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AlbumYouGlobalDiff
I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
5 2.84 +2.16
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
4 2.25 +1.75
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
5 3.27 +1.73
The College Dropout
Kanye West
5 3.31 +1.69
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
5 3.37 +1.63
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
5 3.4 +1.6
Blackstar
David Bowie
5 3.48 +1.52
Bright Flight
Silver Jews
4 2.68 +1.32
Ys
Joanna Newsom
4 2.8 +1.2
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
4 2.8 +1.2

You Love Less Than Most

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Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
1 3.41 -2.41
Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
1 2.94 -1.94
With The Beatles
Beatles
2 3.64 -1.64
Queen II
Queen
2 3.48 -1.48
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
2 3.34 -1.34
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
3 4.26 -1.26
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2 3.07 -1.07

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6# not the first time hearing it but good pretext to hear it again. dreamier than i remembered it to be. But it didnt amaze me, just some tracks are really good, but also it has nostalgia lingered to it so i dont really know.

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Feb 06 2026

Ive had my Queen phase and heard a lot of their music, but listenin to this at full, top to bottom, it surprised me with some of the lesser known musics being really not what i would call Queeny...? But it was good nevertheless. Nice one. Good pretext to check this out.

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
Feb 07 2026

Very nice experience, already have listened to this before, nice revisiting So grimm and dark oooof

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe
Feb 07 2026

Cool concept, but some songs are a bit gimmicky with the melodies, maybe not for me There are a lot of standouts, just some im on the fence with.

The College Dropout by Kanye West
Feb 08 2026

I miss the old kanye. Ahead of its time. Timeless. Lyrics are funny, versatile, deep. Just a really fun listen front to back.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Feb 09 2026

4# even though i own a red hot tshirt for years and been into one of their concerts, i've never made a deep dive into them and heard this album. I just listened to californication and The Getaway at full. Was always a big fan but not all of the songs captivate me. They have a lot of bangers. What drives me to them is the catchiness of the vocals by Anthony Kiedis, the riffs and the whole feel to it, their carefree sound. About this album in specific. They rock, but a bit rough. Well, if the year that they made this is in consideration, than yeah, it's a wonderful feat. I can hear Rage against the machine here (Suck My Kiss), but they haven't released their first album yet so i guess they were inspired by this.

6# not the first time hearing it but good pretext to hear it again. dreamier than i remembered it to be. But it didnt amaze me, just some tracks are really good, but also it has nostalgia lingered to it so i dont really know.

Feb 11 2026

7# nice, the first album that i dont know at all. Recorded in a single day? ok, interesting. Post-punk in 1979, when punk wasn't even already established? thats funny. After a quick search, the punk era started in the beginning of the 70s so im wrong. Thoughts about it: me like the sound of thiz, its fun, rebellious but with not much anger the sound of the drums is gud, but the rest sounds muffled Got tired of this quickly, the guitars are tiresome with the high pitched notes (I love Modest Mouse, so i'll just say this was not for me), i guess i was not in the mood for it. wont get a second chance though. If listening to one music its ok

System Of A Down by System Of A Down
Feb 12 2026

8# CA BANGERALHO DE ALBUM this i already heard a whole lot and i love it to the bones. never dove into the lyrics, i'll try to do that this time (not much of a lyric guy).

Actually by Pet Shop Boys
Feb 13 2026

my dad's playlist.

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis
Feb 14 2026

10# Besides kinds of blue (which i really like but i tend not to return to too often), i didn't heard much more from Miles Davis. The vibe: Cozy winter night at home reading some romance book with 112 pages.

Feb 15 2026

11# Rucurucurucurucurucrucurucurucurucurucurucuru If you would let me know in advance that this would be the album for a valentines saturday and i have nothing to do i would've made the precautions and bought a kilogram of weed to trip balls to this. Never heard of this, i can only compare this with Strawberry fields by the beatles but rougher, or the doors without an audio engineer, or the kinks without catchy tunes. Ok, i can think of some comparisons. Why is someone always incantating something inside my ear, its not evil, neither is it good, their intentions are ambiguous. After watching the film Apocalypse Now, this fits really well. I tripped.. and fell 13th floors.

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
Feb 16 2026

12# Prologue: Been a fan of Arcade Fire for a while but when I did know them I wasnt into hearing full albums, so, needless to say, never heard this album front to back, but i think this will be an experience and a good one, i wish. It was. The themes on this are very current ones today. "And it seems strange How we used to wait for letters to arrive But what's stranger still Is how something so small can keep you alive We used to wait We used to waste hours just walking around We used to wait All those wasted lives in the wilderness downtown" Wasted lives.. maybe that were better ones, calm, without stress and needing of infinite stimulation. People had time to process things, be creative, fill the time with hard things that recompensate after a long period. The sound of it emanates calmness but at the same time a feeling of dread.

