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Good but nothing special, quite linear

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80

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The first 3 songs were okay I liked the beats of them all but not my cup of tea, but then the rest of the album I enjoyed quite a bit. In the end I was thankful for what I got. 3.7 out of 5

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A great debut album by a band who went on to greater things. Much more raw than some of the later sounding stuff and includes some tracks that stayed in the setlist for years to come. Running free, phantom of the opera, prowler all great. Sanctuary too if you ignore that it wasn't on the original version. Excellent stuff.

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Archbishop Desmond tu

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Not too bad. More accessible on first listen than some of the other Neil Young albums which have come up so far.

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Weird and long, nothing really interesting. Moving on. Best song: Paperhouse

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one of my elite employees, J'ADORE fleet foxes et absolument tous leurs albums surtout celui ci et helplessness blues Chanson préférée: Blue ridge mountains

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Incredible vocals, insightful writing, subdued but lovely instrumentals. The subject matter was moving as well, and the entire thing just had me upset that the songs are still relevant almost 40 years after this album's release.

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A nice album with a relaxed vibe and many different fascinating musical elements. Some cool melodies and beats. Especially liked the back half of the album. I'm thankful for what I got. Four Stars!

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“I'm the Trash Man! I come out, I throw trash all over the- all over the ring! And then I start eatin' garbage! And then I pick up the trash can, and I bash the guy on the head.”

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HELL YEAH - I’ve just seen this generated and I’m so excited this is one of my all-time favourite albums !!!! —— Okay so actual delight to get to spend some time with my old friend Johnny but isn’t this just such a perfect album? I find the very idea that it was performed and recorded at Folsom as moving?? It brings to life each word that comes from Johnny’s mouth (his heart??). One of the things I love about Cash is how funny so many of his songs are and I feel like this album gives you a little glimpse at that humour. Faves in no particular order: Folsom Prison Blues, 25 Minutes to Go, Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart, Jackson (top 3 Johnny song for me), Give My Love to Rose I love this album!!!!!

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Це цікаво, але місцями занадто репетативно. А так норм. Оцінка: низька-середня 6

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It's just kind of meh. Like, mostly throughout the album. S.O.F.T. had some nice guitar, and I loved the tabla in Indian Song. But nothing really got all that interesting. Best song: S.O.F.T.

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after a week of mid to crap albums, this is a massive breath of fresh air

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3.2/5

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One of the all time great grunge albums, but one that doesn’t stick with me much outside of the singles. It’s a lot of that macho hard rock energy updated for the brooding ‘90s. Chris Cornell was an excellent frontman, but the songwriting can get a bit samey for me. I like this one, but I’m always going to reach for Nirvana or Alice in Chains first.

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Singer, songwriter, Velvet Underground alumni, noise cellist and Hallelujah coverer John Cale delivers little of his bread and butter from the Velvet Underground years, but he *does* very successfully reinvent his art, while maintaining his identity on Paris 1919. If you are a fan of The Velvets, there's a good chance you're aware that John Cale was kind of the band's secret weapon. On their first two albums, his searing, wounded cello playing was instrumental in establishing the band as a classic act within the world of avant garde and noise rock. But on Paris 1919, he is much quieter, delivering a masterful collection of baroque pop songs instead. But at their core still lies the understated attention to detail, exploratory spirit, and creativity that one would expect, given his past. Andalucia, Paris 1919, and Antarctica Starts Here are probably the brightest moments here. Andalucia is kind of mesmerizing, Antarctica Starts Here Delivers on it's promise of chillies, and Paris 1919 prominently features his incredible cello playing, which I could honestly do to see more of. My biggest complaint, aside from the aforementioned absence of cello, is that Macbeth kind of interrupts the flow of the album, with something more driving and rock centered than anything else here. Also, this could do to be just a *touch* longer. But John Cale has something great here that feels worlds away from his older work, while maintaining his identity. I don't know whether or not this *is* his most essential work, but it's certainly worth listening to.

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Pa čak mi je i okej ovaj album, začudo! Prva stvar i Certain people I know su mi dobre skroz. Solidna trojčica! 3/5, 6/10

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#181/1001 🇺🇸 Just breathtaking. A stunning collection of songs from one of the greatest artists ever. There is simply nobody who can conjure up such emotion in their vocals. Best tracks: Four Women, Lilac Wine, Wild Is The Wind, Black Is The Colour Of My True Loves Hair, Break Down And Let It All Out.

