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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Reign In Blood
Slayer
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5 | 2.96 | +2.04 |
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
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5 | 3.14 | +1.86 |
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
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5 | 3.26 | +1.74 |
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
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5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
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Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
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5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
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The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
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5 | 3.4 | +1.6 |
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Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
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4 | 2.52 | +1.48 |
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Bright Flight
Silver Jews
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4 | 2.68 | +1.32 |
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Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
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5 | 3.71 | +1.29 |
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Cut
The Slits
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4 | 2.71 | +1.29 |
You Love Less Than Most
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MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
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2 | 4.2 | -2.2 |
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Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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1 | 2.95 | -1.95 |
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
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2 | 3.92 | -1.92 |
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Want One
Rufus Wainwright
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1 | 2.91 | -1.91 |
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A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
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2 | 3.89 | -1.89 |
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E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
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1 | 2.89 | -1.89 |
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Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
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1 | 2.83 | -1.83 |
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Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
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2 | 3.63 | -1.63 |
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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
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2 | 3.57 | -1.57 |
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Stankonia
OutKast
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2 | 3.55 | -1.55 |
5-Star Albums (17)
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Van Morrison · 3 likes
2/5
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Simply Red · 1 likes
2/5
SIMPLY (bo)RED
Rufus Wainwright · 1 likes
1/5
Want None
1-Star Albums (5)
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Butthole Surfers
3/5
Some interesting and challenging ideas on show here
Familiarity: 2 – Unknown album
Songs I would actively choose to listen to: 2 - Little
What can I remember the next day?: 2 - Little
Best song: Sweat Loaf
Beck
4/5
Liked songs: E-pro; Qué Onda Guero; Girl; Go it alone
Nirvana
5/5
Breed
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Inoffensive, but ultimately forgettable
Radiohead
4/5
Solid as an album, better than the sum of its parts
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Some big songs on there, but also filler
Familiarity: 3 – Know some songs
Songs I would actively choose to listen to: 2 - Little
What can I remember the next day?: 2 - Little
Best song: Sing a Simple Song
Guns N' Roses
5/5
The energy in this is nonstop
Familiarity: 5 – Deep Familiarity
Songs I would actively choose to listen to: 3 - Half
What can I remember the next day?: 4 - Most
Best song: Paradise City
Meat Loaf
4/5
What a belter of an album.
Familiarity: 5 – Deep Familiarity
Songs I would actively choose to listen to: 3 - Half
What can I remember the next day?: 4 - Most
Best song: Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Bob Dylan
2/5
Much preferred the electric first half over the acoustic second
Familiarity: 2 – Unknown album
Songs I would actively choose to listen to: 1 - None
What can I remember the next day?: 1 - None
Best song: Outlaw Blues
Fugazi
3/5
Solid background noise for landing my kickflips
Talking Heads
3/5
Only got as far as track 3 - need to revisit
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
This is just noise, and not the good kind
Aerosmith
4/5
Solid mixture of rock through this
Fiona Apple
2/5
I didn't dislike the album, but I don't think I found anything musically interesting to warrant another listen.
Hookworms
3/5
I quite liked the space rock
Crowded House
3/5
Recognised a couple of songs
Fave song : chocolate cake
Public Enemy
3/5
Saves the best till last. Some of the samples did sound a bit like someone was just mashing a soundboard randomly
Beatles
2/5
Outside of the "big 2", all a bit dreary
Coldcut
4/5
(Pain in the arse trying to listen to this without Spotify)
Sonic Youth
1/5
I didn't really feel like this album went anywhere, and nothing to be found here worth revisiting.
