1001 Albums Summary

Bad electronic music that is either experimental noise or at best too repetitive. Vocals are random audio clips. The Middle Eastern motifs were strange and did not work well. Album cover sucks.

Brighton Rock is horrible. The chorus gimmick is overdone. The rock parts range from mid to decent. The soft vocal sections are lame.

I'm not impressed by the vocals nor the instrumental. The tracks have a similar sound to them that gets tiring halfway through the album.

The only times I liked Joplin's singing were in the tracks Move Over and Mercedes Benz. Her vocals tend to have a raspy, rough edge to them that is unpleasant to listen to, though it works well in Mercedes Benz. The slow ballads are bad. The way Joplin sometimes stretches syllables is annoying. In one of the songs she doesn't even sing.

Mid album. At least the songs were varied.

The instrumentals are nice at times, but the vocals are bad. The WASP is an awful track.

Brian Wilson sucks ass on this album. His falsetto always makes the songs worse. Any track where he's involved as a writer or lead vocalist is bad. A lot of the tracks remind me of the Beatles but not as good, and I'm already not a fan of the Beatles. Long Promised Road and Lookin at Tomorrow are the only decent tracks. The musical compositions on this album are interesting, but overall it's a bad album. The album cover is sick though.

I've always wondered how someone with a singing voice as unpleasant and unintelligible as Bruce Springsteen's could become so popular, but after listening to this album I have to admit that my opinion of him has improved a bit. Specifically, on the tracks "Adam Raised a Cain" and "Streets of Fire", the way he fully leans into the rawness of his voice works surprisingly well, something I didn't think was possible. These tracks also fix the issue of Springsteen's unintelligible singing style by making half the lyrics just the song title. While this album did surpass my expectations, I don't think it's good. The ballads are still awful, and it's almost comical how bad Springsteen sounds on them.

This is an overall pleasant album to listen to. There aren't any great songs, but no truly bad ones either. Most of the good songs are towards the beginning of the album. In addition to original album, I also listened to the added tracks from the deluxe edition which are a little better. There's no song that really stands out on the original album, but if I was forced to choose, it'd probably be "So Much Love". Though "The Windmills of Your Mind" was interesting because it reminds me of the song "The Movie in My Mind" from Miss Saigon. If the deluxe tracks are included, "Goodbye" is the clear winner for me. I rate the original album 3 stars and the deluxe 3.5 stars.

This shit is bad. The vocals barely count as singing. The instrumentals are boring. The only thing I liked about the album was the piano melody in "Susan's House", and it turns out the band didn't even create it. They sampled the melody from another song called "Love Finds Its Own Way". The album cover is gross too.

Wtf is this shit? Why would she sing like that? This album is irredeemably bad, and "Birdland" has gotta be one of the worst "songs" I've ever heard.

The complete silence at the beginning of the album is annoying. The instrumentals are weird and don't fit the vocals. I don't like the singing. The song "Easter Parade" sounds like bad Billy Joel. There are no good songs.

This is not a good album. At least the songs have an energy to them that makes the album easier to get through. I liked the accordion in the track "The Boy in the Bubble".

Old timey swing. Not my type of music.

The songs are smooth and easy to listen to, but nothing really appealed to me. There are no songs that I would want to relisten to.

Boring vocals and boring instrumentals. I could barely remember anything about the album the next day.

The vocals are unpleasant to listen to. The instrumentals are boring. On a technical level, the audio sounds like shit (and saying that it's on purpose doesn't make it any better). There are so many tracks on this album that sound so unpolished, it's like I'm listening to someone ramble incoherently over random noise. 28 tracks on this album and they're all awful.

I find this type of sound very boring.

Lots of okay songs and some decent ones, but none I want to relisten to. It would've been nice if the songs were more energetic. I don't usually care that much about lyrics but on the track "Marz", it's hard to ignore how he's just listing random things. The track "Silver Platter Club" reminds me of "Hey There Delilah".

Boring.

Decent but a little lacking compared to their more iconic albums. The guitar riffs aren't quite as good, Ozzy's vocals are hit or miss depending on the track, and they tend to get overpowered by the instrumentals. The audio mixing is noticably better in the remastered version, and the vocals are clearer. "FX" is not a real song and while "Laguna Surprise" isn't necessarily bad, it's not what I'm looking for from Black Sabbath. Final score is based on the remastered version.

This album is just gross awful noise. And to make it even worse, all the songs sound the same. If you're going to sound bad, at least have some creativity. Every song on here is one of the worst songs I've ever listened to.

Classic Stevie Wonder.

I hate holiday music. Also, this has no effect on my rating, but does the creator know how funny it is that his Christmas "gift" to us is making us listen to an album produced by a psychopathic murderer?

I'm not really into the alt and synth pop sound. It's the more rock oriented tracks that save the album for me. Karen O's vocals are fine, but they have this wispy ethereal quality to them that I don't enjoy.

I don't like Randy Newman's vocals, and the instrumentals weren't interesting. The track "Rednecks" did require some research to realize it wasn't as deplorable as it initially seemed.

The instrumentals are bland, and the vocals even more so. Exene has the worse singing voice of the two singers. In general, the vocals are too quiet.

