I think he's great. I enjoy both the covers and his own songs. Definitely unique.
Great classic album. The three different song writers creates variety which is good.
Classic rock with organ. Ian Gillian, keyboard player and Ritchie Blackmore.
I appreciate the musician shit but this genre really doesn't do anything for me. It's Pleasant enough for background noise but that's about it.
Her songs with a band are her big songs. The songs with just a piano are mediocre.
Last album. More instruments. Less of Johhny Marr's classic picking riifs.
Great album. Neil is an awesome songwriter and the transition from acoustic to rock keeps you engaged.
Start of soul phase. 2 huge songs, a couple weak ones. Across the Universe is a bad cover.
Grear album and introduction to Rush.
I'm not sure why but I love this album! Great post-punk riffs with Mark E. Smith singing/talking over them.
Once you hear a few songs you immediately recognize others by them/him.
Definitely an influential band. Some songs are too long but probably are good live.
This is a great album of electronic or progressive house with dub influence but it's more than that. It's not as monotonous as you would expect since some songs have various singers (i.e John Lydon).
This is an album in the classic category. Well engineered, sophisticated new wave/rock. The songs are varied by the singers, tempo and style. A personal avorite.
This is Texas blues / boogie rock!
Waitin' for the Bus/Jesus Left Chicago and La Grange are classics. The songs that stray are weaker though.
Shoegaze dream pop. The first and last few songs have way too much noise. The middle songs are less so and slightly more enjoyable. "nothing is" is terribly monotonous. loveless is better and innovative.
Three of the greatest female singers taking turns singing lead on various country/folk songs. Linda Ronstadt's voice stands out. Telling Me Lies is beautiful.
Some classic Christmas songs by 60s girl bands and Darlene Love produced with Phil Spector's wall of sound. The individual songs are fine but I can't listen to all of them at once.
Good album. Similar to Oasis. Richard Ashcroft writes and sings a good mix of rock songs and ballads.
British progressive pop. Great musicians led Roger Hodgson's voice and Rick Davies. I enjoy the longer more progressive songs like School and Rudy.
Great. Indie low-fi rock. Woman's perspective blunt. The guitar riffs and song structures are interesting.
Stripped down rap. Jazz samples. Clever, easy to understand lyrics. Not gangster rap. Not my usual genre but I liked it.
I found myself listening to more of the music in the samples than the BB themselves. And the rapping was similar across songs.
Good album. "Psychedelic soul". 70s feel. I think the producers (Danger Mouse and Inflo) had a larger influence than normal.
Highway to Hell is a classic rock song. Hard to listen to entire album at once though
Only interesting because it shows where they started. Mostly covers. The band is ok but Jagger couldn't sing then either.
Definiton of yacht rock. Great first album . As always great session musicians. A few big songs on here and others are good.
Big band musicianship is impressive but the blasting horns puncuating throughout each song gets old. I don't doubt this is a good album for the genre. It's just not for me.
The premier Britpop album that truly should be listened to at least once. Damon Albarn is a great songwriter. The songs vary making it a easy to listen to the entire album. Graham Coxon is a good guitar player too.
A poet who has written some classic songs. But not a good performer. The first half with just Bob with his guitar and harmonica was painful. I guess I just don't get him.
Great first album. Zappa already had his sound. Influence of do-wop carried throughout future albums
10 songs that rock but all sound the same with the same lyrical story
Another classic album. Todd Rundgren produced it and calls it a parody of Springsteen which is a great description.
Great album. Folk punk. A few classic songs and others are solid.
It was pretty good. It had a Sergeant Peppers and early Pink Floyd vibe. Psychedelic.
Representative of the genre.
Great album and mix of songs. Pete International Airport was just sounds and should not have been put on the album.
I read one review calling them America's Radiohead....no way. The sound effects don't work. I prefer their predecessor Uncle Tupelo.
Great album. Blues and psychedelic. Jim Morrison is great but so are the other guys!
