1001 Albums Summary

I Want You to Love Me - 4.5/5 Shameika - 3.5/5 Fetch the Bolt Cutters - 3/5 Under the Table - 4/5 Relay - 4/5 Rack of His - 3/5 Newspaper - 4/5 Ladies - 2.5/5 Heavy Balloon - 4.5/5 Cosmonauts - 3.5/5 For Her - 3/5 Drumset - 3.5/5 On I Go - 3/5 The whole album sounds like someone on the verge of and/or currently experiencing a mental breakdown. Totally makes sense when this came out. Apple creates a sense of confinement and every song veers towards trying to escape or escalates to a point of wanting to escape. Unfortunately has a stronger start than end. Favorite(s): I Want You to Love Me, Under the Table, Relay, Newspaper, Heavy Balloon

Ramble Tamble - 5/5 Before You Accuse Me - 4.5/5 Travelin' Band - 4/5 Ooby Dooby - 3/5 Lookin' Out My Back Door - 4/5 Run Through the Jungle - 5/5 Up Around the Bend - 4.5/5 My Baby Left Me - 3.5/5 Who'll Stop the Rain - 4/5 I Heard It Through the Grapevine - 4.5/5 Long as I Can See the Light - 4/5 Quintessential swamp rock. A great mixture of genres all around, from blues to rock n' roll to even a bit of prog rock. This sounds like a greatest hits album as there was not a single dud on the entire album. Favorite(s): Ramble Tamble, Before You Accuse Me, Travelin' Band, Up Around the Bend, I Heard It Through the Grapevine

I don't believe this album was meant to heard from front to back, so I chose to listen to the first few disks to get a summation of the whole album Sam and Delilah - 3.5/5 But Not For Me - 3.5/5 My One And Only - 3/5 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - 3/5 (I've Got) Beginner's Luck - 3/5 Oh, Lady Be Good - 2.5/5 Nice Work If You Can Get It - 3/5 Things are Looking Up - 3/5 Just Another Rumba - 3/5 How Long Has This Been Going On? - 3/5 'S Wonderful - 3/5 The Man I Love - 3/5 That Certain Feeling - 3/5 By Strauss - 3/5 Someone to Watch Over Me - 3/5 The Real American Folk Song - 3/5 Yeah I definitely would not be able to go through this whole thing in one sitting, as most of the songs sort of blend into one another and it all feels like a blur. That doesn't take away that Ella Fitzgerald is an amazing vocalist and the instrumentation behind her is also quite good. My only problem is that (understandably) the whole book is made up of show tunes which isn't exactly my style. Probably a very high 3 but a 3 regardless. Favorites: Sam and Delilah, But Not For Me Overall: 3/5

Burnout - 4/5 Having a Blast - 3.5/5 Chump - 3/5 Longview - 5/5 Welcome to Paradise - 4.5 Pulling Teeth - 3.5/5 Basket Case - 5/5 She - 4.5/5 Sassafras Roots - 3.5/5 When I Come Around - 5/5 Coming Clean - 3.5/5 Emenius Sleepus - 3.5/5 In the End - 3.5/5 F.O.D. - 3.5/5 (All by Myself) - 3 If nostalgia had its way then this would be a 5/5. However, actually listening through the whole thing made realize why I stuck with the singles from this album- everything else kind of just blends in together. The first half there's less of this, but to the untrained ear there really isn't anything distinct musically between songs like Sassafras Roots or Enemius Sleepus or Coming Clean. Granted I'm not that deep into the punk scene so take what I'm saying with a grain of salt. Despite that I still love the whole thing and would listen to it again back to front. Overall - 4/5 Favorites: Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, She, When I Come Around

Gimme Shelter - 5/5 Love In Vain - 3.5/5 Country Honk - 2.5/5 Live With Me - 3.5/5 Let It Bleed - 3/5 Midnight Rambler - 3.5/5 You Got the Silver - 3.5/5 Monkey Man - 3.5/5 You Can't Always Get What You Want - 4/5 This album is carried by its opening and closing tracks. Gimme Shelter is a phenomenal opener, which is kind of a let down as the rest of the album is kinda just meh. Sure, there is a decent variety of musical styles but none of them really stand out against one another. 2 stars for Gimme Shelter and You Can't... alone. Overall: 3.5/5 Favorites: Gimme Shelter, You Can't Always Get What You Want