The instrumentals are nice. I don't like how some of the songs have people talking as background noise (especially on the track "The Doo Doo Chasers"). I'm including the bonus EP tracks in my final rating, one of which is a live performance of Maggot Brain, one of the best guitar solos.

Tina Turner's voice is too raspy for my taste. The 80s pop beats are so boring.

Vocals suck and are hard to hear. The instrumentals are just noise.

It's fine. Pretty much what I expected from a Salsa album. It's not my type of music.

While I usually do like this type of rock, this is a boring album. The track "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" is not as good as the Marvin Gaye version and way longer for some reason.

Lame alt music. 😴 "Thick of It" reference on the track "Distance From Her to There".

Most of the tracks feature Springsteen singing soft vocals over acoustic instrumentals. Definitely not his strong suit.

The instrumentals are good and are especially great on the title track "Zombie". My only complaint about them is the weird electric keyboard (organ?) on the track "Mistake". The vocals aren't bad, but they're definitely the weakest part of the album. The two bonus tracks "Observation is No Crime" and "Mistake" are not as good as the original. They're still decent though.

While I generally don't like live albums, the energy of the crowd helped to make the bad songs more palatable. A lot of the tracks sound like they're Disney channel songs with worse singing.

Brian Eno's influence on this album is obvious, and I wish it wasn't. Still not as bad as an actual Brian Eno album though. Supposedly the instrumentals were influenced by Fela Kuti, but they're certainly not as good.

The instrumentals on this album are mainly used to fill in the sound instead of driving the songs forward. This combined with the weak vocals make the album an absolute slog to get through.

An album bloated with stinkers.

The tracks sound similar to each other. The flows are basic and sometimes annoying. Nothing really impressed me about this album.

The instrumentals are weird, and the vocals are lame.

This is quintessential White Stripes. Despite being an indie rock album, the instrumentals are energetic and distinct (except for the acoustic tracks which are generally weaker). I didn't really like the singing styles on this album, but for whatever reason Jack White's voice sounds nice to me, so it's fine. The tracks range from bad to good with the only great track being "Little Room".

A weird experience.

Pretty standard electronica pop. Not bad for what it is, but I find this genre boring.

Some of the tracks sound too dated to be from 1979. I don't like punk, and the addition of ska and reggae elements doesn't help.

The vocals are reminiscent of Springsteen. I usually don't like David Bowie, but I do like blue eyed soul. Not bad.

Good flows and instrumentals. The tracks are interesting and fun to listen to.

Kinda boring. Only track I really liked was Take Five.

Moody beats and electronic music with soft vocals. Not as bad as I would've expected. Still not good.

First song was promising, but Adam's vocals soon get annoying.

Basic rock instrumentals with punk vocals i.e. bad.

Chill folk rock. Sometimes a little boring, but generally pleasant. At times, Neil Young's singing reminds me of Bob Dylan, but I think Young has a better sounding voice. I prefer more traditional sounding folk, so my favorite track would be "For the Turnstiles". A solid album.

Instrumentals aren't very exciting. The vocals aren't good. Nothing notable about this album.

Nothing special. Some boring Southern rock. Most of the tracks sound similar to each other. 2.5 stars. And it only gets that rating because I like the genre.

Not as strong as "Dusty in Memphis". Dusty's got a great sounding voice, but it's better suited for singing soul pop than just pure pop. The album itself felt unpolished. I usually don't care about lyrics, but the ones on "Do Re Mi" are noticeably low effort. The two different vocals on "Mockingbird" don't mesh together at all. In general, the vocals seem to be lacking emotional and dynamic range. The powerful verses felt lacking, and the smooth verses felt rushed. The additional tracks included in the expanded edition of the album were a little better than the original. All the tracks on the original album were mid. There were some decent ones on the expanded edition, but nothing great. The only track that stood out to me was "Every Day I Have To Cry". I thought the trumpets were fun, and Dusty's vocals were more energetic. 2 stars for the original, and 2.5 stars for the expanded edition.

After hearing some many parodies of his voice, it's strange listening to Elvis sing. After I got over it, I realized this was an incredibly mid album.

Vocals aren't good. The skits (?) interspersed throughout the album really make the tracks drag on. Instrumentals are forgettable.

Pretty cool beats. Not something I would actively listen to, but works well as immersive background music. My main complaint is that some of the tracks go too far into this experimental industrial sound, and it goes from sounding cool to weird and unpleasant.

What stands out about this album is how it showcases several different styles of rock while still maintaining a cohesive sound. The influences on each track are evident, but they still sound unique to Bowie. I'm still not a fan of Bowie's voice, but this is an impressively made album. My favorite tracks were "Oh! You Pretty Things" and "Andy Warhol".

More boring and bad sounding punk.

Dreary alt country 😴 I have yet to see a good artist that doesn't capitalize their name.

Soft dreamy vocals on top of boring electronic music.

The Beastie Boys have a unique sound, but halfway through the album I got tired of it and wished they would switch things up. The beats are a little empty as well.

This is basically what most hip hop sounded like during this era.

Nothing that really wowed me, but still a very listenable rap album that carries itself well. 2.5 stars.

