- Once: Based intro, very atmospheric, brings out a really grungy 90s vibe - Even Flow: - Alive: very chill, the song itself gets more and more alive the longer you listen to it, solid buildup - Why Go: Blues & Rock'n'Roll vibes, paired with alternative styles that sound like Audioslave and RATG at times sneaking in to it, I like - Black: something like a ballad to say goodbye to someone, fairly emotional, but not really my taste - Jeremy: sounds very artsy, can't really pinpoint it to a specific style - Oceans: mellow and dampened, you can hear the psychedelic influence and Led Zeppelin, but lacks energy in the chorus - Porch: sounds like Pearl Jam tried to be punk but with an atmospheric twist, or like the anarchist next door smoked too much weed - Garden: sounds relaxed and progressive, could be seen as Stoner Rock, easily the best song on the album - Deep: Sound is deeply into offset groovy drums, sounds like what Jimi Hendrix could've transformed into if he ignored Club 27, very nice - Release: Intro reminds me strongly of The Doors' "The End", sounds like a mix between post nut clarity and recovering from a drug addiction... ALSO the hidden ending sneaking in sounds veeery trippy, you wanna close your eyes and just indulge in it Overall this album shouldn't be considered Grunge, but Psychedelic/Stoner Rock. Sounds a lot like Samsara Blues Experiment, Stoned Jesus, Kyuss & Hendrix combined with the typical 90s alternative scene. Very nice to listen to if you wanna relax or focus and a good entry into the psych genre.

THE ALBUM 2/10 overall. The entire first part of the album is trash, I wouldn't let my worst enemies listen to this. The second part saves it from a worse score. Easily the worst album in The Police's entire discography. Would've been way nicer if the experimental songs were put at the back to have some actual okay songs to listen to at the start. Special shoutout to "Mother" for one of the worst songs my ears ever had to endure. THE SONGS IN ORDER - Synchronicity I: Interesting opening, sounds a bit like Pink Floyd, but faster. Did you know it's about sychronicity? If not then the song tells you about it a 1000 times. 3/10 - Walking In Your Footsteps: History about dinosaurs? Weird to mention nukes but okay, experimental, not my taste. 3/10 - O My God: OMG it's stereotypical 70s/80s music, who woulda thunk? Really nothing special about it honestly. 3/10 - Mother: Who fusioned Iggy Pop & David Gilmour into one dysfunctional acid trip? I bet the songs is called like it because you scream for your mum to stop it. Torture/10 - Miss Gradenko: meh, I guess it has a vibe going on, just not mine. 3/10 - Synchronicity II: definitely better than any other previous song on this album. 4/10 - Every Breath You Take: swiggity swooty - EBYT is one of The Police's most coveted songs for a reason. Goes hard if you love vibing to well composed music. This song doesn't belong on this album. Also if you know the lyrics' meaning,... 9/10 - King Of Pain: This sound is what The Police is best known for, very chill, very Police. Would listen to it again if being asked. 6/10 - Wrapped Around Your Finger: another typical 80s song, but now Sting actually uses his voice to more extend. Better than expected, sounds very rounded and chill. Lyrics sound like the logical succession to EBYT. 8/10 - Tea In The Sahara: Influences from Walking On The Moon are definitely audible, overall nice to listen to. 6/10 - Murder By Numbers: Strong Jazz influences, also a bit experimental, pretty groovy. You can bet this song was made for Audiophiles, but missed the mark. 5/10