Feb 17 2026

13# Heard this one before, but its always fun to return. Starting to feel like one day isn't enough for concept dense albums like The Suburbs from Arcade Fire, i didn't have the time to fully appreciate it, but that speaks on the quality of it. Fatboy Slim is an acquired taste from my dad, it brings nostalgia to my children days when i used to move like crazy to this music. I think all of the songs should be shorter because it repeats too much or to the middle end it tries to do something new and it doesn't stick. That's the biggest flaw in here, besides that, I'm constantly bumping my head.

Real Life by Magazine
Feb 18 2026

13# Reminds me a lot of mission of burma. And then i went to hear Mission of Burma and forgot about Magazines. Magazines rely on weird arpeggios, its interesting and I like the sound of it. Good record for it to be the start of post punk. I guess I'll just like everything that is going to be thrown here. Noice.

15# Unpleasant Stop tuning your instruments and start playing. Jokes aside, this was really interesting and challenging. Frentic playing from all instruments, the intro starts with everything. The most punk or metal, jazz has ever sounded. Great. If they built the chaos up and didn't start bantering everything they got from the beginning of each song, it would be a pleasant experience, but i guess we have it somewhere else and it has a place.

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart
Feb 20 2026

16# I know a lot about Rod Stewart. Like that his name is Rod Stewart and he is a musician. Oh that's it. The first one that i found nothing special at all. It's ok blues, I like his raunchy smokey voice. The free jazz record (Spy vs Spy) from yesterday made a lasting impact that this is kilometers from making. Would play beautifully on the Turning Point USA show for sure. I dont know the political views of rod stewart but i imagine him being protrump, sry dud After a quick search he demanded an apology from Trump for something false he said about Nato, soo, yeah the contrary of what i imagined basically.

Imagine by John Lennon
Feb 21 2026

17# Prelude: Hmm interesting pull. I I've never seen this as an album but mostly as a single. Let's see if it holds up to the mainstream hit which i love. Listening:

The Libertines by The Libertines
Feb 22 2026

18# really like this, it scratches my itch for alternative rock. This is playfull and fun, always doing something different, not repeting too much of the same structure, the songs evolve. Before hearing i read a lot of reviews saying this looked and is a mid album. I cant agree, maybe its because my roots are alt rock indie rock and this bangs on it

So by Peter Gabriel
Feb 23 2026

19# this is full of bangers

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf
Feb 24 2026

20# ABBA if they we're rockin instead of poppin. You have an album cover that looks like the most metalcore metal has ever been and then give clapping session in a middle of a song, what? Um, this is not for me, no no. It's teatrical... feels fake, premeditaded, like too calculated, previsible. Don't throw this kind of rock ballads to me. I like teatrical in projects like Black Midi's Hellfire, i don't have the words to describe what they do right, but they hit it like a needle in my butt, wait what? And I don't like to be that guy, but the mixing..? flat, i like my drums not that faraway of my ear. Listening to this at full was hard, geez

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen
Feb 25 2026

21# Prelistening: ig bruce is going to be bangin his way in a lot more times, cause this ain't his most recognized album by a big margin. I really don't have much of love nor hate for him, for me he has a good voice and yeah that's nice, good for him. listenin: generic rock. nah its not, this bangs, my expectations were low and we're met on Adam Raised a Cain. The theme of that song hits home, about (if we believe in christian teachings) living and suffering just because of a man that chose to betray God when manipulated. I had this realisation when they were teaching that story and I wept. well, the rest is between generic rock and entertaining rock. Im in, its a really good record. Not on my bingo card to start liking and listening to Bruce Springsteen on 2026

I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons
Feb 26 2026

1001 albums to love or hate by hearing them before you die 22# DAMN I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. I already had a deep dive into this album before, but any excuse to return to it is welcomed. Starting to realise the wikipedia resume of the albums doesn't help a thing. Not one reference to what the album is about or who is Anohni, which is important to appreciate this album more than just it's extraordinary vocals and instrumentation. That voice.. is wrecking, in the verge of falling apart from start to end but at the same time so controlled and passionate. I'd say my second favorite singer of all time, doesn't beat Nina Simone. Such a simple record in terms of instruments (acoustic and string oriented), but it carries so much emotion and has really high levitating moments, like on the end of the opener Hope there's someone. The pacing is extraordinary too. It never feels too much, gives you time to approach each song with its demanding themes. Now delving on the theme. What's it like to not feel at peace with your own body and the mental process to change it, I mean, your genre. I can't begin to imagine the pain of that, but in here it makes me understand a bit of it, in a beautiful open authentic empathic way. Not preachy at all. I have nostalgia attached to at least on of these songs, because my dad bought a song or two from this and used to play on his playlists. That factor helps to appreciate this even more, it's nice to come back to that place and time. Next thing I'm going to do is listen to their debut album. Let's see where they come from, to reach this beautiful accomplishment.

Rocks by Aerosmith
Feb 27 2026

23# Its definitely a rock album from the 80s rocks? well yeah, not so much though

Fragile by Yes
Feb 28 2026

UUUUUUUUHHH i wanted to give the time to listen to this. So the that time has come. So they hit you full force with Roundabout and leave you hangin with quirky classical music. I'd hang out with the band integrants, they seem like fun. And they do it again... and again, quirky interlude after quirky interlude, we have bangers.

