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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
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5 | 2.99 | +2.01 |
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Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
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5 | 3.26 | +1.74 |
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British Steel
Judas Priest
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5 | 3.29 | +1.71 |
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Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
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5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
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Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
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5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
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5 | 3.34 | +1.66 |
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
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5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
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5 | 3.4 | +1.6 |
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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
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5 | 3.43 | +1.57 |
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
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5 | 3.5 | +1.5 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
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1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
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Harvest
Neil Young
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2 | 3.81 | -1.81 |
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
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2 | 3.61 | -1.61 |
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Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
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2 | 3.55 | -1.55 |
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
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2 | 3.54 | -1.54 |
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
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2 | 3.48 | -1.48 |
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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
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2 | 3.47 | -1.47 |
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Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
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1 | 2.41 | -1.41 |
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
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2 | 3.39 | -1.39 |
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Made In Japan
Deep Purple
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2 | 3.29 | -1.29 |
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The White Stripes · 1 likes
1/5
This was sometimes a painful listen. The album gets better as it develops, but the first two songs had me thinking it was a joke. The production quality was abysmal with instruments sounding like I was listening to some random high school band practicing in the music room.
This is probably the worst album of the three I've listened to so far from pretty much every standpoint.
1-Star Albums (3)
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A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Discovered A Tribe Called Quest through Midnight Marauder and The Low End Theory earlier this week, so this is a very fun happenstance.
This album is solid, especially for a first album. I still think MM and LET are better, but this is a solid entry. 5/5.
Bob Dylan
2/5
I understand the cultural importance of Bob Dylan, but his music doesn't resonate with me well. I don't like how his voice sounds when he sings, and the harmonica gets old very quickly especially when sustaining a single note.
There are some decent songs on the album though.
The White Stripes
1/5
This was sometimes a painful listen. The album gets better as it develops, but the first two songs had me thinking it was a joke. The production quality was abysmal with instruments sounding like I was listening to some random high school band practicing in the music room.
This is probably the worst album of the three I've listened to so far from pretty much every standpoint.
Beck
4/5
Pretty good album with some solid songs, but some a little bit more experimental that don't hit quite as hard.
Still, an enjoyable listen.
The Smiths
5/5
Very good album with a nice sound to it.
Barbarism Beings at Home has a excellent instrumental track and resonated very strongly.
Skunk Anansie
5/5
Amazing discovery! I'd never heard of Skunk Anansie before but I love their sound! The album tapers off in the part that wasn't in the original tracklist but I won't judge it by that.
Very solid album.
Carole King
3/5
Much better than the Bob Dylan album I'd listened to, but the lyrics didn't resonate with me at all.
Ramones
3/5
This is the first time I'm getting an album that has a song I actually know.
I have a lot of feelings towards this album. I understand where it's coming from and how it was revolutionary in a way for its time, but I can't help but think this is music meant to be listened to live, as listening to it on my own makes it very underwhelming. The Ramones were more interested in being loud than in being interesting, it sounds like.
Still, it's not a BAD album, but it's trying something and not quite achieving it.
Leftfield
4/5
I didn't love how it started, but there were a couple of songs (like Afro Left and Space Shanty) that really vibed with me.
This is the first electronic music album I've gotten too, and considering how much of the music I normally listen to derives from electronic music, I think it's important to remark on its legacy.
There are a lot of techniques used in this album that I still hear very often.
Overall an enjoyable listen, though some songs bothered me a little more.
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
A couple of songs I recognize on this album! But overall, while the sound is okay, Billy Corgan's voice just bothers me a little too much, a bit like Bob Dylan's voice bothers me. This really affects my enjoyment of the album.
Neil Young
3/5
Enjoyable listen. Again, comparable to Bob Dylan, but with a better voice and a bit more self-awareness. I thought it was a fine album, but there were no songs that came to get me - they were all just passably fine to listen to.
Little Richard
4/5
First album from 50's, but a solid one. I knew Tutti Frutti, but I thought the rest of the album was very enjoyable to listen to.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Pretty good album! First reggae album, but definitely a solid one.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
5/5
First song (The Kid from Red Bank) started extremely strong, but I think it did capture the spirit of the 50's Cold War era, but it makes for an intense listen. The more relaxed songs are a lot more enjoyable to listen to casually.
