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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Dust
Screaming Trees
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5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
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Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
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5 | 3.19 | +1.81 |
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Clandestino
Manu Chao
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5 | 3.23 | +1.77 |
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John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
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5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
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Ace of Spades
Motörhead
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5 | 3.29 | +1.71 |
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The Specials
The Specials
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5 | 3.29 | +1.71 |
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B-52's
The B-52's
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5 | 3.3 | +1.7 |
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Achtung Baby
U2
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5 | 3.3 | +1.7 |
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
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5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
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Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
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4 | 2.46 | +1.54 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
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1 | 4.05 | -3.05 |
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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
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1 | 3.63 | -2.63 |
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In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
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1 | 3.62 | -2.62 |
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
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1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
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At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
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1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
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Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
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1 | 3.35 | -2.35 |
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Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
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2 | 4.02 | -2.02 |
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Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
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2 | 3.92 | -1.92 |
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Tapestry
Carole King
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2 | 3.91 | -1.91 |
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Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
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1 | 2.84 | -1.84 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Beatles | 3 | 5 |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4.5 |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 5 |
| David Bowie | 3 | 4.33 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Miles Davis | 3 | 1 |
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Miles Davis · 1 likes
1/5
Day 136
2nd Miles Davis album I’ve had and 2nd Miles Davis I really haven’t enjoyed at all.
I’ve tried to enjoy jazz, and Kind of Blue is supposedly a really good entry point to do so but instead it just leaves me cold. The musicians are clearly talented, but the whole thing feels like a very long, very polite jam session where nothing actually happens to my uncultured ears.
Definitely a me problem but I can only score on my own personal enjoyment so it’s a 1/5
Herbie Hancock · 1 likes
4/5
Day 144
One of the things I’ve realised doing this list is that I have no clue about music, I don’t really understand why I like certain albums and why I don’t like others, I just do.
I’ve previously had some jazz albums and hated them yet this I found really enjoyable, will definitely be looking further into Herbie Hancocks back catalogue 8/10
Highlights
Chameleon
Watermelon Man
Oasis · 1 likes
5/5
Day 146
Like a lot of people my age in the UK, I was absolutely obsessed with Oasis as a teenager. I thought Liam Gallagher was the coolest man alive, tried to copy the haircut and the walk, called Blur a bunch of southern puffs, even though I secretly quite liked them, the lot.
Fast forward a bit I had a flatmate who literally played nothing but this album and What’s the Story, Morning Glory? on repeat every single morning while getting ready for work and like that bloke who lived off McDonald’s for a year, even if you really love something, being force-fed it every day for an entire fucking year will eventually make you hate it.
Because of that I went right off Oasis, just stopped listening to them entirely. I hadn’t heard this album for years and had absolutely no interest in the recent reunion tour.
Coming back to it now with time passed though, I went back to loving it. It sounds so raw and exciting and took me straight back to being 16, drinking cheap cider in the park and feeling indestructible. They are not great or innovative musicians by any stretch of the imagination and the lyrics on songs like Shakermaker and Supersonic are total first draft nonsense, but it is impossible not to just get caught up in the attitude. I was listening while walking the dog and after a while realised I had my hands behind my back and was swaggering along like a fat mid-40s Liam wannabe.
Despite the years I spent refusing to listen to this it is still easily a 10/10 album for me. now where’s me bucket hat?
Highlights
Live Forever
Columbia
Slide Away.
1-Star Albums (14)
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Massive Attack
4/5
Already knew
1. Safe from Home
6. Unfinished sympathy
7/10
Funkadelic
3/5
Fantastic Solo on Title track
Can you get to that is lovely, 2 stand outs are
You and your folks
Super Stupid
7/10
Guns N' Roses
3/5
Tough one to rate, could quite happily never hear half the songs on this album again even though I quite like them, just way way overplayed. Highlight for me is probably rocket queen. 6/10
The Prodigy
4/5
Album I already knew well having seen The Prodigy several times through the years. Highlights for me are
Mindfield
Narayan
Climbatize
8/10
David Bowie
4/5
Day 5
Bowie a big gap in my knowledge, only knew the title track, listened to it several times today, liked it more every time, a great sign. 8/10
Highlights
Heroes
Blackout
Secret Life of Arabia
Pulp
4/5
Day 6
9/10
Know this one very well, grew up on Britpop. Some slightly dodgy lyrics but it holds up remarkably well as an album, not a skippable track on it even if the hits are a bit overplayed
Highlights
Most of it really but especially
Live Bed Show
Something Changed
Underwear
Manu Chao
5/5
Day 7
I had never heard any of these songs before or even heard of Manu Chao but absolutely loved this album. First album that’s made me glad to go through this list as it’s one I almost certainly wouldn’t have tried otherwise.
Every song sounds different but they all flow really well into each other. Will definitely be going into regular rotation and I’ll be checking out the rest of his discography.
Highlights
Clandestino
Bongo Bong (adored this one!!)
La Vie a 2
9/10
The Mothers Of Invention
1/5
Day 8
Not for me at all this one, incredibly frustrating as there they’ll be 30 seconds of what could be a lovely song followed by a minute of noise. The vast majority of it just doesn’t connect with me in anyway, there’s nothing here I’d particularly want to listen to again.
2/10
Highlights
Lonely little girl
Take your clothes off when you dance
Joan Armatrading
4/5
Day 9
Was only vaguely aware of Joan Armatrading, really enjoyed this album and will be checking out other albums. A solid 8/10 for me
Highlights
Down to zero
Save me
Like fire
Pearl Jam
5/5
Day 10!
Crazy getting this so early on. My favourite album by my favourite band containing my favourite song of all time in Black
An easy 10/10 for Ten on day 10.
Hard to pick highlights as there’s not a skippable track on here but I’ll say
Alive
Black
Garden
Elliott Smith
2/5
Day 11
Undoubtedly some nice songs here but it all kind of blended into one for me, not sure how likely I am to come back to this album. 4/10
Highlights were
Pictures of Me
Rose Parade
2.45am
Morrissey
3/5
Day 12
Some very strong tracks here, Morrissey undoubtedly has a knack for catchy songs with witty lyrics. Blokes still a Grade A prick though. 6/10
Highlights
Now my heart is full
Billy Budd
Why don’t you find out for yourself
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Day 13
Really enjoyed this album, love all the little samples and callbacks - will definitely be listening more. 8/10
Highlights
Can I Kick it?
