not the usual type of music i listen to but objectively just sooo good
i think i'm biased because i grew up with mr blue sky and sweet talking woman (thank u dad) but also this is so fun from start to finish. will be listening a lot!
not really my thing i fear. wasn't a fan of some songs lacking any kind of percussion
much preferred the first half but even then there was only a couple of songs that grabbed me... o mamma when will it end
nice to have on in the background !
musically very interesting ! some right bangers on this
actually enjoyed this more than i thought! nice to listen to whilst getting chores done
Use Once & Destroy going triple platinum in my room fr
merry christmas what do you mean he killed someone
this is on me because i go to music for the instrumentals more than the lyrics which is way less of the focus here. big poppa still hits tho
refuse to give him streams
huge album for those that enjoy riding elevators
being super subjective here but i really couldn't stand this, every song was giving me a visceral feeling of wanting to just turn it off lol
really enjoyed some of these songs but i think i have to be in a certain mood for them, which i am not often in. maybe over time i will rate this higher as i let it marinate. i'm also way more of a background music person than a lyrics person, so a lot of the time these highly praised songwriters can go over my head. I Want You To Love Me may as well have gutted me and left me for dead though, i'll admit that much.
some solid bops!
the first half was pretty nice but some of the songs on the second half kinda annoyed me lol
i mean it must be great if you like this because it's all very much of the same. a lot of the songs were just too slow for me - really made it feel like it was dragging on
iconic opening track but the rest is very samey and gets boring fast
just a bit boring unfortunately, didn't care for the concept much
just hooting and hollering
i'm still trying to figure out what kind of metal i like but i enjoyed this way more than i thought i would!
i don't listen to her in my spare time but i can't deny the impact of this. i'd heard the majority of the songs before many times which speaks to how iconic it is
a bit forgettable but i can't fault it much
can totally appreciate them being one of the foundational influences for post-punk/goth rock, which are some of my fav genres. really liked some songs but others not so much
surprisingly didn't hate it
for the love of god i'm so over all these subpar 60s psychedelic rock albums. if these men were young today they'd be the type to have podcasts where they talk about absolutely fucking nothing and think they're god's gift to the world
i think with what it's trying to do, it does very well. unfortunately i just didn't vibe with it that much. made me feel weirdly sad and it didn't help with how long it is. also kinda reminded me of the whole millenial optimism trend, i'm sure they were eating this up
really enjoyed this, admittedly haven't listened to much of bowie so excited to hear the other albums on this list
LOVED this. very cohesive album whilst also being so stylistically diverse. Prince was an absolute genius
was vibing with this but the speaking parts really threw me at times lol
less my thing musically but the lyrics were so honest and vulnerable. felt like listening to someone's diary
absolutely adored this. one of those albums where it all just flows. couldn't turn it off for the rest of day after the first listen. i wasn't really checking the song titles as i listened so i couldn't tell you my favourites, but i do know there are none i don't like or wanted to skip, which does not happen for me often!
so dreamy!
this could be a 4, maybe closer to a 3.5. really good just have to be in a certain mood for it
got bored pretty quickly, not a fan of his vocals
one of those albums where it's good and i can hear the influences that it's had but it just didn't really grab me so much
great album - particularly obsessed with She's So Loose, couldn't turn it off all day
unfortunately have to agree about it all being a bit dull, and the cursive singing got pretty insufferable real fast
smoke on the water was probably one of the earliest rock songs i was shown and liked when i was really young so i knew i was gonna have a good time with this
some decent tunes, nothing to write home about though
not a fan of his vocals. begging him to put the harmonica down
perfectly fine background music
i'm actually so behind on the morrissey lore that at first i assumed the title was intended to be gimmicky but that track was crazy. i've recently had to go back to eating meat for health reasons after several years of being a veggie so i'm glad i'm less morrissey-adjacent as a silver lining lmao.
i enjoyed some tracks but others less so - probably more of a 3.5
not all that fussed about jazz but this was decent to have on in the background. reminded me of some of the big band stuff that my parents love and would play a lot when i was a child.