Vocals are noisy, abrasive, and a little goofy. Instrumentals are not that interesting and are too drum focused. They also lack clarity during heavier sections.

Bob Dylan just has a horrible singing voice. Nothing special about the instrumentals. Harmonica is overused.

Synth, post punk, and new wave. I don't think I need to say anything more to justify the rating.

Pretty basic rock. Nothing special about the vocals. Instrumentals were weak in the first half, but there were some good tunes in the second half.

First of all, I did not like the fillers on this album. This includes the skits, but also all the sections where they just talk over a beat instead of actually rapping verses. Musically, "The Chronic" has more creative beats and production than the other rap albums that came out in this era. Even so, the album still sounds dated, and I'd rather be listening to something more modern instead. None of the rappers stood out to me. Also: "n****ettes"? Nah, Snoop was crazy for that one. How come that never caught on though? 🤔

Smooth soul with funk elements. I liked the vocal harmonies, though the singing was a little too subdued. No complaints about the instrumentals. There were no great tracks but no skips either. Overall a solid album.

Soul with strong female vocals. This should be my type of music, but I'm not really feeling it. I don't like Winehouse's voice, and the instrumentals aren't that interesting to me (perhaps because of the pop and r&b influence).

Indie rock with some grunge in the instrumentals. I didn't really hear the punk which I consider a positive. Unfortunately it's still the next worst thing, indie. The vocals are quiet and weak. The instrumentals sound discordant and empty. Also I find the album cover unsettling.

Very bland soft indie rock. Not a single memorable vocal performance or instrumental melody.

This sounds like a more boring version of "Texas Flood" by Stevie Ray Vaughan. Maybe this is just what blues sounded like during this decade. Regardless, "Texas Flood" at least had some energy in its riffs and vocals, which is severely lacking in this album.

Nick Cave displays a variety of singing styles throughout the album in which his vocals range from not great to unpleasant. Generally I preferred the more standard singing styles and disliked the experimental stuff. The instrumentals were better. There were still a lot of snoozers, but also several interesting compositions sprinkled throughout the tracks. I preferred the more experimental instrumentals.

Vocals are weak and annoying. Instrumentals are basic.

The softer tracks are very boring. The rest are okay but not good. The instrumentals are sometimes grating. I don't like the singer's voice. I have yet to listen to a good piece of music with the word "Viva" in its title.

Experimental/art/avant pop and glam rock. Most of the tracks are really annoying. Several of them start out as just slightly annoying glam rock tracks, but then in the middle of the song, Brian Eno decides to throw in some weird ass instrumentals that make you wonder what you're listening to. The only track I thought was decent was "Baby's on Fire". 1.5 stars.

I listened to the 50th anniversary edition for this. Harrison's voice is on the verge of being annoying for me but not quite. The instrumentals are generally pleasant, but not good enough to carry a track by themselves i.e. Disc 3 which was almost all instrumentals was the weakest part of the album. I liked the track "Hear Me Lord".

Very moody and strange jazz. Not pleasant to listen to.

John Prine's kinda like the Bob Dylan of folk country music. Though I would say that Prine's more listenable (but not necessarily better).

I listened to the deluxe version for this review. This is an album I wish I liked more than I actually do. There's some great guitar work on this album, but also a lot of mid tracks; not bad, but not interesting. I liked the additional bonus tracks better than most of the original tracks. The production quality isn't very good either. I'm not a huge stickler about audio quality, but it's noticeably bad on this album.

Good tracks throughout. Chapman has a good singing voice, and her storytelling is effective. Instrumentals are pleasant and work well. The standout tracks for me are "Fast Car" and "Mountains O' Things". My only skip is "Baby Can I Hold You", and it's still a very listenable track. 3.5 stars

Moody ambient background music. Unsurprisingly, the soundtrack of a movie that's not even music related does not make for a good album. I don't see why I would need to listen to this before I die.

The singer sort of sings like he's in a stage musical, but not in the style that I like. 1.5 stars

This shit is too long. There's little variance within the individual tracks. Most of the tracks could be cut in half and still sound the same structurally. There's also little variance between tracks. They all blur together and could've worked as just one really long track. Several times I got baited by the opening of a track, and I thought that they were actually going to switch up the beat, but a couple minutes later without fail the track will have somehow devolved into the same type of beat as every other track on this album.

Standard and boring rock. Vocals are a little annoying.

Pretty decent and listenable soul. I was not a fan of the brit pop elements, but they weren't bad.

Ambient techno. This is the shit you put on when you're in the middle of doing something and you want to put on some music to fill the silence, but it has to be generic enough to not break your concentration.

Boring post-punk and indie rock.

Annoying vocals and does not sound like soul. Including a poem when the album is only 39 minutes long is a bold decision.

Jazzy blues guitar. Listenable but boring.

Sounds like early 2000s rock, so I guess they were ahead of their time, but it's very mid 2000s rock. Wikipedia says this is punk rock and grunge, but it doesn't feel like punk at all and the grunge elements are diluted.

Instrumentals are pretty good, but the vocals suck. They're like a worse version of Alice in Chains.

