Alabama song is incredibly grating. In fact, the whole second half of the album is less than stellar.
Pleasant, easy listening jazz
Starts with a strange mix of reggae and hip-hop. I really like the sections where it just turns into a monologue. Unfortunately, I feel it is not nearly as impactful by modern standards.
Favorite Songs:
Final Hour
Overall, I think the album would be more enjoyable without a lot of the vocals. The instrumentals are interesting and varied, creating an excellent atmosphere. The album grew on me the longer I listened.
Favorite Songs:
Um Dia Comum (Em SP), Felicidade, Abraco
Beats are fun, but the lyrics and vocals are truly awful.
Got this too early in my list and had to come back and change my rating to a 1. It is infinitely worse than most other albums on this list
Really grew on me as the album went along. I find the vocalist fine, but the guitars are excellent and really enhance the whole album.
Favorite Song:
Marquee Moon (there's a reason it's the album title, after all)
Love the Timpani throughout, but nothing much strikes me beyond that.
Nothing in here I haven't heard before. The guitar is the highlight (and sometimes the lowlight as well)
Amazing album, top to bottom. I'll never pass up an excuse to listen to this
Favorite Songs: Can I Kick It?, Ham N' Eggs
I feel very conflicted on this album. I enjoy the sound of the guitars, but I don't love Liam's dragging vocals. It sounds like every other British rock album, which isn't necessarily bad, but doesn't leaving me wanting more.
Favorite Song: Live Forever
Would love to hear more like this throughout. I kind of love the way they introduce the performance on the album itself. It adds to the ambience.
Favorite Songs: September in the Rain, How High The Moon
This whole album kind of feels like Psycho Killer, just in different fonts. Really not that exciting.
Favorite Song: Psycho Killer
A lovely album all the way through. Some may find it a little too all over the place and distracting, especially with a trumpet as the lead, but I enjoyed it
Favorite Tracks: Blue in Green, All Blues
I respect this album more than I actually like it. The message and intent behind it are great, but the music itself is not for me.
Favorite Songs: Fistfull of Steel, Freedom
Really enjoyed the varied instrumentation on this album. Some songs kind of lost me and just ended up feeling like Bob Dylan songs, but it really grew on me as the album progressed.
Favorite Songs: Jimmy Hickey's Waltz, We Will Not Be Lovers, When Will We Be Married
Camp in its purest form. I had a great time, and there really isn't anything else like it. Some and concepts haven't aged well, but I still enjoy it for what it is.
Favorite Songs: Bat Out of Hell, Paradise by the Dashboard Light
A genuinely great album. It's impact is a little diminished by everything that has come since, but it is easy to hear how they have influenced future artists.
Favorite Song: Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall
At first, I thought I like this a lot. As it progressed and started to lean more heavily into the African choral arrangements, it really lost it's way. The album sounds a little too "white man discovers another culture" instead of properly celebrating and exploring this style.
Favorite Song: Graceland, You Can Call Me Al
Enjoyed it overall, but nothing really stuck out with this album. It all kind of just flowed over me.
Favorite Song: Feva
Nothing to dislike, but nothing to love.
Cash really makes a lot of these songs his own (especially Hurt). It's fascinating listening to such a famous artist dealing with his own mortality, which really pushes this album beyond just a collection of Johnny Cash blues songs.
Favorite Songs: Hurt, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Streets of Laredo
The drums go crazy on this album. Liked it way more than I thought I would
Favorite Songs: Sunday Bloody Sunday, Drowning Man
The Arctic Monkeys have a very distinct sound. Some people will love it, but I found I got a bit bored of it by the end of the album. There are no bad songs here, but it's not for me.
Favorite Songs: Perhaps Vampire Is A Bit Strong But...
Nothing wrong with the album, but I just found myself struggling to stay engaged.
Favorite Songs: It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine), Oddfellows Local 151
This album was a whole lot of nothing. I wish I liked it more than I did, but it just bored me.
It's Dolly. Who doesn't love Dolly?
Tons of fun. One of the best albums so far, not only for how different it is, but just how funky it is.