If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian
Mar 01 2026

25# I like very much a lot of Belle and Sebastian and I think I've already listened to this. Lets see. This puts me at peace, such a nice cozy yet demanding of attention experience

Low by David Bowie
Mar 02 2026

26# Interesting pull, huge fan of David bowie last project Blackstar, but never had that kind of feeling towards another project by him, let's see if this sticks. Nothing to read, nothing to say, I'm blown away. Feel good psychedelic rock till the mid part, its up my alley, not in Berlin though. Warszawa.. IS beautiful.

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor
Mar 03 2026

27# Damn this is randomly giving me the artists I most love. Jorge Ben Jor is my favorite Brazilian artist. Didn't had the chance to listen to all of his projects, and this is one of them. My god what an ascending experience.

Ys by Joanna Newsom
Mar 04 2026

28# whimsical fairytale medieval feeling. unfortunately, won't have time to dissolve the poetry she's spittin, but it sounds sweet and very descriptive. That timbre is nice. i wish i'd listened to his while playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance. It would've propelled even further the immersion in the medieval age.

Vivid by Living Colour
Mar 05 2026

29# Not a single idea to what this will be, the hope real. This has energy, its clever on its lyrics on the opening track which is the best. Nothing much to add, didn't really have the time to hear it with much attention. That's the thing with an album a day, some won't have the amount of concentration that is deserved. I like the mood this leaves me in, gives me energy and motivation. The context about this being a hard rock band formed of black guys is interesting.

Guero by Beck
Mar 06 2026

30# Beck has just got the immense style to pull this kinda beats. It's alt rock with beats? say what. How are you mixing drum beats with rock instrumentation and it sounds this good. and it keeps adding interesting instruments or sounds. Very nice listen while vacuuming the house. The production in this is crazy good. Almost every minute I'm hearing a new thing that is really satisfying in the ears, like in the simple track Broken Drums, it could've been just drums and guitar, but no, you're stroke with a whole environment of sounds, wow. There's always something far away happening. The final tracks aren't as powerful as the beginning and middle. Just a thought: Beck has a similar voice to the vocalist from Eels, love them both. Highlights: E-Pro; Girl; Black Tambourine; Broken Drum Skips: Hell Yes; Rental Car

The White Album by Beatles
Mar 07 2026

31# Wow, now the band that invented music (/s) The Beatles must have a kink for playinf things just for one ear.

Private Dancer by Tina Turner
Mar 08 2026

I'm young. I never listened to Tina Turner's songs besides the most commercial ones. Expected this to feel like the 80s and it does, feels old, but Tina's performance is grappin and the synths are kinda cool. Full on energetic from top to bottom.

Being There by Wilco
Mar 09 2026

Funny that i listened to this for the first time two weeks ago. What made me do it was, i really love some songs from Wilco and wanted to know them better. Dont think this is a good way to be presented to them

All Directions by The Temptations
Mar 10 2026

#34 i must've already stumbled upon The Temptations, cause im a big fan of funk, blues soul from the 70s, but i really dont remember a single song from them. Let's see if this makes a lasting impression. Another band that likes to mess with the stereo directions of the instruments. This made me think i had some problem with my headphones. It's full of finesse, sexyness (if thats a thing, im illiterate), love inducing. Very positive experience, the thing is that it's mostly similar to all the funk coming out at the time aside from Papa Was a Rolling Stone, but it's good nevertheless.

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield
Mar 11 2026

35# I just know two songs from Dusty Springfield, Spooky and Son of a Preacherman and i really like those tracks Solid record, her voice is sweet and soothing but nothing that's remarkable really has place. I like the recent remastered version, well produced, but please someone explain WHY is everyone so in love with putting instruments just on one side of my head.

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson
Mar 12 2026

36# ShabaraparadmAHH- Soo, I find the lyrics kind of annoying and preachy, although I agree with the message. I was actually surprised by the sound of it. Ignorance from my side, but I didn't know at all that Janets work we're so acclaimed, but now I know and understand why. This has energy funkiness and artistry. Some 80s sounding, but with a lot of experimental elements, so it doesn't really sound dated. That little scream in almost all of the songs is funny, that high pitched Aah- I don't need more interludes, thanks. At least they're off of the actual songs. The Lonely track is beautifully produced, with that flute on the back, wow.

Nevermind by Nirvana
Mar 13 2026

37# reaction: damn. might be my favorite album of like um all time? maybe. review: hits like a mother when her son just finished painting what he thinks is his magnum opus on the bedroom wall with a pink plasticine. (this isn't necessarily based on true facts)

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles
Mar 14 2026

38# Love ray charles, this doesn't have his greatest hits, i guess i would prefer other compilation, but this is great for the year as chill as you can chill to be chilly with chilliness.

Mar 16 2026

40# I wanted to like this but it was not hitting and the boom bap beats when i was listening with a headache were not good for them. I'll have to listen another time.

