Starting off strong.
3.5/5
“The Thin White Duke” - pretty funny.
3/5
The Who sound pretty great live.
3.5/5
Production: great. Skits: horrendous.
3/5
Practically a Greatest Hits for AC/DC. Fun listen.
3.5/5
This rips.
4/5
This Louis is indeed King Louie from the Jungle Book. Pretty neat.
3/5
Messy and memorable.
4/5
Decent, put pretty samey by the end.
3.5/5
Utterly insane final track.
3/5
A feelgood album.
3.5/5
A tad long and lacking cohesion. An odyssey nonetheless.
3.5/5
Decent Britpop.
3/5
Pretty coooollll.
3.5/5
Good britpop. Extra points for album cover going so hard.
4/5
Confused by this albums inclusion at all. Pretty forgettable.
2/5
Pretty unremarkable.
2/5
Twink album cover to lure one in was a clever move. Some interesting stuff happening in here obscured by the rest of the album.
2.5/5
Decent. Stray Cat Blues is seriously cringe.
3.5/5
The shrieky vocals start to grate by the last third of this album, at least for me anyways.
3.5/5
I was already not really in the mood to hear an album like this. But what happens around the 12th minute of the second track had me so baffled, I had to end the listening experience right then and there. Yikes.
1/5
A pleasant listening experience, certainly. I had no idea of the controversy surrounding this albums creation until now. Has ‘You Can Call Me Al” on it too. Much to consider.
3/5
Awful, cheesy, milquetoast garbage. Even the well known anthems have become annoying instaskips at this point.
1/5
Was expecting a bit more.
3.5/5
Was not expecting to enjoy this at all but was pleasantly surprised. A bit long and samey.
3/5
Acceptable jazz.
2.5/5
Meh. Solid first track.
2/5
This has the sauce.
4/5
I really didn’t need to listen to a whole album of ZZ Top - that much is certain.
1.5/5
Live prog rock stuff.
3/5
Dreadful. Praying that this the worst inclusion in the list.
0.5/5
Better than the global average would have you believe.
3.5/5
Hell yeah.
3.5/5
Solid.
3/5
Rubbish.
1/5
More Bowie.
3.5/5
Pink Floyd’s first album is a bit of a blueprint of what was yet to come. A couple of outright nonsense tracks bring the score down a tad.
3.5/5
I Want To Take You Higher a clear standout.
2.5/3
Good vibes.
3/5
Couldn’t help but enjoy this quite a bit.
3.5/5
Why is This Album on the List - part #8.
2/5
Passable. Don’t know why it’s on the list.
2.5/5
I always thought Santana was the guitarist, not the band. Turns out it’s both. Great album, definitely worth a revisit.
4/5
Stoked this made the list. 10/10 album cover.
4/5
Smooth.
3.5/5
Too funny to be anything less than a 4. Did not age badly just because you said so.
4/5
Close to being the elusive first 5.
4.5/5
Decent album offering from a band I thought was more of a Greatest Hits specialist.
3.5/5
21 minutes long. A bad recording that is 90% weighted to one speaker/headphone. Definitely not required listening by any metric.
2/5
Yep.
4/5
Being a childhood car trip staple counts for something I guess.
3.5/5
Hard not to draw a parallel between Television and The Strokes. Not complaining.
4/5
Killer arrangements. Get this off the list.
0/5
Feeling a strong 7 to a light 8 on this one.
4/5
Idk.
2.5/5
Pleasant enough.
3/5
Sure.
3/5
Heatwave.
3/5
So much more here than just one, ridiculously overplayed song. Sam’s Town better though, sorry not sorry.
4/5
I have no idea why I listened to the whole thing - but I did. And I’m not really sure why I enjoyed it - but I kind of did.
3.5/5
Underrated start to an elite discography. 19-2000 remix might be one of my favourite remixes of all time.
4.5/5
Doolittle better.
3/5
Cool.
3/5
It’s rock rap so yeah. Idk.
3/5
Awwww shucks.