Finally a punk rock album that I don't hate. The instrumentals are energetic, and most importantly the vocals aren't bad. I guess this is the era when punk rock starts moving away from that annoying 70s singing style, and we start getting some decent vocal performances. Leaving in the minutes of silence in the track "Smash" is silly though.

You already know this is going to be mid based on the title. Typical old country rock. The ballads are okay, the rest of the tracks sound kinda corny.

This is a review for the expanded version because I couldn't find an uncensored version of the original. Pretty fun hip hop album. This feels like a step above most of the other rap albums from this era.

A very solid album. Both the singing and rapping are good. Several of the tracks are beautifully sung, and they're all clearly very personal to Lauryn Hill. I still don't like skits, but at least these ones are cohesive and have a clear purpose which is how I would describe the album overall. I've listened to this album before, but it's the first time I've listened to it in full after learning about Hill's personal life. Knowing now how rocky her love life was, I'm more appreciative of how much she still loves love. 3.5 stars

I already knew I wouldn't like this album based on the title. However, it is better than most indie rock I've listened to. This album has a surprisingly raw sound.

Synth instrumentals are annoying. Vocals aren't bad, but the effects make it sound like he needs a better mic.

Elvis is corny and ass.

Pretty good folk rock. Sounds more rock than folk. I could hear similarities to Bob Dylan and the Beatles on several of the tracks. The best instrumental performance is on the track "Bluebird". Both the acoustic and electric guitar are great. Vocals are good as well. My favorite vocal performance is on the track "Everyday" which is surprisingly a live recording. I didn't know that Neil Young was in this band until I finished listening to the album, and it makes a lot of sense in hindsight. The singing on "Everyday" sounds very similar to "On the Turnstiles", my favorite track from Young's "On the Beach".

Gothic rock. Instrumentals are fine. Vocals are weird.

Some good melodies on here. This feels more structured than the other jazz albums I've listened to which I appreciate. The weakest sections were the ones with heavy improvisation.

It's fine. It's just that the audio quality is so bad.

Similar to the Beach Boys. Some decent tracks, but mostly stinkers. This is supposed to be garage rock, but several of the tracks sound like soft rock. I'm surprised it's rated so lowly by other users. I personally don't like it very much, but I don't think it's much worse than other albums of this type that have higher scores.

Good instrumentals. Sade has nice smooth vocals, but they're a little too smooth and with her singing style remaining mostly the same throughout the album, I found myself getting tired of her voice on repeat listens. My favorite track was "Frankie's First Affair".

Good album, but overrated. Jeff Buckley is a very good vocalist, but the singing is not that interesting. The acoustic instrumentals are nice and pair well with the vocals, but they're not memorable. Sound wise, there's nothing that's truly special about this album. The only thing that makes it stand out compared to other great singer-songwriter albums is the emotion Buckley puts into his singing, and while it is effective, I'm not as moved as other people seem to be. Most of the tracks are decent to good. My favorite track is "Forget Her", specifically the second half. The only track I did not like was "So Real". That high note on the chorus is annoying.

This review is for the 2009 remastered because it's the only version I could find that doesn't include the outtakes. The Beatles are one of the most overrated bands of all time. Most of the vocal performances are either annoying or corny. The instrumentals are better, but they still sound corny on several tracks. The only decent track was "Fixing a Hole".

This album is a mix of psychedelic and folk rock. Vocals are fine (sometimes bad). I preferred the singing in the first half. Instrumentals are good and even great at times. My favorite track was "Today". I really liked the instrumentals on "Plastic Fantastic Lover", but the vocals are bad on that track.

Annoying vocals and lame instrumentals.

This shit could've just been a poem instead. Bro's just talking over ambient music.

Instrumentals are fine. Pretty standard rock with some good moments but nothing impressive. When I first heard this sort of raspy female singing style, I thought it was unique and refreshing, but as I've listened to more albums from this time period, I'm starting to think this was just a popular singing style at the time. I'm not against it, but I've already heard it done better multiple times e.g. Betty Davis.

I've never listened to this album before, but I had heard the chorus of "American Pie" many times throughout my life, and I had been under the impression that Don McLean made americana slop, but it turns out that both the song and the album are pretty good. The best tracks were the softy sung ones. McLean has a surprisingly melancholic and sincere sounding voice. He reminds me of Jim Croce. My favorite track was "Vincent".

Young has a weirdly whiny and nasally voice on this album. Not bad.

Johnny Cash? More like Johnny ass. Nah I'm just kidding. Except not really. The music sucks, but the storytelling is pretty good.

It's fine. I'm not a fan of the vocals, and the instrumentals don't impress me. The feeling I get from Rush is that they want to make "high class" rock, but it ultimately ends up being kinda bland.

It's fine. I've always considered ABBA to be similar to most Kpop bands as in they're industry slop. 2.5 stars.

Pretty basic electronic music. I can only assume this got popular because it's old and was probably ahead of its time.

Goofy ass theatrical singing. Reminds me of the kind of musical singing style that I hate. And the songs are all covers too, so I can't even give credit for originality. All skips.

Not as strong as "21", but still good. Adele's a great vocalist and one of the few modern pop artists I like. The best track is probably "Hello". I also like "River Lea", but I get burnt out on that track easily. The chorus on "When We Were Young" is pretty good. Side note: As someone that was listening to the radio when "Hello" and "Send My Love" came out, it boggles me that they're on the same album.

