Starting with one I've heard before. Fuck this is a good album.
Apparently even when I listened to a lot of Queen it was only in their middle years! I dig how theatrical this is. I've listened to "Bohemian Rhapsody" too many times and can't stand it now: this is like what if that, but not something you've heard three hundred times!
Apparently I may have listened to like one U2 song ever? I thought I had heard "Sunday Bloody Sunday" but I may have only heard covers. Solid rock album. I like the things they do with drums/guitars at parts.
I'm glad I heard it, and I wouldn't mind listening again, but I wouldn't seek it out
I'm glad I heard it, and I wouldn't mind listening again, but I wouldn't seek it out
Apparently Crazy Horse is a band, not a guy! I should listen to Americana...
I have never heard of Paul Weller! Who is this?
Not really my cup of tea. Sounds like something I'd listen to in a coffee shop and not mind I guess.
That's harsh. But this is fine. It's fine?
"I Wanna Sleep With You" reminds me of Bob Mortimer's songs on Last One Laughing UK but I don't mean that in a bad way.
Mostly speak singing but I like it. There's just so much music! I can't imagine seeking this out again.
I mean damn, "Wonderwall" is actually a damn good song huh.
With this project I've worried that everything has been "whatever I guess it's fine", so maybe the problem was me. But this one resonated! I can see why this is a classic.
These song titles are for a prog album, but with the length of hyperpop or something.
Oh shit, "Patterns" sounds awesome. I think I may have found vocal forward music I like? It just has to be folk?
Yesterday: "I just need folk"
Today: "not like that I guess"
I actually don't dislike it like I thought I did at first. I've never heard of Devendra Banhart and it sounds very weird! Spooky folk. Not really my jam (though I bet I would have loved it in ~2013 or whenever my Daytrotter days were)
I would have LOVED this in my CIRRIE days. I still like it!
What a mix of styles.
Beach Samba... de amigo??
I've seen samba referenced a few times recently so I'm glad I'm listening to a classic. It's, you know, fine? Not what I'd want to listen to but very interesting as a historical document. I guess.
"You Didn't Have To Be So Nice" was a jump scare with a kid singing!
(the real joy was Apple Music's samba/bossa nova/jazz mix it played afterward!)
I don't think I'm finishing this listen on Friday. Lots of music here! I think I've listened to this album before but don't remember it. I need to listen to more Prince, this rules.
I don't love the fake live album thing. I did do leo-pointing at "Piece of My Heart"
Some of these are like oh hey I actually might like this sort of stuff. And then sometimes it is... not that. On the whole, absolutely not my jam.
Not on Apple Music for some reason? Sample related I assume.
Solid old school hip hop.
"Why am I listening to this?" But then "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" comes on and I'm like OH, this is THEM. Scratch my "how have I never heard any of this if it's so important" response!
Fun enough I guess but I think I'm set on Queenlikes.
Yeah, this is great! Obviously older but this is the sort of thing I wanted from this project.
I spent a lot of the time reading about him on Wikipedia. Weird guy!
Feeling out of it while hacking. Not my usual but she's certainly talented.
I knew of Siouxie but hadn't heard anything. This is good! It sounds like something ahead of its time.
I hadn't heard this album! Talking Heads are so damn good.
I've been meaning to listen to this again anyway. I remember hearing "Swimming Pools (Drank)" on All Songs Considered forever ago. I was in front of Delta Sonic, either biking or walking. What was I doing up there? Maybe driving and I was getting gas...
A lot of this reminds me of "A Life In the Day Of Benjamin Andre" in good ways.
I can see why this is a classic. I'm famously not a huge vocal person but this works for me. I like it better than early Beatles, I think? I'm also a sucker for being able to hear bass lines and "I Want Her She Wants Me" has that in spades. Oh, and "This Will Be Our Year"! Yeah, good album.
If I had heard it earlier I'd have liked it more. It's fine! Was distracted listening during Hackathon too...
I wonder if I would think this was solid 5/5 bangers if I hadn't listened to it before. I like it way more than yesterday's.
I hadn't heard this at all! Very good stuff.
I originally thought I would like this more than I did, and kinda came around in the end (okay partially related to their politics). It's a rock opera, but besides two songs (the one leading into Wallace and then Wallace) I didn't really know if they were related. Wikipedia didn't have a summary! Glad I heard them though.
Great album! I hadn't heard it but really dig it. Lots of range in styles too.
Oh hell yeah! This album rules.
I mean... it's OK Computer.
I'll be honest, when I first saw "pop" I was like ugh I guess... but this is great. This probably would have been one of my albums of the year when I was in my EMA/Courtney Barnett era, which I never really left.
"The Architect" in particular is pretty great.
I don't really know why this is such a classic that it's on the list, but I'm really glad I heard it.
...eh? I guess I can see how this would be amazing but now it just sounds like generic rock.
"Love's In Need Of Love Today": okay this album won't be my thing but I'll listen anyway
"Have A Talk With God" starts: what IS this (complimentary)
This is great! Lots of styles. And songs that have been reused in the 90s?
Heck yeah, this was fun. Also apparently the Soulfly cover was hidden in the back of my brain.
He sings about cocaine kind of a lot, huh
I think I do like Johnny Cash. I didn't think I did for a while.
I was ready to be like "ugh more folk-y stuff, after Johnny Cash?" And it is, but damn this is good. Bridges the gap between folk and classic rock in a way that makes total sense for a record from 1974.
I need to listen to Wu Tang more, damn
I prefer other albums of theirs but damn this is good
Okay now I'm a bit done with southern influenced stuff. I like "90s woman rock" but would kinda just prefer to listen to Alanis Morissette.