Let's Get it On - 5/5 Please Don't Stay (Once You Go Away) - 4.5/5 If I Should Die Tonight - 4/5 Keep Gettin' It On - 4/5 Come Get To This - 4.5/5 Distant Lover - 4/5 You Sure Love To Ball - 4/5 Just To Keep You Satisfied - 4/5 It's incredible how Gaye could transition from the social commentary in What's Going On to what is effectively Sex: The Album here. Everything is so silky smooth on here. The intro to "Let's Get It On" somehow gave me a flight-or-fight response based on how many times it's been used in pop culture, and for good reason. Incredible production and the whole album makes you want to lie down in a bed of roses next to your significant other (or others if you're into that). Overall: 5/5 Favorites: Let's Get It On, Please Don't Stay, Come Get to This

Carry On - 4.5/5 Teach Your Children - 3/5 Almost Cut My Hair - 4.5/5 Helpless - 4/5 Woodstock - 4/5 Déjà Vu - 4/5 Our House - 4/5 4 + 20 - 3/5 Country Girl - 4/5 Everybody I Love You - 3.5 Quite the interesting album juxtaposed between the happy-happy-joy-joy from counterculture of the 60's and the cynicism brought on in the 70's, and the music reflects it well. There are a few times where the music feels a bit hokey (notably on Teach Your Children) but their harmonization on several of the songs stops me from knocking it down further. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Carry On, Almost Cut My Hair, Woodstock

War Pigs - 5/5 Paranoid - 5/5 Planet Caravan - 4.5/5 Iron Man - 5/5 Electric Funeral - 4/5 Hand of Doom - 4.5/5 Rat Salad - 4.5/5 Fairies Wear Boots - 4.5/5 So this is what the original first heavy metal album sounds like. I had already known about some of the more popular tracks (War Pigs and Paranoid specifically) but had never given the album a whole listen. Easiest 5 stars I'll probably ever give. Overall: 5/5 Favorites: Literally the Entire Album

I'd normally do track rankings but I just could not get through the entire album. The song content is the epitome of cromulent. There wasn't really anything special that made this album stand out against its fellow peers in the jangle pop world. It seems more like a Eurovision entry that you know for certain will not qualify, fine enough on its own but there's no wow factor. My main question is why is this part of the 1001+ albums? Was it because it was a critical darling? It didn't do too hot in the charts in their home country of Australia and this is literally the first time I've ever heard of the Triffids, so whatever international appeal clearly didn't stay around. The only good thing I can say about what I listened to was that it seemed well produced, but besides that I don't think I'd ever return back for future listens. Overall: 2/5 Favorite: A Trick of the Light

This sounds like the music that will make me go "wut n tarnation" when a rabble-rouser gets on my proper so I have to tell my horse to "go on an git". I'd rather not listen to over two hours of bluegrass but taken in bits and pieces it's pretty decent. I like the occasional banter in between songs for an all-star cast of blues, country, and bluegrass. I don't know much about this type of music but it's good enough and hopefully it doesn't ruin my Spotify recommendations. Overall: 3/5 Favorites: Grand Ole Opry Song, Nashville Blues, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Way Downtown

Liquid Swords - 5/5 Duel Of The Iron Mic - 5/5 Living In The World Today - 4.5/5 Gold - 5/5 Cold World - 4.5/5 Labels - 4/5 4th Chamber - 5/5 Shadowboxin' - 4.5/5 Hell's Wind Staff/Killah Hills 10304 - 4.5/5 Investigative Reports - 4.5/5 Swordsman - 4.5/5 I Gotcha Back - 4/5 B.I.B.L.E - 5/5 There was a time where I used to despite the rap genre. I had only been exposed to whatever was popular during the mid-2010's and mostly wrote it off as not for me. It turns out I just did not like modern rap and turned to the past, finding A Tribe Called Quest and Wu-Tang in the of running what I actually liked the sound of. The production and lyrical flow are top notch as every song transitions from one another almost seamlessly. I certainly found a style that I like, and it just so happens to be one of the best hip-hop albums ever created. Overall: 5/5 Favorites: Liquid Swords, Duel Of The Iron Mic, Gold, 4th Chamber, B.I.B.L.E