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Funky Afrobeat rytmer møder cool Post-Punk vokal. Det fungerer godt for mig.

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Some beautiful songs like Nightswimming and Everybody hurts. But overall just a bit unexciting.

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Wake Up Dead was funny but otherwise yeah sure whatever

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it was an interesting one

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2023: Post-punk? Jo jeg kan da godt li’ Joy Division 2025: Hold min øl mens jeg tager eyeliner på! Virkelig et fedt eksperimenterende album. Dog lidt ærgerligt at de instrumentale lydcollager er så lange og ikke bruges til at drive albummet frem.

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Normally I’m not a fan of good ol’ boy music but this album slaps. “Simple Man” has been a favorite for a long time, and “Freebird” belongs in the annals of rock and roll history.

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Det her stikker i alle retninger, og helt af. 1800-tals klaver musik fortolket og videreudviklet med orgel og Moog Synthesizer. Modsat progrockerne Yes, Genesis og Pink Floyd så lyder ELP faktisk som nogle der kaster alt over bords og udfordrer rockens konventioner. Det veksler mellem at være smukt og smadret. Mest smadret. Nogen gange sjovt. 3 stjerne for musikken. 1 ekstra for oplevelsen.

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7/10 Maybe a hot take but I didn't love this as much as I assumed I would. There's a couple songs on here that I genuinely thought weren't all that, but overall, still great. the bangers speak for themselves.

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Jack White’s low-fi skramlede Garage lyd, spillet med en Hardcore Punk attitude.

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Mostly instrumental, not really all that interesting. The Sage had nice vocals. And Nutrocker? A rock imagining of a bunch of Nutcracker songs? Hell yeah. Best song: Nutrocker

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Side 1 ("The Raven") made me think this album was going to be a solid 4: really cool tracks, excellent playing...a little basic, but just really good. Enjoyed the way each track flows into the next. My initial impression of Side 2 ("The Wilderness") was "Yeeehaw!!". I thought it was pretty much cheesy country the whole way through, but on closer listen I noticed that the songs are engaging and the musicianship is outstanding. Side 3 ("Consider") had some good tracks, but also some weird moments (e.g., Move Around). Side 4 ("Rock & Roll is Here to Stay") was probably the weakest, with some lousy singing and somewhat lame songwriting. The only plus on Side 4 was that Blues Man was a cool acoustic blues track to end it on. Overall, this album would have been much better if it was just the first two sides. I think the bloat brings it down to a 3. What a shame, because that first side is really good. Favorite tracks: I liked everything on Side 1, but the standouts were Song of Love, Medley Rock & Roll Love / Cuban Crazies, Anyway. I'll also add It Doesn't Matter to my favorites.

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The solo album of the bass player from the guy from the Sex Pistol's solo project. The fixation of British music critics with niche aracana offshoots of one summer in the late 70s needs to be studied. That said, this is a pretty fun album that epitomizes a gloriously eclectic early 90s approach: a bit of trippy pyschedelic dub new age multicultural optimist post punk electronica Bollywood sophistipop that is truly all over the place - like taking e and wandering around WOMAD.

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David Byrnes skabede vokal og resten af bandets uptempo rytmer skaber magi. Jeg er ved at få et nyt yndlings band

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Did not enjoy this album. The songs are long and not my vibe.

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I think this is my favourite Neil Young's album so far. Interesting stories, evocative lyrics, good melodies, many great songs.

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Bah c'est top hein

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Wow. What an album. Genre defining. Just amazing songs. Absolutely love this one. Everyone should listen to it.

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So 80s, so dull

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Kuuntelin tätä ja aattelin että onpa soundtrackimäistä ja ihan varppina soinu the bearissa. Niin olikin! Oon velho. Vittu se on hyvä sarja. Jumalauta. Säännöstellään sitä vikaa tuottaria petrin kaa silleen että katotaan max kaks jaksoa päivässä koska se on niin hyvä. Huoh. Kaiken kaikkiaan ilahduttava ja svengaava kokonaisuus! Tää kansikuva on musta myös aivan tosi ihana ja symppis. Anteeksi mitä vittua yhtäkkiä gilmore girlsin tunnari? xd jumpscare!!!!!!!!!!!! Onko maailman bängerein albumin lopetusbiisi? Ei välttis. Mutta up there. 4/5 hyvä!