THE ALBUM 3/5 Stars. What's nice is that the "Blunderbuss" album follows a certain style of mixing Blues, Jazz, Country and Alternative elements together. The raw and unfiltered nature makes it stand out as an art project. Since I know some of Jack White's previous work, I definitely expected way more Rock'n'Roll, but this was actually okay to listen to as well. I respect the work that probably went into this since White plays nearly all of the instruments himself. He tinkers and experiments a lot with his sound as a whole which you can hear in every song on this album. Would I listen to it again? Only to a couple songs with the intention of consuming art. If you want some insight to how Jack White creates his music, look for a documentary named "It Might Get Loud". Features Jimmy Page and The Edge as well. THE SONGS - Missing Pieces: very mainstream blues rock-ish. Not that going on but it feels very american. 3/10 - Sixteen Saltines: has just too much chaos going on, lyrics sounds wanky, 2/10 - Freedom At 21: don't really know what to think about this, there's a weird tremble in the background that sounds like someone's running. 2/10 - Love Interruption: "The only boy who could eeever teach me, was the son of a..." oh wait, yeah the intro throws you off heavily. Sounds like cheesy independent 60s music, but better and way more chill than the songs before. 4/10 - Blunderbuss: The title song, yeah (doesn't deserve it)... sounds too mellow for my taste, has a southern vibe, but no energy to it. Artsy, but not my taste. 5/10 - Hypocritical Kiss: Has definitely something going on, sounds more like a mainstream alternative song, but it's nice. 6/10 - Weep Themselves To Sleep: Piano doesn't mix well with a guitar when both play the same shit at the same time, BUT the song has a better vibe than I expected. Sounds a bit melodramatical. Jack, why does your guitar's connector have feedback? If this song was more clean, it could've gotten a better rating. 6/10 - I'm Shakin': Yeah me too ^^ This is alternative blues and what I expect Jack White to sound like. Melody sounds a bit wanky, but actually fits the song's vibe. Would listen to again 7/10 - Trash Tongue Talker: Rock'n'Roll-esque, the tempo shifts are... something; it's bluesy, but sounds more like a new band figuring out their tone. 4/10 - Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy: The only thing hip about this song is its' attempt to be; but it's not a bad song, there's probably an audience who likes this. 4/10 - I Guess I Should Go To Sleep: Actually a nice alternative blues song for once. I wouldn't say I hate it, but I don't like it either. 5/10 - On And On And On: Very chill intro, can't pinpoint the style, but better than most songs on this album. 6/10 - Take Me With You When You Go: Good song for a Coda, has Jazz rhythms paired with southern Country & Blues going on. 6/10

THE ALBUM 4/5 Em is one of my favourite rappers, lyrical god from Detroit, changed the literal way people thought about rap music and which artists could do it. Not his very best work, but close to it. Perfect reflection of the 2000s rap scene in terms of musical style. Listening to the whole album in one sitting can lead to a slim, shady feeling of being oversaturated. You'll have a hard time with this if you're a snowflake. There's some songs in here that are a little rough, but also some real gems. No 5/5 stars cuz The Eminem Show exists. THE SONGS - PSA: unfiltered af, I appreciate that. No rating. - Kill You: Flawless transition from the intro, typical Eminem guitar beat sounds, serial killer = cereal killer, this line especially got later acknowledgement in Logic's "Disgusting". 6/10 - Stan: went viral for years and for a good reason, the lyrics hit deep. I'm vibing to this anytime I listen to it. 10/10 - Who Knew: Em reflecting about his own music - and his fans? The beat is dope, the lyrics send a message. 6/10 - Steve Berman: stylistic cut, no rating - The Way I Am: One of the first Em songs I enjoyed listening to, even when I didn't really understand the lyrics. Lyrics about himself, as we'll see a couple other times in later albums. Church bell beats were modern back then. 7/10 - The Real Slim Shady: Will the real Slim Shady pls stand up? Makes my personal Top 3 of Eminem songs I listened to on the regular. Bonus points for mentioning Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit. Perfect reflection of the 2000s. 10/10 - Remember Me?: "... cuz I grab the mic and get dooown like syndrome", geez 😂 You couldn't publish these kind of lines today since everyone takes everything so seriously. Dope beat, very viby, very close to OG gangsta rap. 7/10 - I'm Back: Sounds like a family friendly beat, lyrics are more tame (only a bit). Chorus is a bit uninspired. 4/10 - Marshall Mathers: damn this is good. Critics called Em both homophobic and gay because of songs like this. The music itself is 8/10 - Ken Kaniff - Skit: awww suck it. No rating - Drug Ballad: yeah drugs are bad, kids. Message is there, my taste is not. 5/10 - Amityville: A song about Detroit, probably realistic. Beat is atmospheric, Em's aggressive, I like. 7/10 - Bitch Please II: Interscope Records allstars, dope af beat that stays in your head for hours, I have this on repeat in my focus playlist when I punish people in Tarkov. Turn this up, 10/10 - Kim: Coping with his then gf Kim, not really for me. 3/10 - Under The Influence: typical Eminem song, but really nothing special about this one. 5/10 - Criminal: This song hits. you know why? cuz I'm a CRIMINAL. Also somewhat relatable. 7/10 - The Kids: Drugs are bad Part II. Life lesson and horror movie in one song, veeery creative. Em sounds very much like 50 Cent in the chorus, thx Dre 😅. 8/10