Familiarity: [2 – Unknown album]
Songs I would actively choose to listen to: [1 - None]
What can I remember the next day?: [1 - None}
The xx
2/5
Just a bit bland
Familiarity: [3 – Know some songs]
Songs I would actively choose to listen to: [1 - None]
What can I remember the next day?: [1 - None}
UB40
4/5
Excellent album to have on in the background
The Slits
4/5
A bit chaotic, a bit reggae, a bit punk. I enjoyed this
Familiarity: [3 – Know some songs]
Songs I would actively choose to listen to: [2 - Little]
What can I remember the next day?: [3 - Half]
Janelle Monáe
4/5
Complete unknown to me but exceeded expectations. First half much stronger than second
U2
2/5
"A lot of noise"
Stan Getz
3/5
The boss of bossa nova.
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
I think Run DMC benefit from a collaboration. As influential as it may have been, I am glad hip hop has progressed from this.
Elton John
4/5
This is a great . Trim a few songs and this might have been a 5
Arcade Fire
4/5
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would
The Stooges
3/5
Protopunk
The Gun Club
3/5
Never heard of The Gun Club. Solid punk album.
Radiohead
2/5
Not familiar with this album. A few moments but probably too long.
The Dandy Warhols
2/5
Only thing I knew before listening was Bohemian Like You. This was ok.
Grizzly Bear
2/5
A couple of good songs strung together by dreary toss.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
I enjoy CCR, but it does all sound a bit samey
The Who
4/5
Banging start, banging end, dips in the middle but still good stuff
Blur
3/5
I don't think I've ever listened to a Blur album outside of greatest hits - generally I don't think I was missing too much but credit where it's due there's some fun bits on here. Much more variety of sounds than some of their Britpop peers. Oompah
The Rolling Stones
4/5
There is a lot more blues on this than I was expecting. Not a lot of variety though. An excellent background album.
Gorillaz
4/5
Well this is a bit of nostalgia. You can definitely hear Blur in some of the tracks with just Alburn involved, but add in the collaborations and there's a lot going on. Not sure that I'd be putting any of the non singles on a playlist, but as a whole, very enjoyable.
fIREHOSE
2/5
Completely unknown to me, and not sure what I think of it. The songs on this all have an aspect that i quite like, whether that is a riff, the bass line, the drums; but the other parts of the songs are just a bit pants.
I do enjoy that the Wikipedia summary for the album seems to have been written by a ten year old: "It's called that because it's from Ohio".
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
2/5
I heard you like 12 bar blues.
Nirvana
2/5
Acoustic versions of some of their slower songs and covers. Just a bit boring.
Björk
3/5
Björk's singing I can see being a bit divisive, but I quite like the underlying music.
Todd Rundgren
4/5
The first song seemed vaguely familiar, but otherwise completely unknown artist. I dig this
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Heavy beats to start with, but felt it dipped after that.
The Kinks
5/5
I absolutely love this.
This is album is a reminder that I should probably listen to more of these albums in stereo and/or through good quality headphones .
Crosby, Stills & Nash
2/5
Not much of anything - lacking some Young
Rose-tinted glasses perhaps but the opening few tracks are great. Then there is a bit of cliff edge.
Queen
4/5
Quite the rollercoaster. In isolation you hear BoRhap and think it is all over the place in terms of genres, and then you hear it in this album and it makes more sense. Overall I enjoyed this
Van Morrison
4/5
Now that's what I call an album cover!
I didn't really realise there was more to VM than Brown Eyed Girl, but this album is a cracker.
Muddy Waters
4/5
A consistently solid album. My criticism is exactly that though - if the same song played twice in the album I probably wouldn't notice
Van Morrison
2/5
Van Morrisonandonandonandon
Funkadelic
3/5
Some good funk tunes, but tailed off a bit
Deee-Lite
2/5
I really don't know why this is on the list
Pavement
2/5
Meh. Nothing interesting here
Nick Drake
3/5
Not my usual cup of tea, but better than i expected. Still wouldn't call it particularly enthralling however
Gang Of Four
2/5
Knowing nothing about them, I was looking forward to this based on the band's info on Spotify: "Gang of Four is one of the most radically important, and influential rock groups of the last 40 years."
I am underwhelmed.