Suite II Overture - 4/5 Dance or Die - 4/5 Faster - 4/5 Locked Inside - 5/5 Sir Greendown - 4/5 Cold War - 5/5 Tightrope - 5/5 Neon Gumbo - 3/5 Oh, Maker - 4/5 Come Alive - 5/5 Mushrooms & Roses - 4/5 Suite III Overture - 3.5/5 Neon Valley Street - 4.5/5 Make the Bus - 3.5/5 Wondaland - 4/5 57821 - 4.5/5 Say You'll Go - 5/5 BabopbyeYa - 4/5 A nearly effortless blend of genres for an incredible debut album. This would be a 5 except it kind of loses me towards the end but the ending two tracks pull me back into what I loved about it. The run-up to that middle stretch managed to blend together soul, funk, R&B, and more that loosely fits into her whole sci-fi concept the album is trying to portray, but I feel its a bit too loose of a concept that I may not have fully got. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Locked Inside, Cold War, Tightrope, Come Alive, Neon Valley Street, Say You'll Go

Candy Says - 4/5 What Goes On - 4.5/5 Some Kinda Love - 3.5/5 Pale Blue Eyes - 4.5/5 Jesus - 3.5/5 Beginning to See the Light - 4/5 I'm Set Free - 4/5 That's The Story Of My Life - 3.5/5 The Murder Mystery - 4/5 After Hours - 4/5 A surprisingly intimate album. I had never listened to anything by the Velvet Underground (closest I guess is Lou Reed's sample on ATCQ) so I was going into this completely blind. Good through-line from beginning to end. A very mellow and intimate album that sounds like the sober realization of the morning after. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Candy Says, What Goes On, Pale Blue Eyes

Mambo Sun - 3.5/5 Cosmic Dancer - 3.5/5 Jeepster - 3.5/5 Monolith - 3/5 Lean Woman Blues - 3.5/5 Bang a Gong (Get it On) - 4.5/5 Planet Queen - 3.5/5 Girl - 3.5/5 The Motivator - 3.5/5 Life's a Gas - 3/5 Rip Off - 3.5/5 A very tightly produced album that ushered in the wave of British glam rock. The main problem I have with this record is that most of the songs feel like they're building up to something and then the song abruptly ends without the sound resolving. Outside of Bang a Gong/Get it On I didn't really get any of the other songs of the album. They didn't so much as blend all together as mush, it's that there really wasn't anything that made them stand out compared to one another

Luv N' Haight - 4.5/5 Just Like A Baby - 4/5 Poet - 4.5/5 Family Affair - 4.5/5 Africa Talks to You ("The Asphalt Jungle") - There's a Riot Goin' On - N/A Brave & Strong - 4/5 (You Caught Me) Smilin' - 4/5 Time - 4/5 Spaced Cowboy - 4.5/5 Runnin' Away - 4/5 Thank You for Talkin to Me, Africa - 4/5 A very good selection of darker funk from this group. Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" definitely had an influence changed from the psychedelic era of the 60's to the more politically charged early 70's. That mixture of eras really makes this work as a whole. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Luv N' Haight, Poet, Family Affair, (You Caught Me) Smilin', Spaced Cowboy

It's an album full of Christmas songs. What do you expect. Also fuck you Phil Spector hope you rot in hell.

Honey - 4/5 Find My Baby - 4/5 Porcelain - 4.5/5 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? - 4/5 South Side - 3.5/5 Rushing - 3/5 Bodyrock - 3.5/5 Natural Blues - 4.5/5 Machete - 3/5 7 - 3/5 Run On - 3.5/5 Down Slow - 3/5 If Things Were Perfect - 2.5/5 Everloving - 3/5 Inside - 3/5 Guitar Flute & String - 3/5 The Sky is Broken - 2/5 My Weakness - 3/5 The first few tracks of this album carries the rest of it. The blues samples in the front half could definitely made a better concept but after Machete it trails off to be a bit more of ambient. There really isn’t a genre through line so the genre flip didn’t catch me completely off guard. Great sampling and production but due to the overuse of some of these songs it feels a bit too corporate and too muzak-y. Overall: 3.5/5 Favorites: Porcelain, Natural Blues