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens
Mar 19 2026

43# i heard of cat stevens, but never got into an album of his. I think he will have more than one album in here, cause this isn't his most recognized one, right? nope just this album for cat stevens. Wasnt giving this much credit, but it's a solid record. Elton John type beat

1999 by Prince
Mar 20 2026

44# UUUH first prince appearance cul cul cul Esse prince deixa sempre um gajo desconfortavel

Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.
Mar 21 2026

45# B I G INDA HOUSE Great album

Ananda Shankar by Ananda Shankar
Mar 22 2026

46# I'm so into it, i love the sound of this weird indian instrument. But if it was just that throughout the project it would get boring. The layers that this has make for a good trip and psychedelic experience.

Harvest by Neil Young
Mar 23 2026

47#

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Mar 24 2026

48# the names are of the songs are a bit too descriptive, minus 5 points. Insanely beautifull trip to illinois the city the state the country

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash
Mar 25 2026

49# AA another country album. (wait is this folk? huh) only today i learned that neil young is part of this band for the next albums of them. Cmon, have some imagination for a band name other than pilling up your names. I'll compare this with Harvest which was the album of the day 2 days ago. With just 3 years apart from them (Harvest is from 1972) the difference is big on the production. This project doesn't have the strong single power that Harvest has. Interesting harmonies, it sounds good throughout. The two albums differ in genre, this is Folk the other is Country Rock and I have difficulty showing appreciation for country, but Harvest just goes besides that bias and captures with the interesting lyrics and Neil iconic melodies. This album has a bit of iconic melodies or harmonies, but it doesn't have that lasting impact or memory. A few sleepy tracks (like Lady of the Island), which i like, meditative in a sense, but really puts you in a state of numbness and i don't think they want that. This album is good to play when: you want to sleep, not a deep sleep but a nap, a 40 minute nap. Highlights: Suite; Wooden Ships Lowlights: You don't have to cry

Among The Living by Anthrax
Mar 26 2026

50# yeah metal finally (im not much of a metalhead but i'd like to get into it) never heard anything from Anthrax, but already heard the name somewhere.

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith
Mar 28 2026

52# Love elliot smith and im excited to hear this

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age
Mar 29 2026

53 Bonkering good for their debut Didnt eve knew that this album existed. I love some of them later work but this is almost equally good.

C'est Chic by CHIC
Mar 30 2026

54# LE FREAK thats that

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake
Mar 31 2026

55# One of my favorite albums of all time is from Nick Drake, Pink Moon. But shamefully so, i never sat down to hear this one. Its nice to kinda be obliged to do it. Tender in the most depressing way. Beautiful besides all the sadness.

Apr 02 2026

1001 albums to hear before you byrd with your brothers 57# At first I thought this was a beatles imitation but no, it has it's character. Pretty cool voice for a byrd. Kinda psychedelic, hitting the bare minimum to be called so.

Apr 03 2026

58# Am... what? Personally I don't really like it, it's funny and in a specific African party i could dance to it. I can understand it being here. It's important to have characteristic music from all over the world and I find it interesting (I've already listened to this kind of music before so it is that new to me). In this kind of music the voice has to shine and the vocalist needs to give their heart, cause the rhythms are kind of always the same thing over and over. Won't say the vocalist does a good job nor a bad job, but I think the first track pretty much sums up the whole album. Really long, it speeds up at the end, vocalist goes kinda bonkers. End. I'll be that guy and say this could've been another African album. This is too calculated

Paul Simon by Paul Simon
Apr 04 2026

59# Oh sim, o paulo simão bro even taps into reggae on 'Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard' my guy in the middle of 'Everything Put Together Falls Apart' stops a bit to scratch his beard and continues like nothing happened. What a guy, absolute cine.. music. 'Run That Body Down' saved it from what i was thinking would be a boring album 'Armistice Day' that guitar playing goes kinda hard. 'Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard' oye como va RUliô? MPB sounds and all, this is so fun. 'Peace Like a River' whatever, too peaceful. 'Papa Hobo' oooh so sillyyy look at me, silly boy. 'Paranoia Blues' oh now i'm silly and paranoid, quirky me huehue. But it is a cool concept really. OH NO THEY STOLE HIS CHINESE CHIMICHURRAS Today i felt like making little comments for each track, i'm autistic like that.

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D
Apr 05 2026

1001 albums to hear before you some kusic produced by the neptunes 60# I feel like this is the Tribe called quest from the 2 thousands. Just some guys having fun trying out a new sound with difficult to catch inspirations. Pharrell, is this where he started? Cul start I feel like this should not sound this good. It almost sounds bad and quirky. I don't know how they do it but it ends up hitting

Good Old Boys by Randy Newman
Apr 06 2026

1001 albums to hear before you say the n word publicly and get killed by a gang 61# Boring if you're not paying attention to the lyrics, but when you're paying attention to the lyrics, it's kind of the same.. boring. Oh no he said the n word, cancel him. Oh but it is a satire, let him be. Oh but he is too comfortable saying it, cancel him. Oh but he has done toy story and monsters inc., let him be. Well it's an average satirical album from the 70s that I'd prefer not take the time to hear but not all albums will be worth of note

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos
Apr 07 2026

62# Chill, good grooves, good afternoon watching the sunset vibes, nothing too flamboyant, natural stylishness.