I liked this more than expected. I can see how it was influential. Think Motorhead w Eddie van halen effects talking about satan lol
Mostly Tommy. Successfully Intended to show they are a rock band. Great musicians....Moon Entwhistle, Daltry and Townsend.
Paul Simon is a great writer and musician but this is not his best album. Some of the effects make them dated in a bad way. The acoustic version of Rene and Georgette... was nice.
Nick Drake is great. Some of the songs are overly arranged. I prefer his more stripped down songs. This is not his best album.
Great album. I didn't realize there were so many big songs on this one album.
Mostly just noise and percussion. Very little melodic. I don't get it
Johnny Cash. Legend. Hurt and Personal Jesus are awesome and others are too.
Good album. It's really well produced. Hers songs with other musicians and electroncia are really good. The ones with just her are good but sound similar to each other.
I had only heard the first song which was pretty intense. The others are more accessible. His band are jazz guys playing rock. It probably requires more listens to appreciate.
Innovators of dream pop. Pleasant to listen to but too similar sounding.
I really liked this. It's Hip-hop with other types of musical influences and her voice which can have Sri Lankan accent.
Both Linda and Richard Thompson are great singers and Richard is a talented unique guitarist with Scottish influence.
To me it sounded like it was written by an amateur teenager. Silly lyrics. Simple music. Campy.
Terrible. Uninteresting gimmicky overproduced teenage girl pop.
Awesome album with 3 classic songs on it. Other songs are good too.
Solid rock album. Good band and singer. Definitely an influence on 80s American hair bands.
Classic album. Although sometimes I hear parts of one song that sound too similar to other Elton John songs.
Really good album with Shane MacGowan's instantly recognizable voice. This has exposed a lot of people to celtic music with it's typical depressing lyrics. LOL
All Johnny Cash songs sound the same but he made that style legendary. I enjoyed listening to the album and is interaction with the audience very old-timey in a good way.
Many of these songs got lots of radio play (Panama is my favorite) but I was never a big fan. They just seem juvenile to me. The playing on the synthesizers is rudimentary. Eddie Van Halen was innovative but lacks musicality and soul.
So apparently he was doing primal therapy during this time so that explains the lyrics. I knew a few songs on this album but many were knew to me. I listened a second time and enjoyed it more. I liked "I Found Out", "Working Class Hero" and "Remember".
I liiked the album. "Elaborately arranged pop", Quirky, well produced. Lots to listen too, it's not background music. I am familiar with their popular songs but will listen to more if them.
The Bo Diddley jams on the first side and first song on second side were interesting but only because I hack around with guitar. I don't understand why critics rave about it. Perhaps it's interesting if you want a sense of a live show back then.
Great funk synth pop album. Sometimes the synthesizers sound dated.
Jack White is a great song writer, lyricist and musician. The album has a variety of songs. I really enjoyed it.
Girl from Ipanema alone gets this album on the list. Great exposure to bossa nova and jazz.
Morre variety in the sampled music. And the BB were more musical themselves and not just rapping.
This was a great first album for a band. This alternative rock with a pop/synth emphasis. Good riffs from the both the keyboard and guitars. Brandon Flowers has a good theatrical voice. Reminded of Muse at times.
One of the greatest popular songwriters. Her recording of Will You Love Me Tomorrow is better than the cover by the Shirelles
New wave pioneers. All songs on this album are great. They're all underrated as musicians, especially Elliott Easton.
I've always liked this band. Unique sound with drums, guitar, saxophone and Richard Butler's voice. Songs are very similar to each other though.
The one and only Queen. It was a really good album even with most songs new to me. The songs vary in genre and 3 different singers. Some rock and remind me of Deep Purple.
Old New school rap with words I can understand. I liked the songs that were not released as singles best.
Accessible jazz. Miles Davis and John Coltrane andc other musicians are giants. Easy to listen to. Not busy.
Good album by influential artist. Soul music that is gospel influenced. Some songs are pretty funky.
