Already love this album, incredible first pull for me. I think Eat to the Beat is better, but this one has all their original hits
The OG indie sad boy. I used to love his stuff back in High School, but find it harder to relate now that I'm in my 30s. That said, still lots of great tracks on this and I kinda love how tinny his vocals sound. It's got a charm to it
The middle class white burnouts from my High School made me dislike Reggae back in the day cause they were so annoying about it. I'm still not super in to the genre, the repetitive rhythms and consistent slow tempo just doesn't do it for me right now, but Marley has a great voice and there are some amazing melodic moments throughout the album, and the last 3 tracks are undeniable all-time classics
Nobody beats the boss except the boss himself. Great album, but I like Nebraska more
The title track alone makes this a 10/10 for me and all the other songs are just an extra treat along the way
It's got a couple of my Beatles favorites but their later output is miles ahead of Rubber Soul. Everything they do hear they improve on in Revolver in particular.
Techno just ain't really my thing. It had its moments, but 15 minute songs shouldn't be this repetitive.
Pretty bog standard Brit Pop. Common People is a banger and Disco 2000 is pretty fun, but didn't do much for me otherwise.
I mean, come on
One of my favorite albums of all time. Can't give it a 5 cause Tiny Girls is fuckin' indefensible.
Frank Sinatra existed to soundtrack movies set in New York. I'm not really interested in listening to jazz crooners outside of that context.
Loved this album as a kid when my family would play it during long car rides. It's still got some bangers on it, but really feels like a product of its time.
God I pray this isn't anybody's introduction to Bowie. The worst Bowie is still better than a lot of other music, but fuck, this doesn't even break in to his own top 10. Makes no sense this album is on the list.
My brothers and I would have "disco fights" in our garage when we were kids. We'd play a disco hits CD, turn on a strobe light and bubble machine and then just absolutely wail on each other. We Are Family was one of the songs featured on the compilation CD. That nostalgia made me really enjoy this record.
It has its highlights, but I'm just not super in the mood for a slow, vibey, reverb heavy album right now. Especially not one that's over an hour long. I'll relisten someday when I think it will click with me more.
Absolutely rules. Synth rock at its finest.
I don't know, it was alright. Didn't do much for me.
Back to back, non stop, no skip bangers.
This is the kind of album that I love this list for. Never would have known about this album otherwise. It's got such a huge variety of sounds, from folky to psychedelic. It was a very fun ride.
I like Rod Stewart's raspy voice and the jangly piano, but at the end of the day it's just a 70s rock album and there are artists from the era that I like a lot more
My brain can't fathom this one being a must listen. I appreciate the broad genre coverage, but it's just so God damn dull. I love Bonnie's voice, but the music does absolutely nothing for me.
Yeah it's fine. Knight of Cydonia was fun when I heard it for the first time on Guitar Hero 3.
They're basically covering the same ground as Radiohead from OK Computer to Amnesiac. It's fine, but I'd rather just be listening to Radiohead.
Don't really have much to say on this one. I think both Wilco and Billy Bragg have done much better work than this.
I don't know, it's fine. I have no drive to ever listen to it again.
Stupid cock rock or songs I've heard a million times at sporting events
Pretty fun, some great beats and production throughout, but doesn't reach the same heights as other East Coast Hip Hop albums of the era. I definitely did not need to hear this before I die
Only someone from New Jersey would believe this was going to heal us after 9/11
Banger. I'd only ever heard Tears for Fears on soundtracks or in commercials. All the songs between the hits absolutely rule too.
Some of the most self-indulgent bullshit I've ever listened to. There is some prog I absolutely love, but this ain't it.
I appreciate the groundwork it laid for shoegaze that I enjoy a lot more, but it's pretty harsh on the ears and none of the songs are remarkable enough to have me wanting to come back and listen more.
My only critique is that it's too short
I had a weird obsession in college when I discovered Wild World. I listened to it over and over again for months. Drove my roommate insane. And now here I am finally listening to the whole album and Wild World isn't even the best track on it. Pretty great album, I love a quick listen.
Not huge in to jazz, but I'm kinda digging this one.
Aging punk/ new wave rockers try to stay relevant by releasing their "sophisticated" orchestrated rock album. Instead, they make shit from a butt and some pretentious Brit who grew up in the golden age of bands like XTC tries to convince me their swan song albums from the late 90s are actually awesome and I can't die satisfied without hearing it. Trust me, bro, the oompah horns are actually so good, bro.