Youthful Expression
Mr Muhammed.
Death In Vegas
2/5
Day 14
Weirdly I felt most of these songs started well with a good initial riff and then just kind of went nowhere, don’t think this is one I’ll be revisiting. 3/10
Highlights
Aisha
Luther’s Funk
Buffalo Springfield
2/5
Day 15
really like a few songs on this, but honestly, the rest of the album just didn’t do much for me. It felt kind of uneven and, at times, a bit dull. I was hoping for more songs that stood out, but most just blended together. Not terrible, just not something I’d come back to much beyond a few tracks. 4/10
Highlights
Hung upside down
Rock & roll woman
Norah Jones
1/5
Day 16
She clearly has a great voice but I didn’t enjoy this album at all, just not to my personal tastes. 2/10
Highlight
Cold cold heart
Talking Heads
4/5
Day 17
Brilliant album, love the basslines in a lot of these songs. 8/10
Highlights
Cities
Life during wartime
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Day 18
Amazing album, haunting music and lyrics about grief, would have to be in a certain mood to revisit but found it beautiful . 8/10
Highlights
Bright Horses
Waiting for You
Leviathan
Kate Bush
5/5
Day 19
Bit embarrassed to realise that this was my first time ever listening to a Kate Bush album.
The first half of Hounds of Love is pretty much pop perfection, sounds way ahead of its time. ‘Ninth Wave’, the more conceptual second half of the album, isn’t far off. A 10/10 for me
Highlights
Running Up That Hill
Hounds of Live
Cloudbusting
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Day 20
Some good songs but the album as a whole didnt really grab me, definitely prefer his anthemic rock stuff.
Highlights
Atlantic City
Johnny 99
Butthole Surfers
2/5
Day 21.
Hated this on first listen then liked it a little more after each subsequent listen. Definitely interesting, possibly one I’ll like more after some time. 4/10
Highlights
Sweet Loaf
Human Cannonball
John Lennon
5/5
Day 22
A classic, feels very much like the therapy it was for John in parts. 9/10
Highlights
Working Class Hero
Well Welll Well
God
The War On Drugs
3/5
Day 23
A strange one as I’ve listened to this album several times today, found it enjoyable enough and have noted the songs I liked the most but I literally can’t remember how any of them actually go as I write this. I’ll definitely be listening again though to see if anything sticks. 6/10 with possibility to go higher.
Highlights
Under the Pressure
Red Eyes
An Ocean in Between the Waves
Black Sabbath
3/5
Day 24
Never really been a metal head. First time listening to a Black Sabbath album and was very impressed, some awesome riffs that sound well ahead of their time. 7/10
Highlights
Supernaut
Snowblind
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3/5
Day 25
Was ready to hate this one with the way the album starts, ended up quite enjoying it though. Not sure how often I’d revisit 6/10
Highlights
Wail
2 kindsa love
Keith Jarrett
2/5
Day 26
This album has a really interesting story behind it and the guy is clearly very talented but unfortunately it just wasn’t for me at all, glad I’ve heard it but very unlikely I’ll listen again. 4/10
Radiohead
4/5
Day 27
Beautiful album, never gets old. 8/10
Highlights
Bodysnatchers
All I need
Reckoner
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
Day 28
If this album is ‘genius’, I’ll happily be dumb. Hated it 1/10
Screaming Trees
5/5
Day 29
Was surprised to see this on here, listened to it loads back in the 90s but hadn’t heard it for years. An underrated gem 9/10
Highlights
All I Know
Dying Days
Witness
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Day 30
Some absolutely gorgeous harmonies, really smooth. One I’ll definitely revisit on summer walks. 8/10
Highlights
Straight Shooter
California Dreamin’
Steely Dan
4/5
Day 31
A new one for me and I was really impressed. Looking forward to listening to the other Steely Dan albums 8/10
Highlights
Night by Night
Pretzel Logic
With a Gun
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Day 32
Contains probably my favourite Kylie song about getting brained with a rock 8/10
Highlights
Stagger Lee
The Kindness of Strangers
O’Malleys Bar
Aerosmith
3/5
Day 33
Big dumb rock music, always a place for big dumb rock music 7/10
Highlights
Love in an elevator
The other side
What it takes
Beatles
5/5
Day 34
Hometown heroes! The Beatles were practically a religion in my family growing up. I haven’t played this album start to finish in at least 15 years but every note is still burned into my memory.
Listening again still brings back so many happy childhood memories. It’s amazing how music can do that. Easy 10/10.
Highlights
Tell Me Why
Any Time At All
When I Get Home
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Day 35
Wish I enjoyed this more because how amazing Stevie is but unfortunately all the slower ballads just didn’t grab me at all. The 2 songs I really liked are proper bangers though 5/10
Highlights
Maybe your baby
Superstition
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Day 36
I found the story behind this album more interesting than the album itself. Didn’t hate it and definitely glad I’ve heard it but doubt I’ll revisit at all 4/10
Highlight
Alife
Sepultura
4/5
Day 37
Really enjoyed this, some absolute bangers. Only managed 2 listens as had a busy day but first impressions were good so I’ll be playing it a lot more over coming days 8/10
Highlights
Roots Bloody Roots
Cut-throat
Dusted
Fiona Apple
3/5
Day 38
Great voice, can see why this album is so popular, amazing she was so young writing this. Not entirely my cup of tea 6/10
Highlights
Sleep to Dream
Criminal
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Day 39
8/10
Highlights
Wait until Tomorrow
If 6 was 9
Bold as Love
Violent Femmes
5/5
Day 40
Wow, can’t believe I’d never heard this album before, absolutely love it. Instantly hooked me in and has been on repeat all day and probably will be for a good while yet. Been a long time since I instantly got hooked on an album after a first listen like this. 10/10
Highlights
Kiss Off
Add it Up
Gone Daddy Gone
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Day 41
Not exactly a hot take but this album is pretty much perfection. 10/10
Highlights
The whole album but is there a better moment on any album ever than when the baseline at the end of The Chain kicks in?