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If In Rock was a good Deep Purple album, then Machine Head is their greatest album and one of the best in hard rock. And after the breakthrough album two years ago, they didn't even need to invent anything new! Just five professionals who knew their stuff and continued to play an incredible blend of old blues and new (at the time) hard 'n' heavy. Every song here is amazing in that it's a pleasure to listen to both as a whole and just to listen to individual parts. I don't know what the original releases sounded like, but the remaster you can find on streaming services is very good. Yes, the riff in "Smoke on the Water" might make guitar stores workers' ears bleed, but pay attention to Jon Lord's organ part; it really carries the whole song! Ladies, take note: if a guy says he doesn't like this album, he might have issues with his father. No offense, guys, just the facts.

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Es ist schon ein okayes Album. Irgendwie nur ein Song, der aber auf jeden Fall in die Fresse geht.

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There are some pretty cool sonic ideas here but the lyrics are so painfully juvenile. The songs are sad and angsty but indescript and general in a way that feels pandering. Compare to MCRs "remember when you broke your foot from jumping out the second floor" from I'm Not Okay - personal, dramatic and intriguing. That's how you do angst. Instead, the lyrics here boil down to some variant of "I'm full of fear / but you don't care" and other such nonsense

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Yesterday I went into the Cantina at the new Star Wars land at Disneyland and the bartender leans over, sneakily gives me this, and whispers, “It’s not often we get a Resistance General in here. Thank you for your service.” I almost cried.

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Oh fuck yeah. Oh hell yeah. As much as I love the Beastie Boys, I don't believe them when they say they were making fun of "frat boys and party bros" when they performed "Fight For Your Right." It's not like they grew up right away on Paul's Boutique...there's still a lot of hilarious shit and braggadocio on that album, too...they just had an ear for immaculate sounds and producing by the Dust Brothers. I don't think they really grew up and out of the immature phase until Check Your Head. But it sounds good for them to distance themselves from Fight For Your Right and Girls as quickly as they possibly could. This album is awesome...always has been, always will be. I keep seeing mentions about how it hasn't aged well, etc...but whatever, fuck that. This past weekend, I read an article on the DMV rap scene that was on Pitchfork...because I'm from the area, I was curious. And then I listened to some of the music from that article. All that shit makes Licensed To Ill look like nursery rhymes. The production here is immaculate. The bass is awesome. Sonically, it's a masterpiece. What a great album. Fun, hilarious, quotable...just great.

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Once upon a time, there was a beast named Muhammad Who legalized rape, polygamy, pedophilia, and shamelessness The beast Muhammad wrote the Quran, the Muslims' book of hate A manual of terror, wrath, and pedophilia First-degree murderers, terrorists in a world like no other

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Quintessential slop

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to the guy who said "Me and my girlfriend did interesting things in the back of my car to this" it's MY GIRLFRIEND AND I dumbass

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"California Dreamin'" is the highlight here. That opening acoustic guitar is immaculate. For me it is in the pantheon of songs of the Mythological California of which there are many. California loomed large in the psyche of 20th century America and beyond. I love the song. The remainder of the album is quite pleasant in its own right. Right in the wheel house of that 1960s folk rock sound. These tracks are full of harmonies and the right blend of pop sensibilities. Mama Cass and Mama Michelle outshine the guys for sure, in my opinion. In the end though it does all come together for a light 35 minutes. Just stay here though, stay with the music here on this album. There is tragedy on the horizon for this band. Their run was short but sweet. Don't go reading on how the story ends. The music is pleasant enough. Let's let the music be enough. Just keep dreaming of California. We'll get there one day. Promise. 3/5

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I remember this one being a HUGE album until it wasn't. I remember the song (and that Prince wrote it), and I remember the tearing of the picture and the backlash afterward, but I'd honestly never had an opportunity to hear the rest of the album, and was a little flummoxed when it came up on this list. And when I listened to it, I was a whole other kind of surprised. This is a good album. Maybe not a damn good album or a wonderful album, but much different and more interesting than I'd expected. Way more Tori Amos/Fiona Apple/Bjork adjacent and less Dolores O'Riordan than anticipated (and I am at least a casual fan of all of the above). It may not be a blind 5, but it does round up to a 4/5, and intrigued me enough to search out some of her later work to see where she went creatively after her public ostricism.