Such a product of the 80s. Sounds so dated and corny. I really like Peter Gabriel's voice, but the music and production just doesn't do anything for me. Sledgehammer is such an annoying song and I don't believe people would remember it the way that they do without the admittedly very awesome music video. Giving it 2 stars for This is the Picture (Excellent Birds) cause it was actually a pretty cool song.
So fuckin lame
Not my favorite from Bowie, but possibly his best. I don’t have much to say, the album just rules and I give it 10 or so listens a year.
The 90s were such a mistake, man
Brings me back to my middle schools days. The dirty version of In Da Club came on at my 8th grade class and the DJ got immediately escorted out by the principal.
There is some fun production, but as far as late 90s/ early 2000s rap goes, I’d rather listen to Jay-Z, Eminem, or DMX
The weakest of Talking Heads discography, but that’s hardly saying anything because the worst Talking Heads is still better than 90% of music. Psycho Killer is a stone cold banger and is the best indication of how awesome Talking Heads would become.
This albums quality and impact is undeniable. One of the few I’ve heard from this list so far that I genuinely think people should listen to before they die.
Super fun, quick listen. Probably wouldn’t have listened to this without the list telling me too, but that’s the beauty of this thing
Heavy psyche elevated to legendary status by Janis Joplin’s absolutely legendary voice
Janis Joplin’s voice is so unique and expressive, but without her this would be pretty boring California hippy rock and roll.
Anybody who is still willingly listening to this in the good lord’s year of 2026 should be lobotomized
Ska sucks, can’t believe it’s a genre people genuinely enjoy, but Our House is a banger so it wasn’t a complete waste of time.
Duh
Fast Car is an all time classic, but there is a lot to love here. Tracy Chapman’s voice is so lovely and while the music is very simple, the lyrics are very rich. Great listen and definitely one I’ll continue to come back to
I was kinda boring but I kinda liked it too?
I hate this cock rock bullshit so much like how was rock and roll like this so mainstream?
Basically every Britpop group sounds like they’re ripping off The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, but these guys aren’t even trying to pretend like they’re doing something new. Add on top of that the very annoying vocals and corny 90s pop-timism lyrics and it’s easy to say I didn’t like this one. If you want to listen to Oasis, I’d say just listen to the hits, cause there is nothing remarkable here.
Best rock and roll featuring an organ
It’s ok. I really don’t like the whole Nashville Country Pop schtick, but I like her voice and there was some kinda fun production things that popped up here or there. Didn’t hate listening to it, but have no need to ever listen to it again.
I’ve loved the title track for a long time, but this album is a slog. It’s long and slow and I just don’t have much stamina for long slow jazz crooning.
I thought I’d have more nostalgia for this because my parents would play it all the time during long car rides, but this goes so against my tastes these days I just find it relentlessly boring
I love Wilco, but Christ this album is way too long
I knew of Muddy Waters for a long time but had never listened to him. I’m very glad this album came up for me. It fuckin’ rips.
90s equivalent of lofi beats to study to and painfully fucking boring lounge jazz. Another piece of evidence to add to my “most 90s music is boring and toothless” file
Yeah, nah. He’s talented and there is some really nice production, but this is music for suburban kids that want to seem scary. And why the fuck is this so long?
A mashup of basically every subgenre of rock and roll that was popular in the late 60s. Well performed but not much for me to write home about.
Cool that they’re from DC but this shit sucks
Oscillates between a song I really enjoy and infuriating pretentious dreck
This goes so fuckin’ hard.
We already have every Beatles record on this list, do we really need every Beatles rip off act too?
It’s fine, I guess. Inoffensive, but I didn’t need to hear this before I die.
One of my favorite albums of all time. The 5 is a no brainer.
I respect bluegrass and country but I’m not giving 2 hours of my life to listen to this whole thing. Albums shouldn’t be this long.
Broke it up in to 3 listening segments and this is actually pretty spectacular. So much history and American culture packed in here. Just don’t force yourself to sit through the whole thing in one go.
Nu Metal was our warning that the 21st century was going to be awful. I can’t decide if I hate this more than Lincoln Park, but I definitely like it more than Korn.
A whole lotta fun. Shows off their technical chops but the real soul comes through in their later albums. This is still a really solid album though. Good, fun, quick listen
Cool as a cultural/ historical relic, but not much to write home about musically
I bet Wes Anderson loves this shit
It’s fine. She’s got a nice voice and some of the songs have cool arrangements, but Parade was weird and the song with the kid was annoying. I don’t have much more to say about this.
