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2010
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32
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8
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You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
5 2.85 +2.15
White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
5 2.89 +2.11
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
5 2.92 +2.08
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
5 2.99 +2.01
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
5 3.17 +1.83
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
5 3.18 +1.82
Virgin Suicides
Air
5 3.23 +1.77
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
5 3.26 +1.74
Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
5 3.27 +1.73
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
5 3.33 +1.67

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
1 3.61 -2.61
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
1 3.61 -2.61
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
1 3.32 -2.32
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
1 3.16 -2.16
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
2 3.82 -1.82
In Utero
Nirvana
2 3.82 -1.82
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
1 2.8 -1.8
Guitar Town
Steve Earle
1 2.79 -1.79
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2 3.68 -1.68
Bright Flight
Silver Jews
1 2.68 -1.68

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Jimi Hendrix 3 5
Metallica 2 5

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ArtistAlbumsAverage
Bruce Springsteen 3 1.67
Bob Dylan 2 1.5

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At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

A beautiful and cozy jazz session that fits the season amazingly. This album felt like a warm blanket.

War by U2

Great album with some proper bangers. Fits the slight disillusionment of the current day quite well. Overall I really enjoyed this album, amazing songs that felt both quite timeless while still also having that distinct 80s feeling. Perfect album to have on the background as you go about your daily things.

Chris by Christine and the Queens

By no means a bad album, however there's nothing all that special about it for me. Nothing that makes me realize why it is on this list.

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

Saw the bandname and album over, but didn't check the year so I was quite surprised as I was expecting some kind of 90s EDM. It's weird, noisy, obtuse and at times even needlessly provocative. I fucking love this shit.

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Dub Housing by Pere Ubu
Nov 13 2025

Would I ever recommend this album to anyone? No Do I think I will ever go and listen to this album again? Also no But I can say I did listen to it with great pleasure and had an awesome time with it. It's weird and dissonant and funky, and I can't say I didn't like it.

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
Nov 17 2025

Immigrant song: a classic, amazing song, also a great energetic opener to the album Friends: Celebration Day: Since I've been loving you: Out on the Tiles: a very "standard" upbeat led zeppelin song. Just good Gallows Pole: een meer acoustisch nummer dat wel nog lekker de energie Hooghoudt. Lekker catchy Tangerine: wat langzamer en mellow. De bas draagt dit nummer erg goed. That's the way: draagt erg sterk nog de country roots waar led zeppelin vaak op terug grijpt, wat langzamer. Bron-Y-Aur stomp: een leuk country nummer niet heel bijzonder Hard off To (Roy) Harper: een erg experimenteel nummer. Het is duidelijk dat led zeppelin later in hun discografie terugkomt op dit nummer met: in my time of dying, die dezelfde riffs ook gebruikt als in de opening van dit nummer. Heb genoten Van dit album, voor mij 1 van de led zeppelin albums die ik niet zo goed kende vergeleken met sommige van hun andere albums. Maar nog steeds heel erg led zeppelin.

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
Nov 18 2025

Amazing start of my week. Makes pop-rock but then actually original, creative and imaginative. The strong influences of blues(-rock) and jazz really add a great flair to this classic album. The dissonant piano is something you have to get used to, and I imagine it isn't for everyone, but I like it.

Abbey Road by Beatles
Nov 19 2025

The ultimate example to me of a bad good album. There's nothing wrong with it, but nothing pulled me in. I get why that is, I know that I hear nothing new because everyone has been copying the Beatles and this album. That doesn't suddenly make it good for me though. I would recommend this, I personally got bored about halfway through though.

Nov 20 2025

Starts off really strong and really fun. After the second song they become more and more experimental and after a few songs it starts to lose me, but they do pick it up decently at about halfway through the album. A great album with some banger songs, even though it didn't all work out, I loved what they went for.

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan
Nov 21 2025

A weird one, definitely did like, but nothing in this album stood out, however that is a weirdly positive thing here. I feel like to really get a grip and an opinion I'd have to listen to it at least 5 more times, and I just might.

Live! by Fela Kuti
Nov 25 2025

A genuine delight. 5 amazing tracks. A great album and the first album that I feel like I didn't know yet but did really enjoy discovering. Never expected to enjoy a 16 minute drum solo that much.

Nov 26 2025

Nice and punk, sounds very 90s. Second song sounds quite Nirvana like which isn't surprising. It's pretty good but I don't see myself listening to it again. Listening to this I want to hear their harder sounds (as this apparently their softer albums). I feel like those may resonate more with me. "She walks on me" confirms that I'd probably love that even more

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
Nov 27 2025

Wat een top album. Stevie Wonder proving they're the goat. I wish I could give a more insightful review, but I find I cannot fully say much more than just: I really love this album

Kimono My House by Sparks
Nov 28 2025

It is a genuine joy to listen to this. It feels like ABBA but then just a bit more funky and experimental. Especially the opening tracks really pull me in with some good pop.

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police
Dec 01 2025

What an amazing jam. Love the combination of pop, jazz and reggae. I like how they switch between More "standard" pop-songs and then the more experimental instrumental songs. It is also hilarious to hear how some songs are written for Sting with vocals, a nice baseline and a more "standard" rythm, and then there are the Copeland songs where the drums just go wild.

Blue by Joni Mitchell
Dec 02 2025

I can imagine there are plenty people who will love this album. I really am not one of them though. It is all the same slow, soft music. A single song is quite nice, but when I realized by song 2/3 that the entire album would be like this, I started looking forward when this album would be done. Critics will probably describe it as vulnerable, intimate, and soft. To me it's just boring and a little whiny.