So so Americana. Sounds like a drunk Sheryl Crow. Not for me. The cover of Can't Let Go by Robert Plant and Alicia Kraus is good though.
Unremarkable. He can't sing when not reggae.
It's the Cure. Robert Smiths vocals, guitar riffs, keyboard. Some songs are moodier than others.
Good album. It's better to be in a relaxed, unhurried state and listen to the album as a whole.
Pop soul covers. Guess it's representative of the genre but the songs aren't that similar or as good as Dock of the Bay which I like.
Low is a good album. It has a mix of rock and more ambient than his other music. Definitely influenced by Brian Eno.
I didn't enjoy this heavy metal band. There are some decent guitar riffs but the songs often feel disjointed and the speed metal parts are more annoying than rocking. The singer isn't great, especially when he tries Ian Gillian screams.
I know he's a legend but I can't stand his voice and the harmonica for more than one song. Covers of his songs are usually better than his originals. There are a few of his more well known songs on this album.
Good album. This is the type of music I first think of when someone says Jazz. Considered one of the first pioneering Cool Jazz albums.
Punk/power pop with ballads. Some great songs and others not so much. Just learned that Boulevard of Broken Dreams, the one sing that's different than their others, has the same chord progression as Wonderwall. 😕
Truly an album everyone should listen to. Uses new technology and the variety is incredible. Also two awesome songs by George Harrison.
Good R&B hiphop album. The singers are good and had a group of established songwriters and producers behind them.
Chill reggae from England. Fat bass, guitar and saxophone. Political messages. Somewhat receptive but good background music especially the instrumentals. They are a lot better than Red Red Wine.
His bass playing and sound is cool sound but gets old. Them Changes stands out. I prefer the songs that are more jazzy, funky, weird songs over the more R&B and pop ones.
Definitely should be on a list like this. Southern jazz blues rock. Tight band. Greg Allman has the perfect voice for this. Dickey Betts doesn't get enough credit. Some solos go on too long. Whipping Post showcases all of them.
Another good album from the Berlin trilogy. Heroes and some good rock songs. The more ambient songs in the second half seemed more out of place on the first listen.
I like Frank Sinatra and I like bossa nova but it was probably not a good idea to put the two together. It comes across as cheesy in a bad way.
Pre Saturday Night Fever and Barry falsetto. Pop ballads with orchestration. Barry's vibrato is annoying. I like Robin's voice best.
Attempts at screams are lame. No comparison to early Beatles.
This is bad even for gangster rap. He's not that good a rapper and the lyrics aren't that clever. More interested in the samples than the rapping.
2000s sound. As I listened I kept thinking they sound like other bands like MGMT, Fleet Foxes and Modest Mouse with the whiney kiddie voice and group singing. I did like the classical instruments though.
Good album of downtempo reggae. Classic sound with Bob's voice and female backing vocals.
I reccomend giving this a listen as this band is the definition of post-rock... "experimental rock that emphasizes texture, atmosphere, and non-traditional song structures over conventional rock techniques." Instrumentals with lots of electronics. Some songs are more experimental than others.
Very influential. They're good but better when you consider they were one of first in terms of music and fashion. Similar to the Ramones in that some songs sound like their 50s and 60s roots.
One of the first and biggest synth-pop albums with Don't You Want Me. But there are other good songs on this album too. I like Love Action.
The album is getting a mixed review. The songs that rock are great and the songs have a 50s and 60s pop and aren't that good. But it's Deborah Harry! ☺️ The guitar player, Frank Infante is good.
It's a great album. I thought Let Me Roll It was a John Lennon song! At least four big songs and the other tracks are good too.
Highly regarded proto-punk recorded in 1971 and 1972. The other songs besides the classics Roadrunner and Pablo Picasso are very good. Velvet Underground influenced (and John Cale produced). Jonathan Richman led but includes Richman, Jerry Harrison (later Talking Heads - keyboards), Ernie Brooks (bass) and David Robinson (later The Cars - drums).