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear
Apr 08 2026

Very nice reggae joint that isn't the Police. Political importance

Ctrl by SZA
Apr 09 2026

63# This must be the most recent album to be in this list and i don't understand why this. Not saying that this is bad, it isn't and I already liked it before, but i don't think it jas much relevance compared to other more powerful and inventive albums of that year for example

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti
Apr 10 2026

65# Mehhh don't do anything in particular for me but I have to acknowledge the quality of it

Gorillaz by Gorillaz
Apr 11 2026

Gorillaz is kinda what life has to be. Fun.

Apr 14 2026

69# Tripping balls finesse at utmost level The use of space and stereo in this is amazing. It just doesn't click at few times. I'm missing that feeling of floating from this, which is why i won't give it a 5, but it pretty much is.

Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star
Apr 15 2026

1001 albums to hear before you become a big star dust 70# So surprised this wasn't too of a pop rock album and more like a spacious ambient folk album with rock instrumentations. I already knew Big Star's hit song and wasn't expecting them to have this interesting sounds and arrangements up their sleeves. It feels so spacious and roams, dark at times clearly felt on the song Holocaust. They've mainly got quick songs and it didn't feel like they we're incomplete... well, maybe a bit, but the songs to culminate in something grandiose, it's just that feeling of melancholy and dread..? Kanga Roo feels like it's all falling apart. Find it interesting that the lyrics of it ('i first saw you, you had blue jeans, your eyes couldn't hide anything, i want you like a kanga roo') would feel so different in a pop rock ballad than on this sparce, erratic instrumentations, full of whining guitars and loose or slack drumming. It has some songs that don't connect though.

Apr 16 2026

1001 albums to hear before you don't have a afterfuture 71# Sometimes it makes for a good experience. it's a shame that that just happens a few times during one hour. I admire the vision and some of the execution, but few songs sound complete and not like demos. I like the sound it is going for. But it kind of stops at that, it doesn't achieve greatness at what it's trying to do. Making a futuristic-esque hip hop concept album. I don't really like his rapping much and doesn't keep my attention for what his saying. On the last track Mike has the best performance but the instrumentals don't help out much

Gold by Ryan Adams
Apr 17 2026

1001 albums to hear and say oh a country album again before you die 72# "I wanted to invent a modern classic." Kinda says it's not going to be that. And reading the Wikipedia article about this album, his label was only trying to help him out from not releasing a double album lol This is long with few to chew on. It's just agreeable music, no one will say this sounds bad or has bad production. Has it's merit, for the crisp production, backing vocals and instrumentation. Judging by it's cover, I'd have not liked this, calling it mid and just another throwaway country album, but Ryan has a good performance throughout and even though it isn't the most interesting thing in here by a kilometer (no miles here) it is a good chill ride.

Pornography by The Cure
Apr 18 2026

1001 albums to hear before you get emo goth and make a satanic ritual 73# Been wanting to listen to this for a while, I'm glad I'll have to do it now. Love the cure, but besides of Songs of a lost world, Disintegration and some hits they have (well that's quite a start actually), i never listened to another album of them much. I guess the Songs of lost world is more of an experimentation and more spacious than what this will be. Ok, wow this was really the sound of their Songs of lost world but more despair to it, not just a trip to space, i was not expecting that. Spacious guitars that make you levitate. Repetitive long songs, almost drone. This is so depressing and it feels like it, but i find myself just happy for listening. I guess i feel happy with the despair of another man, whoops.

Murmur by R.E.M.
Apr 19 2026

1001 albums to hear before you can't even murmur 74# Wasn't giving this much praise cause im not from the 80s so i dont have an immense love for R.E.M. and never quite heard them, unless it's the Losing my religion and that is a great song. I'll have the same discourse that I did for Bruce Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town. This is quite the surprise firstly for being their debut, and secondly for thinking this would be another rock album from the 80s with a lot of recognition but almost nothing to show, it isn't. Fun throughout, i understand the older generations rants about today's music. Too repetitive, too restrained, too produced, too.. commercialized. Great Hooks, cool riffs. It's just not my type of vibe I delve into inside the rock scene. wow some experimentation on the ninth track 9-9, one of the highlights. It's more unpredictable, and dynamic than the rest. For me it sounds like something i've heard before. Surprised but not impressed. Bruce is leading the way on the 80s run.