Overall, this is a very solid album, and while it starts off a little bit much, the rest of the album is extremely nice and fun to listen to.
Blur
3/5
This album makes it painfully obvious that the list was created in the early 2000's. While it's fine, it's definitely not an album I would consider particularly good or even influential. It's a fine album with Song 2 being the obvious popular one that I'd heard very often before. But while its songs sound nice, it doesn't have that "influential" vibe that I would expect from albums in this list.
Boards of Canada
2/5
This definitely sounds like the precursor to things like chillhop lofi music that I listen to all the time. However, there are some parts of the album that made me pause the music and stop for a little because it was a bit too much.
However, I can definitely tell this is a highly inspirational album.
Judas Priest
5/5
A couple of songs I recognize from this album.
Definitely a solid metal album of the very early 80's. There was one section in Rapid Fire that felt like the guitarist had a great rift idea but had trouble executing.
That being said, it's very solid classic metal that is enjoyable to listen to.
Red, White & Blue kinda sucks though and really clashes with the rest of the album.
Thelonious Monk
5/5
Pretty good album, very nice to listen to while doing working. I haven't been able to pay close attention to the music, but I'm sure there's a lot of think about based off of the small blurbs I could catch.
Definitely an artist I will continue to seek out.
Napalm Death
1/5
I am a fan of metal in general, but this is barely listenable. The members barely stay in rhythm with each other and everyone plays so loud you're not even sure what you're listening to. As the album progresses, the sound gets a bit better however. I learned this is because the two sides of the album weren't produced by the same folks.
Like the Ramones, I feel like this is the kind of music that is meant to be experienced live, where a lot of noise drowns everything else and you create a massive moshpit.
That being said, this is undoubtedly an album that had an immense influence on death metal and the other types of metals that I use to listen to all the time as a teenager.
The Beta Band
4/5
Very nice listening especially considering yesterday's album.
I like the mellow voice and almost ethereal sounds.
However, some songs almost sound like parodies of themselves, which is interesting, but I don't think that was where they wanted to go.
Adele
4/5
Some very classic Adult Contemporary. I know Adele is 25 on this album, but she has the gravitas and voice of someone much older.
There are obviously some songs I know from this album. Overall it's pretty enjoyable to listen to, but Adele does fall a little outside of the typical music I listen to. That being said, the quality of the songs and the production quality is definitely there, and I have no doubt Adele is going to influence music to come, though in the genre that she is, she sounds more like the culmination of singers that came before her (like Celine Dion or Mariah Carey). Only time will tell how this goes.
Queen
4/5
The presence of Bohemian Rhapsody makes it start at a 4 because it's too much of a banger. That being said, the rest of the album is not particularly excellent, though there are some other good listens in there.
Do I want to listen to the full album again? Probably not. Do I want to listen to Bohemian Rhapsody again? 100%. Without it the album would've probably been a 3.5.
R.E.M.
4/5
I know Everybody Hurts is supposed to be the big hitting song of the album, but I find Man On The Moon to be a lot more agreeable.
Overall, this is just one of those other 90's album that I feel we have a ton of in this list. It's not bad, but it's not revolutionary either.
I'm getting sick of 90's alternative rock, but it would be disingenuous to give it anything below a 4; the album is still enjoyable.
Dead Kennedys
5/5
I hadn't realized I'd never sat down and listened to Dead Kennedys, and I knew some of their songs.
This sounds exactly like I expect the early 80's brit punk scene to sound like, despite not being British, so very reminiscent of Ramones which I've already reviewed here. But, I think the sound of the Dead Kennedys is a TON more interesting than the Ramones. It sounds like the refined product of what Ramones tried to do.
California Uber Alles is particularly good and might make its way into my main playlist.
The Prodigy
4/5
This is exactly the kind of album I was hoping to get with this generator.
I understand now why some (typically older) people call Electro music a bunch of alarms and random sounds - this is exactly what this album contains. But, they're able to make it sound coherent and give it musicality. If anything, it proves that any sound can be music if built around it.
Is it good? Sure, it's a vibe. Do I like it? Yes. I think it's well arranged, and interesting to listen to. It's definitely influential.