His voice ("all right") works with the music and lyrics. The keyboards are a big part of the sound. Love the references to Massachusetts and NYC.
This is the definition of fun rock! The lyrics are juvenile and that's ok. It's amazing how many great riffs Malcolm and Angus Young have created! Their musicianship is underrated and their sound is well produced. It was great to hear this again.
I know she is a legend and has a nice voice but it's not that interesting. I was surprised how white she sounds. Maybe I would appreciate her more if she did songs in another genre and time.
The Gershwin music turns me off. Cheesy songs with Nelson Riddle swing/big band arrangements blasting horns in between lyrics. All sound the same. Impossible to listen to 3+ hours of this. I had to keep skipping after a minute or so.
Ballads are obviously her thing but I can't listen to them one after another. A lot of people were involved and it sounds like it. Some songs sounds like they could have been written for anyone.
Sabbath's sound and Ozzy's voice are instantly recognizable. This is classic heavy metal songs with ballads. Changes is nice. FX is junk. Laguna Sunrise is monotonous attempt at Led Zep.
I see the comparisons to Kate Bush and Cocteau Twins. Her voice is soothing voice and the ambient music and arrangements are nice. British/Beatles vibe. I liked it.
Highly regarded album and rightly so. This is not just a hip-hop rap album. There are eclectic songs with melodies on here.
I have no idea why this R&B album is on this list. It's not bad. There just isn't anything interesting about it. Same songs with over-produced some sounds.
Truly one of the top rock bands and albums. Early use of synthesizers.
All great musicians but Pete Townshend is the man. Thoughtful lyrics and clean sound.
Another rap album. It's not my thing but at least I can understand what he/they are saying. Same old gangsta rap lyricus about guns, shooting people and fucking bitches gets old.
This is better than most hip-hop. The lyrics are more intelligent, less gangster, uptempo and some tracks are actually songs with singing!Extensive use of samples - strings, horns. I like Kick, Push.
Early psychedelic pop rock. One huge song. Same year as Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Some songs are bad and out of place. Good guitar player.
This is a great album of music that are not just folk songs. Great song writer with complex chords and good lyrics. I generally don't like high voices but once you adjust it's nice. Listened a second time and appreciate it more.
Early album of the band as a three piece. All great musicians but Andy Summers' guitar is important. Obviously in the title but there is a big reggae influence that is not in later albums. There are also a few Stewart Copeland written songs that are weird but good.
What a huge album! I listened to this non-stop when it came out and knew every part when playing it now. Instantly recognizable layered guitars, Brad Delp voice. Tom Scholz wrote and produced this in his home and it still sounds great.
This album would not be on the list if it wasn't by Eric Clapton.
Mellow album of mostly covers that don't compare to the originals. Let it Grow and the more uptempo songs stand out. Not much of his legendary guitar playing here.
Generally pleasant noise pop. They sound the same, some slower, some faster. Background music. Not very good guitar solos.
Frank Ocean is pretty good. The interludes are useless and some of the more experimental songs are so so but the more straightforward songs are good. Sounds like Stevie Wonder. Sweet Life, Super Rich Kids, Lost.
This album is the bridge between their earlier rock and their own, more experimental sound on later albums.
I like Radiohead but a new listener needs to understand that this is not easy listening background music. It is dense, complex and often intense. Thom Yorke is the man but Jonny Greenwood and the others are also very important.
I'm not I can pick their best.
Old school hop-hop. Somewhat Intelligent, non-ghetto lyrics with uptempo drums and other decent samples (imo the best part of hip-hop). 63 minutes is too long. Gets old listening to black, black, black with lame white voices making tripe statements. The power isn't white. It's the establishment and the elites.
Another hip-hop. This is low tempo with super repetitive jazz samples in each song. Good rapper but I really don't like this genre.
This album is as much Brian Jackson as Gil Scott-Heron. Gil had a unique voice but is a bit off at times. The slower songs with Rhodes keyboard are more about the lyrics/ poetry than music and are not that great. The more uptempo and jazz songs with piano are good though.
