Shine a Light and Angel Sigh were highlights. I've listened to Songs in A&E (and I think Let It Come Down and Amazing Grace), so not unfamiliar with Spiritualized. Now I'm curious about Spaceman 3 and how that project differs.
Light 6/10
Love how aggressive they are with being prog. Thoughts and Words, CTA - 102, and Mind Gardens are pretty wild for the time period. Why and Renaissance Fair have classic 60s vibes. Really like the horns on Rock n Roll Star.
Best Track: Thoughts and Words, My Back Pages, So You Want to be a Rock n Roll Star
Worst Track: CTA - 102
Rating: Strong 7
My introduction to Astrud Gilberto. Great vocalist, 60s lofi, easy listening. I can't say any song actually stands out for me...
Rating: Strong 6
Nice sophomore album, lots of classic songs here. Favorite tracks: Warning Sign, Thank You for Sending Me an Angel, Artists Only, Take Me to the River.
Rating: Decent 7
Not my favorite VU. After a while the guitar noodling sounds like someone's playing with their ding dong.
Best track: Lady Godiva's Operation
Rating: 5/10
Introduction to The Stooges in the full album sense. The popular songs are pretty good but the rest feels like filler.
Best tracks: 1969, I Want to be your Dog, No Fun
Rating: 6/10
Huge contrast from The Stooges S/T. This is my jam and my highest ranked album yet. Get chills on Some Weird Sin. Very good.
Best tracks: Lust For Life, Some Weird Sin, The Passenger
Rating: 9/10
So bad. Not worth a listen, nothing redeemable here. Kick it off the list.
Best track: none
Worst tracks: all
Rating: 1/10
Really first exposure to XTC. Love the transition between Summers Cauldron and Grass. Dear God is the only song I think I've heard before, which is an undeniable classic.
Best tracks: Dear God, The Meeting Place, Earn Enough For Us
Rating: 6/10
Nothing interesting here. Sounds the same
Best track: Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier
Rating: 3/10
Classic album, zero question. Wish You Were Here induces chills every time. Shine On is a crazy 10 part epic as well.
Best track: Wish You Were Here (others are great too)
Rating: 10/10
Great album, fantastic vibes for the era. Early Crosby, Stills, Nash (Young) motifs.
Best track: Mr. Soul, Bluebird, Broken Arrow
Rating: 7.5/10
Another classic. Not always in the mood for his style of music but it's always a delight to hear one of his songs when you least expect it.
Best track: Pink Moon
Rating: 9.5/10
Rough one. I don't really see any appeal, it doesn't even have a song equal to some of their more popular songs.
Best track: none
Rating: 1.5/10
Opening with the best song ever written about infidelity. Rest of the album is not that exciting, but very listenable regardless.
Best track: Love The One You're With
Rating: 7/10
Tricky one to find, not on any streaming.
MBV is always pretty good, first intro to their early stuff.
Rating: 4
Not usually an ABBA fan but this album as a whole is good. Something cute about the most non-threatening band ever singing about how they are a lethal creature.
I am the ✨🐯✨TIGAHHHH✨🐯✨
Best Tracks:
Tiger, Dancing Queen, Money Money Money, Fernando, Dum Dum Diddle (yw Larso)
Rating: 7.5/10
Early hip-hop kinda fun but gets a bit boring quickly.
Best Tracks: Eh they're all fine
Rating: 5/10
♂️Prince!♂️ Classic artist, first time with this album.
Best Tracks: 1999, Little Red Corvette,
Rating: 7/10
Never heard of these guys - I've only heard Pressure Point a few times in passing. Listenable rock record but nothing special
Best Tracks: Pressure Point, You Will You Won't
Rating: 5/10
Been pretty out of the loop when it comes to Kravitz. Talented guitarist.
Best Tracks: Let Love Rule, I Build This Garden For Us,
Rating: 7/10
Banger of an album. Tiny bit of filler (Cans and Brahms, Five percent for Nothing)
Best tracks: Roundabout, Long Distance Run-around, South Side of the Sky, Heart of the Sunrise
Worst tracks: Cans and Brahms, Five percent for Nothing
Rating: Strong 8/Light 9
An album that I know all the lyrics to.