LL Cool J
2/5
Day 42
This was fine as background music, not one I’m likely to revisit 4/10
Highlights
Mr Good Bar
Mama Said Knock You Out
Orbital
2/5
Day 43
It was ok, just not something I listen to. 4/10
Highlight
Lush 3.1
The Shamen
1/5
Day 44
Probably something I’d have enjoyed a lot more back when I spent my weekends chemically enhanced, chewing my face off. I’m old and boring now so it’s a 2/10
Highlight
Move any Mountain
Supergrass
3/5
Day 45
Listened to this a lot as a teenager in the 90s, musically or lyrically it’s not reinventing the wheel but it’s still pretty fun 6/10
Highlights
I’d Like to Know
Lose it
Motörhead
5/5
Day 46
First time listening to a full Motörhead album and it blew me away, excellent stuff. 9/10
Highlights
Shoot you in the back
Dance
The chase is better than the catch
B.B. King
4/5
Day 47
First time hearing this album, incredible vibe from the crowd. Great voice and guitar playing, the short play time flew by. 8/10
Highlights
It’s my own fault
You done lost your good thing
Help the poor
Arcade Fire
5/5
Day 48
Love it - 3 very different yet equally great albums I’d never listened to before in a row. So glad I started doing this after being stuck in a bit of a music rut for a while 9/10
Highlights
Laika
Power Out
Rebellion Lies
PJ Harvey
3/5
Day 49
Was heavier than I was expecting, some nice songs I’ve added to my dog-walking rotation list. 7/10
Highlights
O Stella
Dress
Sheela Na Gig
George Michael
2/5
Day 50
Really like the first 2 songs which obviously get a lot of radio play but didn’t find anything else here I’d return to. 5/10
Highlights
Faith
Father Figure
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Day 51
Only knew the one song. 6/10
Highlights
Stop
No one’s leaving
Been caught stealing
Big Brother & The Holding Company
2/5
Day 52
Not one I’d return to
3/10
Highlight
Piece of my heart
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Day 53
Enjoyed this one, nothing hugely standout but a good listen, probably be about the millionth person to point out a lot of it sounds Bowie like. 7/10
Highlights
All the way from Memphis
Violence
5/5
Day 54
Nearly 60 years old and still blows most modern music out of the water, truly groundbreaking. Not quite perfect for me as I always skip within you, without you, but it’s damn close 9/10
Highlights
With a Little Help From My Friends
Getting Better
A Day in The Life
Prince
4/5
Day 55
Prince is obviously a musical genius but as much as I enjoyed a lot of the songs on this album I would have preferred them with a few minutes taken off. 7/10
Highlights
1999
Little Red Corvette
DMSR
Goldfrapp
3/5
Day 56
Wasn’t what I was expecting, nice background music whilst working today, probably wouldn’t return often though 6/10
Highlights
Happiness
A&E
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Day 57
Only had time to listen once so may edit in future but on first listen found it quite same, not bad but didn’t really hold my interest, will try it again over coming days. For now 4/10
Highlights
Oh what a world
Go or go ahead
Britney Spears
1/5
Day 58
Looking back, it really is creepy how Britney Spears was marketed around this album. A couple of decent enough bubblegum pop songs on here, although Soda Pop is probably the cringiest thing I’ve ever heard, the song I liked most is the only(?) cover. 2/10
Highlights
Born to make you happy
The beat goes on
Curtis Mayfield
2/5
Day 59
Really liked the first track but nothing else really held my attention 3/10
Highlight
Billy Jack
Radiohead
3/5
Day 60
Not my favourite Radiohead album but still some classics on here 7/10
Highlights
Planet Telex
Just
Street Spirit
The Roots
3/5
Day 61
Not sure I’d ever go back and listen to the full album again but some great tracks on here 7/10
Highlights
Sacrifice
Break you off
Water
Dire Straits
3/5
Day 62
First 3 songs are great, the rest just kind of washed over me until the brilliant final track. 7/10
Highlights
So Far Away
Money for Nothing
Brothers in Arms
T. Rex
4/5
Day 63
Loved this, will definitely be replayed a lot 9/10
Highlights
Mystic Lady
Spaceball Ricochet
Ballrooms of Mars
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Day 62
Tough one to rate as I got to know Ian McCulloch a little bit through music and football in the 00s and he is undoubtedly one of the most arrogant, smug pricks I’ve met in my entire life. Just going off the music though, it’s fine I guess 6/10
Highlights
The Cutter
My White Devil
Heads Will Roll
The B-52's
5/5
Day 63
Probably my biggest surprise of the list so far, don’t know whether I was just in a good mood but I loved this album and listened to it through with no skips several times. 9/10
Highlights
52 Girls
Dance this Mess Around
Hero Worship
ZZ Top
4/5
Day 64
Excellent, sometimes big dumb rock music about fucking is exactly what you want to listen to. 8/10
Highlights
I need you tonight
I got the six
Bad girl
Songhoy Blues
4/5
Day 65
Another brilliant album I would never have listened to without this website. 9/10
Highlights
Soubour
Irganda
Petit Metier
Turbonegro
3/5
Day 66
I didn’t hate this as big dumb rock music but nothing massively stood out and I doubt it’s one I’d come back to at all 6/10
Highlights
The Age Of Pamparius
Get it on
Fats Domino
2/5
Day 67
Voice as smooth as butter but not an album I’d return to. Good but not for me 5/10
Highlights
Blueberry Hill
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Day 68
7/10
Highlights
Red Rain
Sledgehammer
Big Time
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Day 69
This is definitely why I agree there should not be a skip button in this project. I rolled my eyes when I saw this was today’s album as I got a Britney Spears album a week or so back and despised it and thought this would be more of the same but I ended up really enjoying a lot of it, it’s definitely bloated and drags a bit in the 2nd half but there’s definitely songs on here I will be returning to, especially the lovely ‘oh mother’ 7/10
Highlights
Makes me wanna pray
Back in the day
Oh mother
The Fall
3/5
Day 70
The only time I ever saw The Fall live, Mark E Smith performed the entire show with a massive piss stain down the front of his trousers, was fucking hilarious. 7/10
Highlights
Lost in Music
Glam-Racket
Paranoia Man…
Miles Davis
1/5
Day 71
I definitely realise this is a me problem because of how highly Miles Davis is generally regarded but I absolutely hated this album and couldn’t wait for it to be over with. I’m probably just an uncultured swine but I can only rank on personal enjoyment so it’s a 1/10
Beck
4/5
Day 72
Can never go wrong with a bit of Beck, insanely talented man. 8/10
Highlights
Hell Yes
Go it Alone
Chain Reaction
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
2/5
Day 73
Didn’t do a great deal for me this 3/10
Highlights
Little Girl
Another Man
Funkadelic
3/5
Day 74
Only had time to listen through once but on first listen I preferred this to maggot brain. 7/10
Highlights
One Nation Under A Groove
Into You
Bonnie Raitt
1/5
Day 75
Gave it a chance but not one ill return to 2/10
Highlights
Love Letter
Nobody’s Girl
Happy Mondays
4/5
Day 76
A great live band in a weirdly chaotic way, seen them several times. 8/10
Highlights
Fat Lady Wrestlers
Wrote for Luck
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Day 77
This was every house party from the year I turned 18 and for about 3 years afterwards. Every song burned into my brain even though it’s not one I’d choose to listen to often 7/10 for the happy memories.
