Don't love it, don't hate it. I can see what they were going for but it's not for me. Made me sleepy.
Super solid early 70s prog rock album. Roundabout absolutely rips. The rest of the album is good but doesn't quite live up to the opener.
Don't love U2 but this is their best album. I do enjoy a few of the songs.
While I can understand while some people might not like Bob, I love him. And this is my favorite album of his. It rocks. Deal with it, Clara.
I've always been pretty indifferent on ZZ Top. Didn't actively dislike the album, just was pretty meh.
Struggled between 4 and 5 but screw it, 5. This is probably my favorite 60s psychedelic rock album and Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are all time bangers. Both probably in my top 20 songs of all time. Probably a couple songs that are unnecessary but ultimately an incredible album.
The Fuckin' Band. Enough said. Music From Big Pink is typically considered their best album but I think this one is my favorite.
Je n'ai pas aimé. Felt repetitive and a bit boring. Not for me!
There are hints of what the Stones will become here but their first album is pretty mediocre. It's mostly covers too so rather uninteresting.
Santana rips and this album rips. Tempted to give it a 5 but I've given too many. 4.5
Ray is always great though this isn't my favorite album of his
Wow, that was genuinely awful. Apart from the obnoxious rapping, the production was bad too - the beats were pretty much all grating, repetitive, and boring. Really struggled to make it through this one, each song felt like it was twice as long as it actually was.
I could also not stop thinking about this the whole time (which is at least funny-bad, not just bad-bad): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3jlviX88iw
Gotta love Steve Winwood
Haven't had a ton of exposure to this type of music but I was locked in from the first song. Big fan!
Love Ray though I'm not sure if he knows what Country and Western music is.
A part of me wants to rate this lower because of the amount of fluff. There are some all time bangers buts it's too long. If you think of it as two solo albums put together into one, however, it holds up.
Went back and forth between 3 and 4 for this one. I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed it quite a bit for an album/artist that I've never heard of. That being said none of the songs really stood out enough to me to be a huge fan of it.
Banger, I hardly know her. Marvin Gaye always hits.
I once saw a quote that said something along the lines of "Punk is the only type of music that doesn't require you to know how to play your instrument", and I don't think I've ever listened to an album where that is more true (and that is coming from someone that actually really enjoys punk).
There were a couple songs I genuinely liked, but there were more songs that were genuinely hard to listen to. Interestingly enough, looking at the Wikipedia page, all 3 members of the band wrote songs on the album and all the songs I liked were written by the same person. I think he should leave and start a new band.
I've listened to this album so many times trying to get myself to like it and I just don't. On paper I should love it. I don't know what it is - maybe I just don't like Nico? I'm a big fan of Velvet Underground's other albums without her. Other than Sunday Morning, the rest feels pretty mid.
I thought I would like this more since I'm a fan of the Stooges. It ended up just sounding like watered down Bowie, which makes sense since Bowie wrote for and played on this album. Not bad but didn't grab me.
Some of the butt-rockiest butt rock to ever butt rock but you know how much I love some butt rock.
Dr. John makes some weird music but it also completely pulls you in when you listen. Not something I necessarily want to throw on every day but I really enjoy it.
It was fine. 2.5. I didn't actively dislike it but it just wasn't exciting and sounded like so many other artists from this era.
I love Paul Simon but I don't love this album. It's good but not great. Probably like a 3.5
I enjoyed it but it also didn't jump out as anything super special to me.
Take on Me is an undeniable banger, but turns out there's a reason you don't know any of their other songs.
Enjoyed the album but didn't love it. Only song I've heard on this album was Coconut for some reason.
Solid album and a great final album by Bowie. Not my favorite of his but given the circumstances it's great.
Honestly went into it expecting not to like it much but was pleasantly surprised. A surprising amount of range.
Incredible Album. Joni is my queen.
Gotta love Aretha. In my opinion one of, if not the best vocalist to do it. Tempted to give it a 5, but a couple too many filler-ish songs to hit that. Some crazy bangers on this album though.
Wow did not expect the hate on this album. I've never heard of this band before but really dug the whole album. Felt interesting and unique and I enjoyed listening to the whole thing. Tempted to give a 4 but maybe closer to a 3.5.
Pretty good! Not as good as Wu-Tang, but I enjoyed it.
I see my boys Paul and Art and I am happy. This is definitely one of my less favorite albums of there's but it's still great.
I've never felt strongly either way about Coldplay. I do really like a few of their songs, but never really gotten too in to them. I've also never listened to one of their albums all the way through before and doing so made me realize how much all their songs sound the same. that being said, Yellow is a banger.
Didn't hate it, but didn't really do it for me.
Absolute ripper of an album. War Pigs into Paranoid might be one of the best album intros of all time.
Great sampling, cool album
Huge fan of this album. Time to Pretend, Kids, and Electric feel are all incredible songs. While I enjoy the album front to back, the rest of the songs are just a bit too filler-y to be a true 5. Easy 4.5 though.