Rush
4/5
A classic. I think this is the first 20+ minute song on the list. Let there be more
Can
4/5
I would have never guessed this was from 1973.
DJ Shadow
2/5
I found myself quite bored listening to this
Neneh Cherry
2/5
Other than the first song, everything just sort of blended together. Not very interesting, and definitely sounds a bit dated
Gil Scott-Heron
2/5
Was alright, but nothing to get particularly excited about
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
Nice mix of classic rock
Richard Thompson
3/5
Some relaxing folk with enjoyable vocals compared to some of of the prior albums
10cc
3/5
Lots of ideas going on here, but a bit of fun overall
The Residents
2/5
A novel listen? Sure. An album I'll come back to? Probably not.
Eminem
3/5
I don't think I've ever actually listened to an Eminem album. There are some enjoyable songs, but its hard to ignore the rampant homophobia and needless violence throughout. I have no idea how much of this is supposed to be taken literally, what is and isn't in character as Marshall Matters, or if this is supposed to be some sort of meta-commentary, but it definitely hampered my enjoyment of the album.
When did i become a woke snowflake?
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Music for the snart-sniffer and I'm in the game for some gastromatherapy
50 Cent
2/5
I think I understood less than half words, and most of those were variations of words that I daren't type. I did enjoy a cocking gun providing the beat on one of the tracks, and recognised a surprising number of other songs, but I can't say that I got much enjoyment from my listen
The Verve
4/5
Classic Britpop. Can definitely feel the influence of other artists, but also adding in their own spin with the classical (/sampled) instruments.
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
I tried to find some redeeming features, I really did. There were moments where I thought I understood it, the beat of industrial machinery. And then I'd be out of it again. I think I could probably listen to a single track and get along ok with it, but a whole album is hard going. I think the only reason I'd revisit this album is to annoy someone else.
Simply Red
2/5
SIMPLY (bo)RED
The Beach Boys
3/5
It was ok. Inoffensive.
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
I enjoyed this so much more than their debut
5/5
I'm just a basic Britpop bitch
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Needing the full 70 minutes is just showing off
Muddy Waters
3/5
I enjoyed it, but (to my ears) this is quite repetitive (and to be fair, there are actual repeats of songs)
Cypress Hill
5/5
I love the groove of CH, it all seems so smooth
Skepta
4/5
Fam was tidy hot sauce
Slayer
5/5
I explicitly gave permission to my wedding DJ to play something from this album and he didn't. What a melon.
The War On Drugs
3/5
Its a solid album, but didn't really excite me.
Adele
2/5
She is undeniably a good singer, but I really didn't find anything interesting
Roxy Music
4/5
Enjoyable
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
Solid 70s rock
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
I went in expecting something a bit more "Sex Pistols"esque, but that was not to be. Opening track sounded like protosludge, but then the next track went a bit off the rails. Not my favourite punk album...
The White Stripes
4/5
Not my favourite White Stripes album, but still solid
The Fall
2/5
A lot of British postpunk being thrown at us. This album made me feel better about my own musical playing abilities
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
A bit of 80s fun
Van Morrison
2/5
Dreadful (although for reasons unknown to myself not a 1)
Bob Dylan
3/5
Was alright. Was pleased to see the last song was actually 10 minutes long and didn't just sound like it had been going on forever
Keith Jarrett
3/5
I am the music man, I come from down your way and I can play.
What can you play?
I play piano
Pia-pia-pia-no
Pia-no pia-no
Pia-pia-pia-no
Pia-pia-no
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Another 20 minuter! Enjoyed it more than the rest of the album
Steely Dan
3/5
This feels very 70s. I ended up listening to this a few times because i ended up getting distracted each time, and i think it got a little worse with each listen.
The Flaming Lips
4/5
A relaxing soundtrack where I knew more songs than I thought I did.
ZZ Top
3/5
I enjoyed the hard rock, didn't overstay its welcome as it was starting to sound a bit samey.