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta
Dec 03 2025

Really cool album, adds blasting full energy riffs with cool rhythms. Experimental, energetic, chaotic, and fun to listen to. I can imagine that it may not be for everyone, but this is for certain one I'll be remembering and relisten to at times. Continuously surprises and plays with what it has built. Starts of energetic and strong, then breaks that down with some psychedelic rock, and builds back up to through a jazzy middle section to new highs. 8.5/10

Dec 04 2025

First few songs feel like if Gorillaz went for a bit more King Crimson-esque route. Which is makes for a very cool and fun sound. Electricity starts with a more classic rock sound, pumping up the energy. But then through some very dissonant we end up in a slow and melancholic Broken Heart. Through a similar dissonance we are pulled back up again with no God only Religion. Not an album you will probably set up whenever, but when the mood strikes for it, it is an amazing trip.

Third by Portishead
Dec 05 2025

A dark and calm album, beautifully sinister. The slight dissonance builds an amazing tension throughout the records. The more minimal style pulls you into the vocals and the lyrics which emphasize that slightly "wrong" feeling as well. Talking about not fitting in.

Surfer Rosa by Pixies
Dec 08 2025

Fun punk album, starts off a bit weak but gets the better later in. Vocals feel a bit whiny, especially in the slower songs. Strangely in the faster Pased songs those same vocals fit quite well. 6/10

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock
Dec 09 2025

You see, this is why I started this project, to find these amazing gems of albums that I hadn't had the time to really check out. Herbie hitting us with some amazing tunes which, despite being from the 70s, still feel innovative and new. Groovy, funky, beautifully chill. Just experimental enough to make you want to listen to more, not so much that it loses you on a casual listen.

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers
Dec 10 2025

Progressive punk-rock was not something I thought existed, but it does and is quite fun. It was for me again the more experimental tracks that really pulled me in especially the intense humming of Evil. 7/10

Rapture by Anita Baker
Dec 11 2025

This album was a pleasant surprise. I expected to enjoy the songs on their own, but get kinda bored by song 2-3 as I often do. But it kept me hooked, Anita Parker's voice just kept giving so much. Every song again I fell in love with this album. This album makes me want to get an LP player, because this feels like the ideal LP to on a dark evening. 7.5/10

Group Sex by Circle Jerks
Dec 12 2025

FUCK THE GOVERNMENT! 7/10

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses
Dec 15 2025

Great album, really starts of like feeling a 60s pop-rock band being brought to the 80s. But as the album progresses more and more of those typical 80s sounds are brought in, and it fits. Really want to give it another listen or two, which for me is a good sign of a great album. 8/10

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan
Dec 16 2025

A beautiful and cozy jazz session that fits the season amazingly. This album felt like a warm blanket.

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson
Dec 17 2025

It was Michael Jackson, it wasn't particularly special to me, but it is good.

Dec 18 2025

An album that feels new and refreshing, both musically and in terms of and in terms of subject, despite being over 30 years old. It is refreshing while staying timeless. Funky and grounded, somehow he does it all. 9/10

1977 by Ash
Dec 19 2025

This album is infuriates me, not because it is bad. If it were bad I could've filed it as not my thing, and moved on with my life. Instead it gave me opinions. It opens with the star Wars X-wing scream and then a genuinely amazing riff making me all excited. Imagine then my disappointment when the vocalist kicks in who somehow retroactively pulls all energy and power from the music with the voice of what feels like a wet rag. Leaving behind something that feels like it was purely written for some 90s/00s coming of age movie about a teenage boy finding out how cool skating is. It is punk with its teeth filed off. It is even more frustrating because the guitar riffs on this album are still actually pretty good at times. Especially on Lose Control and I'd give you anything (which makes sense as it is straight up a Black Sabbath riff) there are some great fucking riffs. But then the standard post-punk go happy junk starts playing over it making you wish for what it could've been. But again, it happens too often to make me be able to just I don't like it and move on without thinking about it. 4/10

Dec 22 2025

An absolute classic album, and one that holds up to this time. Despite being meer on very hard, one cannot say that wonderwall is actually a bad song. It does pop rock just how it should be. Oasis remains one of the greatest bands of all time for a reason.

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles
Dec 23 2025

An amazing album despite poor recording quality. Makes me want to be a racist cop in a 50s noir movie who is slowdancing with the femme fatale who is only allowed to be a damsel in distress with this on the background.

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis
Dec 24 2025

An amazing album despite poor recording quality. Makes me want to be a racist cop in a 50s noir movie who is slowdancing with the femme fatale who is only allowed to be a damsel in distress with this on the background.

Step In The Arena by Gang Starr
Jan 02 2026

Fucking loved the album. Wouldn't be able to tell you much beyond since I'm no hip-hop listener, but the flow felt great. Amazing backing tracks which gave of a nice mellow beat. The lyrics felt authentic and powerful.

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash
Jan 05 2026

Aaah, Johnny Cash. The one artist that does make good country music. I should also say that through this site, and through albums like this I can finally see the appeal of love albums. Often when I listened to them they felt like poorer quality with some yelling in the background, but in albums like this it actually does enhance the music, and brings some extra mood of what that performance was like, making both the artist and the music feel more alive. 7.5/10

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Jan 06 2026

Look, I am a white man who listens to prog rock/metal. I pray daily to the Holy Trinity: the father (Steven Wilson), the son (Mikael Åckerfeldt), and the holy spirit (Maynard James Keenan). I cannot pretend I won't give this amazing album a 10/10. I am also the target audience as I am spiritually a stoner from the 70s.