As far as 60s instrumental rock sub genres go, I’d rather be listening to some surf rock, but this was fine and the title track is a classic
This blew my mind for the first time when I heard it in High School. It’s an easy 5/5 no skip masterpiece. I’m never upset to throw this on.
A brain ruined by acid and other psychedelics, post ego death and post shame. I want to call it self-indulgent, but the music doesn’t sound like Barrett was able to indulge in much at all anymore. Listening to this just bummed out in a way that feels masochistic rather than cathartic
No thank you
Meh, I know this is an important album for hip hop history, but really doesn’t do much for me. Beats are sick, lyrics are repetitive and boring.
I remember my dad bought a DVD for a live performance of this album. We never put it in the DVD player. I don’t think he even unwrapped the plastic. The album is fine. Pretty unremarkable and very much a product of its time. Whatever.
“Can I get some White Stripes, Mom?”
“We have White Stripes at home.”
The White Stripes at home:
Can’t believe these jokers have the nerve to compare themselves to Black Flag and The Stooges in their Spotify bio
A high school classic. Never mad to give this one a relisten
Yeah it’s kinda pretty ambient music, maybe could soundtrack the right movie, but it’s background noise through and through. This does not need to be heard before you die.
Yeah it’s fine
This was a high school classic for me. I feel like I’ve grown out of it, but it’s still got some really incredible tracks there.
I think Queen is fun, but they’re so kitschy and haven’t aged well. Their music is still played to ironically soundtrack slapstick comedies and Guardians of the Galaxy. Kinda fun that this album is more proggy and doesn’t have their stadium rock style hits, but it’s not for me
I don’t understand how people can become Francophiles if this is the kinda shit music they make.
5/5 classic, nobody does it like Prince
I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin’ Eagles, man
Hotel California is a fun enough song, but I really do hate the Eagels
At least this British guy isn’t trying to ride The Beatles coattails. Instead he’s ripping off infinitely better African-American funk acts and sucking ass at it. This sounds like it would soundtrack a porno
It’s a little silly a juvenile and they get so much better with every subsequent release, but I love this album. It’s a ton of fun.
It was kinda fun in a corny, pre-gangster rap hip hop kinda way, but I’m never gonna listen to this again
This guy played the best trick on a record label ever. Well done getting them to publish the musical equivalent of a flaming bag of dog shit.
Yeah this one’s a fuckin’ ripper. A real treat.
Some cool production, but I don’t think there is a single song over 80 BPM in this thing and maybe I’m just a brainlet that needs constant stimulation, but these songs aren’t doing anything interesting enough to offset how slow and boring they are. Some ok vocal performances as well, but again I’m not much for slow vibey vocals. This does nothing for me.
Very fun from front to back. The bass player was ripping through this whole thing
Some really cool music here, but R&B just doesn’t click with me for some reason
Some of the finest rock and roll ever crafted
Overly sentimental twee bullshit and I can’t help but love it
It’s fine. It’s psychedelic rock. Other people did it way better. And I don’t care for the concept of the concept album.
Pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed this one. It was real good fun
Standard hard blues rock. Take a blues riff, play it faster and louder. It’s not bad but not anything I’d write home about. I wouldn’t choose to listen to this again over Led Zeppelin or The Doors or something
Jello Biafra is vindicated more and more every year. The Bay Area hippies gladly sold out San Francisco to the tech oligarchs that have taken over and made the city a dumping ground for the most annoying, overly affluent upper middle class freaks in the entire country. I wish he had won that mayoral race back in 1979
Absolutely amazing, if not a little overrated. Great if your favorite parts of Fleetwood Mac and Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, but I think it is sorely lacking more Christine McVie
Baby’s first punk album. Their contemporaries were doing all this without being fucking embarrassing. At least they aren’t GG Allin I guess
So much fun, impressive in its simplicity while still driving the genre forward and breaking new ground. I love Ozzy’s voice.
One of my all time favorite albums
Maybe slightly above average glam rock. Didn’t hate listening to it but don’t see much of a reason to come back to it.
A fine debut. Late 90s/ early 2000s rock just kinda sucks, but I guess this is better than most of it
Beautiful and bleak. One of those albums you should definitely listen to once and potentially only once. A grief stricken soul lain bare. It’s a challenging listen but very worth sticking it out for.
Can’t for the life of me understand why these jokers have more than one album on this list. There are some fun groves, but the vocals sound like they’re asleep at the mic. Like they didn’t even want to be singing their own lyrics, which I get because their lyrics are fucking dull. This shit sucks.
Pretty fun live album. Much longer than I am ever interested in listening to again, but a great album to rock through once.