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To quote Willie Nelson "There are two kinds of men; those who are in love with Emmylou Harris, and those who haven't met her." I only know Emmylou Harris through her records, but that's enough to be madly infatuated. Emmylou Harris has built an incredible body of work as a harmony singer, collaborator and interpreter of songs. But this is one of her rare albums of original songs. Spaciously recorded by Malcolm Burn using a crack band and a host of A-list guests with that atmospheric Lanois-style production, it is spooky and spacious and hard to pigeonhole exactly. It's not the classic country-folk sound of most of her output, but it's classy and sophisticated. But there is no mistaking that Emmylou is the star of the show here. I would listen to her sing the phone book, but this is even better.

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Nina Persson’s cool, almost innocent delivery, the bright melodies, the elegant arrangements, the polished pop shape. Underneath that, a lot of these songs are sour, passive-aggressive, wounded, or emotionally evasive. That contrast is the whole trick. The album sounds sweet without actually being naive.

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I really like Mr N'Dour's hat.

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Listened to the whole thing and now I can honestly say, this album is complete ass and Kendrick Lamar deserves zero praise for this lazy edgelord garbage.

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It’s telling that this album appealed to a younger self. But as an adult, the "edgelord" posturing is hard to look past and made this a real struggle. The album leans heavily into an "only joking (or am I?!)" defence to mask its more offensive instincts, obviously exaggerated for shock value. But this isn't the problem - it's the emotional void. The record constantly pivots between a whining, "poor me" narrative about a difficult childhood and the pressures of fame, while simultaneously offering zero empathy to anyone else. It's the emotional depth of an angsty teenager acting out. In hindsight, he seems to lack any self-awareness when he complains about parents worrying he’s a bad influence. Does he ever stop to ask why his material appeals so heavily to children in the first place? (Note: On a relisten, he does actually state that it's for middle schoolers multiple times. But whether he's joking or serious, it's still true.) It feels too "try-hard" and self-absorbed, and it honestly left me with second-hand embarrassment. I'm sure at the time it was outrageous and fun, but by today's standards, it sounds like stuff an incel would say for attention. It's all just too juvenile. The track "Stan" deserves a call-out for its innovative concept and exploration of parasocial relationships, but the nuance and insight there seem almost accidental compared to the rest of the record. That is the real shame. I think there are interesting ideas that could have been explored well if there were less cringey acting out and a bit more maturity. "Stan" proves he is capable of more, which makes the rest of the album feel even more disappointing and performative. Beyond that, while the production is solid and he possesses a distinct style which he's perfected, it’s telling that the standout track was one he wasn't really on. A lot of the featured artists offered a well needed break. In the end I'd rather just listen to Del Tha Funkee Homosapien and enjoy life. 2/5

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(2/5) Thanks. I don't get it, but it was fine as a cultural artifact. The album was an interesting listen. It wasn't aurally offensive, but it didn't ignite anything either. It all kinda felt the same from track to track, but that could be my lack of understanding and I'm not afraid to admit that. I wouldn't mind some more (not a *lot* more) of this in the list. World music is a blind spot for me and I actually expected more of it. Instead, it's endless amounts of electronic/Britpop bullshit. This is -- by my count -- the second truly "World" music album and is likely just a 'check box' (i.e. quota) addition. We're only a hundred or so albums in.. that's 2%.

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Boy, there's a struggle in my head on this one.. Clapton and Baker absolutely slay the guitar and drums, respectively, but damned if I can't stand Bruce as the singer. "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine.." of course are great, but all the other songs aren't great mainly because of Bruce. I'm taking a knee on this one out of respect with to Clapton and Baker and just give it the average treatment. (3/5)

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I can’t believe the top review for this record (as of Dec 2023) is from someone trying to use their PhD in Mathematics as justification for not liking hip-hop. Weak.

Oh fuck yeah, now we're talking. Wait no, I swear I'm not being pretentious. This is the lowest rated album on this site because I guess mostly people aren't very fond of German people smashing metal plates together - who would have guessed. But halle-fucking-lujah, this is something this list needs more of. Albums that make you go "well, that was an experience and now I'm a changed man". Nobody is lying on their deathbed wishing they heard more crappy 80s post-punk or late 60s psychedelic rock. THIS is what we all deserve to be listening to as we embrace eternal oblivion. I'm giving this a high rating not only because I genuinely really love it, but also to help Kid Rock move to his rightful place as the actual worst album on this list. Together we can make a difference. Save the turtles.