The comparison to Muzak is appropriate. This album is for people that don't actively listen to music. Pop americana/jazz/blues. Pleasant, uninteresting voice. I was done listening half way through.
Pleasantly surprised. I was expecting non-stop dance music.
Founder of Big Beat electronic music. Wide variety of samples. More musical hip-hop. Samples are vocals as well as instruments.
This is a very good album and new for me. I was expecting more of a rock sound but it's funky, quirky space pop with some hip-hop beats. While there not be huge hits, the album as a whole is good.
Definitely an album that should be listened to although this is not my favorite album by Pink Floyd. This concept album was huge when it came out. It's a bit depressing (mostly Roger Waters) but the David Gimour songs are best.
This trippy funk/rock album is really good! George Clinton driven who was influenced by Frank Zappa's weirdness.The opening track is a 10 minute Eddie Hazel acid rock jam and the last song is a weird jam with random sounds. The middle tracks are funk, soul and doo wop with good keyboards. Super Stupid surely influenced Living Colour and Lenny Kravitz.
Stevie Wonder has two stand out songs with You Are the Sunshine of My Life and Superstition. Michael Jackson got ehee from the funky Maybe Your Baby which is repetitive and too long. The remaining funky/jazzy songs are better than his sappy pop ballads which I don't really like.
Definitely a distinctive band that should be checked out. Best described as art rock or post-punk. David Byrne but other great musicians (Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison and Tim Frantz). Really well produced (Brian Eno), still sounds current. The downtempo songs are too far out there for me.
New wave power pop with 60s and punk influence. The sound is defined by his voice and the keyboards. The best songs are the more edgy ones (Pump it Up and I Don't Wanna Go to Chelsea). The more pop songs are so so and drive the overall album rating down. Some songs sound like his others with his cadence.
Ryan Adams is a prolific americana and roots rock songwriter with a good voice. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings are great musicians.
But this album is not for me. Most of the songs are mellow americana songs that I find truly depressing.
And the Bob Dylan harmonica is the nail in the coffin. I did like Amy though which reminded me of early Beatles.
An album worth listening to. One of the founders of Krautrock. This album is chill, ambient, semi-structured, experimental music with jazz, blues and rock influences. Future Days is mellow and reminds me of Radiohead when there is singing. Spray is more experimental. Moonshake is more typical of a CAN songs songs. Parts of Bel Air are a bit out there for me. The drummer Jaki Liebezeit is great... continous in a good way. The creator of motorik.
This is a great album. I listened to it a lot when it first came back and was surprised I still knew it well. The song Graceland is an earworm for me that's hard to dislodge (and writing this review started it again. LOL)
The combination of upbeat south african music with Paul Simon's lyrics and songwriting works really well.
2000s indie rock band with a lot member. This quote sums it up..."at its overblown worst Neon Bible is one of those records that takes itself too seriously to be taken seriously."
Win Butler thinks he's Roger Waters on The Wall. The songs are over-produced yet the instruments and background vocals sound muffled and distant.
I just don't find anything unique about this band. As I listen I keep thinking it sounds like other artists.
Why there is more than one album from this band on this list is beyond me.
Dolly Parton is a legend who should be on this list as a representative of the genre. She's written a few great songs and is a great entertainer.
But I don't understand why this album is so highly regarded. The songs are very simple (almost like children's songs) with simple stories. Her voice, while recognizable, is thin especially compared to Linda Ronstadt on Trio.
This is a great discovery for me!
Trippy, fuzzy, Syd Barret/David Bowie influenced brit-pop with the genre often changing within the same song. There are truly no bad songs on this album. Added Gathering Moss, Mario Man and others to my favorites list.
I suppose conga music should be represented on this list but I now have had enough for my lifetime. Monotonous percussion. Repetitive lyrics.
Songs that featured the tres, the stringed instrument, on Rhapsodia del Maravilloso and Tribilín cantore were better.