The Golden Age - 4/5 Paper Tiger - 4/5 Guess I'm Doing Fine - 4.5/5 Lonesome Tears - 4.5/5 Lost Cause - 4.5/5 End of the Day - 3.5/5 It's All in Your Mind - 3.5/5 Round the Bend - 3.5/5 Already Dead - 3.5/5 Sunday Sun - 4/5 Little One - 4/5 Side of the Road - 3.5/5 A very melancholic album fitting for a breakup. I doubt that I'll come back to this album given how somber the mood was, but it was still a good listen nonetheless. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Guess I'm Doing Fine, Lonesome Tears, Lost Cause

Darkness, Darkness - 4/5 Smug - 2.5/5 On Sir Francis Drake - 3/5 Sunlight - 3.5/5 Beautiful - 2/5 Rain Song - 2/5 Trillium - 2/5 Quicksand - 2.5/5 Sham - 2.5/5 Ride the Wind - 2/5 I can see how this bridged the gap between the psychedelia and folk rock between the 60's and 70's, but at this point it sounds more like background music than anything else. Overall: 2/5 Favorites: Darkness Darkness, Sunlight

If I found someone who despises Sinatra then they'll have to go in the dumpster. Nice of him to make an easy listenable able but every song sounds the same.

Going Up - 4/5 Stars Are Stars - 4/5 Pride - 4/5 Monkeys - 4.5/5 Crocodiles - 4.5/5 Rescue - 4.5/5 Villiers Terrace - 4/5 Pictures on My Wall - 3.5/5 All That Jazz - 4/5 I had never heard of this band before, but it scratches that itch I needed from listen to Joy Division and the like. A perfect mix of punk and new wave that somehow isn't as nihilistic as other contemporary records. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Monkeys, Crocodiles, Rescue

Enter Sandman - 5/5 Sad But True - 5/5 Holier Than Thou - 3.5/5 The Unforgiven - 4/5 Wherever I May Roam - 4/5 Don't Tread on Me - 3/5 Through the Never - 4/5 Nothing Else Matters - 5/5 Of Wolf and Man - 4/5 The God That Failed - 3.5/5 My Friend of Misery - 4/5 The Struggle Within - 3.5/5 Normally I wouldn't think of an album that somehow sounds more mainstream while being a shift towards heavy metal would work out, but this album somehow does. A perfect gateway album into anything metal. Overall - 4/5 Favorites: Enter Sandman, Sad But True, Nothing Else Matters

Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box - 4/5 Pyramid Song - 4/5 Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors - 2.5/5 You And Whose Army? - 4/5 I Might Be Wrong - 5/5 Knives Out - 4.5/5 Morning Bell/Amnesiac - 3.5/5 Dollars and Cents - 3.5/5 Hunting Bears - 3/5 Like Spinning Plates - 3.5/5 Life In a Glasshouse - 4/5 A very dark and melancholic album that feels like its the rejects leftover from Kid A, but in a good way. Thematically the album's more of a collage than having a cohesive throughline, but it still manages to make it work. Definitely not one of Radiohead's strongest albums but still a good album nonetheless Overall: 4/5 Favorites: I Might Be Wrong, Knives Out

Rhythm Nation - 4.5/5 State of the World - 4/5 The Knowledge - 3.5/5 Miss You Much - 3.5/5 Love Will Never Do (Without You) - 4/5 Livin' in a World (They Didn't Make) - 3.5/5 Alright - 4/5 Escapade - 4/5 Black Cat - 4.5/5 Lonely - 3.5/5 Come Back to Me - 3/5 Someday is Tonight - 3/5 I went into this not really sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised with what I listened to. I guess new jack swing is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. It feels a bit overproduced at times and I feel like some songs could have been slightly trimmed down for time. I feel it could have been a 5 if the message wasn't dropped halfway through the album, but a really solid production saves it from any lower. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Rhythm Nation, Love Will Never Do, Alright, Escapade, Black Cat