1/5
Had zero expectations going into this but was pleasantly surprised. A strong 3.5.
3.5/5
Was expecting a little more.
3.5/5
The Band (The Band) made some Music (Music).
2.5/5
Do I recognise that I enjoyed this album because it’s considered the creative peak in a long and storied career? Or do I recognise that this album is considered the creative peak in a long and storied career because I enjoyed it?
4/5
Delightfully weird.
3.5/5
My first 5, and it couldn’t be any simpler. One of the greatest rap records ever made, from one of the greatest rappers of all time. A perfect mix of hip-hop bangers and thought-provoking storytelling. And Sing About Me is one of the greatest songs ever made. What more is there to say.
5/5
Weird man, weird views, weird tracks with weird lyrics.
2.5/5
I have no thoughts.
2.5/5
All I know is that Nas did a NASty freestyle over Not Paid Enough. Adding a point for that I guess.
3/5
Harmonica On Harmonica. Death Grips reference.
3.5/5
Such a solid hip-hop album. Black Thought is a top 5 MC all-time. Hoping Things Fall Apart makes the list, that shit is probably getting a 5.
4/5
There is better jazz. I’m sorry.
3/5
Guitar solos.
3.5/5
Considered a classic, and for good reason.
4/5
Orright.
3/5
Random ah noises.
2/5
What the dawg doin?
3.5/5
Can’t take this one seriously, because:
1. Vocals sounds ridiculous
2. French 🤮
1.5/5
🦀🦀🦀🦀 / 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
4/5
It’s the kind of album where Dylan’s voice and the harmonica wear a bit thin by the end.
3/5
Solid effort here from Bruce.
3.5/5
Comforting.
3.5/5
Has to be heard to be believed - completely baffled by this album’s inclusion. Utter nonsense.
1/5
Smooth lounge jazz.
3.5/5
Drags on too long. And it’s not even a long album.
2.5/5
Putting aside my own personal feeling that not every track on this one is a 10/10, this album is simply too important, too influential to be anything less than a 5. The rough production style pairs perfectly with the albums dark and gritty atmosphere, as well as with the humorous tounge-in-cheek bars from the various members of the Clan. A lightning in a bottle moment from rap’s most notorious supergroup.
5/5
I fw some Neil Young.
3.5/5
Feel like I’ve underrated this one a tad until now. A very solid offering from the Beatles - but the best was yet to come.
4.5/5
Fun enough.
3/5
Some 12 years ago, for reasons I cant quite remember, I decided I wanted to listen to the best rap albums of all time. After entering that prompt into Google, this album was the first result. I downloaded it before a trip to Europe, and ended up listening to it front to back at least 20 times. So it’s not just one of the greatest jazz rap albums of all time - to me, it’s the album that made me completely reevaluate how I listen to music.
5/5
Very palatable country rock.
4/5
Thought it was fine.
3.5/5
Eh.
3/5
I never really quite got the hype around Adele. Send My Love really took me out because a) I didn’t even realise it was an Adele song and b) it’s inclusion in this album, as second track no less, is honestly baffling. Having said all that, there are some very poignant, emotional moments to be found throughout the album.
3.5/5
Yeah nah this is fucking awesome.
4/5
A pleasant inclusion.
3/5
Kind of enjoyed this one, more than expected.
3.5/5
Some decent new wave bangers here imo.
3/5
Absolutely baffling how underrated this album is (at least on this site). Are people listening to albums on this list in a complete vacuum? That being said, pretty cool hearing the vocal parts that would ultimately be sampled on Death Grips - The Powers That B. I don’t think Vulnicura had even been released yet, meaning they technically sampled an album from the future. Something in that.
4/5
Didn’t need to hear this right now, Jesus wept.
3.5/5
Pretty cool concept.
4/5
Time After Time still a classic if a bit cheesy. Unfortunately that cheesiness is pretty prevalent across the rest of this album.
2/5
It’s always quite exciting when you come across an Artist and Album you’ve never heard of. Then you listen to it and you sort of realise why.
2.5/5
Beautiful.