Highlights
Kalifornia
Acid 8000
The Stooges
3/5
Day 78
Great album, holds up remarkably well for an album released over half a century ago 7/10
Highlights
Search & Destroy
Penetration
Raw Power
The Cure
4/5
Day 79
Didn’t know any of the songs on this album, really enjoyed it 8/10
Highlights
Play for Today
A Forest
M
Metallica
4/5
Day 80
Don’t really think the orchestra added a great deal to be honest but can’t really go wrong with 2 hours of Metallica 8/10
Highlights
No Leaf Clover
Bleeding Me
Outlaw Torn
Beatles
5/5
Day 81
9/10. Too hungover for notes.
Highlights
Rocky Raccoon
Helter Skelter
The Lemonheads
2/5
Day 82
This is fine but one I’m unlikely to ever return to bar a couple of songs. 5/10
Highlights
My Drug Buddy
Bit Part
Jungle Brothers
3/5
Day 83
Could definitely see me middle aged white man dancing to this at a festival whilst people I’m with slowly move away pretending they don’t know me. 6/10
Highlights
Sunshine
Belly Dancing Dina
Mj Cole
2/5
Day 84
Not one I’ll return to, was ok as background music 3/10
Highlights
Crazy Love
Sincere
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Day 85
The little word cloud thing says the most popular word in album reviews for this is ‘groovy’, hard to disagree really. 8/10
Highlights
Pusherman
Superfly
The Thrills
2/5
Day 86
Surprised to see this on the list, it’s fine but absolutely nothing special 4/10
Highlights
Big Sur
Don’t steal our sun.
Dwight Yoakam
1/5
Day 87
Wasn’t feeling this one at all, is that his real voice? Almost sounded like weird Al doing a parody of country but that would have at least been funny. 2/10
Highlight
I sang Dixie
David Bowie
4/5
Day 88
Definitely one of Bowies stronger albums imo, lots to enjoy on here 8/10
Highlights
Where are we now?
Valentines day
The Fall
2/5
Day 89
Didn’t enjoy this as much as the Fall album I’d had previous. Probably nothing I’ll ever come back to 4/10
Highlight
Frightened
Blur
4/5
Day 90
Hard to explain just how massive this album was in the UK when it was released, still some absolute bangers on here I come back to often 8/10
Highlights
End of a Century
London Loves
This is a Low
Patti Smith
4/5
Day 91.
Loved this, will be checking out the rest of her discography 9/10
Highlights
Gloria
Free Money
Break it Up
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
Day 92
Really enjoyed this, a bit overlong but some great tracks I’ll definitely return to. 8/10
Highlights
Keep on Growing
Tell the Truth
Layla
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Day 93
Took me a couple of goes but ended up really enjoying this. 7/10
Highlights
Just Like Honey
Sowing Seeds
Mekons
3/5
Day 94
This may be the previously unknown record I’ve had on this list which I’ve listened to most and I still can’t decide a rating. It’s unlike anything I’ve listened to before and I just can’t get my head round whether I like it or not even after about 10 full listens. There are definitely songs I’ll return to here but I don’t think the album will get many full plays in future. I’m giving it a 3 for now but may edit to a 1 or 5 in future, one I’m definitely glad to have heard though.
Highlights
Trouble down South
Last Dance
The Temptations
3/5
Day 95
Starts very strong with 3 belting tracks but nothing else on here gets close to those 5/10
Highlights
Funky Music sho nuff turns me on
Run Charlie run
Papa was a rolling stone
Gene Clark
3/5
Day 96
A very interesting album with a terrible cover picture. 7/10
Highlights
No Other
Some Misunderstanding
The Hives
3/5
Day 97
An absolute staple of music festivals in the Uk over the past 2 decades or so, I’ve seen The Hives several times and always had an absolute blast. One of the most charismatic live bands I’ve ever seen, yet somehow the studio albums just don’t do it it for me anywhere near as much. 6/10
Highlights
Hate to say I told you so
Main offender
3/5
Day 98
Every song starts well, every single is at least twice as long as it needs to be imo 6/10
Highlights
The Cisco Kid
Beetles in the Bog
The Specials
5/5
Day 99
Such a great album, just so fun yet a lot of the songs about serious topics. 9/10
Highlights
Too Hot
New Era
Blank Expression
The Waterboys
3/5
Day 102
To paraphrase a football cliche, I’d say this was very much an album of 2 halves. Starts out extremely strongly but sags quite a lot towards the end. Averages out to a 3
Highlights
Fisherman’s Blues
We will not be Lovers
World Party
Scritti Politti
2/5
Day 103
Not terrible by any means but not sure there’s anything on here that I’d find myself really wanting to revisit in future 5/10
Highlights
The Word Girl
Hypnotise
3/5
Day 104
A band I’ve always struggled to get into, no doubt talented and there was enough on here to keep me interested but the falsetto voice he insists on at times goes right through me. 6/10
Highlights
Map of the problematique
Invincible
LTJ Bukem
2/5
Day 105
Not for me at all
Björk
1/5
Day 106
Interesting but not enjoyable 2/10
Highlight
Where is the line
Frank Black
2/5
Day 107
Had never heard this album before despite Pixies albums being in regular rotation. Honestly didn’t find it anything special and could definitely have lost a good third of the tracks on here for a lot tighter album. 5/10
Highlights
Calistan
Headache
Pixies
5/5
Day 108
First time I’ve had one of those strange coincidences, I had a Frank Black album the day before this and mentioned Pixies were in my regular rotation and here we are. I love this album, debaser may be the best opening track of all time.