Boring. The vocals are lethargic, and the instrumentals don't stand out at all.

I don't like reggae.

This album doesn't really do anything to break the mold, but still somehow feels unique and fresh which I believe is a testament to how well made the tracks are. The tracks sound diverse while still managing to form a cohesive album. It's also surprising that this was made in '88. The album holds up very well and does not sound dated. Unfortunately, most of the tracks aren't really my kind of music. I liked "Cult of Personality" though.

Singing was good. The rapping was a little corny. The instrumentals are fine. I'm partial to them because I like rock, but they aren't anything special. It's a shame that this is on the list instead of "Meteora", which is basically just a superior version of "Hybrid Theory".

Very nice singer-songwriter album. Joni Mitchell's voice is simultaneously bright yet wistful. The instrumentals are generally low key and compliment the vocals well. My favorite tracks are "Court and Spark" and "Down to You". I think "Court and Spark" in particular is one of Mitchell's best songs. The rest of the tracks are decent to good except for "Twisted" which has bad vocals. 3.5 stars.

Beatlesque, as nearly all British rock bands from this era are. The songs are okay. My favorite one was "Time of the Season", but it's still not great.

Mostly bland saccharine pop. The instrumentals on "Act of Contrition" were pretty cool, and the track had some potential, but for some reason Madonna started yapping instead of singing.

Surprisingly boring, especially the heavier sections. The more melodic parts sounded better.

Lame and dreary. Bro should've laid off the drugs. Or at least swapped to stimulants.

I listened to the 2006 remaster for this review. Vocals are bad. Instrumentals are okay, but weird. It doesn't really feel like the tracks come together to form a cohesive album. 1.5 stars.

They try a bunch of different stuff on this album, but it all ends up being mid. I'm not surprised Brian Eno worked on this.

Classic Bob Dylan. Acoustic guitar, harmonica, and horrible singing. What more could you ask for?

Another pleasant and nicely sung album by Joni Mitchell. Plenty of good songs, but a little lacking in energy compared to her previous album "Court and Spark". My favorite track was "The Hissing of Summer Lawns". My least favorite was "Harry's House / Centerpiece". The instrumentals on that track are a little too harsh. 3.5 stars.

Brightly sung rock with pop elements. Not what I expected from the album cover, but I'm not complaining. This album reminds me of Avril Lavigne, but less annoying. Overall, it's a nice listen with some catchy tunes. More importantly, this gets the achievement of being one of the few popular albums that I rate higher than the average. 3.5 stars.

Chill jazz. Neither good nor bad. I'm not really into instrumental jazz. Cool album cover though.

Basic rock. Mid vocals and instrumentals.

Why do male punk bands like branding themselves as females? Instrumentals aren't as punk-y as most punk albums I've listened to. Vocals are just as bad though.

Instrumentals were fine, but the vocals were shockingly bad. The last track "They're Red Hot" is especially horrendous. My favorite RHCP track "Under the Bridge" is from this album, so I expected it to at least be decent, but I was wrong.

This sucks ass, and it's Fr*nch. 0.5 stars.

Pretty good for a jazz album. 2.5 stars.

With a meta album title like this, you already know it's not going to be good. Boring and bad. Coldplay but extra mind numbing. I cannot believe this artist got two albums on the list.

Solid rap album with R&B elements. No standout tracks.

Orchestral music but avant garde. Not impressed. Penguins are not listening to this shit.

Goofy singing style that's reminiscent of Bob Dylan. Instrumentals were interesting at times. My favorite track was "Sea Breezes".

I think "Maggot Brain" is one of the greatest guitar solos, so it kinda pains to me to say this, but every other track is mid. 2.5 stars.

Annoying and bad.

Fairly subdued blues rock. Not bad, but nothing special. My favorite track was "Get Ready". It felt like Clapton was larping as an American on this album which I don't appreciate. 2.5 stars.

I already don't like interludes on hip hop albums, and they're even worse in other music genres. I'm getting real tired of '60s British bands that sound like shitty Beatles.

A solid folk rock album that leans more towards rock. Both the instrumentals and vocals were decent to good. I will say that this album's cover of "Woodstock" is definitely worse than Joni Mitchell's version.

A fun hip-hop/pop album. The vocal performances were weak, but the production was very creative. M.I.A's most popular track "Paper Planes" is the worst track on the album. I don't have a favorite track, but "Mango Pickle Down River" left the biggest impression on me.

This band is a worse version of "Jefferson Airplane" with some Beatles mixed in. The track "Stranded in Time" is an especially shameless Beatles ripoff.

There's some pretty nice moments on this album, but it's not very consistent. The instrumentals remind me of Rush.

Quintessential singer-songwriter pop. Catchy energetic tunes while also having the kind of sentimental vocals that all good singer-songwriter albums have. Good vocals and well crafted compositions especially the intro track "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding". My favorite track was "I've Seen That Movie Too". 3.5 stars.

Mid folk. Basic acoustic guitar and basic singing.

The production on this sounds way too ass to be from 1977.

Decent folk, but kinda bland.