4/5
Some essential salsa.
3.5/5
This is pretty fine, the hits hit and it doesn’t overstay its welcome.
3.5/5
Just finished, maybe one to return to.
3/5
A few chic bops.
3.5/5
Pretty amusing to come across not 1, but 2 all time classic tracks and realise you never actually knew who the artist was of said tracks. And then the rest of the album is great as well.
4/5
Ethereal and minimalistic.
3.5/5
Bang average with some annoying vocals.
2.5/5
When he was asked how it felt to have predicted the future on Ok Computer, Thom Yorke pretty nonchalantly remarked that they “just looked at what was happening at the time”. There are many reasons I would consider this album a masterpiece - the fact that it has aged so well being one of them. It’s an album that holds the rare distinction of somehow living up to all of the praise it has received over the years. To me, it’s an album that has a great deal of personal significance, and it’s an album I’ll aways keep coming back to. In an album constructed exclusively of top tier tracks, I’ll just call out Let Down, for its ability to emotionally devastate every single time. What a special album.
5/5
Is it ground-breaking and brilliant - or is it abysmal dogshit? Somewhere in the middle of Sister Ray, I figured out which one it’s closer to.
2/5
Wack.
2.5/5
That voice.
4/5
Just fine.
3/5
Is this the Americans attempt at ripping off the Beatles or something? Inoffensive and a bit bland.
2.5/5
Nick Drake hell yeah. Hoping Pink Moon makes it but if it doesn’t, I’m happy this one did.
4.5/5
Don’t think I’d ever actually listened to this one front to back. One of the most distinctive/memorable album covers of all time just quietly.
3.5/5
Hating this band as Radiohead-ripoff dogshit feels a bit overdone at this point. I do have quite a bit of love for this album and the two that followed it - but coming back to this one, I feel like some of the criticisms are pretty valid. Still a classic to me though.
4/5
I appreciate this albums inclusion, but yeah - it’s an hour of someone playing the sitar.
3/5
Plenty of MJ bangers to be found here.
3.5/5
An experience that simply has to be seen (and unfortunately heard) to be believed. From the unhinged album name (to pair with the equally ridiculous artist name), to the album cover, to the actual “music” itself. Nothing I could say really does it any justice. The crazy thing is, there is some good stuff in here. And the Butthole Surfers are fully capable of making great music - look no further then “Who Was in My Room Last Night” from their 1993 album Independent Worm Saloon.
3.5/5
When you buy your gal/dame that fancy doodad she’s been wanting.
3/5
Foundational ambient album, a criminally underrated genre. Brilliant, calming, ethereal but at the same time, completely ignorable (Eno’s own words, I believe).
4.5/5
Rips. Booster Justice - very important.
4/5
Short, sharp, noisy.
3.5/5
The selection of modern inclusions is fascinating. Goo pick as far as I’m concerned.
3.5/5
Really not fussed about this either way. Meh.
2.5/5
Whatever. Stupid name for a band honestly.
2.5/5
So nice. A boring descriptive word but this album really is so nice.
4/5
My opinion remains the same as it alway has - not even a top 5 Kanye album and the reputation this album has garnered over time kind of baffles me. Plenty of highs, but plenty of mid tracks and even some shitters. Monster is easily one of the worst tracks in Kanye’s catalogue. Still a solid album, it’s Kanye after all. But not a masterpiece by any metric.
3.5/5
It’s a great album and Comfortably Numb is one of the greatest songs ever made. But there are (I assume) 3 albums to come from Pink Floyd that I think are better.
4/5
Absolutely based inclusion. Not sure how it’s possible for anyone to rate this album lower than a 4 after hearing that opening track, but whatever.
4/5
Decent enough. Bros got a boner - better make a song about it.
2.5/5
Super solid hit-out from Blondie.
4/5
Bullshit hillbilly vampire nonsense.