Jan 07 2026

Metallica took the fame, but I still feel like Megadeth did more to thrash metal as a genre. This album really captures thrash metal and metal in the 80s and early 90s for me: fast, raw, and powerful. A great album, the only downside being that it means that I have to give credit to a Belgian. 8/10

Trio by Dolly Parton
Jan 08 2026

It's nice. But that is really all I have to say about it.

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
Jan 09 2026

The first notes start and immediately I know I'll be in for a treat. Sadly later the songs became a bit less soul and more salsa, though still thoroughly enjoyable. Probably won't put it up again but a fun listen. 7/10

Aja by Steely Dan
Jan 12 2026

This was a nice album that somehow didn't really leave an impression on me, but in a weirdly good way. It was all genuinely nice to listen to, the grooves were great. But simultaneously nothing really stuck to me. Even in writing this review I struggle to say what exactly was good. Exactly the type of album I'd put on if I had a record player, because I feel like you can't go wrong with this. 7.5/10

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
Jan 13 2026

It was a funny album, wouldn't call it the best work of the stones. Simultaneously I can really tell how foundational the stones and this album have been for Rock. Overall a nice album but not something I'd put up again very quickly. 6.5/10

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen
Jan 14 2026

Not my thing.

Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Jan 15 2026

Another day, another country album I don't give a shit about... Had to restrain myself no to just skip after 3 songs... I am impressed, normally I really do like psychedelic stuff, but I guess even psychedelic country still fundamentally remains country, sadly. 3/10

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul
Jan 16 2026

Fun album, great listen with some great humor in there. It feels like that really shitty white people rapping, but then actually good. It's slower but the flow is good. Plug tune is a particular favourite of mine.

good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar
Jan 19 2026

I am not much of a hip-hop/rap listener, this project may change that honestly. Especially as it gives me a great crash-course through some of the best albums. Often find it hard to really explain why it is great beyond this stuff is amazing. 8.5/10

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
Jan 20 2026

This is an album that encompasses the beauty of Post-Rock probably the best. The music that isn't. Music that fills you with emptiness until it overwhelms you. This is not my first venture into Post-Rock but this is definitely the best album that I have heard of its type. Often Post-rock can get a quite samey after a few listens, but each song brings its own personal feeling and does something new. An amazing listen if you just need something to lose yourself in. 8/10

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes
Jan 21 2026

Pretty fun listen, has some comedy, feels a bit punky but then acoustic. Just a nice and fun album for me. The kind of album I cannot imagine putting up myself, but never minding listening to either. 7/10

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
Jan 22 2026

A fun and strange album, though it did get repetitive after a while. I wouldn't be able to tell you the songs apart, but it was enjoyable. Would recommend if you got headphones and want something weird, maybe for that one time on your record player if you're alone. 7.5/10

Definitely Maybe by Oasis
Jan 26 2026

Can't say I particularly enjoyed it. I found the vocals quite whiny, which is a staple of 90s british rock. Some of the guitar work was pretty good, but most of it did feel quite the same, except for cigarettes and alcohol none of the songs really stood out to me. 6.5/10

War by U2
Jan 27 2026

Great album with some proper bangers. Fits the slight disillusionment of the current day quite well. Overall I really enjoyed this album, amazing songs that felt both quite timeless while still also having that distinct 80s feeling. Perfect album to have on the background as you go about your daily things.

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
Jan 28 2026

Boring, stale didn't finish as I got bored. Standard country stuff.

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe
Jan 29 2026

What an incredibly fun journey this album is. Starting at classical music, and going through soul, funk, jazz all the way even to what almost feels like prog-rock with screaming guitars and back to soul again. Experimental and new, yet still keeping it in a very digestible pop style, without removing anything off of it. Definitely a keeper and going to check out more from Janelle. 9/10

Odelay by Beck
Jan 30 2026

An interesting listen, I feel like Beck tried a lot here and I gotta respect the effort and vision, that being said I don't feel like he quite stuck the landing. The mashups between styles often felt a little awkward, which was even further exacerbated by the quite poor vocals. Some instrumental parts were actually pretty good, but did not have enough going on to carry an entire song often. All in all I can't say it was bad, but neither can I say I loved it. Maybe I would after a couple of listens but that doesn't really sound attractive to me 5.5/10

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
Feb 02 2026

An album that really just kinda didn't leave an impression on me. It was fine, nothing actually bad but a little boring.

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club
Feb 04 2026

Weird in a good way. Was never sure what would come next, but it did all fit the album very well. It did fizzle out a bit on the later songs but remained enjoyable. 7/10

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Feb 05 2026

A great reggae album. It is weird how he can sing in such a happy way about such heavy and dark parts of society, his heritage, and life, yet still make it feel fitting. 8/10

Let's Stay Together by Al Green
Feb 06 2026

The actual songs on this album aren't bad, but I must say that I had heard basically everything that the album could give me by the third. Good music but It did get a little stale pretty quickly. 6/10

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone
Feb 09 2026

A great album, starts of with a powerful rock song, and then spends the rest of the album in slower, more intimate songs. It is amazing how it combines themes of love with slavery and blackness. An amazing album I'm happy to Have listened to, and may listen to again in the future

With The Beatles by Beatles
Feb 10 2026

This does make me understand why people like the Beatles. It is actually energetic, and here I can hear how they didn't just invent the overdone standard pop stuff that has been copied to death and then some in the last 60 years, but how also they were at the roots of much of the more Qualitative pop as well.