A pleasant mix of folk, rock, and some pop with consistent and good tracks throughout. I liked both the instrumentals and vocals. I preferred the softer more folk-y tracks. Unfortunately, there wasn't a truly great track on this album. 3.5 stars.

Decent psychedelic indie rock. Vocals were fine. There were some strange instrumental compositions that were interesting, but they didn't lead to anything more, and ended up feeling gimmicky as a result. 2.5 stars.

In terms of production, it's a straightforward old school country album, but for some reason Dolly Parton's singing is very grating.

Rumours' greatest strength is its ability to captivate the listener with relatively subdued acoustic guitar and drum compositions. Outside of that though, the album's not particularly special. "The Chain" is a great track, "Oh Daddy" and Gold Dust Woman" are good, and the rest are decent or just okay.

Beats were fine, vocals were not.

This album is a combination of industrial rock and metal but is lacking in both aspects. The industrial rock sounds like mediocre Nine Inch Nails, and the metal sections sound like Metallica but with worse (and European sounding?) vocals.

"Rush" but with better vocals.

Corny dated rap. Some of the instrumentals were nice, but it was mostly standard beats.

This sounds like the soundtrack of a cheesy romance movie. 2.5 stars.

A surprisingly good live album. The recording still sounds live, but the band's actual performance is great. I still don't understand the decision to pick a live album as a band's only inclusion on this list though.

Lame indie music.

I can't believe they destroyed rock and roll 😢. 2.5 stars.

Decent vocals. Instrumentals could've been better. The guitar didn't really stand out, and the brass(?) instruments and harmonica didn't fit in.

A solid soul album. Most of the tracks were decent to good. "Chain of Fools" was great. 3.5 stars.

Closer to soul and blues rock than folk. Just a good singer-songwriter album. I have no complaints. One thing of note is that Armatrading has an androgynous singing voice which is kinda cool. 3.5 stars.

Too much drums and the singing is ass. 1.5 stars.

They must've thought the album title was so tuff when they came up with it 🥀. Favorite track: "Onion"

The singing is bad and so bland. The instrumentals aren't good either. The only decent track was "Books of Moses".

Fcking George Harrison man. The sitar has got be near the bottom of "mainstream" instruments. 😴

A great sounding album. The title track is wonderfully written and my favorite of the album. Every track was good, though the last track dragged on a little a bit.

Pretty good rock album.

Not what I expected from the band that made "Stayin' Alive". This album is a unique mix of country rock and weirdly epic orchestral rock. Interesting but nothing that really impressed me. 2.5 stars.

Corny music similar to show tunes.

Some boring renditions of "popular" American songs no one knows. Only good track was "Georgia On My Mind".

Boring folk.

Original rock and roll music. Having already listened to "Tutti Frutti" before, I did not have high expectations for this album, but honestly this isn't that bad. It turns out this is one of those albums where the most popular track ("Tutti Frutti") is one of the worst.

Instrumentals sound a little too whimsical and the vocals sound too relaxed for me to take this seriously.

Why would they go on a safari to the moon? Are they stupid? 2.5 stars.

Decent old school hip hop. Although corny, it was interesting to listen to old flows that have died out. Some of the beats were more interesting than I expected.

While I do like the individual tracks, they all have such similar sound that the album becomes a bit of a slog to get through. My favorite track was "Rooster". 3.5 stars.

There's a lot of tracks on here that could be very good, but fall short because of some annoying aspect in either the vocals or instrumentals. My favorite track was "Smoke on the Water".

I try to make my reviews unbiased, but it becomes hard to separate the art from the artist when the art seems to reflect the artist so much. The vocals were irritating. More gimmicky than creepy. There were some cool instrumentals, but a lot of it also felt shallow. Gross album cover. Manson was kinda ahead of his time for getting into crypto during the 90s though ("Cryptorchid"). The best track was "Deformography".

This album didn't really hit for me at first, but after a couple relistens I think this a great sounding album. What stands out the most is how incredibly funky every track is regardless of energy or tone. The sound is both familiar and fresh which to me is always a sign of a well crafted album. My favorite track was "All in Love Is Fair", and my least favorite was "He's Misstra Know-It-All".

The first 6 tracks are very mid and diluted country/rock, and then things take a strange turn with the track "Worlds Apart" which is a weird blend of rock and Middle Eastern music. The track itself is not very good, but it leads to the good part of the album where we get a a mix of catchy pop rock and folk-y singer-songwriter tracks. This kind of music doesn't really feel like Springsteen, and on some of the pop tracks (e.g. "Let's Be Friends") I wondered why not just have a more pop oriented singer sing this instead. But ultimately I'm not much of Springsteen fan in the first place, so I don't really care if this doesn't sound like him, and I actually think this is his strongest album so far. My favorite tracks were "Let's Be Friends (Skin to Skin)" and "My City of Ruins". "My City of Ruins" reaffirms my belief that Springsteen's best songs are the ones where he says the same line over and over again. 2.5 stars.

Pretty good soul music. A little generic though.