However, only giving it 4 stars because I don't think I'll be listening to it more often, despite it working really well.
Madonna
3/5
I'm not even sure I would consider this Madonna's best album, so it's hard for me to say it's a great album.
I'm starting to see patterns in how the original author decided which albums to put on the list and which not to put, and I feel (pun intended) that this was added in an effort to recognize how electro music made its way into more mainstream popular albums.
Sure, I'll take it, but this is the late 90's, so it doesn't feel as important to note.
Overall, not bad, but not amazing either. Pretty mid.
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
The first impression with the first song didn't convince me, but as the album progressed, I really started to like it.
A great listen and overall enjoyed it quite a bit.
I can tell we're getting to more modern stuff because this is very close to the kind of thing I listen to.
The Police
3/5
Every Breath You Take is probably the reason this album is in here in the first place.
This is a fine album, but I wouldn't put it in my top 100 I don't think. I don't hate it as background music, but I don't think I'll ever actively listen to it ever again.
The Temptations
4/5
I am so very happy to be getting an album in a genre I don't know much about from an artist I've never heard of that sounds pretty good. This album is exactly why I'm using this generator.
This is a pretty solid list of tracks. Papa Was A Rollin' Stone is particularly good, and it looks like it's the most popular track of the album, for good reasons in my opinion.
Destiny's Child
3/5
This is one of my partner's childhood/adolescence album, and it does fall into the same years that I was also growing up. They are also songs I haven't listened to in a while.
Nasty Girl's slutshaming message was very bizarre, to the point where I'm thinking I must be reading it wrong.
Fancy has this weird quality where the beat sounds like a song from Ocarina of Time which I thought was funny.
It does feel like the album has very conflicting messages, but (thankfully) the songs that are the best lyrically (Independent Woman and Survivor) are also the best musically. This creates a huge divide in quality on the album. There are too many songs I would classify as 1's or 2's, and then there's Survivor which is probably a 5. I wish I could give this album a quantum ranking. In the absence of such a thing, I'm gonna have to give it a 3.
Kanye West
4/5
Oh boy. This is the first Kanye album I'm getting, though I think there are multiple.
I never really listened to Kanye before (apart from the obvious ones like POWER that used to be on the radio all the time).
It's extremely hard to dissociate the artist from the art when it comes to someone like Kanye.
The problem is, the album has some quite good songs. It's got very good beats on most tracks. Some of the lyrics are actually quite good too.
I cannot, in full objectivity, give this album anything below a 3, but the connection to the artist also prevents me from giving it a 5.
The Clash
4/5
Hey look I'm gonna talk about Ramones again.
This is definitely within the same genre and within the same years, but The Clash sounds better overall. That being said, there weren't any songs I'd consider bangers on the album.
Overall enjoyable, but no more. I'd give it a 3.5 but I'll round it up to a 4 simply because this is pretty solid punk music for the 70's.
The Black Keys
4/5
We're getting into more recent music and I can tell. I don't think I've ever listened to the Black Keys (at least not actively) before, but I've definitely listened to a ton of bands inspired by The Black Keys (or at least, within the same niche).
There is no part of me that can say this is not at least enjoyable, even if maybe generic.
Suede
4/5
Wow, this is pretty good! I'd never head of Suede before, and they've got a vibe that really works with me.
However, I don't think there was any single song that resonated with me, but the album overall is cohesive and nice to listen to.
Venom
2/5
I was bracing something as bad as Napalm Death from the year and the album name, but this was surprisingly better.
The sound quality is absolutely bad. The songs themselves at least have musicality. If I'd discovered this when I was 15 or 16, I would probably have liked it a lot, but in hindsight, this is just okay.
Would give 2.5 stars, but deciding to round it down.
3/5
Let's be honest: this is noise, but it's good noise. There's definitely musicality in it, and I can respect that a lot.
The titles for the songs are quite nice.
Will I listen to it again? I don't think so. But I cannot in all honesty say I didn't enjoy myself at least a little bit.
"Flow My Tears The Spider Said" is pretty solid. 2.5 stars, rounding up.
Sigur Rós
4/5
I saw "Post-Punk" as its genre, but this sounds absolutely nothing link punk.
