The day I heard songs from this on classic rock radio was the day I felt old.

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

3/5

One for the dads.

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

3/5

Struggling to remember what this was but I gave it a 3 so I guess it's fine.

1977

Ash

3/5

A good year!

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

These guys were just always good.

Make Yourself

Incubus

3/5

The album cover looks like the opening credits to every super hero movie of the early 2000s.

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

4/5

Four stars motherf#%ker!

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Immortalized in the timeless classic Twilight.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

As featured in the soundtracks to two equally iconic films: "Greenberg" and "Step Brothers".

Street Signs

Ozomatli

3/5

Hmm, interesting.

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

4/5

The way this album by a Seattle-area band timed up with the news the Seattle Sonics are coming back is like destiny.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

Cool Jazz dads unite!

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

4/5

This gave me a greater appreciation for the Bam Margera extended universe

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

2/5

I’m sure it’s awesome to listen to while building Gundam models but it’s not for me.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

They have OTHER albums?!?

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Hard to listen to these guys without getting distracted and going on an hours long deep dive into the disappearance of Richey Edwards

Talvin Singh

2/5

I don't even know if this album is OK.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Helluva Rise. Helluva Fall.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

Featuring one of my all time favorite songs to be featured in a Volkswagen commercial.

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

3/5

Quite the combination.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Some mighty fine chooglin’.

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

Doesn't feel that massive.

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

3/5

"The cost for recording Alien Lanes, if you leave out the beer, was about ten dollars." Dude, that rules.

New Forms

Roni Size

2/5

Needs more bass and less drum 🤔

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

I imagine this big chair is like the Big Comfy Couch but more serious.

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

3/5

I can't trust these guys or milk. Like, at all.

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

3/5

One of all time great shapes.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

I used this album cover as the backdrop once for a movie my brother and I made with G.I. Joes. A great album and a great substitute for an actual wall.

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

3/5

Ah yes, from Pure Moods.

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

5/5

これ、最高にヤバい！

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Hey, there he is!