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson
Apr 20 2026

1001 albums to hear before you Schmilsson 75# Quirky Elton John. Really nice! I heard Gotta Get Up on a random Netflix show called Russian Doll with the concept of dying and returning to a point in time over and over, and this song appeared every time the character died. That summer I was hooked on it For it to be released on 1971, it's impressing what this man had to offer of pop at such an early stage. After listening to the R.E.M. album, this is much more up my alley than the jangle rock. But R.EM. was more consistent on making great passages and hooks. Some songs on this get lost on ideas that don't stick. I think this one has more character, it isn't afraid to sound weird.

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead
Apr 21 2026

1001 albums to hear before you start counting 2 + 2 = 5 and know that you're demented, or the government is controlling everything. 76# AMAZING The band that made me be a music nerd. yeah almost everyone has this past. We're all living our lives and as a collective mind we go through so many of the same experiences without recognizing. The thing that changes them is how we react. Radiohead album, of course it put me in a philosophical state. About the album.. yeah it's the weakest one that'll be on this list.. or is it? I love The Bends but this might be more of an interesting ride than the Bends with all those bangers. They we're established on this one and knew what to do and where is possible to go. I love this aesthetic they create. Lunatic overthrowing the government alien aesthetic its a way to describe it. It feels grand, beyond the limits of Earth. Love this a whole lot I rated this an 88 a long time ago without writing a review, and i stand by that.

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line
Apr 22 2026

1001 albums to hear before you die 77# yeah.. this isn't worth it. The mix is not good. I like the noisy parts, but it's all so muffled it's almost shoegaze without wanting to be. Good riffs, mid vocal performance. This feels Jack White vibes all over. Never listened to a full album of White stripes but i feel it'll be better than this. Even though i like the sound of the guitars and the guitar playing too. It's raw, loose, whiny.

Damaged by Black Flag
Apr 23 2026

1001 albums to hear before you get real damage 78# gimme hardcore punk me like SCREAMINNN This band was a staple on Hardcore punk making one of the most important albums to the genre beginnings. It's frantic, high paced, seems dumb but has meaning, like on Six Pack, appears to be just screaming six pack cause it's funny, the meaning being a person who isolated himself becoming drink addict and believing that a six pack will just save him, even the six pack has more value than his girlfriend lol. Don't become an alcoholic. The deliver is always kind of funny and full of energy DAMAGE, MY DAMAGE i would love to see minor threat have a place in the list, but i don't believe it

Apr 24 2026

1001 albums to hear before you get to the wrong ghetto 79# I love the Low rider song of them, but that's what I know from them Listening to it, The world is a guetto track I already liked very much. A 10 minute track that repeats itself but never gets tiresome or samey, and it pretty much sums up what this album can do for 44 minutes with just 6 songs. A chill jam that has it's moments of catharsis and comes back smoothly to a laid back session with the boys. Vocalists voice is amazing, real smooth and the piling up of voices to make up a chorus help it so well.

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club
Apr 25 2026

1001 albums to hear before you chan chan 80# yes nostalgia because my dad used to play this a lot, and pretty good instrumentations and singing from well known Ibrahim Ferrer The recording and mixing in this is so satisfying This shows how music is so different form place to place in the world, it's not just america that makes art or entertainment.

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground
Apr 26 2026

1001 albums to hear before you hear the black angels death song 81# Context matters. A lot. And this album put in context, it's one of the most creative, even though Pet sounds we're already there, or Revolver. It's part of that revolution, for a weirder sound. For the ears of today, I don't think this stands with the aforementioned albums. (Not comparable at all) Midway through I started to get it and be in the vibe. This is so dreamy and trip inducing, the repetitions and the uncanny guitar solos..? Awesome

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Apr 27 2026

1001 albums to hear before you are (natty) d(r)ead 83# Not the banger Bob Marley accostumed me to with exodus but it's still nice and chill with a major hit dont cry

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths
Apr 28 2026

1001 albums to hear before you go to london and get murdered by some guy who listens to Central Cee 83# Hypnotizing guitars and his voice is just out of this world. This isn't their best album, but it's really good nevertheless. What a run of albums this was, Velvet underground then buena vista club, bob marley and now this. Don't have much more to say, other than this is creative for when it came out and clean production.

White Light by Gene Clark
Apr 29 2026

1001 albums to hear before you die for country reasons 84# sure.. another country digestible country album, with harmonicas and all. Weepy yey I feel that if this had Neil young or bob dylan name on the cover i'd give it at least more 10 points, just cause i'm influenceable like that. This is a nothing burger for me.

In Our Heads by Hot Chip
Apr 30 2026

1001 albums to hear before you eat a hot chip 85# some goofy (night and day) catchy, danceable and really well produced, assemble of songs. I didn't expect this to surprise me at all, but i had a blast. Nothing deep, just dance to it when shoving your teeth, yeah, shove your teeth please, it's not the best breath you have.. am this is embarrassing. Go on, go shove it to hot chip.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly
May 01 2026

1001 albums to hear before you encounter a Doors wannabe 86# The doors if they didn't experiment further.

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart
May 03 2026

1001 albums to hear before you die 88# like the sound of this. already knew Devendra but for other albums. This is a real good sleep album to put you in a good dream.