Brings back vivid memories of when me and my mate Ray went on a trip to Dresden. We met this rotund goth in a bar, head to toe with tattoos and piercings, real filth and after a while took her into the disabled bogs for a spit roast. We were both pumping away in her with Napalm Death on in the background and her wailing "MEIN GOTT" at the top of her lungs. I remember spaffing all over her back just as Siege of Power kicked in. As i shoot over her, she takes Ray's cock out of her gob and says "do you want fries with that?" in a faux American accent. Anyway, we go outside and there's this gammy little geezer in a wheelchair sitting there furious, giving me daggers, because he's had to wait so long, so I lean into him and I go "I hope you have as much fun in there as we just did you little cunt".

Back when I was in college I used to go to a bar and listen to Neil tunes and do magic tricks for women. There was a bartender there, he was the best. I loved that guy. Some of the best years of my life.

Back when I was in college, there was this dude who would come into the bar I worked at on a Friday night and play fucking 10 Neil Young songs in a row. He would also hit on girls by doing magic tricks. I remember how angry I got every time he made me listen to an hour of Neil Young because I was just trying to have a good time, and he fucking made me listen to this sad, soppy fuck who writes nothing but songs that sound indistinguishable from each other and never seemed to enjoy a happy moment in his entire like. Fuck that guy, and fuck Neil Young. 2/5

Shit like this on the list is both refreshing and infuriating. Refreshing because it is good, fun, interesting, and also not something I would regularly be exposed to! It's why I started this project and keeps me coming back. It's infuriating because the fact that it is included here means that Robert Dimery, the original author of the 1001 albums list is aware that music like this exists. He's clearly aware that there is an entire world of music out there. SO WHY HAVE I LISTENED TO 200 80s BRITISH NEW WAVE ALBUMS AND 200 SCOTTISH ROCK ALBUMS FROM THE 90S??!!?

I really don't get rap, and I am completely aware of why. I'm a STEM guy, specifically a Ph.D. student in mathematics. Although my verbal intelligence is quite high, it's still about a standard deviation below my quantitative intelligence. Therefore, it should not be too surprising that I prefer melodies to lyricism, and that a genre based on the latter doesn't wow me. I know I'm pretty far out of step with public opinion on this one, but that can easily be attributed to the fact that hipsters with humanities degrees (i.e. extremely verbal-dominant people) are considered the ultimate arbiters of taste for some reason. (Side note: this also explains why prog rock is seen as being for losers.) Best song: Be (Intro), which had a decent instrumental part at the beginning. Everything else just sort of ran together.

Rap isn't my preferred genre of music. But I'm a shitty mathematician so I enjoyed this.

Rage In Favor Of The Machine.

Music for incels to wank furiously by

Sorry Boomers/Gen X, I was like 20 when this came out so it's one of the best things to ever happen to me. Sorry it's not King Crimson or whatever.

i ain’t listening to all that i’m happy for u tho or sorry that happened

The beauty of music is that it is subjective. It’s typically great for a certain group of people, though it’s never right for everyone. Some for the masses, some more niche, but it all has its place. Meanwhile, with lists like this, there’s always artists or records that anyone would have put on in place of what actually made it. Personally, I would have included Queensryche’s Operation Mindcrime, Live’s Throwing Copper, Joe Satriani’s The Extremist, Sara Bareilles’ Little Voice, or John Mellencamp’s Scarecrow album on a list of must hear records. Others would put totally different albums on and that's awesome. What someone likes vs. dislikes is truly subjective. Again, that's the beauty. With that said, this album objectively sucks. I mean truly horrible. Something had to be the lowest rated album on the list, and this was a place well earned. There is nothing redeemable about this record. To quote my wife, “they should have stopped at 1,000.”

The only enjoyment I got from this was reading the review about the brothers in Dresden and their lovely and talented tattooed friend.

I am definitely not the target demographic for this album, but I still thought it was very good. There's a lot of skill and artistry put into these tracks, so much so that it is almost invisible. 4 stars for me, plus an extra star just to spite the mathematics PHD guy.