1.5/5
Went into this one with full intention to give it a 5 and write a long review. But to my surprise, that’s not where I land with his album. It’s undeniably a hip hop classic, but it’s a bit too long and the skits are truly awful. However, I can confidently say that Biggie at his best is just about as good as it gets, on tracks like Juicy, Big Poppa and Who Shot Ya?
4.5/5
It’s fine, but ultimately forgettable.
3/5
There are no words that can describe the mix of feelings I had when tracks like Porcelain and Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad played. This is an album that was an absolute staple of the car trip rotation and so it will always be an album that stays with me.
4/5
So yeah uhhhh Big Muff, sure, why not.
3/5
Quite pleasant.
3/5
Doesn’t sound dusty at all.
3.5/5
Probably more enjoyable if you were actually there.
2/5
We stan Kate Bush in this household, pt. 1.
4/5
Solid outing here from Massive Attack (possibly the greatest artist name of all time), just hoping Mezzanine is included at this point.
4/5
We Stan Kate Bush in this household pt. 2. Running Up That Hill has (at least partially) been ruined by Stranger Things - but the good news is that this track actually includes an entire bonus album that goes off.
4/5
Nothing of particular interest happening here. Shook Ones Pt.2 sample was wack as, did not work at all.
2/5
If you don’t like Bjorks voice or whatever that’s fine. But the instrumental choices across this album are absolutely beautiful and so well executed. Couldn’t be anything less than a 4 in my book.
4/5
Unhinged band name. Has sections that rip.
3/5
I enjoyed it but I don’t have the motivation currently to explain why. The most recent Spiritualised album is really good, I can tell you that much.
3.5/5
As good as Parklife. The album artwork being blurred is really funny to me. Like yeah, why wouldn’t it be?
4/5
I like the album cover.
3/5
Pretty cozy.
3/5
Such a great inclusion - magical album and one of the greatest debuts of all time. The Time To Pretend inspired by praying mantis eggs hatching on a model pirate ship anecdote gets me every time.
4.5/5
Some solid Nick Cave goodness.
3.5/5
This goes.
3/5
Heard one, heard em all. Can’t be bothered - neutral rating for this one and if any more pop up, will be skipping.
2.5/5
Considering the man’s general conduct, as well as the extent to which he had his head up his own arse - this album has aged horrendously. Rest in piss you fucking loser.
1/5
Bit of an odd mix of ideas.
2.5/5
Pretty unremarkable.
2.5/5
Would have to be amongst the greatest B-sides of all time. More of a companion album to Kid A than anything else.
4/5
Classic Common man. The Sixth Sense an all-time hip hop track with an incredibly rare, actually somewhat funny skit included. Unheard of.
4/5
Unremarkable, then gets incredibly stupid and silly. Skip the second half.
2/5
Rod got to be one of the clearest cases of distinctive voice so every track eventually sounds the same syndrome. Doesn’t help that this selection in particular has nothing interesting going on.
2.5/5
A perfect blend of hip-hop, neo-soul and R&B, this album is not just immensely enjoyable to listen to - it’s one of the most influential albums in any one of its respective genres. Every time I come back to this album, the tracks stay in my head for days. Obligatory “I’ve been uninspired since Lauryn Hill retired” mention. That really says it all.
5/5
Fish cakes indeed.
2.5/5
24 tracks long whyyyyyyyyy.
2.5/5
Third, maybe fourth time listening to this album and I can safely conclude that I don’t really understand why this album is so well loved. Not sure what I’m missing.
2.5/5
Starts a little weak but gets better.
3/5
It would be really easy to dismiss this one as nothing more than stupid bullshit. So easy, in fact, that I think that’s exactly what I’ll do.
1/5
If I had to guess what percentage of this list are wasted spots it’d be 15%. This is a 15% album.
1/5
I really fw with big band music.
3.5/5
Can’t go wrong with some Miles Davis.
3.5/5
No thanks.
1.5/5
One of the greatest debut albums of all time and basically the invention of prog rock. The quantity of great bands and music that were directly influenced by this album is staggering. And the iconic album cover that complements the music in a way I can’t really describe has to be mentioned too. A seminal record.