The Beach Boys
2/5
Wouldn't it be nice if this album was more interesting. Did not need to be 20+ tracks long
Tracy Chapman
3/5
Not my usual cup of tea, but knew lots of songs here. Would rate it higher but I know that I probably won't be listening to it again.
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Started off quite a strong, but I did tire of Billy by the second half
Jacques Brel
4/5
Sure, why not
Magazine
4/5
Wait, 1970s UK post-punk can actually be enjoyable?
Duke Ellington
3/5
I think I suffered a case of Jazz fatigue here
Frank Ocean
2/5
Not for me
Japan
3/5
I wish this had been a while album of Quiet Life
3/5
Lesser known Blur songs (to me), still a largely solid album
Leonard Cohen
2/5
This was a bit of a chore to get through. At least it was only 36 minutes.
Dion
2/5
Bit of a mixed bag, but overall not much reason to listen again.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
I need to pace myself so I don't end up with 5 five-star LedZep albums
2/5
I'd probably appreciate this more if I wasn't feeling ill
3/5
I like the funkiness, although seemed like another front ended album
Nas
3/5
Enjoyed the flow of this
Cat Stevens
4/5
A rather lovely album
James Brown
2/5
This was not as fun as I was hoping. Don't think the audience noises helped
OutKast
2/5
There is a lot of fat to trim in this - meh
King Crimson
3/5
Some loverly proggers. Quality is a bit inconsistent but enjoyable album
Common
3/5
Recognised a fair amount, enjoyed it but potentially marked down because of the flu factor
Sigur Rós
4/5
I can see the montage of Icelandic landscapes with lava flowing through and this playing in the background.
Syd Barrett
2/5
A mixed bag, but overall not really worth a relisten.
Burning Spear
4/5
This is an excellent bit of reggae groove - what I needed.
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Genre spanning, but did not need 2 hours of this
Silver Jews
4/5
This was short and sweet, two thumbs up
Johnny Cash
4/5
An album of covers that I enjoyed more than I thought I would
Neu!
4/5
Sehr gut
Songhoy Blues
4/5
Very Radio 6
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
Given how recent this was, I was expecting much more. Perhaps I would have enjoyed it more with more active listening, but not bothered by this based on what I did hear.
Fairport Convention
4/5
Not quite sure why, but I did enjoy this
Johnny Cash
3/5
A bit samey perhaps, but good energy.
Guided By Voices
2/5
28 songs in 41 minutes is fairly impressive. Unfortunately that was the most impressive thing about the album
Beastie Boys
4/5
This has some hot potatoes
The Roots
3/5
I did like the mixture of styles presented on here, but whilst some songs I enjoyed, a lot I wasn't all that bothered by
Willie Nelson
3/5
This was a nice relaxing album, and although I'm not sure if there are many cover bangers in here. However I found it very "backgroundish" - I think there are other WN songs I enjoy more (as demonstrated once Spotify started to play recommendations after the end of the album)
Jorge Ben Jor
5/5
Um álbum muito divertido
Kings of Leon
2/5
Bland AF
Patti Smith
3/5
Is soothing punk a thing?
Eels
3/5
Half the songs are great, half are just a bit meh.
Tom Waits
3/5
Gravelly voice, plinketty plonk fingers, jazz club whooping. Hubba bubba.
Various Artists
2/5
I could probably be reluctantly persuaded to listen to this once a year before swiftly moving on with my life
Pixies
3/5
Some great songs on here (and boobies)
Underworld
3/5
Would have been great if I was attending a night club in the Matrix
Tim Buckley
2/5
Inoffensive, but can't say it had much of an impact
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Non stop bops
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
A good groove to this, enjoyable driving album
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Not very interesting
Curtis Mayfield
2/5
Curtis can do better than this
Dolly Parton
4/5
By golly it's Dolly. Half an hour is a perfect length for this before outstaying it's welcome
Genesis
3/5
Enjoyed this more than I expected (although I don't really know what I expected). Suspect that this would grow with more plays
The Who
3/5
I am whelmed. A mixed bag of classic Who and covers, but I think I was expecting more?