i was leaning towards giving this a 4 during the first few songs but kinda lost interest in the second half. it sounds very nostalgic, like one of those albums you heard a lot as a child that you still adore as an adult even if it doesn't really match up with your music taste anymore
so close to giving this a 5 but i don't know how to feel about everything being compiled into 3 tracks. i think it's a very cool concept, i'd just prefer to more easily listen to individual parts (I Get Up, I Get Down had me feeling like i was seeing god, for example), without having to skim through it all. but i had a good time and i really like Yes' sound! will likely relisten
it was nice ! had the 70s sound i enjoy, just nothing that special
such an incredible musician and the singles are fantastic. i do think it overstayed its welcome a little bit for me though
really solid. i think some tracks were a little forgettable but the memorable ones really make up for it
real potential here for this to marinate and be rated as a 5. beautifully atmospheric, finally some background music that isn't totally forgettable. sounds like it'd be perfect for one of those quiet moments alone where you're actually romanticising life - maybe my rating will change if i listen to it during one of those
can i just say that giving me this album on the day i broke up with a guy i'd been dating for a while who really loves Radiohead is, quite frankly, sick and twisted x
anyway. this could have been a 5. i've never properly listened to Radiohead but had quite high expectations given how well-praised they are. i'd already heard a couple songs on this album which i knew i liked. some of the new tracks for me did really grab me ((Nice Dream) is fucking incredible). but i just didn't connect with a few too many of the others for this to be a 5. maybe it'll change with time. i do think it's a really great album - very cohesive and has a nice sound all the way through. but i guess i just found it a bit tame at times? i'm kinda blaming my high expectations there. i have seen others express the same sentiment and apparently this is their most accessible album, so perhaps i'll find their other albums more interesting.
during the first half i was thinking of giving this a 3 and that maybe everyone was being a bit too harsh... nah this gets really boring by the second half, was annoying me by the end. just the same song over and over.
really enjoyed this! very solid all the way through
pleasantly surprised by this! not sure how much i'll relisten but objectively a good album
a fun listen, just didn't grab me much. some of the songs went on a bit long
cannot tell you how happy i was to get an abba album, such an easy 5 stars. personally i judge an abba club night on whether head over heels and under attack get played
wayyy too country dad rock for me
won me over in the second half! had a fun time
not my thing but didn't hate it
i refuse to glaze that 10 minute guitar solo
had a right bop to this
indie is one of those genres that sounds good for about 6 months when you're 19 and then never again. this just took me back to my own phase and all the teenage feelings of being absolutely miserable because why wouldn't you be when all you listen to is fucking indie
live albums are only good if you already care about the band and i'll stand by that
nice but a bit forgettable for me. her voice was veering on cursive occasionally which was making my eye twitch but it wasn't bad enough to knock off another point.
wasn't too bad in the first half but all that talk singing just got annoying as hell
liked some songs but less fussed about others. decent!
a bit too country, i found that a previous R.E.M. album made for great background noise but this one was noticeably dislikeable
probably the hip-hop album i've enjoyed the most on here so far but there were just tooooooooo many of those interludes. whole album in general was just way too long.
enjoyed the ones i recognised but wasn't too fussed about the rest
some of the instrumentals were fun but just not a fan overall
just straight boppin (if we ignore imagine)
feel conflicted about this. really enjoyed some of the songs with a couple having been in my playlists for some time already, but the rest of the album seemed to fall a bit flat for me.
i'm learning that i enjoy 60s/70s folk rock more than i expected to. this is likely more of a 3.5 than a 4 but giving it a 3 would feel too harsh
hmmmm a bit too honky-tonk for me
listened to this a few days ago and didn't have anything bad to say but already can't really remember anything about it. so that's the review.
i would've eaten this up at 19. heads will roll is still such a banger
this could very potentially marinate and be a 5. i think there was just one too many songs that felt a bit gimmicky? otherwise, i adored so many of the others. i've never properly listened to fleetwood mac despite how iconic they are, and i could really hear why on the tracks that i loved.