Decent sounding album, but it seems like a waste to get three different acclaimed artists together just to sing cover songs. The song compositions are so basic. It feels like the artists had no creative input in making them (aside from Parton who wrote a couple of the tracks). My favorite track was "Farther Along". Also shout-out to Jean Ritchie, the writer of the track "My Dear Companion" and a great traditional folk singer. 2.5 stars.

A disappointingly mid funk album. 2.5 stars.

I find instrumental-heavy metal tracks to be very bland, so I really appreciate how toned down the instrumentals are in Black Sabbath's early albums. It makes the melodies sound so much more pleasant. And of course Ozzy has a unique voice that works so well with the riffs. 3.5 stars.

Absolute snoozer of a pop album.

Another male dominated band marketing themselves as females. This album sounds a bit like Elton John. The singing's pretty good, though the vocal effects are kinda questionable. I'm not really a fan of the dance pop beats, but it's not bad. The best tracks are "Laura" and "Mary".

Weak and kinda strange vocal performance. Instrumentals were okay but felt empty half the time.

Mid folk rock. The only good track was "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)". The track "Bridge over Troubled Water" is okay. It's not the best rendition I've heard, but it gets a pass since it's the original. 2.5 stars.

A mix of lame indie rock and annoying punk. The only decent track was "Think (Let Tomorrow Bee)".

The production is so bad. Nothing special about either the instrumentals nor the singing. The only thing of note is that you can barely hear the vocals because of the terrible mixing. And why doesn't this band have anything on YT music?

A varied selection of pretty unique sounding tracks, but nearly all of them suck. The vocals are interesting at first, but they get real annoying real fast.

Ambitious but boring. Better than expected. 2.5 stars.

A cromulent rock album. The singing isn't good, but it kinda works. Sounds a little too old for a 2000s album though. 2.5 stars.

A strange and discordant mix of different genres. Not good.

Compared to his features, Kendrick Lamar's albums have always been a disappointment for me. Still, this is probably his best album. The compositions are interesting and feel fresh. The tracks aren't super catchy, but they're catchy enough. The poetry sections were boring though. My favorite track was "How Much A Dollar Cost", though "Mortal Man" does have one of the unintentionally funniest bars of all time: "That n**** gave us Billie Jean, you say he touched those kids?". 3.5 stars.

Mid and very underwhelming for a "hard rock" album with this cover art.

Boring synthpop rock. Vocals are decent. I feel like I should hate this style of singing, but I don't. Being a weeb during the 70s is kinda crazy though. They didn't even have good anime back then.

Lame indie rock. The vocals have an annoying fuzzy sound to them. On the track "Suffering", the singer sounds like that guy that took a pill in Ibiza.

The perfect example of a boring ass metal album.

One of Kanye's better album. The beats are creative and have this industrial sound to them that I like. Rapping was hit or miss though. It's a shame this album doesn't have a really great pop hit like "Power" or "Gold Digger". "Black Skinhead" sorta fulfills that role (title aged horribly btw), but it doesn't quite get there. I don't have a favorite track, but I did like the sampled song on "I am a God" a lot ("Forward Inna Dem Clothes" by Capleton). Props to whoever came up with it. Very nice pull.

Punk rock with some instrumental melodies thrown in. Still pretty ass. 1.5 stars.

Not only does it sound like the singer needs a better microphone, but the singing is just bad straight up. The instrumentals are lame. It's mostly basic drum beats and repetitive guitar chords with weird electronic sounds occasionally thrown in. 1.5 stars.

Compared to their other albums, these are some pretty tame and boring beats. And why is a live track on this album? This sht is all electronic anyways. Why not just rerecord it?

Another psychedelic folk band from the '60s. 😴

There's some meandering on this album (as is often the case with improvised jazz), but it's not too bad. Apparently the piano Jarrett was playing on had a lot of issues, but it's not noticeable. The only thing that might've given it away was how the playing was mostly kept in the middle register which was really more of a benefit as it kept the playing tight and clean. My favorite part was the beginning of "Part II b". The combination of the melodies and rhythmic bassline are excellent. My biggest complaint with this album are the random noises that can be heard from the audience.

Very basic and uninspired rock album. Weak vocals. Uninteresting guitar riffs and melodies. The only track that stood out was "I'll Wait". The synth worked surprisingly well on that track.

A decent rock album though the audio quality could be better. Frampton has a good singing voice, but it sometimes feels like he put the emphasis on the wrong word. My favorite track was "All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side)". These live albums need to stop putting the word "Alive" in their titles. It's not clever if everyone does it.

The early 2000s is a repository of unique music that never broke containment. This album sounds like a combination of Santana and hip hop with some Indian (?) influences in the instrumentals. Strange but surprisingly catchy.

Pretty decent rock album. What really impresses me is how well it still holds up today. I don't know if it's the production quality or the musical composition, but this album sounds very modern. My favorite track was "Red Light". My least favorite was "The Refugee". It's too punk-y and is the only track that sounds dated.

Fiasco's rapping is a little rough around the edges, but his lyricism and rhymes more than make up for it. The production is complex, and more importantly it feels very intentional. I can feel that Fiasco had a clear vision when making this album. However, he might've done too much. By the time I got to the end of this album, I was pretty much burnt out on it.