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch
Feb 11 2026

I guess, it was not the worst country album on here, but absolutely nothing remarkable about it. Don't get why this is on the list. It's just another random country album. 5/10

american dream by LCD Soundsystem
Feb 12 2026

A pretty fun album, a bit on the long side, and didn't really catch me, still remained pretty enjoyable overall.

Chris by Christine and the Queens
Feb 13 2026

By no means a bad album, however there's nothing all that special about it for me. Nothing that makes me realize why it is on this list.

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure
Feb 16 2026

Pretty good album, the music feels just a little too muted for me. It felt to me like it lacked some power, though I very much get that that is very much a stylistic choice of the cure.

Feb 17 2026

Nice songs, with a surprisingly soft touch and a strong message. Still on the softer side for me, I often just find myself zoning out on albums like these. 7/10

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills
Feb 18 2026

Pleasantly surprised by this album, prog-rock mixed with gospel was a surprising combo, but worked pretty well.

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Feb 19 2026

This album felt like how people who want to says music is dead would describe music. Still it did have some bangers . 7.5/10

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall
Feb 20 2026

Pretty cool instrumental album. I sadly had this weird bug where I was also continuously listening to some weird man moaning off-key into my ears, which really made it hard to focus on the instrumentals. 7.5/10

Bad by Michael Jackson
Feb 23 2026

I always kinda struggle to say anything about Michael Jackson. Not gonna say it is bad music, but at the same time that is all I can say about it. I don't care for his music, it's just kinda fine.

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
Feb 24 2026

It is a great album, it is really cool to hear how you can still hear some stuff of theirs back in the entire metal genre. At the same time I always find it funny to hear how close this is to something like Led Zeppelin, but we always put one in rock and the other in metal. To make slightly blasphemous confession. I've never really listened to Black Sabbath even though I truly consider myself a metal head. But I think I'll use this album as a starting point to take a deep dive.

McCartney by Paul McCartney
Feb 25 2026

Fine album that left me no thoroughly without any real impression

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento
Feb 26 2026

A great album which was an amazing introduction into Latin Music for me. A genre I'd heard basically nothing off before this album.

Garbage by Garbage
Mar 03 2026

Pretty fun album, that sadly suffers from those standard 90s issues. Which means vocals which feel like intentionally poorly done, and absolutely atrocious mixing. They did some cool things added some industrial guitar sounds which was pretty neat to hear.

Smash by The Offspring
Mar 04 2026

A fun skaterpunk album, it is short but great.

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues
Mar 05 2026

A Powerful album, with great musical strength built on a powerful message of heritage and the act of living life as resistance. This is one of those albums I am very happy to have learnt, and I am sure to check out more of their work and their story. Next to their story the music it also just slaps. Mixing bluesrock with their own cultural style, creating a wonderful style that feels both new and familiar to a western listener.

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter
Mar 06 2026

An album that I had trouble placing on my first listen, but it intrigued me enough to give it at least a second and probably a third listen as well.

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age
Mar 09 2026

Queens of the Stone Age still are one of the foundations of modern rock. They make great music and this is a great album of theirs. It's fun

Pornography by The Cure
Mar 10 2026

It's that standard slightly goth 80s pop as from the other albums of the cure. It had a bit more energy and I liked it for it, still not really my thing though.

Sea Change by Beck
Mar 11 2026

When I got Odelay, an earlier album by Beck, I said it was good in concept but didn't stick the landing and felt a bit rough/off. This album feels the exact opposite, Beck found out to make some really nice music, but here it all sounds so safe while I feel like it wants to be experimental and different. I feel like Beck polished Odelay so hard to make this album that he sanded of what made it special, and now it feels like a regular softpop/country album, or maybe a porcupine tree album when porcupine tree would be made by some major pop label who don't actually want to experiment. tl;dr the quality of the songs might be better, but it is a lot less musical.

Guitar Town by Steve Earle
Mar 12 2026

Still don't like country, and this is not even good country.

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis
Mar 13 2026

A cozy, jazzy hug, with a some soul mixed in. Just what you want if you want something nice for yourself. A delightful experience and something I will put up more often.l, whenever I require just a good time. 8.5/10

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone
Mar 16 2026

An amazing funk album. One of those albums where you can really hear its influence on music as everything feels recognizable, yet still fresh. Definitely one I will be listening to more.

Imagine by John Lennon
Mar 17 2026

This is an album entirely consisting of popular songs that have better covers of them, or songs that weren't covered for a reason. Nothing bad with it, but not my type of music, and if it was I would listen to the other versions.

Mar 18 2026

I think this may be the first album I could give a review off without listening to it. However I still do listen to it because why would I skip such a delight as this album? Anyways, it is perhaps one of the strongest muse albums out there, with some massive hits, but it also flows amazingly and feels like a great album. Sometimes harder rock albums start to feel a bit flat as a metalhead as you're used to more than they give. Muse really doesn't have that, using strong riffs with groovy drums really keeps you hooked throughout the album. Making every song a delight, and feeling powerful. Muse for me truly embodies rock, and what it should and can be.

Melodrama by Lorde
Mar 19 2026

Not my thing, nothing wrong with it, just not terribly interesting for me.

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers
Mar 20 2026

A cool album, but I was not able to give it the attention it demands on my first listen. It isn't something you can just put on in the background.

