Idk man. To its credit and disservice half of this album was just listening to the classic rock radio stations of my childhood. They have style, they're clean and energetic pop/rock songs. I could see how exciting this would have been fresh but it just seems less interesting to me in 2026
Marquee Moon is such a good song, and I really liked Torn Curtain too
Hard to explain but some of the songs were a little too aggressive for me. Love The Band and love a lot of these songs that I both already did or didn't know but this is probably like a 3.5 for me
They will forever be one of the coolest most singular bands imo. I've heard a lot of these songs but this is my first time listening through on the album and I love it
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Honestly loved it. I can't believe this came out in 2000, simultaneously of and way ahead of its time. It feels like I've heard it all before but I don't know if I actually have
This is 3.5 really. Fun to revisit my dad's music that I loved when I was 16. I really liked two songs I wasn't familiar with at all. I would've loved this in high school definitely. It's good, just not really for me anymore
Haven't listened to this since college but man this is cool. Side A had me feeling like I was deep in a K hole and trying to crawl my way out but even that was a good experience.
I remember Ice T's influence on the rappers of my childhood but I know him mostly as the Law and Order guy. It was really fun to see him in his prime.
There is nothing wrong with this album. A fun listen when I'm in the mood. But What A Wonderful World is still the only song I will return to probably
Zappa kicks ass. A very cool philosophy professor told me when I was younger that Zappa was a fraud and Captain Beefheart was the real deal so I never listened to this. I'm glad I did
Honestly this should be a 4.5/5. This helped me realize that I've mostly only listened to random songs from either them or Parliament. With the exception of Maggot Brain but holy shit this album rules. Grooveallegiance really blew me away
Y'all mind if a white boy play a little blues?
This frankly goes way harder than I remembered. So full of great pop sounds but all very strange. All I remembered from the Berlin years was the really atmospheric shit. This is so good
A fine album. A lot of the hits hold up and plenty of the songs are great they just don't comp to the rest of their career. I will say it is very bold for them to name the album not just after the worst track on the record but one of the worst songs I've ever heard
I really love that this project is getting me to look outside of streaming services. This was very good
I want to know that this random album generator understands there are albums releases by bands that aren't Deep Purple and I did not need to listen to two in a month. That being said I was actually delighted by this and liked it way more than Machine Head despite knowing none of the songs
Biggest problem with this is it's too short. Otis is the king
Normally a Nick Drake album is an automatic 5 but I think this one is a little less perfect than the others
3.5 for me I think. I think when I listen to Talking Heads I am wanting more of their pop friendly jams. I liked a lot of the songs I didn't know. Drugs was weird in the best way. Just not what I was hoping for
There's a certain kind of weird guy that Captain Beefheart is really the best of. Better than Zappa, better than Tom Waits. Sick little freak. Love it. 3.75-4
I've loved his Hallelujah all my life and loved Lover You Should've Come Over for many years now. I don't understand how I ever didn't get the rest of this album, this shit is perfect
I liked this more than I expected. More of a Guerolito guy, I did not think I would want bigger cinematic Beck but this is good!
I know a lot of people I love and admire who adore this album. Unfortunately for me this never really reaches farther than just ok
The hater in me does not want to admit Johnny Rotten made a good album, but this was very cool!
I fuckin loved this. Another album where I feel like I wasted my teenage years by not discovering the album then. This would be a 5 if it wasn't for the last song
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I did not know what to expect here. So much made me think hardcore punk album and then it became this perfect little retro rock britpop dream. Even that car commercial song rocks. Really enjoyed this
I'm giving it a 2 because I hate Van Halen and would never listen to a Van Halen on purpose. Was dreading it. But this was better than I thought it would be. They're good at what they do but I'm not interested
This is what I really want from this exercise. To go through the discography of artists before my time I know I should have checked out. Great record.
Obviously perfect what else is there to say
This should be a 5, but I think this is an album I wish I was cool enough to just want to play around the house but I don't think it's that album to me. It is an album I would be ecstatic to hear out and about. It is as good as people say, and I think one of the more accessible albums of this kind of jazz
I grew up with You Can Do It/Barbershop Ice Cube. I know I had listened to a different solo of his but I was really happy to hear the more aggressive political Ice Cube I've heard of. This ruled
Really really loved this one. This is right around the time she started singing with Connor Oberst I think? Would love to know about that story. The only solo work I've heard from her is the 70s stuff. This reminds me of my friend Pierce Pettis who was making folk music around the same time. Very nostalgic for me
Weak compared to other Radiohead albums imo. Still some all time bangers but they've done better. Which is unfortunately hard to deny even though I think Thom Yorke sucks
Idk man this was cool. I haven't listened to Billies newest albums, I like that she's sounding more accessible but still making interesting cool music. Love it.
Went extremely hard
3.75! Very cool! Weird. Don't know what to make of it.
Wtf this shit fucks. I have heard good things from her for awhile but I'd describe my opinions on a lot of her and her generation of country artists as cautiously optimistic. I knew I'd probably like it but I still have some strong anti country biases.. or I guess I really don't want to hear the shit I don't want to hear. This was fuckin great though
I expected this to be good, knew it would be important but figured this would be not for me. I was wrong it is very for me
I'm sorry man how the fuck does such a late career album sound so good
Very cool!
I could pretend like this isn't a 5 for me but it'd be a lie. Nu metal sucked so often but when it was good it is some of my favorite heavy music ever. So much emotion. So raw and filthy. Sounds like a moldy Iowa apartment complex
In my heart I wanna give this a 5 but I'm not sure. It deserves a 5 for I Can't Give Everything alone. But I think in my head I've always compared this to I Want It Darker. And it definitely falls short in that comparison but I don't know if the comparison is fair. It is so full of vitality, which shocks me considering but should it?
This is a good album. Drags a little for me and not their best, but still good
Once upon a time this would have been like my only 5. I do still love it, but I don't love screechy hard rock Plant as much
This is more than a 3 I just don't know if it's a 4 for my tastes. Spookier than I expected. That was my favorite part
Ok, this was a journey. Everything about me demographically means I should be a Springsteen guy but I've never liked him. To fit into that story I will say I've started to like the occasional song here or there and I thought "is this my mid life moment? I figure out how to like Bruce Springsteen?" Essentially there's still a lot I don't like but I'm learning to like more. Heart on Fire is one of the greatest songs of all time. No one can take that from him. Other than that I basically like side b of this way more. Side a is full of moments that combine the worse parts of early rock and roll and country western (both things I like!) to make something unique I still don't like. But lots of gems on side b. Not just the songs I already knew too which are largely good, but like Bobby Jean and Hometown kinda hit too
Very very good. More Temptations albums please.
Never heard about this at all and everything is perfect. Band name, album name, cover, literally every song. God damn
I could go on and on about any Dylan album. Masters of War is such a good track, always bummed it's not as popular as the other protest songs. Corrina Corrina is so good. The song where he pretends to be Woody Guthrie. Man.