If nothing else, OutKast's albums are fun to listen to. "Speakerboxxx" is a significantly stronger album than "The Love Below". OutKast is at their best when they're rapping, and "The Love Below" has way too much singing and not enough rapping. "Speakerboxxx" also wins out in terms of features and production. The beats on "The Love Below" are fine, but they're not that interesting. I also wish there weren't a million intros/interludes/postludes on this album. My favorite track was "Flip Flop Rock". 3.5 stars.

Meek instrumentals and Mayfield sings at too high of a register. 2.5 stars.

Better than I expected. Costello has this quality to his singing where it sounds like he's sick. It's kinda grating, but it also kinda works. My favorite tracks were "Clown Strike" and "Rocking Horse Road". 2.5 stars.

This album manages to be more boring than the "religious music" it was supposedly inspired by. 1.5 stars.

A solid neo soul album. I usually get bored by R&B, but D'angelo's vocals carry the album well. My favorite track was "When We Get By".

One of the best (if not the best) industrial rock albums ever made. Not every track on this album is good enough for me to listen to on its on, but they come together to create a very special experience. As with most NIN albums, the core of this album is anger and despair. Musically they're expressed in opposite ways, but emotionally they're adjacent to each other which is why they balance each other so well. My favorite track was "Heresy". The drums, electric guitar, and chorus on that track are great. However, my favorite moment is probably the ending of "Reptile" where you can hear Reznor yelling in the background. It's impressive how he manages to sound so good while yelling in despair. Plus the way it's muffled as if you're not supposed to hear it is a nice touch. 4.5 stars.

Mid folk rock but probably one of Dylan's better albums.

A very unique and atmospheric electropop album. This is an album that transports the listener into the music. It's definitely an interesting first listen, but not something to listen to regularly.

This is the first time I've listened to the full album in years. The harder rock tracks sound as good as before, but the more orchestral tracks sound better than I remember. My favorite track was "Locomotive Breath". 3.5 stars.

A captivating album, but the tracks don't really stand out on their own. The only individual track I would listen to again is "Money".

This album lacks a proper identity. It halfheartedly takes elements from different rock genres leading to a very bland and frustrating sound. The only decent track was "Gospel Plow" and that's only because I like spirituals.

Shitty British post punk. This reminds me a little of Tears for Fears but way worse. 1.5 stars

None of the tracks on this album match up to the peaks of "Rumours", but "Tusk" is a more consistently good album. My favorite song was the title track "Tusk". 3.5 stars.

Why did he have to come back? 😢 I don't really care that most of the tracks are covers. It's just that they're all worse than the original. "Fever" in particular is one of my favorite songs from this era, and this is one of the worst renditions of it that I've heard.

Van Halen is the perfect example of a mid heavy metal band.

The vocals are similar to Jethro Tull. Nothing special about the instrumentals. 2.5 stars.

The vocals are pure ass.

Lame ass british electronic pop soft rock 😴.

This is so corny and not even catchy.

Not a bad pop album, but probably MJ's most overrated. The tracks are fine, but they don't really do anything for me, which I suspect is because of the disco elements. The most popular track on this album "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" is my least favorite of his "iconic" songs. The falsetto on that track does not properly showcase MJ's great singing voice.

A decent desert blues album though I find it a little boring compared to their most recent album "Heritage".

A cromulent psychedelic soul album. Nothing I would listen to again, but not bad either. The production quality across tracks was strangely inconsistent. The album struggles a bit to find a cohesive sound. The tracks somehow don't feel like they belong together despite being from the same genre. However, this does result in the album having a surprisingly distinct style (something that most psychedelic bands from this era fail to achieve). As a side note, the book claims that this band was one of the few white R&B bands that could compete with the black artists from that period. I don't know about that. They're certainly not even close to the greats like Ray Charles or Aretha Franklin. 2.5 stars.

A disappointing album. The beginning of "21st Century Schizoid Man" set my expectations high, but the rest of the album was very lackluster. The epic atmospheric sounds they try to go for are reminiscent of Pink Floyd, but end up being way more hollow. The track "Moonchild (including "The Dream" and "The Illusion")" is offensively bad.

The singing is decent, but the lack of variety really makes the album drag on.

After having listened to over a hundred rock albums, I've gained a new appreciation for Springsteen. I still don't like his singing, but his albums have a unique freshness and energy to them. 2.5 stars.

This goes beyond being korny and is just straight up goofy. The sounds on this album do not mesh well and feel like they were haphazardly thrown together.

It's fine. The singing is pretty standard soul. I wasn't a fan of the psychedelic soul instrumentals. My favorite track was "Summer Breeze, Pts. 1 & 2".

Leonard Cohen is a terrible singer, and this only becomes more pronounced when combined with synthpop beats because of how jarring it is. 1.5 stars.

I never want to listen to an album with "Honky Tonk" in its title ever again.

A decent rock album. I didn't think any of the tracks were great, but it is an album that really captures Beck's musical style. Any description I could give of that style would only take away from it, so I'll just say it's an album only he could've made.

Some very nice singer-songwriter folk pop. Orton's singing is both soothing and melancholic. At first I had wished it was a little more melodic, but after a few relistens, her slightly raspy vocals have grown on me.

So incredibly repetitive and boring. Vocals suck.