Best tracks: all of them. Helplessly Hoping, Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Long Time Gone, Teach Your Children, Wooden Ships
Rating: 10
Not really great in any aspect... Very forgettable even if they're trying something a little different than other hip-hop groups of this era.
Best tracks: I can't get with that (which describes me with the rest of this album)
Worst track: nothing really stands out but nothing is unlistenable.
Rating: 3/42
Interesting - this genre (80s synth with crooner vocals?) is very Morrissey and REM style. Pretty good, but no one song is amazing.
Best tracks: all are fine
Rating: 5/10
Never felt like a huge Cohen head. Some songs are great but they feel too samey after a while. This album has some of the most familiar to me songs.
Best tracks: First We Take Manhattan, Everybody Knows
Rating: 7/10
Weak, nothing interesting here. Both Eno and Byrne have done better
Best tracks: N/A
Rating: 2/10
Maybe the only familiarity with her I have. Golden Hour a banger. Wild that it's not in her top 10 songs on Spotify. Most songs are pretty slow, boring. Little too country for my taste.
Best Tracks: Golden Hour (obvi), High Horse.
Rating: 4/10
Smooth jazz. Really fun percussion on some of these tracks.
Best tracks: all album
Rating: 7/10
So samey. Can't really dig it
Best tracks: the first one?
Rating: 4/10
Incredibly easy to listen. Just put it on and chill
Best tracks: all are great
Rating: 9.5/10
Regrettably, I'm rating this on the music and not the artists actions. This is a masterpiece, but fuck Kanye.
Rating: 10/10
Not a lot of time spent with this one, but that's because I'm busy. Ol' Blue Eyes had it back then, no doubt.
Rating: 7/10
Peak punk. No skips.
Best tracks: Blitzkrieg Bop.
10/10
Never been a big U2 fan, still not really a big U2 fan. So Cruel sounds so much like "Book of Love" by Magnetic Fields.
Best tracks: Mysterious Ways, One,
Rating: 7.5/10
Heard a few of these but most of this is new to me. Pretty decent rock in general. Not a fan of Beetlebum.
Best track: Song 2, M.O.R
Rating: 8/10
Listenable but Norman Fucking Rockwell is way better. LDR sounds the same after a short while.
Best tracks: Chemtrails..., Tulsa Jesus Freak
Rating: 5/10
Great album. Pretty new to Big Star but pleasantly surprised to find songs I know and everything else was really listenable and interesting.
Best tracks: O, Dana, Thank You Friends, Kizza Me, Blue Moon
Rating: 7.5
Grew up with this but isn't holding up as I had thought it would. Still worth a listen.
Best tracks: Feelin' Alright, Vagabond Virgin, Cryin' to be Heard
Rating: 7.5/10
Only somewhat familiar with Sebadoh, can't say I've fully listened to this album. Didn't really hit the way I expected. Some good tracks but also a little screamish.
Best tracks: Soul and Fire, Two Years Two Days
Rating: 6/10
👑 Queen.
Best tracks: Respect, Never Loved A Man..., Change is Gonna Come
Rating: 8/10
While I like Supertramp I think I prefer Breakfast in America better. Still, the singles are good but the other album songs are weak.
Best songs: Dreamer, Bloody Well Right
Rating: 6.5/10
Overall, great album. No skips but doesn't quite ring as a perfect album.
Best tracks: Blue Orchid, My Doorbell, I'm Lonely...
Rating: 7/10
This was pretty good and pretty interesting. No specific song stand out however.
Rating 6/10
Listened to both Bowie and Iggy mixes - I'm about 50/50... I definitely enjoy the S/T and Iggy's Lust For Life a bit more.
Best tracks: Gimme Danger (Bowie), Search and Destroy (Iggy)
Rating 7/10
Only being aware of BoC this year with their new release, I'm mostly unfamiliar with this album, but was aware of it's reputation. It's a great album - very listenable in its genre. I'll be coming back to it, no doubt.
Best tracks: Roygbiv, Olson, Aquarius
Rating: 8.5/10