THE ALBUM 4/5 (7.8/10 calc'd) The thing about Jazz is that it's not only highly experimental and spontaneous, but also very subjective. People say that it's about the notes you don't play to leave it open for imagination. This album really makes me feel something. It really brings home the idea of giving every instrument room to breathe, I love it. Also didn't think that a Jazz album would actually spark my creativity and make me imagine every song's meaning or story. A good example of why the product is worth more than the sum of its' parts. This is art - especially Nomali & Maesha. No max rating because I wanna keep that standard for the very best. THE SONGS - Part Of A Whole: Honestly: not bad at all. Reminds me of a busy train station. I can vibe to this. Intro equates outro, sounds a bit like an anime opening. The piano solo is gold, the song itself is pretty round. 8/10 - Minawa: This is very mellow and smooth, restaurant & foreplay music. I can drown in this. 9/10 - The Big Apple: Definitely sounds a bit more chaotic, not so much my taste, but I appreciate it. Good bg music. 6/10 - Unhome: The title is probably an old saying for getting evicted. The groove here is very interesting and creative. The type of music that forces you to listen. 7/10 - Maseru: This reads similar to "misery", and the intro sounds like a depressed alcoholic that stumbles on his way to his fav. bar. He enters it at 0:40 into the song and endulges in all sorts of beverage tasting. 8/10 - Inner Crisis: The song picks up at 1:20 with some nice energy, not too hasty, more like it's trying to bring light to something. 7/10 - Blues For Huey: Veeery percussion-heavy, reminds me of John Bonham's live drum solos. Suddenly a trumpet starts playing, then more and more instruments come in as they find their groove. I respect the effort. 8/10 - Nomali: Hard turn in style and tempo compared to the previous song. Slows down everything, including my OCD for well-crafted music. This is what Jazz is about for me. I'd listen to this at night drives. 10/10 - Maesha: Slows down the pace even more, very chill first 2 minutes, then it explodes into what I'd describe as an anthem, to then go back to being chill. This song drags me down into the groove as it makes me close my eyes and just enjoy the music. 10/10 - Ingoo Pow-Pow: The single non-instrumental song here, doesn't really help that I sadly don't understand the language. Definitely African Jazz, although I can't pinpoint if this was recorded simultaneously or mixed together after 2 separate takes. Very creative, but not my vibe. 5/10