It has a strong ethereal quality that I really enjoy. Definitely the kind of album I was hoping to get in this list.
Quite enjoyable, but unlikely I'll be listening to a lot of it in the future.
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Enjoyable music, but nothing too crazy. I liked listening to it, but it's unlikely I'd listen to it again.
The crazy part is that Summer Breeze is the basis for a song I love from Vanilla. I had no idea this was taken from here. It's probably my favourite song of the album.
Bumping it up to 4 just because Summer Breeze is a banger
Frank Black
3/5
Not very interesting. It's not bad, but it's not great either.
I'm not sure I understand why this album is in here.
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
I'm only 4 minutes into the first song and I want to give up on the rest of the album so bad. This is barely listenable. The only musician that seems to know what they're doing is the drummer. Okay, second song and the bassist is also not bad. But the guitar and the vocals are truly awful, and they're put way too much at the forefront.
As the album progresses, I realize the first song was probably the worst. Either that, or I got used to the sound after a while and drowned it out.
Either way, physically hurts to listen to. 1/5.
Gang Of Four
3/5
I feel like I've heard of Gang Of Four, but I don't think I'd ever listened to their music.
It's pretty alright. I don't hate it, but I don't think it's an album that's going to stick with me either.
It's got some avant-garde sounds that I was bracing for, but it's more underhanded, so it doesn't come off as wrong.
Jethro Tull
4/5
Pretty enjoyable. Aqualung was probably my favourite track.
Duke Ellington
5/5
Gosh am I a sucker for Jazz. This is really good music.
My biggest issue was finding a version of this album with good enough audio quality, but YouTube came to the rescue here.
JAY Z
2/5
I don't really love self-aggrandizing music, and Jay-Z seems to be a perfect example of this style in the rap genre.
There are also no songs that really got to me. The best I can compare him to is Kanye's album I had gotten a few weeks ago, Kanye's beats were better, and the lyrics a bit more self-aware (though that would be lost to him later in life).
Deep Purple
2/5
I'm surprised there's a Live album on this list. Maybe I have an anti-live album bias. Maybe it's a good thing that there's a live album to specifically combat this bias. I still don't think I enjoyed having the album be live though.
Some of the solos are way too long (like the drum part in The Mule), much longer than they need to be. The songs themselves aren't bad, but the solos are too uninteresting and long.
R.E.M.
3/5
R.E.M. isn't a strong enough band to warrant two albums on this list.
This album isn't as strong as Automatic For The People, but it sounds very similar.
I would give it 3.5, rounding down.
Depeche Mode
5/5
Depeche Mode is one of those bands that I never actively listened to (despite knowing a few of their songs).
It's solid music. Great sound, perfect ambiance. Very enjoyable.
I'm debating whether it's a 4 or a 5.
4/5
This is a fine album. I had very low expectations due to how annoyed I end up being about Wonderwall, but the songs are pretty good over all.
I would give it a 3.5. Still deciding if I'm rounding up or down.
Fiona Apple
3/5
It was fine, but nothing amazing. This would likely be slightly below a 3, but I'm rounding up to a 3.
Primal Scream
2/5
This album goes from annoying to generic and I don't think I love this.
Still, not completely unlistenable. 2 stars.
Hookworms
3/5
Some songs are actually enjoyable and fit right into what I like.
Some songs are not enjoyable at all.
I would give it a quantum ranking of 2 and 4.
The War On Drugs
3/5
That's a fine album. The singer sometimes reminds me of Bob Dylan and that's not a good thing for me.
The music is good though.
3.2 stars, rounding down.
Elvis Presley
3/5
Do I wanna be a contrarian or is that not that good?
I get this is from the 50's and really kick started rock'n'roll, but it's not nearly as good as I would have expected.
Would give probably 3.5, but rounding for disappointment.
Dr. Dre
3/5
2025 is the year I actually get Hip Hop.
This is a pretty solid album, with nice beats. It's not nearly as good as A Tribe Called Quest (from the same era), but it's still pretty solid.
Some songs are very filler-y and really bring down the quality of the album.
Some of the lyrics are really a turn off too.
Would've been a 4 but the lyrics make it a 3.
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
Pretty nice album - solid voice, nice accompanying music. It's obvious Ella Fitzgerald's voice is the thing being put forward on this album.