5/5
Not for me habibi.
2/5
What a blast from the past. Have always enjoyed this album.
3.5/5
Stupid ass bullshit.
1.5/5
Been meaning to listen to this one for quite some time. Did not disappoint.
4/5
This was better than expected. Got me a little bit.
3.5/5
Does nothing for me.
2/5
Probably went off back in the day.
2.5/5
Embarrassing stuff to be found everywhere. Top of the list is that fucking awful ‘You Really Got Me’ cover. Trash.
2/5
Floored by the first half of this album. Thought I’d found a 5/5 on an album I’d never listened to before. Unfortunately the last three tracks are a bit weak, and weirdly veer into other genres for reasons I don’t fully understand.
4/5
Listened to plenty of rap/hip hop but somehow listened to very little 2Pac. His ability to switch between gangster rap and genuinely thoughtful/heartfelt conscious rap comes off as effortless. By the time you get to Dear Mama, this fact is confirmed. Crazy to say, but I don’t think I’d actually listened to this album in its entirety yet. Despite this fact, it’s a 5. Reassessing a few things.
5/5
There’s a track called “Australia” that’s a song about Australia. Pretty funny.
3/5
Decent punk.
3/5
Barely qualifies as music. On multiple occasions I could not work out if I was hearing the album or random shit going on around me. Nonsense.
1/5
Very misleading Artist and Album name.
4.5/5
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3/5
Glam rock Bowie so it’s good.
3.5/5
Overwhelmingly wanted to give this a 1 throughout my listen. But I have to give it a 2.
2/5
Hadn’t listened to to this one yet. Solid addition in their line up.
3.5/5
The pivot away from Pablo Honey and especially Creep into whatever this is to avoid becoming pigeonholed might be one of the most important decisions made in music history. The first of many masterpieces by arguably the greatest rock band of all time (at least to me). Hard to pick a favourite track but (Nice Dream) did something to me on relisten.
4.5/5
Slightly better than expected.
2.5/5
Beep boop.
3/5
It’s a Talking Heads album, but not a particularly interesting one.
3/5
Such a great album. Sad think how much terrible folk pop crap we got that was likely directly inspired by this album.
4.5/5
Completely unknown to me but I enjoyed it. The vocals being used pretty sparsely was a good choice. I think ones enjoyment of this album would depend very heavily on already being a fan of electronic music.
3.5/5
Cool jams soulbrotherman.
3.5/5
“Tennessee - you’re the only 10 I see” Is an actual lyric on this album. Combined with the stupid ass band name is all I would like to mention about this one.
3/5
Been a long time since last listen. Still holds up.
3.5/5
Funkadelic indeed. What an album cover too, wtf.
4/5
Absolute garbage made by a complete fucking loser. Get this trash off the list.
1/5
Doesn’t really do it for me.
2.5/5
The kind of album that I get to the end of and have to seriously ask the question - why did I listen to this in its entirety without skipping ahead at any point? Corny, overly dramatic nonsense.
2/5
Beautiful album stacked with great tracks. Might be blasphemous to say, but honestly it’s longer than it needs to be.
4/5
Decent alt rock.
3/5
Never really listened to any Prince. Don’t feel like I’ve missed out on anything.
2/5
I don’t get the appeal, sorry.
2.5/5
Solid Sabbath but I’m wondering if self titled has made way for this to be included. Hopefully not.
3.5/5
Bowie’s final album, released just two days before his passing, is a bold, experimental final send-off from one of the greatest musicians to ever live. Taking inspiration from Boards of Canada, Kendrick Lamar and Death Grips (what), Blackstar is not just a beautiful swansong that caps off Bowie’s prolific career – it holds its own as a masterpiece in a catalogue that has had so many.
4.5/5
Decent selection but there are better Yes albums to consider.
3.5/5
What a great debut. Reelin in the Years legit goes off.
4/5
Short, sharp, punchy post-punk record. An influential record and it’s not hard to hear why.
3.5/5
The vocal sections are surprisingly sparing for someone with such a great voice.