Highlights
Debaser
Hey
Gouge Away
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Day 109
My first tube listening to a Velvet Underground album despite how influential they are to a lot of my favourite bands 7/10
Highlights
Pale Blue Eyes
I’m set Free
After Hours
Bob Dylan
4/5
Day 110
First Dylan album of the list for me, someone I’ve never listened to a great deal which is something I need to change. Enjoyed this album greatly 8/10
Highlights
I want you
Stuck inside of Mobile…
Just like a Woman
Prince
5/5
Day 112
On a serious hot streak at the moment, some of the best pop songs of the 80’s on this album, the last minute or so of The Beautiful Ones is immense. Has to be top marks.
Highlights
Beautiful Ones
When Doves Cry
Purple Rain
The Zutons
3/5
Day 112
I’ve tried to avoid looking at what albums are on this and seeing this one caught me off guard as I had no idea why it’s on here despite being a fan of The Zutons. Don’t get me wrong they’re a cracking local band, I’ve seen them live several times and always had a great time but I wouldn’t really call this essential listening. 6/10
Highlights
Remember Me
Dirty Dancehall
Moons and Horror Shows
Grizzly Bear
3/5
Carole King
2/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Day 115.
Only previously knew Hallelujah, enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. 8/10
Highlights
So real
Eternal life
Forget her
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Day 116
Not one is return to.
Highlight
Planet D
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Day 117
A lovely surprise this one. For some reason I thought Cocteau Twins were a folksy acoustic band, I ended up really really enjoying this and will be checking out the rest of their discography. 8/10
Highlights
Heaven or Las Vegas
I wear your Ring
Wolf in the breast
James Brown
3/5
Day 118
What a voice James Brown had, really fun live album. 7/10
Highlights
Try me
Lost someone
The medley
Fairport Convention
4/5
Day 119
Four stars for Liege & Lief. “Matty Groves” rips with gleeful drama, and “Tam Lin” charges ahead like a horse that’s late for battle. Those two alone carry the album into classic territory. The rest is solid, but those tracks make it shine. 8/10
Highlights
Matty Groves
Tam Lin
John Cale
4/5
Day 120
I only recently became vaguely aware of John Cale thanks to his song with Charlie XCX, after Wiki-ing I was surprised to see he was a founding member of Velvet Underground as this really sounds more like a lost Kinks album to me, I’d say it sounds quintessentially English but that would definitely offend anyone Welsh reading.
Certainly one I’ll be listening to again 8/10
Highlights
Hanky Panky Nohow
Andalucia
Paris 1919
Gary Numan
3/5
Day 121
7/10
Highlights
ME
Cars
Sade
3/5
Day 122
My penis has a Pavlovian response to this album, probably shouldn’t have listened whilst I was out shopping. Anyone have the number for a good lawyer?
Highlights
Smooth Operator
Cherry Pie
The Beta Band
3/5
Day 123
Quite enjoyed this as background music whilst playing a few games of Balatro, very definition of easy listening, will definitely be playing it again 7/10
Highlights
Squares
Broke
Quiet
Living Colour
4/5
Day 124
Really enjoyed this, will be listening to it a lot more 8/10
Highlights
Cult of Personality
Middle Man
Desperate People
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Day 125
So many classics on one album, as easy a 5/5 as there is on this list
Highlights
Sir Duke
Pastime Paradise
Black Man
Common
3/5
Day 126
Few enjoyable songs on here, really liked Testify. Not sure I’d come back to the full album in future 6/10
Highlights
The Corner
Testify
They Say
The Libertines
2/5
Day 127
Always kind of hated The Libertines, saw it as music for art students from the Home Counties to try and feel a bit edgy. First time listening to this album in 20 years, it’s not quite as terrible as I remember now the hype isn’t around it but I still don’t really understand how they became so massive, basically the kooks on smack. 5/10
Highlights
Can’t stand me now
The ha ha wall
Campaign of hate
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Day 128
Second JAMC album off this list I’ve had and I definitely
Preferred this one to psychocandy which I found too feedback heavy, some nice shoegaze here that I’ll return to.
Highlights
Happy when it rains
April skies
Wu-Tang Clan
3/5
Day 129
I found some of the ‘skits’ absolutely excruciating, but no doubt there is some excellent production on some of the songs here 7/10
Highlights
Can it all be so simple
CREAM
Nick Drake
4/5
Day 130
Never listened to any Nick Drake before, enjoyed this, will be returning to it 8/10
Highlights
At the chime of a city clock
Fly
Poor boy
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4/5
Day 131
Lovely harmonies, really enjoyed this one.
Highlights
Golgotha
King of Kings
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Say 132
One of my favourite albums of all time, simple as that.
Highlights
Zero
Love
An Ode to No one
Neneh Cherry
3/5
Day 133
Few nice songs here and Buffalo Stance is obviously a banger. Was surprised to see a member of Massive Ataack involved with this album but can definitely hear it in some of the mellower tracks
Highlights
Buffalo Stance
Kisses on the Wind
1/5
Day 134
Not for me at all, struggled to get through this.
Various Artists
3/5
Day 135
Some lovely Christmas songs which I may have enjoyed more had I not been stuck on a 12 hour day shift, maybe next Christmas it’ll rate higher
Highlights
White Christmas
Here comes Santa claus
Miles Davis
1/5
Day 136
2nd Miles Davis album I’ve had and 2nd Miles Davis I really haven’t enjoyed at all.
I’ve tried to enjoy jazz, and Kind of Blue is supposedly a really good entry point to do so but instead it just leaves me cold. The musicians are clearly talented, but the whole thing feels like a very long, very polite jam session where nothing actually happens to my uncultured ears.
Definitely a me problem but I can only score on my own personal enjoyment so it’s a 1/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Day 137
Enjoyed this a lot, blues is a genre I’d never given much of a chance to, it’s so much more fun than I would have thought 8/10
Highlights
Got my brand on you
Got my mojo working
Morrissey
4/5
Day 138
Morrisseys strongest album in my opinion 8/10
Highlights
Irish blood, English heart
The world is full of crashing bores
First of the gang to die
CHIC
3/5
Day 139
Few really fun tracks here but not sure I’d return to the full album 6/10
Le Freak
Happy Man
I want your Live
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Day 140
All the songs follow pretty much the same template but it’s a pretty great template.