Hazey Jane II - 4.5/5 At The Chime Of A City Clock - 4/5 One Of These Things First - 4/5 Hazey Jane I - 4/5 Bryter Layter - 3.5/5 Fly - 3.5/5 Poor Boy - 3.5/5 Northern Sky - 4/5 Sunday - 3.5/5 I had never heard of this guy before today, but I came out loving this album. The instrumentation is soft and smooth and the first side of the album captured me in. Overall: 4.5/5 Favorites: Hazey Jane I & II, At The Chime Of A City Clock, One Of These Things First, Northern Sky

Slow Burn - 3/5 Lonely Weekend - 3/5 Butterflies - 3/5 Oh, What a World - 2.5/5 Mother - 2/5 Love is a Wild Thing - 2.5/5 Space Cowboy - 2.5/5 Happy & Sad - 2.5/5 Velvet Elvis - 2/5 Wonder Woman - 2.5/5 High Horse - 3.5/5 Golden Hour - 3.5/5 Rainbow - 2/5 This album isn't bad per se, it's just incredibly generic. Too pop-y of a pop country album. There were very few actual country tracks, and the ones that I liked steered clear of that genre. She's a good singer, but the lyrical composition and production just aren't there for me. Not my cup of tea Overall: 2.5/5 Favorites: High Horse, Golden Hour

Cherry-Colored Funk - 5/5 Pitch the Baby - 5/5 Iceblink Luck - 5/5 Fifty-Fifty Clown - 4.5/5 Heaven or Las Vegas - 5/5 I Wear Your Ring - 4.5/5 Fotzepolitic - 5/5 Wolf in the Breast - 5/5 Road, River and Rail - 4.5/5 Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires - 5/5 I don't think I've ever been entranced by an album. The ethereal vibe this whole thing gave off made me forget that I could not understand what the lyrics were. Didn't matter, still found out how to levitate because of this. Overall: 5/5 Favorites: Cherry-Colored Funk, Pitch the Baby, Iceblink Luck, Heaven or Las Vegas, Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires

The View from the Afternoon - 4/5 I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor - 5/5 Fake Tales of San Francisco - 4/5 Dancing Shoes - 4/5 You Probably Couldn't...- 4/5 Still Take You Home - 4/5 Riot Van - 3.5/5 Red Light..- 4/5 Mardy Bum - 3/5 Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But...- 4/5 When the Sun Goes Down - 4.5/5 From the Ritz to the Rubble - 4/5 A Certain Romance - 4.5/5 Yeah this definitely sounds like the adolescence of a British clubber. Sounds intentionally unpolished. Overall good debut album but everything does feel a bit same-y to its detriment and the slower songs don't really come up to snuff as the other indie-dance songs on the majority of the album. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor, When the Sun Goes Down, A Certain Romance

21st Century Schizoid Man - 5/5 I Talk To the Wind - 4.5/5 Epitaph - 5/5 Moonchild - 4.5/5 The Court of the Crimson King - 5/5 What is must have been like in 1969 to turn this on and hear something completely radical to whatever was considered rock or pop at the time. Funnily enough I got into KC through their 80's trio of albums, so going back in time to see how they evolved is interesting. Easy 5/5. Overall: 5/5 Favorites: Yes

Schizophrenia - 4.5/5 Catholic Block - 5/5 Beauty Lies in the Eye - 3/5 Stereo Sanity - 4/5 Pipeline/Kill Time - 3/5 Tuff Gnarl - 4/5 Pacific Coast Highway - 3/5 Hot Wire My Heart - 3.5/5 Cotton Crown - 4/5 White Cross - 4/5 An interesting blend of punk and post-punk and noise rock that comes together quite nicely. I wouldn't say I was a fan of noisy rock before this, the rawness of the whole thing made me appreciate it a bit more. It does sound a bit compressed at times but otherwise it is quite a fine album. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Schizophrenia, Catholic Block, Tuff Gnarl, Cotton Crown