It's nice background music, but I don't know how much I'd want to actively listen to this.
Baaba Maal
4/5
This is what I was hoping most albums would be. Instead, we're stuck with music from the anglosphere that influenced other music from the anglosphere.
I'm absolutely glad we got a Senegalese artist singing in different languages, for once.
That being said, the album was quite fine, probably a 3. But, just because of the variety it adds, I'm bumping it up to a 4.
Eminem
2/5
There are like two good songs on this album. The rest is bad. Some of them are downright annoying.
I thought I would like this album considering I've been getting into Hip Hop and I knew I kinda liked some of his songs. But this is just not good.
Beck
4/5
This is my second Beck album. I'd rated the first one a 4, and I think this is a similarly solid album.
Al Green
4/5
Pretty solid album with catchy tunes. Did not overstay its welcome.
However, there were no songs that were outstandingly catchy.
Beastie Boys
2/5
Beastie Boys always sounds a little bit annoying to me. I don't think there was a single song that I really enjoyed.
It still was listenable, so avoiding the 1/5.
Deerhunter
3/5
I tend to really like indie rock, and while this album has some quite alright songs, there are some that are annoying, and no songs that were truly bangers.
N.W.A.
4/5
This album starts with two very strong bangers, and then continues with some quite solid songs.
However, some songs don't hit nearly as well.
Still, overall pretty solid album that's definitely very influential and deserves to be on this list.
Fleet Foxes
4/5
Very good sounding album with great songs. No real bangers though, but I definitely had a good time.
The Band
4/5
This is a fine album. No bangers, but nothing unlistenable. If it was playing at a pub I would probably even mention that the music's pretty good.
It's a vibe, and not a bad one. I'm unlikely to listen to it a lot more though, but I wouldn't be mad if it came up in a "rock easy-listening" playlist I put on when I have visit over.
Radiohead
3/5
This isn't even close to being Radiohead's best album. It's fine, sure, but I feel like some of their earlier stuff hit a lot harder.
I was honestly disappointed by the album as I tend to like Radiohead. Because of that, bumping it down to a 3.
Steely Dan
4/5
This was a very good album. I would give it 4.5 stars. However, it's missing a little something to really bump it up to 5 for me. I can't put my finger on it, but it's getting quite close to that edge, but never pushing it beyond.
Still, very good album.
The Stooges
3/5
This is an interesting album to analyze. Some songs aren't great. Some songs are truly interesting especially for 1969.
But overall, my enjoyment of the album was relatively low. I'm tethering between a 2 and a 3. I'll let my heart choose tomorrow.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
This is very, very good music, and it's kind of crazy it came out in the 60's.
This is most definitely an influential album that 100% deserves to be on this list.
Meat Loaf
4/5
I saw the name of the album, the album cover, and the font used to write the artist. I was expecting something very different than what I got.
Overall, this is definitely a good album and a great discovery. It doesn't deserve anything below a 4. But, the songs are a little too much like a musical to my taste, which isn't always a big problem, but in this specific case, it is, preventing it from getting a perfect 5. This would still be 4.5 in my opinion.
3/5
This is an alright album. It feels a bit wrong to give it only a 3, but it feels a bit much to give it a 4. It would deserve a good 3.5.
However, my heart is making me lean more towards the 3 than the 4.
Tangerine Dream
4/5
This sounds like electro music from the 90's. I am absolutely baffled this came out in the 70's.
It was a vibe. More like background music when you're playing a TTRPG than anything, but still something I could definitely see myself enjoying again.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
This is really good. Obviously the music is there to showcase Aretha's vocals, but her vocals are absolutely amazing so it's a perfect choice.
Aretha Franklin 100% deserves to be on this list, and while this is the only album from her I've listened to, it's definitely good.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
The album starts with a pretty strong song, and then devolves into less interesting music.
It's fine and listenable, but not amazing.
Paul Simon
3/5
The album is alright. It's nice background music, but nothing more for me.
Iggy Pop
3/5
I understand how iconic Iggy Pop's voice can be, but I wouldn't say it's what I'm looking for in an album.
That being said, the music is fine. There's definitely a lot of David Bowie in there, which is a plus. But it's not peak Bowie stuff.