MGMT
4/5
Mostly Gives Mellifluous Tunage
The United States Of America
3/5
Quite a broad mix going on here, generally enjoyed it
The National
2/5
Great music to help cure insomnia
Rufus Wainwright
1/5
Want None
David Bowie
3/5
This was the album I had in my car CD player for a few weeks in c2013, and I don't think my opinion has changed since then - the middle drags the album from some fantastic pop hits into something more arty and I'm not sure that that the result is better than the sum of its parts.
Soft Machine
3/5
Can't believe they had the opportunity to have multiple 20 minute songs and they choked 4 times. I had no idea what was going on in this album, and I liked it. Moon in June is the weakest of the collection - could have otherwise been a 4
CHIC
4/5
An excellent album, although some of the second half not quite achieving banger status
Sam Cooke
4/5
This was fun
New Order
3/5
I think I was waiting for Blue Monday and it never came
Beastie Boys
4/5
Humpty Dumpty was a big fat egg
Throbbing Gristle
2/5
The problem with rating things with whole numbers out of 5 is that it struggles to capture the nuance of the score. I can certainly understand why it would be rated 1/5 en masse using this scoring system, but it certainly isn't the worst on the list. That said, I don't think there is anything on here worth revisiting, and (not that it should influence the rating of the music), hard to ignore the album cover looks like a photo in the Epstein files.
Parliament
4/5
Pretty funky
Sheryl Crow
3/5
It was alright, I did have some fun, but not too much fun
Charles Mingus
3/5
I really enjoyed listening to this yesterday, and then listened again today and enjoyed it less so. Maybe I need the background of a kitchen to bring it to life
Eagles
3/5
Good opener, then they decided to take it easy
Big Star
2/5
A whole lot of nothing
Public Enemy
4/5
I did in fact turn it up and bring the noise and it was quite delightful
Sufjan Stevens
2/5
I did not realise that Slade was such an international cultural reference point. Notwithstanding that, I can't say I felt much noise in this
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Oof. What a debut
T. Rex
3/5
An impressively rigid naming structure to songs. Album did start to drag a bit
Jerry Lee Lewis
5/5
Lots of energy, the baby loved it
Al Green
4/5
Smoother than a freshly plastered wall
John Martyn
3/5
I prematurely came for the Big Muff but was left disappointed. Inoffensive album but didn't do much for me.
The Velvet Underground
2/5
I listened to this twice and I still can't remember anything about it
Dead Kennedys
4/5
More relevant than ever?
De La Soul
4/5
I didn't think that I would recognise so much of this
The Youngbloods
4/5
I was very confused when I was expecting to hear YUNGBLUD. This is a fun album, with a bit of everything
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
I think this should have been more fun
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Probably good but I just didn't care for it enough. Perhaps a different view on a different day.
Black Sabbath
4/5
This does slap, although lacking in certified bangers
Björk
2/5
I can confirm that this sounded like Bjork
Meat Puppets
3/5
This was alright? Not sure why on the list
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
Started more exciting than it ended
Stan Getz
4/5
Couldn't even stop raining for me to listen to this
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
There is definitely something here worth listening to, but need to be in the right mood. Trip hop is not the one when full of cold
Paul Simon
4/5
A broad spectrum of enjoyable songs.
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
I made it about half way through track two before I had a look to see how much longer this album would be. Not terrible, but found this a chore to listen to.
Madonna
2/5
Hmmmm. Opens strongly, and then it just sort of meanders into mediocrity. I was expecting more. Hard to give it a higher score.