3.5/5
Given the man was never found guilty of anything I will give this a proper review. I don’t know if I’d actually listened to this front to back for whatever reason, but now that I can say definitively that I have, I’ll keep it simple. This is one of the greatest pop records of all time, packed with hits, and the numbers will tell you that basically every track on the album was considered a hit, a crazy achievement. Rightfully deserves its place in discussions of the greatest albums of all time.
4.5/5
A solid album but I don’t know if this one really deserves a spot – plenty of other better Springsteen albums to include. When is an edition of this list going to be published that limits it to one entry per artist.
3/5
Cool artist name, cool album artwork. But the music leaves a bit to be desired.
2.5/5
Intel would indicate this band makes it into the list 3 times. That is absolutely fucked.
2/5
For a motion picture soundtrack, I found this to be a little one-note. Still smooth as.
3.5/5
Somewhat unfairly maligned inclusion from what I can tell.
3.5/5
Americana schlock. No thanks.
2/5
Yeah I just don’t really get it.
3/5
Sounds like a Bob Dylan/Beatles rip off. Pleasant enough.
3/5
Nonsensical. Silly shit.
2/5
Viewed as a classic. It shouldn’t be.
2.5/5
Classic Beatles album. I have no idea why it’s considered in the top echelon of Beatles albums. Or of albums all time. Pardon my ignorance.
4/5
Scuzzy.
2.5/5
Sad Brucey album. For variety.
2.5/5
Live album. Just sounds like they were jamming. So why is it here.
2.5/5
Apparently forgot to review - all I remember is barely having an opinion on this one. Snooze.
2/5
Not sold on the concept. Which is sort of the point. Metallica add absolutely nothing to Ecstasy of Gold, one of the greatest songs of all time.
2/5
Not sure how I hadn’t listened to this yet. Bowies vocals are surprisingly sparse in the second half. Still a great album.
3.5/5
Big fan of Sufjan and the inclusion. Beautiful singing/songwriting, Sufjan plays almost every instrument you hear and it’s a concept album that delivers on the concept. The 50 albums one per state in the US was a joke - but I do wonder if he had done that whether this effort would have been topped. Is it too long? Maybe. Interesting how everyone who uses that point to criticise the album never seem to suggest what should be cut?
4.5/5
It’s ok. Gee there better be at least two Aphex Twin albums on this list but now I’m getting worried.
2.5/5
The epitome of “unfortunately, this goes hard”.
3.5/5
Decent, but not as memorable as Violator.
3.5/5
Ahead of its time to explain its inclusion, I’ve enquired.
3/5
This album being 15 minutes long couldn’t be more appropriate. Make of that what you will.
2.5/5
Was interested to see if I would enjoy this based on nostalgia. Or succumb to the trendy thing to do and hate on U2. Unfortunately, I think I gravitated towards option b a little more.
3/5
Fine. Cool album cover.
3/5
Quintessentially yet another 3/5 album.
3/5
Incredibly based album cover. I like prof so that helps. The why did god take 6 million Jews gets me every time.
3.5/5
There’s something about French electronic duos, I swear. An incredible album, that sends you on a trip in the best possible way. Just throw it on and space out. What more could you ask for?
5/5
A bit ineffectual.
3/5
God forbid a white man have a little motion. Turned out to be an absolute chud, he’s had a strange career trajectory. There are some hits on here, and they carry.
3.5/5
Just lacking in something that’s hard to quantify.
2.5/5
Man these guys grate after a while. Stings vocals genuinely get annoying.
2.5/5
By The Time I Get To Phoenix.
3.5/5
Greatest hits band.
3/5
Billy Joel album.
3/5
This is Kanye’s favourite album of all time. Glad I finally got around to listening to it.
4/5
I understand why an album like this gets included. But did very little for me.
2/5
Django Django.
3/5
Heard three tracks, heard em’ all.
3/5
Classic ABBA album stacked with hits.
4/5
It’s a baffling inclusion. The most recent addition to the list too. I’m enjoying the project overall, but the wasted potential is starting to really sting. I think the score partially reflects some of my angst towards the curators of this list.