Favorite Song: One Nation Under A Groove
This album is kind of ridiculous, but I can't help but love it. Alanis Morissette's vocals make this album stand out
Favorite Songs: All I Really Want, Hand In My Pocket, You Learn,
Ignoring the fact that Taylor Swift is a terrible person who uses her success to stifle out other female artists, this album is so boring. It's filled with a bunch of undeniable pop hits and I like the synth influence, but I just can't get past how plain Taylor's lyrics and vocals are.
Favorite Songs: Shake it Off,
The Gallagers are not my favorite, especially with Liam's voice. However, something about this album hit today. I think the overall melancholy vibe really fit with the atmosphere I'm feeling. Plus, there are no duds on this album.
Favorite Songs: Hey Now!, Champagne Supernova
The beginning to this album is far stronger than the end, but I loved it throughout. I'm surprised I haven't heard anything from it before
Favorite Songs: People Everyday, Tennessee, Mama's Always on Stage
Really wasn't for me. Kinda just sounded like generic indie rock, with nothing making it stand out from the current music in the genre
Just kinda passed by. Nothing really stuck.
Very simple structure, but I loved this album. Looking at these lyrics now really broke my heart.
Favorite Songs: Talkin' Bout a Revolution, Fast Cards, Mountain O' Things
I LOVE BIG BAND JAZZ
Favorite Songs: Congo Mulence, Frenzy, Blues a la Machito
The negative reactions to this album are extremely overblown. It's far from my favorite, but Jazmine Sullivan is extremely talented and the issues she talks about are meaningful and emotional. I did find it a little short and some of the songs had production I didn't love, but she really carries it.
Favorite Songs: On It
I'm sure it's good, but didn't stand out from other indie rock
As a longtime Beach Boys hater, I liked this way more than I though I would. The lead singer's voice is still a little grating, but every song is just so catchy.
Favorite Songs: Here Today
I liked this more than her other album I've listened to in this project (1989). However, I still found it fairly boring throughout. I actively disliked the last one, but this album had some slightly more interesting songs.
Favorite Songs: no body, no crime
Super fun. Surprised I haven't heard more by Dusty Springfield before
Favorite Songs: Son of a Preacher Man, No Easy Way Down
For a second, I thought I was having a good time. I can't really say I liked most of the songs on here. It started strong, but got worse and worse as the song dragged on.
Nina Simone's voice is timeless. The songs on here are excellent, and this is one of the rare albums that I truly loved listening to.
Favorite Songs: Lilac Wine, What More Can I Say?, Black is The Color of My Lover's Hair
Not quite a 5 star, but a good album. If I felt a little more melancholy, I'm sure this would hit harder.
Favorite Songs: Southern Man, Tell Me Why
A very underproduced album, but the lyrics were great. Pretty different from the other albums on this list.
Favorite Songs: Things Behind the Sun, From The Morning
Good background noise to work to. Great album art though
Excellent album. I'm not sure at all what was being said, but the songs were all so fun it didn't matter.
Favorite Songs: Caroline, Bouge de la (Part. 1)
I definitely prefer Led Zeppelin IV, but this was still a great listen
I have never listened to Radiohead before. Today, I learned I don't like Radiohead.
Really not sure why this Beatles album is on here. I was never a Beatles fan, but listening to all their albums helped me appreciate them. This is not one of those albums that is really notable in any way
Favorite Songs: Till There Was You
Very psychedelic. Might be for some people, but not for me. Too many confusing ideas.
Favorite Songs: Shine Like the Stars
This album was kind of insane. The instrumentals seemed more focused on being weird than on being good. I loved it
Favorite Songs: Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker, b. Disillusion, c. Wurm, Perpetual Change
I listed a favorite song, but it is the only one I remember listening to in any capacity. Boring, repitive, and unremarkable.
Favorite Song: Take Me to the River
Qualms over the contents of the lyrics are definitely valid, but I do love Amy Winehouse's voice.