All the Way from Memphis - 3.5/5 Whizz Kid - 3/5 Hymn for the Dudes - 2.5/5 Honaloochie Boogie - 3/5 Violence - 3/5 Drivin' Sister - 3/5 Ballad of Mott the Hoople - 2.5/5 I'm a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso - 3.5/5 I Wish I Was Your Mother - 3/5 A fairly decent album that sounds a bit too much like a David Bowie knockoff. Granted I know he was responsible for their biggest hit in the album before but in retrospective it's kind of just "eh" overall. Nothing spectacular but nothing here to make it it awful. Overall: 3/5 Favorites: All the Way from Memphis, I'm a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso

Them Bones - 5/5 Dam That River - 5/5 Rain When I Die - 4/5 Sickman - 3.5/5 Rooster - 5/5 Junkhead - 4/5 Dirt - 4.5/5 God Smack - 4/5 Iron Gland [Untitled] - 3/5 Hate to Feel - 4/5 Angry Chair - 4.5/5 Down in a Hole - 5/5 Would? - 5/5 One of the defining albums from the grunge era, and one the grimiest at that (though not Alice in Chain's grimiest sounding album, that's their self-titled). A deep and dark look despair, depression, and addiction, which are tragically how Layne Staley died years later. Both the opener of Them Bones and the album ender of Would? both are in my regular rotation. A must listen for the grunge genre. Overall: 5/5 Favorites: Them Bones, Dam That River, Rooster, Down in a Hole, Would?

Wouldn't It Be Nice - 5/5 You Still Believe in Me - 4/5 That's Not Me - 3.5/5 Don't Talk - 3.5/5 I'm Waiting for the Day - 4/5 Let's Go Away for Awhile - 4/5 Sloop John B - 4.5/5 God Only Knows - 5/5 I Know There's An Answer - 4.5/5 Here Today - 4/5 I Just Wasn't Made for These Times - 3.5/5 Pet Sounds - 4/5 Caroline, No - 3.5/5 A monumental album for pop music that still (mostly) holds up today. One of the first concept albums (though I didn't exactly get the concept until I looked it up), it blends the 50s pop sensabilities with more orchestral instrumentation to form something that people still look back upon all these years later. I would give it 5 stars, but some questionable production cues hold it back for me from being a masterpiece in my eyes. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Wouldn't It Be Nice, Sloop John B, God Only Knows, I Know There's An Answer

Facelift - 3/5 Slightly All the Time - 4/5 Moon in June - 2.5/5 Out-Bloody-Rageous - 4/5 It's decent enough jazz rock, but it's certainly a slog to get through. The ambient bit in the first track nearly turned me off, but I stuck around to the end and it was a decent listen. Not my preferred flavor of jazz fusion but good nonetheless. Overall: 3.5/5 Favorites: Slightly All the Time

Rehab - 4.5/5 You Know I'm No Good - 4/5 Me & Mr. Jones - 4/5 Just Friends - 3/5 Back to Black - 4.5/5 Love is a Losing Game - 3/5 Tears Dry on Their Own - 4/5 Wake Up Alone - 3.5/5 Some Unholy War - 3/5 He Can Only Hold Her - 3.5/5 Addicted - 3.5/5 A tragic and melancholic piece hidden behind a devil-may-care and soulful attitude. Winehouse has a unique voice that sets this album apart from its contemporaries and will keep it being listenable in the future. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Rehab, Back to Black, Tears Dry on their Own

A Reflection - 3.5/5 Play for Today - 4.5/5 Secrets - 4/5 In Your House - 4/5 Three - 3/5 The Final Sound - 3/5 A Forest - 5/5 M - 4.5/5 At Night - 4/5 Seventeen Seconds - 4/5 Sets up a great gothic and moody atmosphere with the instrumentation and Robert Smith's excellent vocals. A fun and easy listen. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Play for Today, A Forest, M

Ace of Spades - 5/5 Stay Clean - 4/5 Metropolis - 3.5/5 The Hammer - 3.5/5 Iron Horse - 3.5/5 No Class - 4/5 Overkill - 3.5/5 (We Are) The Road Crew - 3.5/5 Capricorn - 3/5 Bomber - 3.5/5 Motorhead - 3.5/5 Motörhead is the definitive example of being really good at one thing and one thing only: making songs that sound like Ace of Spades. Overall: 3.5/5 Favorites: Ace of Spades