THE ALBUM 5/5 (8.86/10) Oh it's CCR, one of my alltime favourite bands for many reasons. Even though I'm biased, I still wanted to give this album a fair rating - the maximum. It's the quintessential Swamp Rock album. 2 out of 3 of my favourite CCR songs are on this. Cosmo's Factory was on my fav list on Spotify before we started this challenge, and it will stay there. There's not a single bad song on this album and there's not many that come close. I adore it ❤️ THE SONGS - Ramble Tamble: simply a classic, perfect opening song for the album. 10/10 - Before You Accuse Me: Bluesy southern Rock, well executed, groovy. 8/10 - Travelin' Band: One of my favourite CCR songs. 10/10 - Ooby Dooby: nuanced Rock'n'Roll with gators mixed into it. 7/10 - Lookin' Out My Back Door: This scratches my itch for weird lyrics, you can interpret it in so many ways. 9/10 - Run Through The Jungle: One of my Top 3 favourite CCR songs. Captures the essential feeling of the Vietnam war's music, this is a vibe. 10/10 - Up Around The Bend: The groove and energy this song brings with it is pure positivity! 10/10 - My Baby Left Me: Mixes Jazz, Honky-Tonk, Swamp Rock and Southern Blues. 8/10 - Who'll Stop The Rain: Entry #2 in my Top 3 CCR songs. 10/10 - I Heard It Through The Grapevine: Very successful for a reason, but not one of my favourites. 8/10 - Long As I Can See The Light: Very chill, sounds like an old man reflects on his final moments, can be emotional. 7/10 - T.B. Remake: The "take 1" mention by the audio tech at the start is a flex, this is very unfiltered, but real. I respect the shit out of playing so in sync. 8/10 - UATB live: Legend has it that CCR played in the Netherlands cuz it resembles a swamp 😂 Dope live performance. 9/10 - Bayou live: geez that guitar sound, easy to find, yet hard to master. The fact that this sounds exactly like on the album makes it a live classic. 10/10

5/5 Legit one of the most influencal, lyrically impressive hip hop albums EVER created. Shit like this is why Biggie's considered one of the greatest rappers of all time. It sucks that he left us in 1997 while only being 24 years old, I wonder how many other bangers he would've put out if he was still alive. I think the important part when listening to "ready to die" is that you shouldn't hold it to today's standards, especially when it comes to certain topics displayed on this album, like sex, violence and mysogyny. These things are as present today as they were in the 90s from all I know, people just shy away from reality cuz it's comfortable. I said it before about Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP and I say it again now: If you're too busy with complaining about the cussing & controversal themes in music, you should quit being a pussy. Get your head out your ass, this is hardcore hip hop - what did you expect?

2/5 Never heard of John Martyn before plus I don't enjoy singer/songwriter acoustic music. This album seems forgettable, although pretty chill if being used as background music. There's not a single song that sticks out for me here. I'd rather listen to Clapton, America or Cat Stevens, all of them made considerably better music.

1/5 with much distance to the next star. I hate AIC, always did. Every song sounds the same, there's not a single cool spark of creativity to be found, and that's sad, considering how big of a following these guys have. Their style sounds like they couldn't figure out if they wanted to copy Pearl Jam, Black Label Society or Nirvana. They're one of the reasons I'm very happy that Grunge was only a thing for a couple years and then vanished for good.

Overall 2/5 Lyrics 2/5 (loaded with satire and criticism) Music 1/5 (cuz typical 60s pop music style) Creativity 4/5 Mothers of Invention sound like the Monty Python version of The Beatles, reflecting satirically on everything in the 60s (especially Hippies). Not really fair to only judge it by musical quality cuz it's dogshit in that regard, but I've rarely heard an entire album loaded with cynicism and satire to this degree. It even has ASMR, *sigh*.... Now I know why Frank Zappa was seen as a menace from early on 😂.

3/5 ngl it took me a while to fully appreciate the soundscape, but this is actually really nice to listen and chill out to. Album plays on repeat now since 3 hours and it's aesthetic background music that allows you to lay back inbetween and just listen.

6/5 This is musical perfection. If you don't believe me, listen to this again, but on a HiFi sound system or good headphones.

0/5 This whole album is disgustingly awful to listen to. Tries to cling onto the 20's/30's music style, but misses the sophistication. This is proper trash.

2/5 Too much reverb added in post production, probably to give it a live sound. The singer misses a lot of notes which is unfortunate, cuz some songs like The Loved Ones have some vibe to it. Overall sounds a lot like an art album, and since art is very subjective, I can't really give it an objective rating. It's not for me, but I respect the effort.

3/5 To me, the whole album sounds like a form of artistic boutique music. Not the worst, but a bit too expressionistic for me. Björk's definitely an aquired taste though, I see why so many people like her music.