Funeral by Arcade Fire
Mar 23 2026

Feels quite dated, may have been refreshing and new in the 00s but feels old and stale now.

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra
Mar 24 2026

An incredibly fun an energetic album. Keeps the tempo up, and really embodies that 70s retro sci-fi in pop in a great way. It feels retro futuristic.

Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals
Mar 26 2026

An active but fun pop-rock album. It felt strangely old for when it came out (expected when listening it to be from the mid 90s). But it was well executed and sounded good.

Timeless by Goldie
Mar 27 2026

It is a cool album as it is the start of an entire genre. And I do like drum and bass every now and then. As an album it is alright I'd say. You can still hear some things that the genre will figure out later how to improve upon. Also 2 hours is very long, and I found myself kinda losing interest in the music after 30 minutes. Drum and bass also often works well cause it creates this soothing and focussing rythme, but in this album it could get distracting with the over use of stereo and certain sounds.

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy
Mar 30 2026

A fun hard-rock album, which is on the softer side of hard-rock, though that may be a more modern perspective. The concept of overdubbing a live album quite interesting, but it is a smart solution to their problem of limited time.

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young
Mar 31 2026

Starts of shit with some kind of summer camp prebubescent boy singing about love. It gets slightly better as more than just 1 other instrument is used. However it still remains that horrendously slow, whiny sing and songwriter music that I utterly despise. 2.5/10

Green by R.E.M.
Apr 01 2026

It isn't bad, but I am not gonna pretend I actually like it. One song of them is fine, but it misses a lot of power and after 2 or 3 songs I am very much done with the same guitar chords and the singing about how things could be better.

The United States Of America by The United States Of America
Apr 02 2026

Now this is a fucking trip. Psychedelic, weird and wonderfully fun. Not something you'll put up quickly, but simultaneously a blast to listen when you have the space for it. It felt like a whackier and more crazy Doors or Beatles at times

Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales
Apr 03 2026

What an incredibly fun album, it almost feels like a parody of itself, but in a good way. I got strangely nostalgic due to this album, but not for music of this era/album, but instead by music made by people who listened to this music

Violator by Depeche Mode
Apr 07 2026

I liked Depeche mode, they were much more chill than I always thought they'd be. For me they were always like that music homework band, that group you should've listened to if you wanted to be able to say you know music, ironically, though I did really like this album, I don't really feel like I missed out on something truly special though.

On The Beach by Neil Young
Apr 08 2026

Didn't expect much seeing the previous stuff from Neil Young I heard, this was somewhat better. I would still probably never put this up, but at least it wasn't as grating to listen to. The music was actually built around the musicality instead of just his voice, which made it significantly better

Apr 09 2026

A strange album, kinda weird disco, does live up to the name of erotic cabaret. It was a fun album but not very good, I struggle to see why this is included, but even stranger that is not a criticism. Normally each album in here is either, highly influential, very good, or has a special story. This particular album feels like it had none of these things. The most special part is tainted love which has a better cover.

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Apr 13 2026

A fun softer album, filled with interesting notes and melodies. It really felt like a continuous flow of an album, which is always a big plus to me.

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
Apr 14 2026

An album that feels like, instead of being from the 07, it feels like a very avant-garde album from the 90s, this is a good thing. It can feel a bit repetitive at times,but overall it is a very good album with some solid songs.

Apr 16 2026

Can't say it is my type of music, but it was still very fun to listen to. Something about the personality of Cee-Lo just infects his music and makes you smile.

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones
Apr 20 2026

It's soft, cozy and comfortable. Perfect for a glass of wine with your partner on the couch. It has soul and emotion, but it doesn't try to force them upon you.

Hunky Dory by David Bowie
Apr 21 2026

It's a fun album, David Bowie won't ever really be my cup of tea. Still I would wish pop like this would make a return, it is creative, and tries to be its own thing.

Hejira by Joni Mitchell
Apr 22 2026

A joy to listen to. It feels incredibly creative, and each song was a joy. I was very surprised how well I could keep my attention to this, as often these acoustic songs bore me.

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
Apr 23 2026

Very whiny and long-winded, after three songs I was already checking if I was close to done. Not my thing.

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Apr 27 2026

What a joy this album was. From the moment I saw it. I knew it'd be great. Still I didn't realize the amount of classics that this album contained. This is an album that defines jazz. If there ever was an album that had the title: listen to before you die, it'd be this one.

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin
Apr 28 2026

A shorter album, overall I'd call it one of the less interesting Led Zeppelin albums, still it is a great album though. The combination of blues, rock and that little something that later is taken into metal fits so wonderfully together.

Apr 29 2026

A fun album, but except for take on me, I kinda struggle to see why this is such an important album. Just feels like a decent 80s pop-album.

More Specials by The Specials
Apr 30 2026

It's a fun ska album, but I find it quite tricky to say more than that about a ska album. I like listening to ska every now and then, but it definitely isn't my favourite musical style out there. I haven't really found anything too new or special about it either.

Screamadelica by Primal Scream
May 01 2026

It feels like the type of music I'll listen to at a beach club during the day. The cool part is that it feels quite ahead of its time, as 20 years later I feel like this style of electronic music was rediscovered.

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix
May 04 2026

Jimmy Hendrix is an absolute legend on the guitar and this album shows that so well. You can hear how all rock music that came after built on the sounds he is making right here. It is almost impossible understate the influence he's had on the electric guitar as an instrument, and I feel like this album exemplifies it amazingly. It is weird, experimental, bluesy with cool influences of the jazz world, yet despite all that it still very much works together to create an amazing sound.