Highlights
Natural Mystic
Three Little Birds
One love
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Day 141
This kind of washed over me, nothing bad by any means but not one I’m likely to return to 6/10
Highlights
History Song
Nature Springs
History song
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Day 142
Didn’t enjoy this anywhere near as much as So, seemed a bit all over the place to me. 5/10
Highlights
Solsbury Hill
Down the Dolce Vita
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Day 143
Superb album 10/10
Highlights
Stairway to Heaven
Misty Mountain Hop
When the Levee Breaks
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Day 144
One of the things I’ve realised doing this list is that I have no clue about music, I don’t really understand why I like certain albums and why I don’t like others, I just do.
I’ve previously had some jazz albums and hated them yet this I found really enjoyable, will definitely be looking further into Herbie Hancocks back catalogue 8/10
Highlights
Chameleon
Watermelon Man
Slade
4/5
Day 145
Had never really given Slade a chance before, mainly because how overplayed the Christmas song is but I really enjoyed this, some absolute stompers. 8/10
Highlights
I won’t let it ‘appen again
Gudbuy Gudbuy
Mama weer all crazee now
Oasis
5/5
Day 146
Like a lot of people my age in the UK, I was absolutely obsessed with Oasis as a teenager. I thought Liam Gallagher was the coolest man alive, tried to copy the haircut and the walk, called Blur a bunch of southern puffs, even though I secretly quite liked them, the lot.
Fast forward a bit I had a flatmate who literally played nothing but this album and What’s the Story, Morning Glory? on repeat every single morning while getting ready for work and like that bloke who lived off McDonald’s for a year, even if you really love something, being force-fed it every day for an entire fucking year will eventually make you hate it.
Because of that I went right off Oasis, just stopped listening to them entirely. I hadn’t heard this album for years and had absolutely no interest in the recent reunion tour.
Coming back to it now with time passed though, I went back to loving it. It sounds so raw and exciting and took me straight back to being 16, drinking cheap cider in the park and feeling indestructible. They are not great or innovative musicians by any stretch of the imagination and the lyrics on songs like Shakermaker and Supersonic are total first draft nonsense, but it is impossible not to just get caught up in the attitude. I was listening while walking the dog and after a while realised I had my hands behind my back and was swaggering along like a fat mid-40s Liam wannabe.
Despite the years I spent refusing to listen to this it is still easily a 10/10 album for me. now where’s me bucket hat?
Highlights
Live Forever
Columbia
Slide Away.
Neu!
2/5
Day 147
Interesting enough but not one I’d return to. 5/10
Highlight
Seeland
Day 148
I’d never actually heard this album before, looking at U2s discography, I’d owned everything before this album and nothing from this album on. It’s not the best U2 alb but plenty to enjoy on here 7/10
Highlights
Walk on
Kite
The ground beneath her feet
Doves
2/5
Day 149
Started well but I was seriously losing interest by about half way through 5/10
Highlights
Words
There goes the fear
Steely Dan
5/5
Day 150
Absolutely superb album, only knew Do it Again and Reelin’ in the years previously. Was surprised to see it was their debut album, sounds so polished and confident. Definitely top marks for me
Highlights
Do it Again
Kings
Change of the Guard
Drive Like Jehu
3/5
Day 151
Quite enjoyed this even though didn’t understand a word
6/10
Highlights
Do you compute
Luau
Johnny Cash
3/5
Day 152
Always found Johnny Cash a bit of a mixed bag for my tastes, some fun stuff here but probably wouldn’t revisit the whole album, definitely prefer the San Quinten album. 6/10
Highlights
Folsom Prison Blues
Cocaine Blues
Otis Redding
2/5
Day 153
Wonderful voice but of the songs on here I already knew, I mainly prefer the originals
Highlights
Wonderful World
You don’t miss you water
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Day 154
Not my style at all.
Highlights
Hejira
Circle Jerks
2/5
Day 155
Nice to have an album I managed to listen to the entirety of whilst taking a dump.
Highlights
Beverley Hills
Operation
Stephen Stills
4/5
Day 156
Really enjoyed this, could have done without a couple of the god bothering songs but enough here for an excellent album
Highlights
Rock and roll crazies
Jet set
So begins the task
Rush
5/5
Day 157
Rush are one of those band that always come up on those ‘music you’ll like’ random playlists on music streaming services, but because I’m an idiot I’d always skip for some reason. I’ve missed out big time, I loved this album and will definitely be checking out the rest of their stuff.
Highlights
Tom Sawyer
Vital Signs
Giant Sand
3/5
Day 158
Hadn’t even heard of this band before, you can definitely tell they own more than one Velvet Underground album between them.
Highlights
Shiver
No reply
Satellite
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
Day 159
Had a few in the last week or so that have had me thinking ‘why the fuck have I never taken the time to listen to this before?’, this is another one.
Highlights
Carry on
Almost cut my hair
Deja vu
The Smiths
4/5
Day 160
Love it when you get a hot streak, some classics on here.
Highlights
A rush and a push….
I started something…
Stop me….
The Charlatans
3/5
Day 161
I quite like the Charlatans and still listen to their best of album ‘melting pot’ often, always found them a fine band who never quite find their identity and instead tried to sound like whichever Manchester band was most popular at the time, sounding like Stone Roses on earlier albums and trying to be Oasis here. Still a decent enough album but nothing special
Highlights
How High
One to Another
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Day 162
Enjoyed it at first but became a bit samey after a while.
Highlights
Ivo
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
Day 163
Highlight
North American Scum
The Black Keys
4/5
Day 164
Knew a lot of these, enjoyed the album a lot
Highlights
Next Girl
Howlin for you
The Isley Brothers
3/5
Day 165
Surprised how many of these I already knew, definitely some songs I’d return to
Highlights
That Lady
Listen to the music
The Band
4/5
Day 166
Wasn’t really familiar with this album, some excellent storytelling.
Highlights
The weight
Long black veil
David Bowie
5/5
Day 167
Superb album, there’s no one like Bowie.
Highlights
Changes
Kooks
Andy Warhol
The Byrds
4/5
Day 168
Never heard this before, really enjoyed it.
Highlights
I’ll feel a whole lot better
Here without you
It’s no use
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Day 169
Bizarrely, it took me up until today to realise Dusty Springfield was English, I always assumed she was American. Powerhouse voice, some excellent songs on here.