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things
May 04 2026

1001 albums to hear before you sorrow the pretty things 89# another band who likes to play with the stereo lol love it

Parallel Lines by Blondie
May 05 2026

1001 albums to hear before you parallel with universe 90# I was kot expecting this to be this catchy and rich but yeah it hits.

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
May 06 2026

1001 albums to hear before you hate the tv and governments 91# the beats go krayyy, it's a bit a sentiment of the time but it's also really inventive with the synths that remind me of George Clanton. The lyrics are really straightforward telling stories and criticizing society in a way i find enjoyable, without needing a deep listen to understand it all.

The Band by The Band
May 07 2026

1001 albums to hear before you don't hear anymore 92# The band, yeah this is the band, not any band but the band. The one and only band Well, nowadays this sound doesn't excite anybody that has been living since the 2000s. Can be confused by another country rock album, but this has substance and the instrumentations are rich. And doesn't fall in the category of sounding samey. That said, I understand it is good and playful but it didn't stroke me. It's really fun

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé
May 08 2026

1001 albums to hear before you rock hard then rock steady 93# Blow is fantastic Rocket is just a D'Angelo song and i'm not complaining.

Forever Changes by Love
May 13 2026

1001 albums to hear before you forever change to dust 98# yap, im all on it its great, i love Love.

The Wall by Pink Floyd
May 14 2026

1001 albums to hear before you say goodbye blue sky 99# its big ainnit. thats mostly what drags me out of it and i really didn't appreciate a lot of it. Of course it's a hell of a record history-wise.

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain
May 15 2026

1001 albums to hear before you see jesus and mary, the virgin 100# omg first hundred albums. until now it's been very interesting and some days I'm more in the mood or just can't listen to anything because i'm outside, but have to get back to it the next day and compensate. For the albums appearing.. i thought i would know the majority and more, but i only knew the majority of them and didn't had listened to quite a lot of them, so the objective of it all is being accomplished, open horizons of music and learn more about the history of music. The list isn't perfect, but at least has the potential to expand tastes and kind of lecture the history of music. I'm repeating myself here. Stop Well, for the album. It feels kind of restrained.. but it's still good nevertheless. I'm curious to hear the other album they have on the list that is said to be more experimental. Has a shoegazy sound to it, but really being alt rock Love the vocals on 'Nine Million Rainy Days' and the backing vocals coupled with the instrumentals.. i floated.

May 16 2026

1001 albums to hear before you funk until you sunk deep in the ground 101# this funky as heeellll I've heard Maggot Brain and that is miles different from this. Maggot is not really that fun, more introspective meditative. This is pure funkiness. I would ask just that the songs wouldn't be that long cause i wanted to put them on a playlist :) thats a minor thing. The length of the songs is the only complain.

You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.
May 17 2026

1001 albums to hear before you're not living all over. 102# It's not the most polished mixing or production, buttt the rock ROCKSS! loved its intensity. loud. this is my typa thing. mr. dinosaur was cooking real early, this was released in 1987? damn

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers
May 18 2026

Yeah I've heard it before. Not really but it feels like it. Not interesting for me but not on the negative side too

Illmatic by Nas
May 19 2026

So a sair albinos de prestigio e comhecidinhos Bom mas n me fascina Como ja ouvi tanto hip-hop vindo depois disto e nao conhecendo muito da era antes de illmatic nao consigo relativizar o suficiente para apreciar este album como deveria.

Who's Next by The Who
May 20 2026

1001 albums to hear before you are the next 105# the middle thoughhhh it has 3 of the most memorable songs ever, but the middle of it is faded.

May 21 2026

Expected a full ambient album from brian eno but it was rocky sounding with pitadas of ambient Really nice

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt
May 22 2026

1001 albums to hear before you go to the crypt 107# Was this necessary to be on the list? i doubt it. Nothing excellent in particular, or innovative for the year i think.. It's full of energy and overall a nice punky alternative rock disc

Parklife by Blur
May 23 2026

1001 albums to hear and feel good before you die 108# I've heard other albums from blur that didn't really click. THais one isn't that obnoxious to me. It really feels and sounds good, with a taste of weirdness that the pop rock scene doesnt have often and this well known.

The Idiot by Iggy Pop
May 24 2026

1001 albums to hear before you pop your iggy 109# I burned my tongue while drinking coffee because I was listening to this. Such a bop. Iggy bops, more like Iggy bop. My guy at 1977 creating timeless music.

Calenture by The Triffids
May 25 2026

1001 albums to hear before you die of too much 80s music consumption 110# i like this aesthetic but runs out of beam kinda quickly as the songs blend together and sound samey.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
May 26 2026

doing this in the summer of '69 might have been impressive, but now.. well it didn't hit me at all, but it's a relaxing listen sure old review upwards. new review downwards. 1001 albums to hear before you neil the young in you 111# this is a cool joint, i don't hear nothing really special about it (on a second revisit) but this listen was a bit more pleasant, its a chill record with some long tracks that kind of deliver.