Man I love the Beach Boys. The production and mixing of vocal harmonies is unmatched. This isn't my favorite album of theirs, but it still hits. I think this is the album where you can really start to hear the next level of Brian's production take off which later culminates in Pet Sounds.
Absolute ripper of an album and Layla may be one of the best songs of all time. People should keep an eye on this Clapton guy, he may be big.
One of the best albums by the greatest band of all time. Even if you don't love the Beatles, you can't deny that they're probably the most influential band of all time. That being said, I love them. This is a really cool album in my opinion because it comes right at the intersection of their early touring era (Please Please Me through Rubber Soul) and their later more experimental studio era (Sgt Pepper on). I believe this is also when they started to experiment with acid, so you see the beginning of the psychedelic influence, which is cool. So long story short, I love this album. 5/5
I love Queen, but I have the same issue with this album as I do with most of their albums - a couple crazy bangers and the rest is just meh. Still warrants a 4, but I wish it was better front to back.
It's amazing how the Brits manage to make both the some of the best and some of the worst music. This was bad. There was a song or two that was somewhat listenable, but overall hard to get through.
I've always enjoyed Nick Drake but haven't dived too much into his stuff. Really dug this one, perfect chill folk music.
A couple awesome songs, and the rest are good be not great. Solid 4.
Nice to listen to in the background while working but not something I would necessarily choose to actively listen to. That being said it sounded nice!
Great album. Not my favorite of the Clapton bands, but they got some bangers.
Genuinely enjoys the music, just got a bit same-y after a while. Very fun though!
I dug it! Would've like a bit more variety but enjoyed the album front to back.
This album was a trip! I really enjoyed it. I've never heard of this band before but was sucked in front to back. Every song was so different as well! Big fan.
Really solid album! Enjoyed it front to back.
Fantastic album, such a fun listen. Amy's voice is unreal and the production is amazing. I love the instrumentation of the songs. There's a big emphasis on the bari/tenor sax in multiple songs which gives them a really cool sound.
That absolutely rocked. Once the guitar lick came in on the first song I was locked in. Tempted to give a 5 but I'll stick with a 4. Never really listened to King Crimson but I will definitely be listening to more now.
I was between a 4 and a 5 on this one but f it, 5. Not my all time favorite Bob Dylan album but it's definitely up there. Some fantastic songs that I could listen to over and over.
Kinda loved this album! It was super interesting, unique, fun, and weird in a great way. Every song was completely different which I really enjoyed. Never heard of The Coral before but I will definitely be listening to more!
Solid album. Like most of this genre, not necessarily something I would actively listen to, but it was great background music while I was working. Good vibes though.
This was NOT what I was expecting. When I saw the album my first thoughts were who the hell is this Scott bozo and who names an album Scott 2? But the the orchestral hit of the first song hit and I was very intrigued. As much as I enjoyed the first couple songs, the longer the album when on the more bored I got with it. First few songs, 4. Album as a whole, 2.
I feel similarly about Lou Reed as I do about Velvet Underground. I feel like I should really like him but just don't. I like a couple songs on this album but I think his talk-singing gets old to me. Not bad but not good.
Such a fun record, so funky and full of soul. I've listened to this album so many times but have never watched the movie. I should really do that.
Parts of this album I really enjoyed but a lot of it kind of ran together. Like it would fade into the background then something interesting would happen which would bring me back to the music, but then it would fade again. Overall pretty solid though.
Pretty good! It's Coldplay, kind of all sounds the same but about as inoffensive as you could really get.
I really dug it! Super solid punk from start to finish.
Never head of this guy but enjoyed the album front to back.
It was fine. I do actually like this older style of country music but this one didn't really do it for me.
Solid album. A nice variety of songs.
For anyone who hasn't seen it, I leave you with this banger from the olden days of youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huEtJw7pfLk
It was fine. I enjoy psychedelic rock but this one felt like it wasn't really anything special to me.
Not a fan. Boring and repetitive.
Hell yeah. This is one of the most quintessential jazz albums out there. There is a reason why every high school jazz band plays "Take Five".
This album is weird as hell but I love it so much. Gotta love the 5 minutes of animal noises on Rock Lobster.
Really tempted to give this a 1, but I actually quite liked most of the backing tracks. The problem was when he started singing.
Tempted to give this a 4 but other than Master of Puppets, which is a certified banger, the rest of the songs fall a bit flat. Solid album overall though.
One of, if not the greatest rock opera ever made. So good. From the opening chords of "In the Flesh?" hitting you like a truck to the end it does not let up. The fact that they also pack in so many absolute bangers that stand on their own like "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2", "Hey You", and "Comfortably Numb" is just icing on the cake. This album is is a masterclass on writing and is the epitome of why albums should be seen as a cohesive whole and not just a collection of songs. 10/10
This album rocks. I especially love "Gloria: In Excelsis Deo". Kickass opener to an album and a really cool take on the Van Morrison song.