Highlights
Mama said
You don’t own me
Anyone who had a heart
Blondie
4/5
Day 170
Strong album, the 3 better known songs are definitely my favourite
Highlights
Hanging on the telephone
One way or another
Heart of glass
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Day 171
I’m an absolute sucker for harmonies, some lovely stuff here.
Highlights
Judy Blue Eyes
Pre Road Down
Hopelessly Hoping
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Day 172
First of what I believe is quite a few Elvis Costello albums on this list, man knows his way around a pop tune
Highlights
Green Shirt
Sundays Best
What’s so Funny….
The Birthday Party
3/5
Day 173
Certainly interesting and there is definitely the odd song where you can hear the future nick cave sound very clearly but not sure I’ll return to it as a whole album
Highlights
Several Sins
Kewpie Doll
6” gold blade
Miles Davis
1/5
Day 174
Nope, my third Miles Davis album and the third one I’ve hated, I keep expecting it to click because of how highly rated Miles is but I think I just have to accept I’m cloth-eared when it comes to Jazz music
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Day 175
Heck of a voice, nice as background music.
Highlights
Little Sister
The Art Teacher
Ice T
4/5
Day 176
One of the most surprising albums I’ve had so far, really really enjoyed this, wasn’t really what I was expecting, funnier than I thought it would be. Not quite full marks but pretty close. Mind over Matter may be one of my favourite discoveries on the whole list
Highlights
Mind over matter
New jack hustler
The tower
The Offspring
3/5
Day 177
Pretty fun pop-punk album.
Highlights
Gotta get away
Self esteem
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Say 178
The problem with this album is that it’s impossible not to compare it to Rumours which is kinda like thinking Michaelangelo is shit for not painting anything as good as the Sistine Chapel.
Highlights
Sara
Not that Funny
Anthrax
2/5
Day 179
Bit samey after a while
Highlights
NFL
Skeleton in the closet
Hugh Masekela
1/5
Day 180
I just don’t like Jazz very much unfortunately.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Day 181
Highlights
Like a rolling Stone
Tombstone Blues
Desolation Blues
Orbital
3/5
Day 182
Kinda just made me depressed how time passes, spent a few nights at festivals watching Orbital whilst chewing my own face off, man those days were awesome, just isn’t the same listening to this kinda music whilst drinking a cup of tea.
Highlights
Keibler trink wasser
Attached
The Pogues
4/5
Day 183
Incredibly talented songwriter, some classics here.
Highlights
A pair of brown eyes
Dirty old town
The band played waltzing Matilda
Big Star
3/5
Day 184
Not a band I was familiar with at all, really liked a few tracks but found others a bit of a slog to get through
Highlights
Don’t lie to me
When my baby’s beside me
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Day 185
Such an influential record and ahead of its time. Really interesting listen.
Highlights
Sunday Morning
I’m waiting for the Man
All tomorrows parties
Skepta
3/5
Day 186
A few gems amongst some excruciating skits.
Highlights
Crime Riddim
Shutdown
That’s not me
Sebadoh
4/5
Day 187
Properly in my wheelhouse musically to the point I’m amazed I’d never actually heard this album, probably not quite good enough to go full marks but pretty close.
Highlights
Sacred Attention
Sixteen
Flood
Amy Winehouse
2/5
Day 188
Talented but not for me.
Highlights
Back to Black
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Day 189
Wasn’t blown away but fine as background music.
Highlights
Check the Rhime
Skypager
Haircut 100
4/5
Day 190
An album which got stronger as it went on, will definitely be going into regular rotation.
Highlights
Fantastic Day
Surprise me again
Calling captain Autumn
The White Stripes
4/5
Day 191
Actually hadn’t heard this before despite playing other white stripes albums loads back in the day, knows how to write a tune like.
Highlights
Blue Orchard
My Doorbell
Denial Twist
Boston
3/5
Day 192
Solid but unspectacular.
Highlights
More than a feelin
Peace of mind
Smokin’
Ryan Adams
4/5
Day 193
One I hadn’t heard before, really enjoyed it , will be checking out more.
Highlights
Nobody Girl
Sylvia Plath
Goodbye Hollywood Blvd
Donovan
3/5
Day 194
Really groovy album for just kicking back and relaxing.
Highlights
Sunshine Superman
Season of the Witch
Lou Reed
5/5
Day 195
Not a dud on here, timeless album.
Highlights
Perfect Day
Satellite of Live
I’m so Free
Sarah Vaughan
2/5
Day 196
Beautiful voice and she seems an absolute sweetheart, really didn’t do anything for me though.
Highlights
Willow Weep for me
Honey suckle Rose
Kid Rock
3/5
Day 197
I actually have quite a bit of nostalgic goodwill for a few songs on this album, remember downloading them from Limewire as a teenager, like Kid Rock himself, it’s definitely not an album that’s aged well but still some decent enough stuff on here.
Highlights
Cowboy
I got 1 for ya
Only God knows why
Tori Amos
4/5
Day 198
Fantastic album, hadn’t heard any of it before.
Highlights
Crucify
Girl
Me and a Gun
Arcade Fire
5/5
Day 199
Stunning album, one of my favourites, loved it since I first heard it. Not a skippable track here. Easy 5
Highlights
Suburban War
Month of May
We used to Wait
Gang Of Four
3/5
Day 200
Funky, also found a song I’d been looking for for ages.
Highlights
Ether
Damaged Goods
Glass
Dr. John
3/5
Day 201
Only vaguely knew of Dr John through that Perfect Day cover he was part of in the 90s. This was an album of 2 halves in that really liked a few of the songs whilst others like Croker Courtboullion I kinda hated
Highlights
Mama Roux
Jump Sturdy
I walk on Gilded Splinters
Sister Sledge
4/5
Day 202
Music is fucking ace really isn’t it? Worlds gone to shit and it can still make you feel great.
Highlights
Lost in Music
We are Family
You’re a Friend to Me
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
Day 203
Didn’t hate it but nothing really memorable that I’ll come back to.
Highlights
Diana
War in Peace
Super Furry Animals
4/5
Day 204
A band I went to see live quite a few times back in the day, I actually prefer Radiator to Fuzzy Logic but still a great trip down memory lane
Highlights
God! Show me magic
Something 4 the weekend
Hangin with Howard Marks
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Day 205
A lot mellower than I was expecting from other PSB songs that I know, actually sounds ahead of its time, like something you’d hear at an Ibiza daytime club in 98.
