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 Songs: 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 Gallager's 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. This is exactly what I dislike about them, all in one album!
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.