Billy Bragg
3/5
I really enjoyed the recurring theme of the album, which I assume is supposed to make you angry about the political situation of the 80's, but with a sound that's older, likely calling to some nostalgia workers may have.
That being said, the music was just okay.
Green Day
5/5
This is one of my favourite albums of all time.
It was the first album I bought with my own money, and I listened to it tremendously as a teenager.
I love almost everything about it and will gladly listen to it over and over again.
This is an automatic 5/5
Jimmy Smith
5/5
I'm always a sucker for Jazz. This was a great to listen to, and I'm almost certain I've heard Back At The Chicken Shack before.
I feel bad for giving 5/5 to all Jazz albums but here I go again.
Billy Joel
3/5
The album was okay. My girlfriend listens to one particular song on that album, but it's not my favourite of hers anyway. Pretty average listen.
Sonic Youth
3/5
This album has a vibe that would definitely resonate with me at a different age.
I was going to give it a 4, but the last song was irritating, bumping it down to a 3.
Weather Report
4/5
This was not at all what I was expecting.
I absolutely loved the sound and the ambience it created.
I would give it a 4.5, but I'll bump it down to 4 for no real reason.
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
This is really good music. The bongos truly do rock.
However, this is mostly covers. Good covers, sure, but it lacks a little originality.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
I've definitely listened to this album before, and I absolutely love it.
I know it feels weird to give 5/5 to albums you've listened to before, but there's a reason I've listened to it before.
Beatles
3/5
When people say that The Beatles are overrated, they're thinking of albums like this one.
That being said, it's fine. Not great, but not bad either. Definitely not The Beatles' best.
Air
5/5
I definitely think I've listened to Moon Safari while working in the past.
I like it a lot. It's very nice to listen to, and has some great beats.
Steve Earle
4/5
This sometimes sounds like a parody of country music, but I think that's more because it was influential to the genre.
I much, much prefer this type of country over the post 9/11 country music.
Stereo MC's
4/5
This is pretty good, but I wouldn't call any of it revolutionary.
Still, enjoyed it pretty well.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Superstition is an absolute banger of a song and just for that one song, this album cannot get anything below a 3.
The other songs are also quite good, though not nearly as good as Superstition. This reminds me a lot of A Night At The Opera by Queens, in the sense that there's one MASSIVE banger, and a pretty okay rest of the album.
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
I get why people really love Kendrick Lamar. I must be honest and say that I don't think I'd ever really listened to him before, despite obviously knowing the name. Some people think he's one of the greatest rappers ever. I get why.
The album was very enjoyable to listen to, and feels like a huge step up over the likes of Eminem and Dr. Dre's albums from the late 90's/early 00's, while still being a continuation of the genre.
The Stooges
3/5
This is an okay album. I didn't hate it, but I wouldn't say it was great. It's probably more interesting than their first album though, but not by enough to warrant being a full star over it.
Van Halen
5/5
This is a pretty solid album with some great songs.
I would probably want to give it a 4.5, but I'm going to round up since I really enjoyed it.
ABBA
4/5
I was excited to get ABBA today. But, the more I listened to their songs, the more I realize that I don't really enjoy ABBA by myself. I like listening to it with my girlfriend or my mom and even dance to it, but as listening music, I don't love it.
I'm still going to give it a 4 because I know I can enjoy it, just, under specific conditions.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
I've always enjoyed CCR, and this album's got some of those songs that I'd already learned to love, like Born On The Bayou and Proud Mary.
I definitely enjoyed myself, but it felt like some of the other songs didn't hit as hard, which was a little disappointing, as I was coming on in this album expected something amazing, and got something great instead.
Probably deserves 4.5, but rounding down to 4.
UPDATE: finished the album and thought about it again. This deserves a 5.
Beatles
3/5
This is better than the last Beatles album I got, but still not amazing.
It's fine music for 1964 though, I'll give them that, but just 5 years later we were getting much stronger bangers.
Keith Jarrett
2/5
I don't think I really enjoyed this album, but it's nothing to do with the pianist himself. I just don't think I really enjoy music that's just one instrument.
There was a bit of a jazzy tone to the music, but not enough to really make me like it.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
This was an okay album, but there were no Stevie Wonder bangers on it.
