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Not as good as celebrated. Snoop was always overrated and his best work was done as features (of which he has too many). Still, a good debut.

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It's taken until age 40 to properly listen to a Santana album, despite being aware of him forever, and sadly it didn't do it for me. Not a fan of the Latin influence in general and his guitar work is so smooth and clean that it falls into the category of 'easy listening' for me. It doesn't engage me in any way

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I enjoyed this album. It's not something I would of organically listened to. There's nothing on here that I am rushing back to listen to, but equally I didn't dislike any of them. In an ideal world I would of ranked 3.5/5

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Back To Black Amy Winehouse es un álbum que me gustó bastante evidentemente no tengo nada más que decir que cosas buenas me gusta mucho su voz como canta y evidentemente el impacto que tuvo este álbum

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I DO wanna be her dog..

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Akosi ma na to extra nezaujalo...

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Three men, drinkin' some bourbon while talkin' shit and watchin' the game. 3/5, a point for each man

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man can the next album please just not be mid EDIT: going forward I will try not to let my pissy moods affect scores and reviews to this degree. I did give this two listens, if broken up over a few sessions. There is stuff to like here for sure. I liked the song "showgirl" partly because I thought the line was "I married a showgirl, that's me wife" and I knew it probably wasn't actually that but didn't want to look it up. "When I first met you, you were not house trained" does not have the impression I think they're going for. Or maybe it does? They sound like weird slightly offputting theatre kids and maybe that's okay. But the music is still just not that memorable. It' 2.5 not a 2 though, which rounds up to a 3.

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Stirring, powerful

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Although technically I listened, it was as if I didn't because I remember nothing. Still, a vaguely positive experience. 2.5⭐️

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Does anyone remember the How I Met Your Mother with Robin Sparkles? The crew found out when she was 16ish Robin was a teen pop star in Canada. They are watching the music video and Ted says "Wait, if this is the mid 90s why does it look like 1986?" Robin says "the 80s didn't hit Canada until 1993" Well, I guess the 80s didn't hit France until 2018. Crazy that something so new sounds so dated. It's not awful but it's not that good. It's Vanilla. Been there, done that. Not breaking any ground while other pop stars in 2018 were reaching new places. Meh. Good enough to give a 2.5 but I'll round down this time. 2 stars

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Rock hype

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Mám radšej ich predchádzajúce surovejšie veci...

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That was ok. More haunting mellow music

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Ik vond het prima. Maar ook wel een beetje saai. Je merkt dat het beter word als Thom Yorke opeens gaat meezingen. De titel van het album vind ik dom. Ik vind het uiteindelijk niet vervelend maar wel een hele nipte voldoende voor mij. Ik las ergens anders dat het album bekend stond om haar sensuele sexy stem. Nou ik word er niet warm van.

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So underrated by me but really enjoyed

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A classic Billy Joel record.

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3*

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slayed? the jury is still out. slade? Of that there is no doubt

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Интересный альбом, немного плоский звук его не портит.

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It's just much less interesting than it pretends to be.

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It's Dolly, what can you say. funnily enough every time I found myself "what ARE these lyrics, Dolly", it was one of the Waggoner co-credits - how quickly she outgrew her mentor.

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Is the creator of this list friends with brian eno?

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going by how many times I've put it on again, this actually wants a 4. Splendidly crafted pop with an earnest and restless heart.

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I like it but not as strong as other Sabbath albums we've had

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Not really my kind of music

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Just a shade too long with some definitely cuttable things but what's good here is so good. I don't know why I've never listened to it. I love Gorillaz and Ive loved most blur I've listened to (including 3 off this album that are just stellar). And the whole is definitely more than the sum of its parts, moving briskly between short and punchy rockers, Kinks-esque story-songs about little England, and then some of the most heartbreakingly beautiful tracks on anything. But maybe more importantly for my maybe too generous rating today, I listened to it first in a good chill mood, and second in a very not chill angry upset mood and it hit just right in both. Better in the second for sure. EDIT: Weeks later and I'm still jamming out to this, if I can't give this one a 5 I don't know what's getting one Standout tracks: girls and boys, park life and this is a low of course. But also Tracy jacks, badhead, to the end, end of the century, and I've had trouble in the message centre in my head for like a week for some reason

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Een enkele keer schrijf ik hier mijn bewondering voor een enorm sterk eerste nummer op je allereerste album. Het kan ook anders blijkbaar...Ba-na-naa. Goed het is blijkbaar voor het goede doel: Leer! Na het vorige album had ik wel interesse gekregen in Mia. Ze bood namelijk interessante bruggen tussen werelden van muziek, maar wist het niet echt af te maken. Ik heb wat later werk geluisterd en geconstateerd, dat de potentie er ook later niet uit is gekomen. Tot mijn verrassing krijg ik haar nu nog eens, maar met eerder werk. Na die banaan, volgt een bass die de haren van je lijf blaast. Ik houd wel van een briesje. Daarna blijk ik zelfs een nummer van mevrouw te herkennen. Beide tracks zijn niet helemaal gelikt, maar dat houdt het eigenlijk wel interessant. Ze hebben iets Skrillex achtigs. En daarmee blijkt deze mevrouw er toch vroeg bij te zijn geweest. De internationale bruggen zijn op dit album veel minder dan in het latere werk. Dat is een gemis. Maar tegelijk weet ze de nummers zonder die uitdaging beter neer te zetten. Eigenlijk heb ik iets meer luisterplezier aan dit album.