May 05 2026

I am not a fan of talking heads, the music always sounds as if the vocals were recorded separately with the vocalist having to remember how the song went. This album isn't that different from that.

Eagles by Eagles
May 06 2026

It is very much an album from the 70s. It also really defines how rock was back in those days, with much more influences still from blues than today. I feel like more than anything it gives the spirit of a certain time, in that it is an interesting and cool album to have listened to.

The Clash by The Clash
May 07 2026

it's interesting to notice how the sentiment of these songs feels much more contemporary than about 10 years ago again. Simply because a lot of people decided to fuck up the world. It is some good punk, a bit on the softer side for punk, but that is expected from one of the trailblazers of the genre. It genuinely does feel angry and wants to actually do something, which in my eyes is such a central part of punk in general.

Disraeli Gears by Cream
May 11 2026

It was a fun album to get just after Jimi hendrix. It feels like a great version of showing the other side of the same coin. It doesn't contain the absolute genius of Hendrix on the electric guitar. But still the way they use blues influences to create their music is unmistakable.

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
May 12 2026

It's nice

Ray Of Light by Madonna
May 13 2026

it is VERY 90s, I cannot say I find it particularly memorable. I can imagine how it was adventurous and new for Madonna, but in the grander scheme I don't find it particularly special. Overall a nice album and great background music, but it has trouble actually grabbing me.

Horses by Patti Smith
May 14 2026

Pretty neat but not my cup of tea

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka
May 15 2026

An amazing album that very much deserves to be on this list, it plays with so many different genres, making an original and beautiful combination of music. Instantly a new classic that I'll be listening more to, as well to more of his discography.

My Generation by The Who
May 18 2026

It's a fun rock album from the 60s, but tbh it is really starting to show its age. It is nice but somewhat outdated

May 19 2026

This sounds like an album that'd be great if you'd have some kind of nostalgia for the 60s, I however don't. It's fun, and it isn't bad but it is also very much the pop-rock stuff from the 60s that I don't like in the Beatles, so I have no reason to like this more.

Vauxhall And I by Morrissey
May 20 2026

This is just more of the smiths, I am not particularly fond of the smiths, and particularly I never really enjoyed the vocals. That having said I can hear the actual songs are pretty good, and perhaps if someone else had sung them I would've enjoyed them more. Though I cannot imagine them ever being my favourite.

Call of the Valley by Shivkumar Sharma
May 21 2026

This was a fun journey, it was not something I am even remotely familiar with, so I cannot really say anything about the actual performance or what it tries to be. but it was nice, calm yet energetic and new. It is fun how they say that this particular album still uses a lot of western influences, but I am wholly incapable of hearing those (probably because I have no reference on classical Indian music).

Floodland by Sisters Of Mercy
May 22 2026

Not bad but just didn't leave me with much of an impression, it's perfectly decent

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers
May 25 2026

This made me realize I actually just don't like the red hot chili peppers. Musically they're pretty good, but the vocals sound like a guy who desperately wants to be found more cool than he is, and the style of music supports it. Moreover the entire album seems to be built around one song (californication), while everything else feels like filler. At least the drums aren't done by Will Pharrel.

May 26 2026

Aretha Franklin remains an absolute institution in music for a reason. Her music keeps feeling like a warm blanket, a safe space. Even if this isn't the music I'll normally put up, I cannot deny that it is actually great music, and I love listening to it from time to time.

In Utero by Nirvana
May 27 2026

Now I have to write something on Nirvana. It is weird, to me Nirvana sounds like how I imagine that non metalheads think metal sounds. By accounts it has all these amazing things that should make me like it: It is raw, unique, harsh, creative, powerful, angry. However, it fails to be one thing, it just isn't for me. Still cannot pretend like it is actually a bad record though.

Low by David Bowie
May 28 2026

A more atmospheric and experimental album from Bowie, surprisingly modern for its time, expected to find out this album would've come out quite a bit later. To me this was a pleasant surprise though I still don't see me listening to this more often

Tago Mago by Can
May 29 2026

Now this is a fun surprise, prog-rock from the 70s. Just psychedelic enough to get weird. Yet still built on the early rock stuff firmly rooted in blues. Is what I thought before I reached Aumgn. That song and Peking O probably should be their own album because what a trip that was, it felt like it utterly refused to be comprehensible or even make sense. Like they decided they needed to make Dadaist music, and yet I cannot hate it.

Who's Next by The Who
Jun 01 2026

This is THE the who album. And you can kinda see why, it feels like it was, so very much the blueprint for pop-rock that came after. More interestingly it kinda suffers from it, as most of the things they're doing is pretty good, but then it has been copied to death by people who weren't as good, which makes it sadly worse as it feels uninspired.

Aqualung by Jethro Tull
Jun 02 2026

This feels like an album I should've known before being quite a prog fan. But that makes it all the more fun to discover it now, for the early 70s it is surprisingly hard sometimes, but simultaneously the more folk elements for very well. A great album I'll remember.

Bright Flight by Silver Jews
Jun 03 2026

This sounds like a 45 year old man whose wife and kids left him because he hasn't been passionate about anything in the last 30 years, and after drinking way too much he decided he had to win his love back. So he went to her with a guitar, and it's a little awkward because she has been remarried for 3 years now with a pretty cool bloke. Now the wife opens up and thinks it's awkward but also a little heartwarming, but then he starts singing... And it is just pathetic, not just bad but pathetic, everything is offkey and offbeat, the lyrics feel like they're written by a 14 year old boy who believes he already knows everything life has to offer. Now the wife is desperately trying to figure out a way to tell him this isn't going to work, but she wants to be supportive of the man, so she looks for something positive to say but there just isn't anything. However true horror strikes her when he, after finishing his song, starts a second song and you realize this is an entire album. It isn't even funny bad, it is just pathetic and you want to put it out of its misery as it would be better for everyone, but you can't.

Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson
Jun 04 2026

A weird, original, jazzy and very instrumental album that demands your full attention, aka a true King Crimson album. I struggle to say something profound but it is just amazing, it is King Crimson and that should be enough on its own.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper
Jun 05 2026

A fun and funky instrumental album, ideal with headphones when you can give it the attention it wants.

Jun 08 2026

The thing with Irish folk punk music is, I don't dislike it. But I really need to be in the mood to properly listen to it, and this was not the time for me. While listening to it, it just sounded like some neat Irish folk/punk, it was good but also nothing too special in that genre if I'm completely honest.

Jun 09 2026

Well, my morning started off pretty shit and I have to wait for the train for half an hour. "But" I think hopefully. "At least I have time to listen to the album of today now, hope it'll be something good." It is then that I see that I got a Bob Dylan album for today. It was then that I knew that this would be a pretty long fucking morning...

2112 by Rush
Jun 10 2026

I mean, This is one of those albums you really just listen to for a single song, and that is 2112. And what an amazing rock opera song that is. It just keeps on going and going. Keeping in theme with itself yet simultaneously flowing into new and creative ways, it never gets boring.

Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals
Jun 11 2026

First punk-rock song was actually pretty good, especially for a 90s britpop band, however it only went downhill from there with the same beatles wanna be with slight punk influences. I still don't understand why for some reason people decided that bad singing was supposed to be good in the 90s. It is genuinely impressive how they're able to make hate each song more and more.

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Jun 12 2026

Fleetwood Mac was one of those artists If never gotten around to actually listen. I have to ti say, it is nice and good, but it honestly feels a little boring. Nothing wrong with it, but not particularly memorable to me.

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield
Jun 15 2026

An album that feels like home, soft, comfortable and I wish it'd been longer.

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix
Jun 16 2026

Jimi Hendrix remains an absolute legendary guitarist, and this album is just another showcase of it. The man does magic with that guitar. Listening to this it is still an absolute shame that this man was murdered, for already he was years ahead of all other bands. You can hear how a decade of rock is built on the work he is doing here, and I am certain he would've been able to blow us away with another decade of amazing music if he'd been able to continue making music.

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Jun 17 2026

This album cannot be described any other way than just fun. The combination of disco, funk and (proto) rap fits really well. It feels like a party from start to finish.

A Seat at the Table by Solange
Jun 18 2026

A great album, powerful and personal. The music isn't big, but it knows how to properly fill in with the lyrics and the story the album tries to tell. Each song is distinct and has its own place in the album, yet they flow effortlessly into one another.

Jun 19 2026

Atmospheric, laid-back, a little psychedelic and overall an amazing trip. This is an album that builds I probably will put up again every now and then. It feels as if Pink Floyd decided to make pop in the 00s. It knows for who it is, and it doesn't shy away from building onto that.

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top
Jun 22 2026

This album made me 20 years older, and made me want to neglect my wife and children by going and cracking open a cold one with the boys.

Remain In Light by Talking Heads
Jun 23 2026

Weird, slightly unnerving, but amazing musically. That is how I would describe the talking heads and this album embodies all these things. Not an album you'd put on speakers during a laid-back party, but definitely something I'd listen to again.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
Jun 24 2026

Joni Mitchell is a tricky one for me. She is a great sing and songwriter, hugely creative. But I cannot say I truly like what she makes. It does cool things, but it just doesn't grab me. I find it hard to describe what exactly I don't like about the album.

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
Jun 25 2026

Very much a nineties hip-hop album, but a great one. Strongly critical of society and politicis at the time, yet at times it felt very much talking about current times. It very much doesn't feel afraid to criticize also the standard black culture of the time.

Metallica by Metallica
Jun 26 2026

Aah, the quintescential Metallica album, the one album that every other band hopes that their self-titles album will become with the amount of hits that this album contains. It genuinely contains most of the greatest hits of Metallica (not to say that the other albums don't have those).

Parklife by Blur
Jun 29 2026

It is probably one of the very few actually good british 90s albums on here. It combines some pretty neat pop tracks, with intermissions which would feel in a porcupine tree or king crimson album (which I do consider a positive). Simultaneously it does fall off into being quite samey except for those few interludes after the first few songs. This is a typical album where I find myself zoning out because nothing really pulls me back in after the first 4 songs.

OK Computer by Radiohead
Jun 30 2026

A great rock album, that builds on a very timeless message apparently, as it has felt only more and more fitting to talk about these themes in the last 30 years.

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour
Jul 01 2026

An amazing album building on African music. An absolute joy to listening to, using amazing african rythms, it is calming and chill, but never truly in the background either. Definitely an album I'll listen to again.

Butterfly by Mariah Carey
Jul 02 2026

Maria Carey has an amazing voice, and this album shows that. However, beyond that I don't feel any particular love for this album, the music is very much of its time and not super interesting. Each song feels very much the same. Decent album I just don't care fore

Guero by Beck
Jul 03 2026

This is the third Beck album we get and it feels like he hit the sweetspot here between odelay and sea change. Where Odelay felt a little rough and awkward, and Sea change felt overly polished and without character. This hits a nice sweetspot, with a clear feeling and character, a vision but with a nice execution.