Meh. Didn't hate it but it wasn't anything special.
Fantastic album. Very close to a 5 but AC/DC is not my favorite so more of a 4.5. So many good songs on this album though.
One of the best and most iconic live albums out there. Really showcases the raw power of The Who in the early days. Keith Moon's druming and John Entwhistle's bass playing are absolutely insane. Could listen to this over and over (and have, I know nearly every word of this album by heart).
I thought I liked the Bee Gees but this was not great.
Good old fashioned country but didn't really grab me as something special.
Super fun, high-energy listen
This is a tough album for me to rate, some songs were a 5 (Over The Hill), and in some the singing made me feel like I was having a stroke (Solid Air). It's like in some songs he just decided he didn't feel like properly saying words anymore. Style was all over the place which would be cool if each style was executed well, but they weren't. Holistically, I have to go with a 3.
Really liked the orchestral backing but otherwise didn't really do anything for me.
Great album. Only thing keeping it from a 5 is that a lot of the songs sound kind of same-y but not much better sad-boy folk music out there.
Never heard of these guys but I dug it! Solid 90s alt rock.
Nothing mind blowing but a good, solid album.
This list really does love mediocre British bands. That being said they weren't bad, just didn't really stand out. I did like the horns on some of the songs.
I'm not necessarily a huge MJ fan but you can't deny that this is an almost perfect album. Every song is a hit and the 42 minutes just flies by. There's a reason this is the best selling album of all time.
Dug this one a lot. Very vibey and I could listen to her voice all day.
Super interesting album. All over the place stylistically, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I thought the nuclear bomb through-line was interesting too. The song the "The Conference" made me want to rip my ears off, but otherwise I enjoyed nearly all the songs. Not really my style though so I'll stick with 3.
Absolute powerhouse of an album. The Who at their best - it's amazing that they could take the unhinged live performances (Live at Leeds) and turn it into such a polished package. Front to back it does not let up, all bangers.
Meh. Not terrible but kind of boring.
A part of me really wants to give this a 5 since I love the chili peppers and this is probably my favorite individual album by them, but this album has the same issue as all their other ones - it's too long and half of it is not very good. There are some incredible bangers, especially on the first half, but none of the songs between Californication and Road Trippin are memorable at all. Cut out some of the fluff and this would be 10/10.
I've always heard about The Slits but had never listened to them. Unfortunately I wish it had stayed that way.
Super solid and enjoyable album. The first half is a 5 but the second half has no stand outs and kind of blends together for me.
The Brits sure do love their shitty synth-pop bands. And I'm starting to believe whoever made this list decided to include every single one.
I like some Kate Bush songs but this album didn't do anything for me.
Fantastic album. One of the best singer-songwriters at his height.
Didn't hate it, but it felt like it wasn't doing anything that other albums did better 20 years earlier.
Solid album. Nothing mind blowing, but enjoyable throughout.
This is the good kind of country music.
Typically don't love the Beastie Boys but this one was fun. Enjoyed the sampling a lot.
Whenever I think of true 10/10 albums this is almost always the first album that comes to mind. It's perfect from front to back and every single song is so good. Definition of no skips.
Impeccable songwriting, musicianship, and vocals. The harmonies hit hard. It's crazy that they have 3 songwriters with essentially no difference in quality between them.
Honestly in the running for my top album of all time. Top 3 for sure. I could listen to it over and over again.
Also, who doesn't love an album where half the songs are vicious break-up songs written about other members of the band?
Really dug this album! Definitely my favorite of the bands I haven't heard of so far. Will absolutely be listening to more of their stuff.
Enjoyed it a lot
Super solid album front to back. No songs I didn't enjoy. Brass In Pocket rips.
"Make my funk the P. Funk, I wants to get funked up"
Man, this album rips. Funk in its purest form. You can't listed to it without a stank face. George Clinton is a genius.
Detroit Rock City is a kick ass opener to an album. Beyond that most of the songs are pretty mid. I like Beth but it just makes me thing of Role Models.
Solid album, other than Radio Free Europe nothing particularly stood out but it was quite enjoyable.
Had some groovy songs but nothing too exciting.
Iggy Pop has never really done anything for me. I could get over his grating voice if the songs were at least interesting, but they're not.
Can't go wrong with Bob Marley. Solid reggae, makes me with I was on a boat.
Really solid and iconic 50s rock. It's crazy That Buddy Holly only released 1 album in his lifetime yet is such an icon.
I cannot understand this list's obsession with mediocre Brit Pop/Rock. This album isn't horrible, but it sounds like a million other albums, including what feels like 50 we've already heard on this list. I listened to it all the way though and I couldn't pick out a single song that felt interesting or unique.