Spiritualized
4/5
This is a very nice to listen to album. I don't think there were any songs that truly took me out, but the whole sound of it is very good and enjoyable.
The last song was however very long and not always enjoyable. Still, giving it a 4 for the rest of the album.
AC/DC
4/5
When I first took guitar lessons, the first song my teacher had me learn was Highway To Hell. I don't know if it made me like the song more or less.
Still, AC/DC is a solid artist and this is a great album.
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
This is not very good. Even Mrs. Robinson, which is the only one from the album that I knew, isn't that good.
I honestly thought I'd enjoy Simon & Garfunkel since I do love Sound of Silence, but this is nowhere close to it. Or Sound of Silence isn't as good as I actually remember.
That being said, it's not bad, so giving it 2 stars.
MC Solaar
4/5
Very excited to get an album in French since it's my first language!
MC Solaar is actually impressive in the way the way he raps. The lyrics are pretty interesting too.
Overall enjoyable!
Peter Gabriel
3/5
This album is okay. It does have a sound that is nice, but nothing really stood out to me. Sledgehammer was pretty good though.
Mylo
4/5
This album has some absolute bangers that I would gladly listen to over and over again, and some songs that aren't as great.
Big hitters for me are Sunworshipper and Destroy Rock & Roll.
Overall, a great album. Sometimes just a little too annoying to warrant a 5/5, but definitely deserves a 4.
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
This is a pretty solid album! Time After Time is a very strong song, much better than Girls Just Wanna Have Fun in my opinion.
The other songs are pretty solid too, but I feel like those two were the most well known and for good reasons.
Duran Duran
3/5
Save a Prayer had an electronic track that would've felt right in with the DS Ace Attorney soundtrack.
This is the only thing of mark I have about this album.
It was okay.
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Guys, it's okay to tone the reverb down.
Donovan
2/5
I would probably be friends with someone who told me this was their favourite album, because I get the appeal and it would fit me.
But, I didn't really enjoy the album. It wasn't bad, but it's just a bit below mid for me.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
When No Action, the first song started, it gave me so much of a mid-2000's vibe that I had to double check that I was listening to the right album.
The rest of the album though is a lot more "normal" for its time. Still, an interesting discovery as I'd heard the name but never listened to Elvis Costello.
All things considered, a pretty okay album.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
5/5
I love Siouxsie And The Banshees! This is a great album and I loved listening to it.
Kanye West
3/5
This is my second Kanye West album.
As usual, Kanye West is a very controversial figure. This album isn't as good as the previous one I got, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
This was an okay album to listen to, but nothing amazing.
The Libertines
3/5
This was an okay album, but it wasn't good. I was honestly a bit disappointed.
The Triffids
3/5
This was just okay.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
It feels like every day this week I'm getting a very okay/average album.
This is one of them.
Prince
4/5
This was rather enjoyable, but I don't think any single song stood out to me.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
This was definitely enjoyable, but for some reason fell a little short compared to their first album. I know their next two are very solid though, so this sounds like their weakest in my opinion.
Alice Cooper
3/5
This album was disappointing. I thought Alice Cooper was a more hard/metal figure, but this just sounded like The Beatles but rude. This is not meant as a compliment.
Still, it was okay.
Cee Lo Green
3/5
I was expecting something so much worse than this, but this was quite listenable and even at times enjoyable.
The KLF
3/5
This album was okay and somewhat enjoyable. I would give it a good 3.5, but I don't think it does enough for me to get to 4 stars.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
I was expecting something like Alice Cooper from earlier this week, but it actually turned out to be pretty good! Solid songs.
Bob Dylan
3/5
This is a much better Dylan album than the first one I got. Still, Dylan's voice continues to bother me.
Nas
4/5
This was really good. I really enjoyed the sound of it, and it reminded me of A Tribe Called Quest a lot, which I love a lot. I also noticed Q-Tip was featured in the album so that probably helped.
Orange Juice
3/5
This sounded distinctly 80's, and with a release date of 82, that made sense.
Still, it was alright, though a bit fun to listen to. 3.5, rounding down.