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is oké.. gwn echt heel saai maar niet per se slecht

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one of the first things article about this record tell you is that Young and his band were stoned out of their mind on a concoction of weed and honey when they made it, and weed and honey IS what this sounds like. The mellow sound, while great, makes the album a touch monotonous; Revolution Blues stands out over the bunch as the menace breaks through it uncomfortably.

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I like the guitar again not my cup of tea but it’s definitely better than the sad country music nirvana is a good band

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I might be being too generous here because I don't know why I'd ever pick this album up over others.

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музыкант он конечно же великолепный, но мне такая музыка не нравится, в том же десятилетии дальше будет намного интереснее, из уважения поставлю 3

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Marc Bolan was David Bowie’s big rival at one time. I remember all of T-Rex’s sound the same. Metal Guru is a fantastic song. Great guitar hook. Nothing else really stands out. Songs do sound the same. Lyrics not good. Often nonsensical Even with Telegram Sam the album is not good. Two stars.

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A really interesing record. I did not know this song was a movie score to be honest until reading other reviews halfway through the record. That is a merit, as generally movie scores don't make good records. Its dark, ambient but also rather trippy. It has some good almost drum and bass like beats, but also offers some more slow songs. The leitmotif has a unsettling quality to it. Many songs have this, combined with some excellent synthesizer songs it creates a very suffocating feeling. Very good music to put on in the background that still demands some of your attention due to its interesting progressions and instrumentation. Very fitting for halloween. I kinda wonder why it's on this list. I guess it's pretty experimental, or maybe the author just really liked this movie and this score. Who knows. 8/10

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Pretty unremarkable late 60s psychedelic nuggets pop from the scene's also-rans. Quite a lot of throwaway songs on here. It's fun enough and doesn't overstay it's welcome. Does what it sets out to do, each song has it's unique elements so it keeps the album sounding fresh. Bang average for it's genre, it lacks the special spark that made its contemporaries into classics. It has some nice songs, it's worth listening to and quite enjoyable.

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I like Tainted Love, but nothing else on the album stood out to me. I like the beats and the voice but it does feel a bit repetitive and a bit too long of an album. I don't even feel like making it to the end of it.

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Probably always best to avoid the special sauce.

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mid asf

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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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Don't believe these liars.

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One of the easiest 5s ever. such an ambitious project, stuffed with a kaleidoscope of references to a state I may never visit, and with such a variety of great songs with fantastic songwriting. He played like 20 different instruments on this which is just mad Casimir Pulaski Day might be my favourite “sad song”, and very funny to think he didn’t come out until like 2023 when you read the lyrics to “Primordial Beast Of The Palisades” Very bold to have a song relating yourself to a pedophilic serial killer and have it not come off in the absolute worst way possible I always run out of steam a bit towards the end, first half is definitely stronger, but it’s all great still

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Quintessential slop

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Pioneers of the alternative rock sound that would define the following decade, the 1990s. R.E.M. was making the jangling guitar rock that would bear the labels of indie and college rock. When I came of age in the nineties this sound would find its commercial success. This entire album sounded about 5 years later than its 1988 release date suggests. Lower sounds abound and I mean listen to the distortion on “I Remember California” And yet, this sound is still a work in progress. The album is all over the place. In spots we have bouncy pop with “Stand” whereas others slow down for more intimate work, “The Wrong Child” or “Hairshirt.” We’re transitioning into new eras on this album. R.E.M. has a new label and creative freedom and they’ll use it. For me it all works. I appreciated R.E.M. as a radio and MTV friendly act during their time, even if I never owned an album. Still, terrific form from a band that was a staple of my younger years.

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Standard, late 60s English pop. Sounds like a Sgt. Peppers imitation, honestly. "Private Salts' Empty Kidney Association Troupe", I guess? A poor man's Sgt Pepper... Through the listen I couldn't take my mind off of this comparison and how this record arranged itself in a similar way, with each song feeding from the tracks before and informing the later tracks. An obvious concept album, so I see where the critics and write-ups make that comparison. The music is just standard stuff for the era though, with only a few really catching my ear but not for long. I hate to do this to The Kinks, because I like a bunch of their earlier work, but this one didn't take off for me (3/5). Reading the other reviews here, there's an angle I didn't consider -- how very English this **IS**. Numerous other reviewers talked about how it takes them to small, country villages, and (this is hyperbolic) tea times with aunties and crumpets and shit... ALL of that is lost on me. I've got no personal context for that. The music is middle of the road, unlike Sgt. Peppers, so nothing elevated it out of mediocrity and pulled me into that world The Kinks seemed to be trying to create. Here's my attempt to bend future lists out of the event horizon of all the British invasions and frankly insular English music world, with some keywords I keep using.. THE SUPREMES should have been included.. Anglo-centrism is bad.. Hope that helps.

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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, 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

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.

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??!!?

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

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.

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

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.”

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.