Favorite Songs: Stronger Than Me, You Sent Me Flying High / Cherry
Whiny, boring, and monotonous. I'm sick of albums like this already
On a first listen, I thought this album was fine, but I felt like I was missing something. I gave it a few days and came back, and my opinion has completely changed. Excellent all the way through. Looking for a CD of it ASAP
Favorite Songs: Gypsy Eyes
Not what I expected from the album with such an iconic song. It's a lot more melancholy, folksy, and interesting than I thought it would be.
Favorite Song: American Pie, Vincent
I did not expect rock and flutes to go so well together, but I was proven wrong. People hating on this just don't have enough whimsy in their life.
Favorite Song: My God
I have no nostalgia for this, as I haven't heard this album in its entirety before this year, but it's an incredible concept album. Unlike similar albums that get lost in their own lofty ideas, this album rocks the whole way through. Some slower parts lose my interest a little, but as a whole it's so far above the rest of the pack.
Unpopular opinion, but I liked this album way more than Graceland. Very emotional and heartfelt album that still manages to be fun the whole way through.
Favorite Songs: Peace Like a River, Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
I'm struggling to form an opinion on this. It's definitely pretty out there, but I really appreciate just how over the top it is. With that being said, none of the songs really stood out for me.
The Beach Boys have always sounded pretty dated to me, but I was surprised with just how good Pet Sounds was. I was hoping this album would continue to change my mind about their music, but no.
Love a good conecpt album. Willie is wonderful to listen to, and every track is nice and calming. I'll have to give this a relisten later
Makes a ton of sense that this album was produced by David Bowie. Lots of songs in here that I have heard before and enjoyed, but not very cohesive as an album other than a common sound. Much much better than I had expected.
Favorite Songs: Lust for Life, The Passenger
I couldn't even finish this album, skipping through the last three songs. Having no nostalgia for it certainly doesn't help. It's more boring than anything else. A little too much edge, not enough actually interesting ideas.
I'm fully aware I listened to this full album, but I couldn't tell you one thing about it. It is pretty good, but it didn't stick with me in any way.
The music itself is a 2. Sounds incredibly dated and not that interesting. Gets a 1 because of how awful the artist is
This was fun, but too samey
Had to give this album a second listen to really form an opinion on it, as I felt I missed something the first time through. The vocals are relatively boring, but the instrumentals were pretty different from most things on this album and really helped to make it feel different.
Favorite Songs: Intro, Night Time
Some iconic U2 songs in here, but compared to other albums of theirs like War, I found this one overwhelmingly boring
Favorite Songs: Beautiful Day
The cover is the most interesting thing about this album. Some neat ideas and instrumentation, but absolutely not deserving of being on this list.
Gorgeous voice, and great songs
Expected this to be another one I wasn't a fan of, but it sounded really nice.
Liked this a lot more than I thought I would. While it is kind of simple, the emotional aspect really shined through
Pretty weird, but a lot of fun. I really liked their more out there tracks. Listened to this one a few times since it first showed up on the list and liked it a little more each time.
Favorite Song: Hang Wire
That was a Christmas album
Just hard for me to enjoy this music knowing MJ is the singer behind all this. While there are objectively good songs, I would never come back to this or turn this album on in my own time.
Some great classic rock in here, plus I love when live albums include some dialogue from the concert.
That was definitively not for me. That early 2000's alt rock sound always sounds kinds of whiny and angsty to me, and compltely turns me away.
I don't think I necessarily love this, but I really appreciate it. Her voice is a bit too squeaky, but the instrumentation is varied and her lyrics are interesting. There is so much similar rock on this list that I do appreciate a big swing. I don't think I'll listen to this album all the time, but I'll definitely give it another try later, which is better than I can say about a lot of albums.
Favorite Songs: Monkey and Bears, Cosmia
Some good songs in here, but nothing exceptional. Listening to them groove is great.
Favorite Song: Summer Breeze
Not my favorite Zeppelin album, but they are consistently the best of the classic rock bands.
Favorite Song: Whole Lotta Love
Normally I hate this kind of noisy grunge, but I actually found myself feeling pretty neutral about it, which is maybe the highest praise I can give it. Although the last song is truly awful
Shocked this is only their second album. Lots of great songs in here, and the energy is great.