Sebadoh
2/5
This album has a strong, STRONG discordant sound. Which I'm sure is done on purpose, but it does make the songs a bit harder to listen to.
I have a hard time seeing how this is supposed to be influential as well.
That being said, Sister is a very strong song, more punk-like, that I vibe with a lot more. It reminds me of PUP a lot, a band that I love.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
This was a pretty solid album. I feel like I'd heard faintly of Nick Cave, but I'd never listened to him.
Pretty fun listen though.
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
This was much better than the previous Simon & Garfunkel album I got. Some songs were pretty good, but not enough to give the album as a whole a 4.
The Velvet Underground
2/5
I can see how this was influential. For a 1967 album, it's got a bit of a punch, and a more interesting sound than what you would get in albums like The Beatles from the same era.
That being said, being interesting doesn't make it good. Plus, it felt like they weren't yet willing to truly go all in in their interesting sounds.
Overall, this sounds like an influential but unenjoyable album.
Fela Kuti
4/5
This was a pretty fun listen!
Hüsker Dü
3/5
This is probably the okayest album I've listened to in my life. Definition of 3/5 stars.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
This is a pretty decent album. I was scared I would get some generic 60's pop rock music like The Beatles, but this was actually rather good. 4/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
This was an actually good album! Quit enjoyed it, and it proves the 60s are able to produce some good stuff too.
Iron Maiden
5/5
I've obviously listened to Iron Maiden in the past, but I don't think I'd ever listened to this album.
It's good! But I feel like it's shy of their other albums, which set the bar very high for my expectations of Iron Maiden.
There are some absolute bangers though, like Transylvania. Despite not being Iron Maiden's best album, it still deserves a 5/5
Dion
2/5
This is a pretty okay album. It's just easy listening, nothing interesting, but nothing bad.
Still a bit boring for my taste.
Shuggie Otis
4/5
That's a funny one. It's a pretty good album interspersed with some more experimental tracks, making the album appeal to a more general crowd with easy listening stuff, as well as appealing to more experimental listeners.
I think in this case it works in their favour, and makes the album less boring and more interesting.
Metallica
5/5
The summer I was 17 I worked as a dishwasher in a restaurant in the touristy area of my town. I would drive back home at night around 1-2am, going way over the speed limit in my dad's Dodge Caravan.
On this journey, I had this album (and a couple more Metallica albums) playing.
This album brings back memories of that time. I absolutely hated that job and to this day it's the worst job I've ever had. But this album was a silver lining on that time in my life.
5/5 many bangers, probably the first album I think of when I think of old school metal
Stan Getz
4/5
I have no doubt this was a very influential album in the world of Bossa Nova and Jazz. And I kinda enjoyed it. But I'm also way, way over Girl From Ipanema le.
Still giving it 4 stars because it was at least different.
Roxy Music
2/5
The album cover made me think it would at least be two women singing. It wasn't. I was utterly disappointed.
The album is okay, but the disappointment was too much. 2/5
Mike Ladd
2/5
Not very good, but I respect what it's trying to do.
With a name like that I was expecting some techno electro beat from the tail end of the 90s, and to be fair there's definitely influence from that on the album. But it's not executed well enough to be good. That being said, the overall idea and cohesiveness of the album is pretty great and is saving it from a 1/5.
Pretenders
3/5
I'm realizing a female voice is a lot more interesting to me than a male voice singing by listening to these albums. So I enjoyed this album slightly more than I would normally expect.
That said, I still think it's a 3/5, but an enjoyable listen!
Neil Young
2/5
I don't think I love this album very much. It's not bad but I didn't like the overall vibe.
Black Sabbath
4/5
This is from 1970 so I'm going to keep that in mind as I review the album. I love the aesthetics they've got going on, and over all the sound isn't bad. But it's just not as good as what came a couple of years after. It's hard to be both accurate and recognizing the influence of an album in a simple 5 star review.
I kind of enjoyed the album, but I wouldn't say it's one of my favourites.
4/5 bumping up for 1970
Alice Cooper
3/5
This was better than Alice Cooper's last album I got, but it still wasn't that amazing.
The more I listen to it the more I realize this may be music for early teenagers.
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
I always wanted to stay away from Arctic Monkeys out of I don't know what. It's fine. A pretty decent album.