2/5
Pleasant, inoffensive, calm, soothing etc.
3.5/5
Bowie’s best album keeps things (relatively speaking) pretty straightforward, which I find to be quite interesting. Simply put, this is one of the greatest artists of all time at his absolute best. From the concept to the album artwork, to the ridiculous album title and across every single track – Bowie does not miss. Probably a shoo-in for top 10 in this list overall.
5/5
Some seriously stupid bullshit. Not funny enough to justify it.
2/5
Psychedelic rock apparently. I didn’t really pick up on it.
2.5/5
Sick album cover.
3/5
And it shows.
2.5/5
Left no impression at all.
2/5
Got a few to get through, so it’s time to be ruthless. Or so I thought, because this one demanded a full listen.
3.5/5
Wilco are a great band. I haven’t fully got into them yet, but I could see it happening quite easily. The second album in a row that demanded a full listen even though I said I have a few I need to get through. But this is a good thing.
3.5/5
The bad news is that the ruthless run-through is not going very well. The good news is that the ruthless run-through is not going very well because I’ve hit a run of great albums. A good problem to have.
3.5/5
And the run comes to an end. Vocals are really annoying and kind of cringe.
1.5/5
It’s an album that I’ve always been unable to really describe. But for this relisten, I read the album synopsis per Apple Music, and one word really stuck out to me – “polyrhythm”. Without even really understanding what the word means outside of the obvious, this word seems to encapsulate exactly what this album is in just one word. Anyways, it’s a classic, pretty simple really. Talking Heads’ best album.
5/5
Vintage Green Day. I wonder if American Idiot made the cut.
4/5
Hectic sax jazz is basically always dogshit. The halfwit smashing at a drumkit on every track does not help.
1/5
One of their better albums for sure. I’m going to be honest – once you’ve heard the “teenage mutant ninja turtle/Squirtle” Arctic Monkeys parody it is not only impossible to unhear but kind of ruins the band forever. Just a little bit.
3.5/5
It’s a little cheesy, but its fine.
3/5
Yeah, an album that sounds like this should be included in the list. I agree with that.
3/5
Not sure it really lives up to its name.
2.5/5
Harmless.
2.5/5
Its always great when an instantly recognisable track actually has a decent album surrounding it that’s worth listening to. You might even say it’s chic.
3.5/5
Shaka Khan for white people.
2/5
Incredibly samey. Still decent though.
3/5
I enjoy the White Stripes. Pretty interesting addition to their discography. Not really relevant, but how good has Jack White’s discography post the White Stripes been? would be cool if a Jack White solo album makes the list.
3/5
Kanye’s discography is, in one word, legendary. After so many years in the industry, after so many genre-defining ideas and sounds, it’s impossible to ignore the influence this man has had – not just on hip-hop/rap, but on music generally. But despite all that, this album (his first), has always been the pick of the bunch for me. While plenty of Kanye’s other albums get close, TCD has always stood out to me as a perfect hip-hop album. TCD is the result of Kanye’s greatest strength (that ironically turned out to be his greatest flaw) – a completely unwavering sense of self-belief. He refused to stay in his lane as a producer, insisting he would be the greatest rapper of all time, despite no one in the industry taking his claims seriously. His near-death experience (a car crash), which could have ended his career given it basically destroyed his jaw and his ability to rap, instead became the inspiration for one of his greatest songs, being ‘Through the Wire’. The last track on the album, aptly titled ‘Last Call’, lays it all out in detail - it’s one of the greatest closing tracks ever made. This album has no misses on the track list, the features are brilliant, the production is elite and even the skits are perfectly tolerable. “Everyone wanted to know, what I would do, if I didn’t win. I guess we’ll never know”.