not sure what i was expecting but it wasn't this! pretty fun
the thing is, i am never going to be the kind of girl that just sits down and listens to jazz. this is perfectly good background music and if i needed jazz for a function this would be a go-to, but ultimately with this list i am sitting down and listening to the albums, which this is just not the vibe for. very good for what it is though
YAWNNN just moaning and droning and kicking all their instruments down the stairs
1-2 of the songs on here were decent but did not enjoy the rest, really not a fan of all the shouting x
this felt like the 1950s country equivalent of when a man holds you hostage on a date insisting to play his guitar for you (he can neither sing nor play as well as he thinks he can)
some silly fun, i fucked with Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun heavy. unfortunately though it does all start to sound like they're just going absolutely wild at a drunk karaoke session
one of those bands i've been aware of basically all my life but never properly heard anything from - many bangers !
didn't mind it, could listen again, nothing special though
i'm still on the last couple of songs but this is an easy 5. such a gorgeous and easy listen. it's like the music equivalent of feeling the warmth of the sun on your face on a summer's day. also really hearing her influence on the shibuya kei genre here
this was fine. still life was fucking incredible but unfortunately it was one song on an album lasting over an hour. nothing all that wrong with the rest of it, just a bit forgettable.
a very well done album if this is your thing
perfectly nice album, just less my thing (very millennial hopecore)
rat salad was giving upstairs neighbour activities, other than that i enjoyed it
god he does drone on doesn't he
nice few bangers on this, finally some 60s psychedelic i found enjoyable
so close to being a 5. makes me feel patriotic about being british in the least reform way possible.
oh god... the horror i am feeling right now realising that my disdain for the beatles my whole life has been mostly performative and i just hadn't heard all that much from them...
don't get me wrong, some of the songs on here really weren't my thing, but i can appreciate it in the context of them being out there for the time. and the songs i did like, i really liked. surprisingly very easy to have on in the background, and i didn't find the length of it too offensive either (i can't lie, seeing it was one and a half hours long was not a good start, but they turned it around)
some songs were really nice but overall it was ok
sometimes i question whether i'm being too harsh when i hold back on giving other albums a 5, but then an album like this comes along and reminds me why my standards are so high. this is fucking stunning from start to finish. Enjoy The Silence is such a masterpiece of a song that you might expect the other tracks to pale in comparison, but they really don't.
was going to give this a 4 but the guitar in summer breeze is so FUCKING ridiculous i was practically having an out of body experience
damn those vocals got annoying fasttttttttt sorry
i have to respect an album that's trying to be out there even if it sucks. there has GOT to be better options from the industrial genre than this though
had higher hopes for this but still decent
kinda fucking with this heavy actually. prefer type o's version of cinnamon girl but i'll be so real i had no idea it was even a cover. great song
i am so shocked by the average rating for this. there were a couple of songs that i didn't love, but overall this is such an interesting, varied album. i really enjoyed the samples in Hindi, and the vocals were beautiful. if it was more my thing, it would be an easy 5. i think you people need to be a bit more open-minded.
does no one know how to have some FUN????????
had higher hopes for this, not bad but nothing spectacular either
fucking stellar. siouxsie sioux was my main introduction to the goth rock genre and ultimately what led to me identifying with the goth subculture so strongly. this album is killer and i would argue has no skips (i may be very biased, but i also really don't see how the last 2 songs are weaker or all that different. it's one of their most cohesive albums imo). love love love her
some solid entries here for one of my personal favourite music categories: dad rock you can shake some ass to
would've been a 4 if morrissey wasn't a prick #shame
LOVE LOVE LOVE. just so many bangers on here. they need to be playing some of these songs in the club fr
i almost wanna rate this 4 out of spite. the truth is, i can't imagine i'm going to relisten to much of this. but the reviews are wayyy too harsh, it's cohesive and fun and full of drama. let's all live!
mott are my dad's favourite band, so it felt like the pressure was really on with this one. but i really enjoyed it without having to try! yes it's quite bowie-esque but i don't really care to sink my teeth into all that drama. as a standalone album, i had fun.
ughhhhh hotel california (the song) is sooo good but the rest fell a little flat for me unfortunately :/
love when you find an album that's like "oh this is gonna hit when i'm in xyz mood". can't wait to revisit this muchly when i'm angry
yawnnnnnnn i hate this kinda rock sorry
cute but forgettable. these reviews are a tad harsh tho
objectively a very good album and has some really memorable hits. can't say i will be relistening much though as it reminds me too much of how it felt to be a #sad teenager
no reason for songs to be this long and go absolutely nowhere
i am aware that i am a hypocrite because i typically hate an album that's overly long until it's an album i love... dare i say i didn't want this to end?