Post brit-pop alternative rock band from Scotland. Not particularly interesting and the musicianship isn't impressive. The better songs sound like Radiohead lite. What's the point of a hidden track?
Not my usual genre but I really enjoyed this album. Ellington's jazz orchestra is a nice mix of big band and smaller jazz groups. Accessible (i.e. not too complex) jazz by good musicians in a live atmosphere worked for me. The really high pitched trumpet at the end of a couple songs was actually painful though.
Everyone knows and likes Michael Jackson! This album has so many HUGE hits on it.
Not necessarily a criticism but listening to it in 2026 I noticed that some of keyboard and synthesizers sounded dated/cheesy and that the production was relatively simple.
This debut album sounds more like 70s Deep Purple hard rock with a bit of prog thrown in than 80s heavy metal. This is a good thing. Some good guitar riffs from dual guitarist and the singer isn't as over the top as his successor.
This album is much more diverse and experimental than their previous 2 tone ska/reggae album. I would highly recommend reading the wiki on this album. While there is still 2 tone, there are a variety of other influences such as Northern Soul and Calypso, there are is an intentional overall lounge and Muzak feel. The second side is more experimental/trippy with cheesy electronic beats and keyboards sounds. Stereotype/Stereotype and International Jet Set are the best examples of this and are my favs.
Dinosaur Jr. is an indie rock band that started in the 80s. J Mascis' use of heavy distortion and slacker vocal style have been very influential on other bands.
Most of the songs on this album are good but are similar to each other with some having a pop feel to them. The last two songs are different from the others on the album. Poledo is just garbage and their cover of Just Like Heaven was interesting but not good.
It's always been the case but when listening to this album there are clearly 3 independent songwriters which makes it a bit disjointed. Apparently Lindsey Buckingham was into Talkin Heads and trying to be more experimental. While I appreciate the effort, some songs didn't fit at all. Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks both contributed hits. Angel was a new find for me. Overall it would have been a better single album than a double.
I like Johnny Cash but didn't think this was his best work. He laughed in the middle of 3 ballads and June came off as a ditzy country bumpkin.
I enjoyed listening to the extended album with Carl Perkins and the Statler Brothers more. At San Quentin was also better.
Celtic pop blue eyed soul band known for "Come On Eileen". They're interesting because of singer Kevin Rowland's voice and large use of horns and strings. His voice is dramatic similar to Freddie Mercury and Danny Elfman. Come On Eileen is still a great song but there are also other good ones on this album.
Taylor Swift is a pop machine with an army of writers and producers. The songs are musically simple and there is nothing special about her voice. I couldn't listen to this straight through and needed breaks with real music in between.
Elis Regina is considered one of the greatest Brazilian singers with a diverse, dynamic expressive, powerful voice. The genre of this album is considered Post-bossa nova which has jazz, pop and blues which I liked. The musicians supporting her are great. I preferred the the songs that had more of the bossa nova feel that others that were more contemporary jazz.
Fela Kuti is considered the founder of Afrobeat jazz. The songs are mostly long jams with guitar rhythm and horn solos and then some singing in the middle which I liked. The songs are long (more than 12 minutes). I like the album but would have preferred to hear 8 songs with shorter jams than just 4.
Another good album from Funkadelic of funk and funk rock jams. It's too bad it's not on Spotify. The talking on Promenatal...Dodoo was distracting from the jam.
Adolescent 80's overproduced, cheesy, pop metal. The songs have some catchy choruses (Pour Some Sugar on Me) but are very similar in structure and gimmicky hooks.
I thought I was going to enjoy this but now remember why I moved away from this genre.
Old school rap in French that is better than most. He's considered one of the best. Nice to not constantly hear "fuck" and "nigger". Good jazz funk soul samples. The laid back songs are best. Ragga Jam doesn't belong on this album.
This album might be influential on future punk and grunge bands from a sound perspective but I didn't enjoy it all. The songs are mostly bad covers of songs by Chuck Berry, Little Richard and others performed similarly. The "influential" screaming became annoying.