5/5
Revisiting this induced a clear epiphany - Bruce Springsteen's music is mediocre and is not required listening by any stretch of the information. "Born in the U.S.A was in fact not the patriotic pro-American anthem some people thought it was at the time - it was actually a scathing anti-war take protesting Vietnam and-" that's cool, I don't care. The song is actually incredibly annoying due to being so repetitive and is still misinterpreted by an astonishing number of Americans almost 40 years later. I reckon the Venn diagram of Bruce Springsteen fans and people who think every single piece of music after the 90s is garbage is a circle. I know which side of the fence I'd like to be on.
2.5/5
I think I forgot how much the Title track goes off. Pretty long (double LP).
3.5/5
Heard plenty about this album over the years – imagine my surprise when this turned out to be nothing more than a bizarre mess of wack beats and annoying, repetitive vocal nonsense. Why is this considered a classic?
1.5/5
Damn – R.I.P Dolly. What a legend.
3/5
Yeah it’s just a Beach Boys album. I assume Pet Sounds will be included, probably could have just kept it at that.
3/5
Honestly, not very compelling. The first Queen album in the list that we got challenged the notion that Queen are a Greatest Hits band. This one goes the other way.
2.5/5
Jams.
3.5/5
It’s quite hard to separate Newman’s iconic voice and sounds (from soundtrack albums like the one for Toy Story) and listen to his solo work standing alone. And it's kind of boring to be honest.
2.5/5
It’s a live album. These should not be on the list. Thin Lizzy good, at least.
3.5/5
Not sure what to make of this. Quite bizarre, but I didn’t mind it.
3/5
Final Smiths album. gg no re.
3.5/5
I don't know how it works so well, but it just does.
3.5/5
It appears to be trendy to mention the lack of Oxford comma. One star for each member of the group, maybe the addition of Young will induce the addition of a fourth star?
3/5
It's unfair to compare to for obvious reasons, but this album came out the same year as Illmatic (as well as many other heavy hitters). The production from DJ Premier is really good and Jeru holds his own. And I'm all for a 90s hip-hop/rap album that I haven't listened to yet.
3.5/5
Has one instantly recognisable song that everyone knows. The rest of the album around said song is just ok.
3/5
Another live album. B.B King gives it his all and the crowd were loving every minute of it.
3/5
Buffalo Stance is hella nice.
3/5
Was this thrash metal by Sepultra the album I needed to hear to finally sell me on metal as a genre? Not quite, unfortunately.
3/5
Great album. Killing Me Softly - incredible. There are skit versions of several tracks - that play before the actual song. Why?
4/5
Albums like these would be better if they were 10 minutes shorter.
2.5/5
The album is called 1977, but it came out in 1996. Curious. I have just learned from one of the reviews of this album that the blue album by Weezer is not included in this list. What. The. Fuck.
3/5
There's a lot to unpack here - a double album, 30 tracks, plenty of Beatle's hits and even some pretty weird shit, that inspired some very, very unpleasant weird shit. I don't think there's a bad track here, but it is a lot to go through and quite obviously across 30 tracks, not all of them are hits. It's a solid 9/10 album and the Beatles are legendary.
4.5/5
I've always enjoyed this album. But this relisten did make realise that it's definitely lacking in a bit of substance.
3/5
Inoffensive samba/bossa nova. Not a fan of the album cover - quite off-putting. Similar feelings about 'Parade (A Banda)'.
2.5/5
Nutty stuff. The negative reviews are carrying on way too much.
3.5/5
It's been interesting to learn where Queen hits actually sit in the discography. Used to hearing them in the context of their Greatest Hits album. You're My Best Friend and Bohemian Rhapsody on the same album, for example, was a discovery. Is this Queen's best album? Probably.
4/5
Political, conscious rap that I've never heard of. Fine with me.
3/5
Classic Bob Marley. Classic Reggae.
3.5/5
It's sad, soft, slow spoken words over minimal instrumentation. Wasn't really something I was in the mood for, and I seriously doubt I'd revisit. The story behind the album is very sad.
3/5
I was convinced It's A Livin Thing was on here. It isn't. Is this album a bit long? Yeah, maybe. Is Mr Blue Sky still a good song. Yeah, I think so.
3.5/5