Here. We. Fucking. Go. Rating this fair and objective is something I can't do since this album means so much to me. This belongs in the holy grail category. I grew up with this album, it devoured my heart and soul in a time when nobody was there for me. The Black Album not only introduced me to the broader genre of Metal, it also made me start learning how to play guitar. BUT - it's not my alltime favourite Metallica album, that spot belongs to Death Magnetic. Contrary to others, my favourites are not Enter Sandman, The Unforgiven or Nothing Else Matters - it's Through The Never & My Friend Of Misery. Metallica was at their highest artistical point when they created this album, it made the band go through hell and even shattered the marriages of both Hetfield and Ulrich. It's the most successful metal album every produced, but also came with its' fair share of criticism and made people think that Metallica sold out. I personally couldn't disagree more with these opinions since it showed that Alcoholica was able and willing to crash through the boundaries of Thrash Metal, and they went through multiple style changes with almost every album released after this. You gotta respect that these guys make it work.

uhhhh 2000s Britpop and boy band era, this is vanilla sellout music. I absolutely despise it. Don't know why Williams had a rebel and bad boy image, it's one of many examples how artists got gutted by the music industry and had no edge to begin with. The album doesn't have a single song with actual depth behind it, and while some of the songs don't sound bad, all of them belong into the category of "heard it on every radio station in the 2000s". I believe that music like this is also responsible for the absolute atrocities spawning from music talent shows, throwing more oil into this dumpsterfire of musical bs. If this website would allow 0 star ratings, this album would get that.

3/5 Didn't expect much since it's folk music, but this is actually pretty good. Baez has a soft vibrato voice that calms me down funny enough, even if I don't like the music in particular.

3/5 Probably my favourite New Wave band, they've been consistent in their quality all the way since the 70s. There's some real bangers on this album, could listen to this over and over again.

3/5 Honestly... the listening experience is good if you're into atmospheric artistic stuff. Most songs on their own are kinda meh, but "Keep The Streets Empty For Me" lives rent-free in my favourites playlist since forever.

5/5 I love this album, there's not a single bad song on this. Even on Spotify, the sound quality on this recording is really good. Marty's voice and storytelling has a certain grace to them that you rarely notice in music. Great artist, great songs.

1/5 If I wanted to listen to british punk music, I'd rather listen to The Clash. The Jam doesn't know where to position themselves. Lyrics are boring, rhythm's off,... I think the 8th song sums up the whole album pretty well: It's too bad.

Trash tier

meh, really not a fan.

San Quentin, yet another pretty good Cash album.

One of the rare albums that never left my headspace ever since I first listened to a couple songs contained in it. Always loved the way Pink Floyd created music. Their music are mostly timeless classics and masterpieces. The WYWH album is pure art in music shape. If you don't enjoy this then you have no taste in music.

Goat out of Hell

Contrary to popular belief, I think that Rockafeller Skank sucks and every other song on this album is waaay better. I'll give it 3/5 cuz it's definitely groovy and puts you in a good mood, but I probably wouldn't go out of my way to listen to this.

Pretty good, but I'm not that much into Elton John's music.

Not Led Z's best album, but it has some of their best songs (Immigrant Song, Tangerine, Since I've Been Loving You). Absolute classic.

Considering DP came along in an interesting time music-wise, you gotta respect that they found a niche to stick to, and it's a cool one. A good blend between hard rock and experimental stuff that dips its toes into metal territory, with some 'The Doors' styling. Perfect for riding.

2/5. Boutique Punk is the only thing that comes to mind when listening to this album. And I don't like punk for the most part.

Trash / 5 Viva La Hate, and I have a lot of it for this "music album". Yet another person who doesn't know anything about what can be accepted as music. Whoever put this on 1001's list was definitely lobotomized. Avoid at all costs, the only setting I can see myself listening to this is when I wanna invoke puking all over the place.