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
Jul 06 2026

A cool album, but not an easy one. The experimental and improvisational jazz makes for some very cool music, but also music that you won't just put up at random. Great album, I will listen to it again, but it will only be if I have the time and focus for it

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Jul 07 2026

A pretty fun album, didn't expect much with that album cover bu was pleasantly surprised. Was it the best album on this list? No. But it was also far from the worst. The Singer's voice does get a little grating after a few songs, but because the album is that short it didn't really bother me.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams
Jul 08 2026

the cover tells you exactly what the album is going to be. Just some country stuff. Still not a fan of country, I also still don't understand why this album, or about 90% of the country albums on this list had to be there. Whenever stuff like this comes up I cannot wait for the downfall of America, if only just so we can all finally accept that country has no significance outside America and needs no international attention.

The Cars by The Cars
Jul 09 2026

A very standard but enjoyable pop album from the late 70s. Mixing was done well and the music was pretty neat.

Bossanova by Pixies
Jul 10 2026

A genuinely cool and different rock album from the 90s. It builds on itself quite well, with a unique, though still very much 90s sound. The harsher and slightly more punk influences work quite well with the 80s roots that can be heard in this album. It does start to fall of a little bit through the middle as it does become quite a lot of the same. Later in the album it does pick itself up again.

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine
Jul 13 2026

Metal is pretty underrepresented in this list. But at least each metal album on this list up till now is amazing. Politically an incredibly powerful album with a very clear message. Musically the funk influences make for an incredibly heavy album, while still feeling creative, and constantly refreshing.

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
Jul 14 2026

It's Bruce Springsteen. It isn't truly had bad, but I don't like it

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith
Jul 15 2026

If Kohn Lennon were resurrected as a 00s era pop artist. Same voice, slightly less grating, even liked some of the songs. It did overstay it's welcome though

Jul 16 2026

This is the music I expect to hear when I ask a musical fan if they listen to anything other than musical songs. Not really bad, but it is not my music

Cut by The Slits
Jul 17 2026
Moondance by Van Morrison
Jul 20 2026

First song made me think this was going to be terribly boring. The second song was however quite a bit better already. After that it did get a little stale but it remained decent all throughout the album. Not my thing but not bad music, pretty original and musical.

Jul 21 2026

Started of suprrisingly strong with Funeral for a friend, candle in the wind and even Bennie and the Jets. But after that it very much fell into the standard Elton John stuff, which sadly very much overstayed its welcome with a total of 1:17hr of Elton John. I can imagine that if you're fan of him this'd be an amazing album, however I just am not a fan of his music. However, I cannot deny that it is a good album overall.

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground
Jul 22 2026

Saw the bandname and album over, but didn't check the year so I was quite surprised as I was expecting some kind of 90s EDM. It's weird, noisy, obtuse and at times even needlessly provocative. I fucking love this shit.

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright
Jul 23 2026

With the opening track I expected something a bit more experimental from the rest of the album, so when the more pop-like music started I was a little disappointed. Still it was pretty good, if just not extremely interesting to me. But ideal background music to just kinda chill and have on the background.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Jul 24 2026

This was the most 80s album I've had on the list. It is luckily also some pretty good 80s pop music.

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jul 27 2026

This is really one of those albums were I feel like I should have more to say or feel about it than I do. It is some great reggae, and I like it, but that is really where it ends for me.

The Healer by John Lee Hooker
Jul 29 2026

A great overall blues record, of which i will definitely remember some songs. Starting off powerful and slowly calming down to a soft final record.

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé
Jul 31 2026

Another day, another critically acclaimed album made by a pop artist in the 10s. It is a great album, though beyoncé never really was my thing.

Dire Straits by Dire Straits
Aug 03 2026

This is not an album I really needed to listen to since I already know front to back. Yet I would never pass up another opportunity to listen. This is my personal favourite alltime album, partly for the music but also definitely also for more personal reasons. To keep it to the music, the flowing music with the melancholic tones make for an amazing album. They build a solid foundation with chill and laid-back rythms which still keep up the tempo while Mark dances over them with his lead-guitar and vocals. It is music that can easily just be casually listened to in the background, yet as you start listening more carefully it still delivers plenty depth and diversity to make it worth your while.

Paranoid by Black Sabbath
Aug 04 2026

Whenever I listen to black Sabbath, I am reminded how chill and groovy black Sabbath often is. They know how to sit back just as well as to when to fill the space.

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Aug 05 2026

It certainly is an album from the late 50s. It's cute and short, but I am not gonna pretend I found it particularly interesting or ennervating to listen to.

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper
Aug 06 2026

A fun 80s pop album. not particularly groundbreaking for me, but it is well sung and the songs are good.

Document by R.E.M.
Aug 07 2026

R.E.M is not my type of music, as far as these albums go this one was relatively decent, still nothing particularly interesting to me.

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix
Aug 10 2026

Another great Jimi Hendrix album. This one is more funk than rock compared to his other albums, but still very fitting of the incredible work this man can do on a guitar. Definitely an album I will be checking out again later

Urban Hymns by The Verve
Aug 11 2026

Welp, I am going to have that fucking violin in my head again for the entire day... I was expecting before hand to hate this album but it was actually pretty good. All pretty standard 90s pop but it is actually good. It is clear that it had a strong influence on a lot of later 90s and 00s pop that came after

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