Favorite Songs: The Mask, Killing Me Softly with His Song, Ready or Not
This album inspired me to go and listen to more Leonard Cohen albums, but now my question is, why this one? Some great songs, but a lot of his earlier albums are better. Definitely made me a Cohen fan though
Favorite Songs: Everybody Knows, Tower of Song
Very funky, very fun
Favorite Song: Unfunky UFO
Always enjoy Neil Young, but nothing about this album blew me away
Enjoyable, but brought down by the fact that it doesn't sound very unique anymore. I've heard lots like this since it came out
Favorite Songs: Blue Line
An excellent Jazz piano album, made even more excellent by the story behind it. Albums like this are why I keep doing this project, even after a full week of British rock
It might've been a bit long and dragged a little at some parts, but I think it kept it fresh and interesting enough to keep me engaged. It seems that I'm a fan of prog rock
Favorite Songs: Carpet Crawlers, Colony of Slipperman
It's Michael Jackson. There are some awful songs in here (Dirty Diana, Liberian Girl) and he's an awful person, but these songs are iconic for a reason
That was a fun album, but it was really just a collection of songs. Nothing cohesive about this other than it has the same singer.
I can't believe this is on the list. The first song is a decent start, but every song after that is exponentially worse than the previous. I thought it couldn't get worse than Girl, but Frankie Teardrop proved me wrong.
I can appreciate that this music was made while the artist was quite young and that it was influential for its time, but it's just not exciting to listen to now. Too much similar music exists out there for this to really stand out in any way.
Shocked this is their first album. They really kicked it off with a bang
Favorite Songs: Running With the Devil, Eruption
I like the idea of blues rock more than I like blues rock. I'd rather just listen to Zeppelin
Nobody does it quite like Ray Charles
Favorite Songs: Just for a Thrill, Come Rain or Shine
I like a tight, 30-minute album. This one really grew on me, with the second half of the album being far better than the first
Favorite Songs: In Your House, A Forest, M, At Night
That first song is an excellent intro, but it never gets better from there. The rest of the songs just kind of float by.
Favorite Songs Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space
Beyond the two standout tracks, there really isn't too much here
Favorite Songs: Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane
I think I respect Bowie more than I like his music. Historically I find him interesting, and I like the concept of this album, but I didn't find it too engaging. The last half was great for a late night run though!
Favorite Song: Subterraneans
I'm fully aware that I listened to this, but I couldn't tell you a single thing about it.
I didn't hate this album, and I thought the insane lyrics at the end were kind of fun, but I struggle to see how this album deserves to make this list.
A dangerous album to open while at work. Enjoyable, but not groundbreaking.
Favorite Song: Out of the Blue
The absolute best Zeppelin album. I didn't even need to relisten to know this is a 5, but I'll never pass up another excuse to do so
Favorite Songs: Black Dog, Stairway to Heaven, When the Levee Breaks
I had heard several of these songs before and was pretty excited to listen to this album. Unfortunately, I had really already heard all the songs worth listening to. Fleet Foxes just have this wonderful sound that kind of washes over you. Not as excellent as I hoped, but still a great album
Favorite Songs: White Winter Hymnal, Ragged Wood, Blue Ridge Mountains
Imagine creating Take 5. This album just makes you feel cool
Some great Synth Pop to start my day. Nothing too exceptional beyond the title track, but the energy of the album is fantastic
Favorite Songs: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Love is a Stranger
BIG BAND JAZZ! Great way to start the day
Favorite Songs: Lil' Darlin', The Kid from Red Bank
A really strong opening song for an album. It's between a 3 and a 4, but I really love the beginning. We'll see how my feelings change over time
Favorite Song: Roundabout
Had to come back to this several times. Station to Station was really good, and I did enjoy most of the rest of the songs, but I actively disliked Golden Years.
Favorite Song: Station to Station
The first track is all over the place, but I love the darker sounds of Group Dancers. Another great jazz album
Very funky, very fresh, very fun
Cool sound, and I really liked it at the start, but this album is pretty one-note. Maybe I just didn't listen hard enough, but nothing really changes or develops throughout the album.
I got it a little more than other Jam Bands I've listened to, and there are some great moments, but it's just background noise for a lot of it.