2/5. Honestly, this is pretty boring. Songs sound mostly the same, the stories they tell aren't interesting. Bob Dylan can't sing either, it always sounds like he's talking about some random shit and music's playing in the background. I heavily disagree with anyone who thinks this guy is a great musician, he's overhyped by a generation that should've known better.

1/5. Yet another punk album, yay (not). What always bothered me about punk is that 99% of all punk bands sound exactly the same, and the production quality is always bad, too. The only bands of this genre who actually nailed it could be summed up across 1-2 hands, and "The Adverts" is not one of them.

2/5 Mr. Crosby, if you wanna remember your name, you should smoke less 😅 Jokes aside, the only interesting part about this is that it's psych rock, but it doesn't come close to the really good stuff. Crosby seemingly smoked so much weed that he forgot how to write actual lyrics. They match the IQ of a newborn by mostly using "da-de-da". The last song also belongs in a church and not on an album like this. I also read a bunch of reviews and it turns out that most people who rated this album really high know who CSNY were. For the record, I know but I don't care. I have a feeling that there have been too many Hippies involved in which albums to put in 1001's list, which is measurable by the amount of folk rock we've encountered in just a month already. If you're one of them, could you please stop? Go and glue yourself on a road and get hit by a truck or something like all the new doom hippies of my generation do.

It's okay for what it is.

-2/5 just because out of spite. Nobody gives a fuck about or wants to listen to a whole album revolving around models. Would've been good for this if Costello became one himself and not a singer... This way he wouldn't be allowed to sing.

2/5 The music itself sounds pretty interesting, but it has literally nothing to do with being hardcore. The singer is misplaced, the guy has neither power nor range in his voice, and everything about it sounds and feels like he's bored. Some of the lyrics resemble that, there's A LOT of missed potential in here. This album is a good example of why poetry and music can't always work together. If someone competent would lend Pulp their voice, this could've hit 3 stars. Still miles better than this walking trash can called Elvis Costello.

One of the rare occurrences where I can rate an album high without listening to it first. Sinatra is a guarantee for really good and sophisticated music. Songs for Swingin' Lovers takes you back into the late 50s like few other pieces of media can.

Can't really be mad about Elton John's music, but the more you've heard of him, the more all of his songs sound the same.

5/10 Never heard of her, music's typical south-american and on top of that also boring. It doesn't help that she sings in Brazilian Portuguese which is kinda hard to decipher when you don't speak Portuguese.

1/5 This album screams 60s rock music, but lacks heavily in quality. It's almost like a jack of all trades, but master of none. Once you acknowledge that this album is considered Proto-Punk, it will make a lot of sense that nearly all of Punk Rock sounds shit if everything that followed tried to copy this sound. Sad to have an album like this to close this week. Rating could've been 2/5, but it gets -1 because of Iggy Pop.

Minus 5/5 for arrogance and plagiarism Sounds like Dream Pop, but if you ordered it on Wish or Temu. Another group where artistry and autism are too close to each other. Also plagiarised Cat Steven's work... Would've given it a chance to listen, but stopped after the first song - but they called themselves brilliant in their own Spotify bio (and mistook it with writing a 1200 page novel), so minus all stars. ... Also if you call yourself brilliant, more people would know about you.

Turns out that losing wars isn't the only thing the French are good at... They're also pretty decent at making bad music. The Young Gods sound like they're tryharding to be like Rammstein, yet they miss the plot. But at least it's creative and I bet there are people out there who'd absolutely love this. Gonna give it 2/5 cuz while it isn't good music, there's some okay bits in it... And it's still way better than the last 3 albums we had to listen to.

2.4/5 Very 80s experimental british music, as if we needed more of It. The music's actually okay, but the lyrics are weird. I can't even pinpoint what to think about this. It's solid for a debut album and also way better than the trash of the last 7-10 days (Stooges, Flaming Lips, Pulp, Elvis Costello, David Crosby, The Adverts, Bob Dylan). But also not as crisp as the music I consider actually good. It also sounds like this group was trying a little too hard to sound psychedelic in some songs, yet in others some quality actually comes through. Not enough though to get 3/5 stars.