I haven’t gotten much international music from the list yet, so this was a pretty cool listen. Songs are very long and sort of meandering, but the playing is pretty incredible and I found myself getting lost in them, in a good way. Great music for background listening.
As a southern boy, this kind of rock and roll really speaks to me
I liked this album a lot when it came out my senior year of high school, but I feel like I’ve really grown out of Jack White’s schtick. His self seriousness and pretentious attitude makes it so hard for me to enjoy his music these days and I think with artists like Ty Segall around you can have way more fun listening to music that covers a similar ground. I don’t hate listening to this, but I’m not going to be rushing to come back to it any time soon.
Incredibly harsh, sort of punky, very early industrial. A lot of “found”noises. Most people will not like this but I’m finding it kind of charming. Not something I’ll come back to listen to often, but I always appreciate an experiment.
The kind of southern rock I should be in to but doesn’t click with me for some reason
Disco is fun
I prefer my hardcore punk more in the vain of Dead Kennedys or Black Flag, but I remember hearing these guys on various Tony Hawk games so I’ve got nostalgia for them
Pretty damn fantastic. Gold standard for R&B for me.
I liked this a lot more than I was expecting
I remember Pitchfork creaming themselves about this band every time they had a new album come out. I thank this band for making me finally realize the opinion of Pitchfork writers ain’t worth shit. Wholly unremarkable, the kind of indie rock I knew was trash when I was in high school.
Soft, loungey jazz. Not really for me but I respect the talent. Anita Baker has a lovely voice.
Title track is a lovely song and she is a fantastic singer, but this genre of music just does absolutely nothing for me
Why were these fuckers in the 60s so obsessed with circus music? I swear they couldn’t fuckin’ resist an oompah beat, cheesy assholes
I thought I liked Psychedelic music but this list has helped me realize I’ve only ever listened to the really good psychedelic music that is worth remembering. This shit sucks and is insanely annoying. And insanely annoyingly British.
Sexy, soulful, spirited. An amazing performance by one of the most distinct American voices there has ever been. It’s really a thing of beauty even though the title track is the only one I think everyone will recognize. It’s a grower, not immediately impactful but clearly an important work after letting it sit for a while.
I genuinely think Tusk is better than Rumours.
Not really my style, but it is a fun listen and it’s nice to finally get another album that isn’t from the U.K. or U.S. take out that cover of Imagine and I might even be inclined to give it another star
British rock acts from the 60s/70s try not to rip off American blues artists challenge: impossible
I guarantee Faces had never stepped foot in Memphis when they wrote that song and only knew the city exists because of an Elvis record. Fuckin’ cornballs.
Great record. I like Doolittle and Surfer Rosa a lot more, but this is very worthy to stand along those albums.
It’s perfectly fine folk/ country. Doesn’t stand out to me in any special way like Joni Mitchell or other artists from the generation before does. A nice listen but not one I’ll need to come back to ever.
Feels like the precursor to electro-swing and I mean that in the most derogatory way possible. Can’t believe this bullshit is an hour and a half long.
It has its moments of interest instrumentation and music, but the lyrics are abysmal throughout and it’s way too long for its own good. I thought I liked the stones but I’m realizing I don’t think they get good until the 70s
I wish country had stayed on this path. Outlaw country is delightful
An old favorite of mine from high school. Still holds up pretty well for me
Very fun if not a little too long. Love Stevie Wonder, but don’t think I need an hour and a half of nonstop Stevie Wonder
Kinda had Pixar movie soundtrack energy. Don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing, but it’s not exactly a good thing either
I was excited for more music from Brazil then disappointed it was a jazz/ electronic album. Sort of sexy and ethereal, but I struggled to really actively listen to it. It’s background music to me, albeit kind of interesting background music.
My family listened to this album and Rush of Blood to the Head incessantly back in the day. I have a lot of nostalgia for it and think it’s still really solid, but god damn what Coldplay is now makes it pretty hard to want to play this these days.
Not my favorite Bowie, I think his pop psychedelic schtick was refined and improved upon in just about every way with Ziggy Stardust, but this still has some really incredible tracks on it. Queen Bitch in particular really gets me rockin’
On paper this should be right up my alley, and I think taken individually I would maybe like these songs more, but as an album it is repetitive and got a bit boring. It’s not bad, but didn’t inspire much in me either.
Wing ding dang duh ding duh dang dang winga binga dang dang duh dong
Awesome production and she’s incredibly talented, but the album is a slog. It’s way too long and the songs sound the same. Respect the artistry on display, but it’s not for me.
Nah I’m good, thanks