Make Me Know It - 3.5/5 Fever - 2/5 The Girl of My Best Friend - 2/5 I Will Be Home Again - 2.5/5 Dirty, Dirty Feeling - 2.5/5 Thrill of Your Love - 2.5/5 Soldier Boy - 2.5/5 Such a Night - 3/5 It Feels So Right - 3/5 The Girl Next Door - 3/5 Like a Baby - 2.5/5 Reconsider Baby - 2.5/5 Elvis is back and they really should have reconsidered what came out on this album. He shifts away from the rock n' roll and has more blue-eyed soul type songs, but all of them unfortunately feel a lot like B sides more than anything. Overall: 2/5 Favorites: Make Me Know It

In the Flesh? - 4.5/5 The Thin Ice - 4/5 Another Brick in the Wall Part 1 - 4.5/5 The Happiest Days of Our Lives - 4/5 Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 - 5/5 Mother - 4.5/5 Goodbye Blue Sky - 4.5/5 Empty Spaces - 4/5 Young Lust - 4.5/5 One of My Turns - 4/5 Don't Leave Me Now - 3.5/5 Another Brick in the Wall Part 3 - 4.5/5 Goodbye Cruel World - 3.5/5 Hey You - 5/5 Is There Anybody Out There? - 4.5/5 Nobody Home - 4.5/5 Vera - 4/5 Bring the Boys Back Home - 3/5 Comfortably Numb - 5/5 The Show Must Go On - 4/5 In the Flesh - 4.5/5 Run Like Hell - 5/5 Waiting for the Worms - 5/5 Stop - 3/5 The Trial - 4.5/5 Outside the Wall - 4/5 Probably one of, if not the, greatest rock opera concert albums there are. I really don't have many more words to describe it as it's just that good. Overall: 5/5 Favorites: Too many to list

An incredibly dull and boring album that drones on for far too long. The songs feel like they would fit in better in a modern church environment but that might just be me. Unfortunately my first 1*

Summertime Blues - 3.5/5 Rock Me Baby - 2.5/5 Doctor Please - 2.5/5 Out of Focus - 2.5/5 Parchment Farm - 2.5/5 Second Time Around - 2/5 I guess by technicality this is one of the first "heavy metal" albums. It has some promise at the beginning but falls off quickly due to feeling like the remaining songs are finishers that just keep going. These guys were probably good live but put into a studio their sounds gets too muddied. Overall: 2.5/5 Favorite(s): Summertime Blues

Thank You for Sending Me an Angel - 4/5 With Our Love - 3/5 The Good Thing - 3.5/5 Warning Sign - 4/5 The Girls Want to Be With the Girls - 4/5 Found a Job - 4.5/5 Artists Only - 4/5 I'm Not in Love - 4.5/5 Stay Hungry - 3.5/5 Take Me to the River - 4.5/5 The Big Country - 3.5/5 The first half nearly lost me but it rebounded once the sides turned over and it became a pretty good listen-through. Not my favorite bit of the Heads but that B-side is a killer. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Found a Job, I'm Not in Love, Take Me to the River

Cinnamon Girl - 4/5 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - 4/5 Round & Round (It Won't Be Long) - 3/5 Down by the River - 5/5 The Losing End (When You’re On) - 3.5/5 Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets) - 3/5 Cowgirl in the Sand - 4.5/5 As an introduction to Neil Young as a solo artist, this is a pretty good album for a first-time listener. It struggles a bit with the more slower songs but interestingly excels in the longer-form songs. Down by the River and Cowgirl in the Sand are the best examples of this and are probably the best two tracks to come off this album. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Cinnamon Girl, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Down by the River

The Fear - 4/5 Dishes - 3/5 Party Hard - 3.5/5 Help the Aged - 3.5/5 This Is Hardcore - 4/5 TV Movie - 3/5 A Little Soul - 3/5 I'm a Man - 3.5/5 Seductive Barry - 3/5 Sylvia - 3/5 Glory Days - 3.5/5 The Day After the Revolution - 3/5 I knew this wouldn't get any higher than a three because of the singer saying he has the same initials as Jesus. My first foray into Britpop for this list was properly whelming. Overall: 3/5 Favorites: The Fear, This is Hardcore