Highlights
Being Boring
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Day 206
For me, this doesn’t quite hit the heights of Melon Collie… but it’s not far behind, fantastic album.
Highlights
Cherub Rock
Disarm
Mayonnaise
Marilyn Manson
4/5
Day 207
First time listening to a Marilyn Manson album and enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.
Highlights
Deformography
The Reflecting God
Man that you Fear
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Day 208
Found it quite repetitive after a while but plenty enjoyable
Highlights
No woman no cry
Them belly fully
So jah s’eh
Green Day
3/5
Day 209
Highlights
American Idiot
Wake me up when September ends
Whatsername
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Day 210
An album I thought got better as it went on to the point that the final 3 songs were the best. That Helter Skelter cover is fucking woeful though.
Highlights
Switch
Hong Kong Garden
The Staircase
Fugees
4/5
Day 211
Absolutely love this album, Lauryn Hill is flawless all the way through, would definitely be top marks if it weren’t for the annoying skits.
Highlights
How Many Mics
Ready or Not
The Mask
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Day 212
Beautiful album, absolutely lovely in places.
Highlights
You Want in Darker
Treaty
It seemed the better way
The Temptations
3/5
Day 213
Nice enough harmonies, love putting one overly long song on an album don’t they?
Highlights
Cloud Nine
Hey Girl
Dr. Dre
4/5
Day 214
I’ll never understand why rap albums have skits on them, even the ones that are mildly funny the first time are a complete waste of time. Very good album otherwise
Highlights
Fuck wit Dre day
Nuthin but a G thang
High Powered
Bauhaus
3/5
Day 215
A band I hadn’t listened to before, very interesting album, not really like anything else I’ve heard on the list.
Highlights
Hollow Hills
Kick in the Eye
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Day 216
Highlights
Boogie on Reggae Woman
You haven’t done nothin’
N.E.R.D
4/5
Day 217
Some excellent production here, really good album
Highlights
Fly or Die
The way she dances
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Day 218
Manics have always been one of those bands I wish I enjoyed slightly more, they seem like sound blokes and often have songs with really interesting themes but I find the music about as MOR as possible
Highlights
A design for life
Removable
All surface no feeling
Rush
4/5
Day 219
Didn’t enjoy this quite as much as Moving Pictures but still pretty terrific, especially the guitar.
Highlights
Twilight Zone
Something for Nothing
The Smiths
5/5
Day 220
One I knew very well, despite it probably being 15 years since I last listened to it in full.
Highlights
That Joke isn’t funny anymore
How Soon is Now?
Barbarism begins at home
Peter Frampton
5/5
Day 221
Amazing album, think this might be the first time I’ve had 2 ‘5’s’ in a row.
Highlights
Doobie Wah
I’ll give you money
Do you feel like I do
Randy Newman
4/5
Day 222
Fun album, I’m definitely going to dig deeper into his back catalogue.
Highlights
Rednecks
Naked man
A wedding in Cherokee country
Jethro Tull
4/5
Day 223
Highlights
Aqualung
Hymn 43
Luck your fingers clean (expanded edition)
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Day 224
Looking at the previous reviews, glad I wasn’t the first person to immediately look whether this was before Rod Stewart.
Highlights
Ponta de lanca africano
Take Mahal
Anita Baker
2/5
Day 225
Lovely voice and I was surprised how many songs on here I already knew but not an album I’d return to at all
Highlights
Sweet love
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
Day 226
The high points are very high and I’ll be checking out other albums but not sure I’d return to the album itself very often.
Highlights
Chicago
Zombies..
Bob Dylan
5/5
Day 227
Wonderful album, not a bad track on it.
Highlights
Tangled up in Blue
Idiot Wind
Meet me in the Morning
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
Day 228
Brilliant pop album, some great tunes, definitely a bit overlong though
Highlights
Jungle
Stepping out
Wild West hero
Laura Nyro
4/5
Day 229
Really enjoyed the uptempo songs here, had never heard anything before.
Highlights
Poverty Train
Eli’s coming
Women’s blues
Van Halen
3/5
Day 230
Just big dumb rock and sometimes that’s exactly what you want to hear.
Highlights
Jump
House of Pain
Billie Holiday
2/5
Day 231
Not remotely for me.
Highlights
I’m a fool to want you
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Day 232
He’s almost supernaturally good isn’t he?
Highlights
Living for the city
Higher ground
Jesus children of America
Pentangle
2/5
Day 233
Couldn’t get into this at all, I’ve liked previous Folk albums as well.
Highlight
Light Flight
The Allman Brothers Band
1/5
Day 234
I like what I’ve heard of Allman Brothers on studio albums but I didn’t get along with this at all, kind of hated it tbh
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Day 235
Fine if pretty throwaway 60’s pop.
Highlight
I’m not your stepping stone
Tom Waits
2/5
Day 236
Quite liked it at first but it got old really quickly and unlikely I’ll ever return to it, glad I heard it though.
Highlights
On a Foggy Night
Eggs and Sausage
Santana
3/5
Day 237
Fun album, obviously the guitar the highlight
Highlights
Black Magic Woman
I Hope your Feeling Better
Black Sabbath
4/5
Day 238
Some of the best riffs in rock
Highlights
The Wizard
NIB
Evil Woman..
Beastie Boys
4/5
Day 239
Great album, had only heard the best of before.
Highlights
She’s crafty
No sleep til Brooklyn
Slow and low
U2
5/5
Day 240
U2’s best album imo.
Highlights
One
Ultraviolet
Acrobat
Bob Dylan
5/5
Day 241
I’m still too intimidated to even attempt his entire back catalogue but this list has made me realise how much I like Dylan, like Johnny Cash or the American version of the Office, take me ages to get through it all.
Highlights
Masters of War
World war 3 Blues
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Day 242
This was fine but I’d be amazed if I actually remember any of it an hour from now
Highlight
Death Sound
Porpoise mouth
The Stone Roses
5/5
Day 243
Actually feels strange listening to some of the songs on here as I’m so used to the complete stone roses which has slightly different versions of most songs on here, what an album though, never seen them live but seen each individual member about 10 times each between Ian Broen, Seahorses and Primal Scream.
Highlights
This is the one
I am the resurrection
Fools gold