that being said, i definitely prefer disc 1 to disc 2, but still. insanely impressive to create an album so long but so captivating.
i could be rating this too highly?? i had it on in the background but i did really enjoy it
was hoping to enjoy this more but ? some of the songs fell a bit flat for me
all my life i've been hearing how all their songs sound the same and this made me realise that that wasn't a joke but rather a prophetic warning
actually in disbelief over how glazed this is on here... be serious
give it time and i could change this to a 5! some lovely songs on here
not as good as dusty in memphis... she has an amazing voice though
this is a melting pot of other, much better bands who i would much rather be listening to
a looooot of potential here
i would love to be proven wrong but this only furthered my theory that the average radiohead fan is an avoidant man who listens to them to feel sorry for himself and ignore the fact that he is the root of his own suffering
goddamn i've heard good things about Pixies but this was rather insufferable
perhaps i am biased as i am few weeks out of a break up and a few days out of rekindling contact with them (do not ask me how i feel about The First Taste rn...), and i still have 2 songs to go as i write this, but what a fucking magical album. what an insanely talented woman. this has really made her click for me. just fantastic
lovely little folky album with a good handful of songs being added to my playlist - cheers lads x
a delightfully lovely listen. i was told by a guy one time that i look like i love steely dan so gave some of the songs on this a listen, props to him because he clocked me before i even knew it myself
wish i could say i could hear what everyone else is hearing with the doors but then again if i did i'd probably be annoying as fuck
such a gorgeous album. i'm tempted to give it a 5, i'm just not sure how much i'll come back and relisten realistically, so we'll see
we sure did have fun while it lasted Joan!
too much country and not enough folk for me
just not my thing at all but i can't deny good vocals and production. it is just unfortunately very "BBC radio 2 middle aged mum going through a divorce"-core, which is fine but i am NOT the target audience
fun but fell a bit flat at times
this is really quite lovely, but also a bit drab. i can see this being perfect if you're on a long drive whilst also feeling a bit sad - those kinds of vibes. other than that, it all just kind of blurs together. some of these songs have no right being as long as they are too.
for the song lengths, i'm sure it's great live or maybe even in the background but much less so sitting down and listening with headphones. started to feel a bit claustrophobic
i want to give this a 5, but there were just a couple i didn't care for so much? the ones i did care for fucking hit though, obviously
perfectly fun but slightly forgettable funk
would be a 2 if not for please let me wonder and in the back of my mind.... they charmed me with those
this is just... fine. very much a product of the time and obviously they smashed it out the park with tainted love but that's about it
very long, but a good listen! there was a little bit of pressure here as my mum really likes it, but i can't fault it either
beck in the studio like I JUST MADE SOME BULLSHITTTTT
ooooooooohhh turn it AWFFFFFFFFFFFFF
had more fun than i expected to! a few really nice ones on here
not my thing but great for what it is!
my final album by the doors, and it's another 2! what can i say, i just don't care for them
it does all sound the same, and it's decent, but... meh
preferred the second half to the first but this is so fun, and I Believe In A Thing Called Love is suuuuch a fucking banger
interesting, although a little drab at times, and i do agree that the songs had a knack for overstaying their welcome. if not for that, it'd likely be closer to a 4.
absolutely incredible. i'm definitely biased from having grown up with abba, but this had me in a good mood for the whole day. the only negative thing i have to say is that i'm sad this is the last abba album i have on the list :( (justice for voulez-vous)
a bit of silly fun, i'm a fan of his voice and Vicious is a fucking hit
some lovely tracks on here, very calming
see, some of these songs feel a bit goofy but then others are fucking GREAT, so it's gotta be a 4
just a bit shit innit, that funk days are back again song pissed me right off x
let's stick to toy story love xx
like it's fine
didn't realise how severely i had been sleeping on Billy Joel - stunning
bowie you've done it again (made an album where i don't care for some songs but really love others so i'm not sure how to feel about it overall). probably closer to a 3.5
i'm sure this is more offensive if you're a fan of the bands they are apparently taking heavy inspiration from but like... this is perfectly fine. nothing special but the average score seems a little harsh
what is this average score? we desperately need some more goths using this site