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder
May 27 2026

1001 albums to hear before you talk to a book 112# Thanks for giving me the first album of Stevie wonder on the list cyber gods. I wanna listen in order. This guy is a genius of songwriting. First album i listen from him front to back. Pretty much what i was expecting, coming from someone who had high expectations lol. My guy did all instrumentations and singing for some songs and that is an impressive feat to produce all of it. The year is 1972 too. Amazin

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens
May 28 2026

1001 albums to hear before you go between life 113# its a nice record. 'Streets of your town' was on my rotation for a lot of time and i never thought that this band had anything more to offer. It reminded me of U2 on 'quiet heart' but people is talking much about the smiths and i see the similarities too. It only faults on the voice and crazy catchy guitar licks and choruses.

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
May 30 2026

Wooooow the funk and pure lure to this. Marvin gaye after some stevie wonder.. having a blast here

Pyromania by Def Leppard
May 31 2026

1001 albums to hear before you turn into a Rock! Rock! 116# Yeah it's quite rocky, but I wouldn't know if they didn't mention it.. like 312 times. Other than that... it's rocking Has that 80s drums and synths which if not done in a great production it sounds dated. Photograph is cool but also sounds dated as .. a rock. I was aware of Def Leppard.. like that they were a rock band and stuff.. but yeah this was more melodic choruses than what I was expecting. I want to photograph actually, cause i want to buy a digital camera just to take photographs of stuff or people, minus 10 points.

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets
Jun 01 2026

1001 albums to hear before you meet the puppets and stars 117# My meat just gives a punk track with awful sounding mixing and production just to put me on edge that I'm before a cool punk album I never heard of... but no the next song is clearer.. but it is joking with you in some way i can't understand. Am I suffering bullying by this Meat guy? Telling my mum right away. The word that comes to mind is jolly. Looking to the genres.. yeah Cowpunk is not a bad way to describe it's sound. Really sounds that those 'its da first of d month' cows getting a blast hearing this too. Enough chit chat, some of the songs begin to take itself serious and then end up on a careless way, with the vocalist giving the most 'why not?' vocals. I want to understand this. It's interesting to an extent. Lyrics that describe nightmarish surroundings.. with walls becoming waterfalls and it becoming.. thoughts that say things..? Way too abstract. Ok he's really joking. And I'm really suffering bullying, cause im not the one laughing. im afraid. My guy just said 'yeah and this doesn't rhyme'

The Clash by The Clash
Jun 02 2026

1001 albums to hear before you clash 118# I guess it didnt stroke me much but its cool.

Jun 05 2026

It's queen, everyone loves queen. I dont find queen that interesting as I used to when discovering them and not being so open to music like today. They're ok, with great melodies

Amnesiac by Radiohead
Jun 07 2026

Radiohead.

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson
Jun 09 2026

1001 albums to hear before you country yourself until exhaustion 125# Knowing i don't like country.. i don't like this album. It's just country, turned up a notch. Really mellow ballads.. with a voice that everyone is saying that they like it, but I really just think it is just a middle of the road voice I really can't understand the appeal. Well, these are cute little tunes but nothing really heartfelt nor catches my attention.

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Jun 10 2026

What's up with this goofy albums in a row.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab
Jun 12 2026

1001 albums to hear before you zone out 128# So, i love the sound of this. Sounds timeless, not from a given space in time, but from a diverse time space. The only issue is that some tracks become a bit tiresome, becoming a loop that doesn't really go anywhere. Even though the loops are satisfying as hell, but it just goes on for a bit longer than it should. Great sound they made in 96, if I had to give this a date of release I'd say around 150 before christ and 2350 after christ.

Blur by Blur
Jun 14 2026

1001 albums to hear before you blur out of this world 130# I love Damon Albarn, he makes things with character and texture like nobody. More experimental than I thought it would be. Some experimentations fail but it is pretty good nevertheless.

Madman Across The Water by Elton John
Jun 15 2026

1001 albums to hear before you become a madman and believe you have a razor face 131# The first tracks carry so much powa. The genre piano rock existing is krazy.

Jun 18 2026

1001 albums to hear before you die 134# Why does 'Weather to Fly' so underrated? 76 compared to the others.. damn i really loved it I think i've already stumbled upon Elbow but never quite gave them my attention. This was quite a good surprise I'm suspicious about this cause I love indie rock, that's where i started to really get into music with Cage the elephant and stuff but this has some beautifull and heartfelt passages followed by more 'agressive' turns. I didn't listen to the lyrics closely.. i'm studying for a presentation, maybe someday It reminds me a lot when they're more delicate and calm of The Antlers, which is a great band.

Scott 2 by Scott Walker
Jun 25 2026
Blackstar by David Bowie
Jun 30 2026

1001 albums to hear before you're a blackstar... this is the most insane send off possible from a long established career Imagine knowing it'll be your last and putting musicians present giving their best to the final experimentation of a record for your life. Full of meaning and intent, extraordinary instrumentations, vocals.. it's like ascending to his death. Wow

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jul 03 2026

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