I really love her voice. By the end it was kind of too much of a good thing but that may have been my headspace.
I've never heard of these folks! Perfectly serviceable but I don't think I needed to hear it before I died?
Has some good tracks but not my favorite Bowie. I should listen to more Bowie.
Holy fuck what an album. I had only heard half the songs but that's because half the songs are CLASSICS.
Okay! I had heard of Death in Vegas but had no idea what music they made. This is nice. I kinda wish I had time to get deep into them, Massive Attack style.
Bowie gets two??
Also good. Wish I could listen to it more.
Oh damn, that initial bass line!
Hell yeah. HELL yeah.
I hadn't listened to this album, only a few songs. How do I have these gaps in bands I consider myself to really like? (the answer is "I had to buy the albums' mp3s and never got around to it" I guess)
Solid album. Switches influences a few times!
She made this at 19?? I could never make an album this good.
Very solid, though honestly sort of unremarkable in many places? I enjoyed it!
This is very much not my thing. Great name though.
I did not think I would like this much, that it'd be a "not my thing but I get why it's good". But I liked it a decent amount! I don't think I'll listen to it again but I'm glad I did.
Despite having some heaters I think this was just okay? Interesting response!
Cool! Glad I listened. I liked some songs more than others.
I know a handful of Doors songs, and none of them were on this album, which sounds unlike any of those songs. Okay...?
This album sucks! It fucking sucks!! Every track makes me madder and it's A DOUBLE ALBUM.
why do I give a shit about this guy
Obviously I know Sabbath but didn't know this album! Seminal.
Hell yeah, I've needed an album of bangers
I had never heard this but really like it! Sort of a cross between Clash and Talking Heads. Also that looks like John Linnell.
Overall I'd still rather listen to Surfer Rosa or Doolittle but by the end I didn't hate it I guess.
Not my thing but it's fun! A good example of something where musical tastes have changed since it was made. Oh god, are people going to be saying that about nu metal in 50 years?
I don't know what I thought Steely Dan sounded like but that was nice.
Hell yeah. How have I never listened to any P-Funk??
I've heard about this album for years and it sounds like THIS? I guess in 2010-2015 I would have been all over it but this is like all the stuff that annoys me about genres I like rolled into one album.
I mean... this is one of my favorite albums. So. I'm always surprised at the number of covers here. Not that I'm complaining!
Wow, I had not heard of this before. Has the rawness of The Clash's s/t but with synths and stuff. Really, really cool.
Absolutely not my style, but better than I expected it to be given that.
Oh wow, this rules. So glad I finally listened to it. I could do without the skits, but it's a 90s/00s rap album so I get what I get.
Really like that I've heard this now! Track 3 is... not great. You don't need to sing guys. It's okay.
More Steely Dan??
Oh, "Reelin In The Years" is this song!
What IS this? I was prepared for a Captain Beefhart style weirdo album, but this is more like trip hop in places? I dig it!
Now this is Bowie! And not one I'd have probably listened to on my own, as it doesn't have any tracks I knew of beforehand. I dig it.
I can see this being foundational. "The Fat Man's Hop" was fun.
I can see how this influenced The Lightmen Plus One, etc. I need to listen to more Miles Davis.
It started out a little muddied in ways that might just not be for me (lots of talking, not much rapping), but I dug it by the end. Ice Cream in particular, I think. It's no 36 Chambers, but what is?
"I'm not going to lime this because it's R&B" but wow "If You All Get To Heaven" is awesome. I liked this album way more than I expected to. Very glad I listened.
This sounds like a Sega Dreamcast menu screen (positive)
Another one that isn't on apple music. Which is too bad because I like it!
Well this Decemberists-ass shit isn't what I expected from the album art.
Like listen. I am not in a great headspace right now. But while some of these sound kinda cool and I'm sure it was revolutionary at the time I'm kinda like "WHO CARES" about this.
Okay some of them sound kinda cool. This is like I have a few albums on shuffle or something.
Another 2003 album? This feels spiritually stomp-clap-hey. Not really my thing anymore.
Well this is not how I thought it was going to sound from the album art. I don't love his voice. Is it a falsetto?
Why does he sound like this??
It's... okay I guess. He sometimes doesn't sound like he's trying to sing while someone squeezes his balls.
Perfectly fine but kinda background music. The two sound like they're on qualuudes or whatever. It reminds me of when I checked out CHVRCHES because everyone liked them.
This is fun. Kinda wish it was "You've Come A Long Way Baby" (that better be in this list), "Endtroducing", or "Donuts", but I like it.
This one is weird. Some of the tracks are, like, smooth jazz almost? But others are solid pop/americana or whatever.
My wife was watching a biopic of the Temptations years ago, and I walked in just as they recorded "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone", which I fell in love with.
Some of these sound more like what I imagine older stuff sounded like ("Love Woke Me Up This Morning"), with others sounding more for lack of a better word "modern" ("I Ain't Got Nothin'")
I would have gone with either of their previous two albums personally but I'll take it.
I should like this more than I do. It's okay! Technically good but not what I would want to listen to. Glad I didn't get it on vinyl back in my VMP days I guess.
Where have you been all my life? Very glad I heard this.
Not my favorite but I'm glad they exist. The planet moon.
A classic. Has way more corny lines than I remembered but still great.
Oh, this is where Massive Attack came from! A little too mumbly for me in some places but I really liked it.
Okay I like the guy but isn't this the third Bowie already?
I wasn't expecting side B!
Look, I'm a surfer!
Glad I finally heard them. Not necessarily "enjoyable" but good.