Favorite Song: You Don't Love Me, The Whipping Post
Had to give this two listens to get it. I really like the vibe and some of the songs on here are great, but I just don't think I love it as much as I want to
Favorite Songs: Running Up That Hill, Waking the Witch
Let Love Rule is among one of my least favorite songs I've heard on this list, and it's the title track for this album...
It came and it went. I love this type of stuff usually, but this album just didn't do it for me. Gave it two listens, but nothing stuck
Favorite Songs: Fade Away
A great album. Genuinely a ton of fun to listen to
Favorite Songs: God is Love, What's Going On
Never really got Bruce Springsteen, but this album clarified it to me. Great rock sound
Favorite Song: Darkness on the Edge of Town, Adam Raised a Cain
Honestly more rock than funk at times, but it's still very funky. The opening tracks are the strongest by far, with the album not really living up to the promise of those two songs. A great way to start the day
Favorite Songs: Maggot Brain, Can You Get to That
I appreciated how different this album was from a lot of the rest of the stuff on here. The vibrato was a bit annoying, but only at a few moments.
Favorite Songs: Fistful of Love
Pretty safe and standard, but not everything needs to be groundbreaking. He has a great voice. Excellent music to just kinda chill out to, especially late at night.
Favorite Song: Babylon
A really simple album production wise. It's nice to hear but is pretty one note. However, my girlfriend liked a few songs from it, so that's neat
Favorite Song: Needle of Death
I quite liked the combination of blue rock and psych/prog rock, but I didn't think it really meshed. All the songs were one genre or the other, but never really both.
Favorite Song: Waiting for the Sun
Meh. I really like some of PJ Harvey's other stuff, but this is very forgettable.
I went from feeling incredibly neutral on this album to praying for it to end by the time I got to Fun House. Someone send help please
Still not my favorite Cohen album, but a very good one. The production is really simple, which makes you focus more on his lyrics.
Favorite Songs: The Partisan, Tonight Will Be Fine
Did not expect to love that album as much as I did. So different from everything else on this list. Id love to hear more like it
Favorite Songs: Joan of Arc, Souvenir
The most vanilla music imaginable
This was honestly pretty good. Don't know how much it will stick with me, but I really enjoyed it while listening to it.
I can appreciate how different this album is, but I just personally don't find it very enjoyable.
I could see myself really liking it on another day but just wasn't in the mood for rock-pop today.
I don't know if I just listened to this on a bad day, but I found myself checking how long the album would be only two songs in. I wish I liked how experimental and strange it was, but there's something about it that throws me off.
Get Out of My house is the perfect summary of how I feel about most songs on this album. I really like the vocal chant at the end, but there is so much other stuff in there (the donkey noises, the shouting) that push me away.
Blues Rock just isn't my thing. I'll probably relisten to this at a later date, but it just didn't do anything for me
This was absolutely what I needed today. I don't remember rating this album as anything special on my previous listen through of Steely Dan, but it really hit for me this time. Yacht Rock is great
Favorite Songs: Rikki Don't Lose that Number, With a Gun
Loved the intro to School with the Harmonica but was a little more disappointed when the vocals started.
Favorite Songs: Rudy, Dreamer
Bob Dylan has moments of greatness when I think I'm getting into it, then he always does something to ruin it. I just cannot stand his music
Favorite Songs: Visions of Johanna
Kinda whatever. Just not for me
Very 80's, but I won't pretend like I don't love it. So many iconic songs on here that I've heard over and over but will never tire of.
Favorite Songs: Shout, Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Head Over Heels
Kings of Leon does have some great songs, but none of them are on this album. Just listen to Only By the Night instead and save yourself.
Very standard country. Don't love it, don't hate it
I love Jesus Walks, but Kanye doesn't get any money from me. Won't even give this a listen
I actually really dug how low-key this album way. Felt lighthearted while being emotional and quiet.
Favorite Songs: San Francisco Bay
Gorgeous album art. On top of that, this album was just so much fun. Janis Joplin killed it, and the songs were great. Almost felt like a jam band, but I actually liked
Favorite Songs: I Need A Man to Love, Piece of My Heart