Death In Vegas
3/5
Solid commuting music
Eagles
3/5
The highs are high, but there is a lot of plain stuff here
Goldfrapp
3/5
Not a "bad" album, but not enough excitement for me. In the right mood I can see this being better received
Tom Waits
3/5
Another low octane album that doesn't offer much in terms of thrills but nothing inherently off-putting about it.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Sure sounds like CCR
The Magnetic Fields
2/5
I admire the vision, but this was a giant mound of "meh"
Klaxons
4/5
Didn't realise that they crammed all these known tracks onto a single album. I'm feeling generous.
Shivkumar Sharma
2/5
Hello, yes it is I, the uncultured swine. This is difficult to rate. It wasn't "bad", but I'm not rushing back to listen to it again. I also have no idea if I listened to the intended version of this album.
Blur
3/5
Front-loaded. Was hoping for some unknown-to-me-juicy-booty but alas that was not to be
Neil Young
2/5
Bit of a mixed bunch, but nothing to elevate to greatness.
Tori Amos
2/5
Didn't really care for this, other than "Leather"
Kanye West
3/5
I enjoyed the first half more than the second - overall a decent debut, if this young man can work on his stamina then I have a feeling things are looking up.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Chef's kiss. This album is stacked
PJ Harvey
4/5
This was a grower for me, but ended up really enjoying it
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Probably deserves a higher rating but I cba
Blondie
4/5
An impressively dense album of hits
Cowboy Junkies
2/5
I feel like most of the lifeforce and energy in my body has been sucked out by this album. I don't actively dislike it, but I don't see a reason for me to listen to this again
The Byrds
2/5
I'm starting to get the impression that I don't enjoy a lot of country
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
As iconic as it is, I think this falls short of greatness
Cheap Trick
3/5
It's ok. Not sure how/why this was so acclaimed - maybe I need a deeper knowledge of the Cheap Trick back catalogue
The Soft Boys
4/5
Don't think I'd ever heard of The Soft Boys before, but I enjoyed this album.
Tom Waits
2/5
I appreciate that this sounds quite different from the other TW albums we have heard so far, but this was particularly entertaining
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
It's a solid album, but doesn't really stand out
3/5
More country. This one was at least a bit more enjoyable
The Avalanches
3/5
I was hoping to discover some more gems on here bit nothing else quite reaches the heights of Frontier Psychiatrist
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
3/5
It was fine I guess?
Buffalo Springfield
2/5
I thought Buffalo Springfield was one of those bands who had loads of hits you just didn't realise. But, no, they have one, and its not on this album. Wouldn't bother with this again
Wilco
3/5
Ranged from enjoyable to forgettable.
Cocteau Twins
2/5
I came in with high expectations, but this was a bit of a nothing album
Bobby Womack
2/5
It was ok, and I imagine that it has a place in the right circumstances, but this did not meet my Monday morning energy boost requirements
Os Mutantes
4/5
All over the place in the best way possible
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
This is fun, oh wait a minute I know that song! Solid stuff
Tom Tom Club
3/5
Better start than end
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
Another one where I am not sure why it is on the list
Ice T
3/5
I think I was expecting a bit more
Elton John
3/5
Songs are better than the album art
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Certainly experimental, but there is better Zappa. Doubt I'd listen again, but i wasn't clawing my ears off
Randy Newman
4/5
This one grew on me over time. Took me about a third of the album before I recognised his voice
The Temptations
3/5
Probably deserves higher, but meh
Nick Drake
3/5
Nothing wrong with the album, it just doesn't jingle my jangles
Aimee Mann
3/5
A fairly solid 90s pop album
Buck Owens
3/5
Better than some of the other country that we have listened to
Supertramp
3/5
I enjoyed this more on a second listen through. A fun album for the electric piano enthusiast
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
4/5
Never heard of them before, but a pleasant find
Pixies
5/5
Fantastic start, that started to slow towards the end, but I'm on holiday so why not
Suede
3/5
Suede don't do much to raise a heart rate. Thought the album was picking up at the end before realising Spotify was now doing suggestions
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Some more seminal 70s punk
Moby
4/5
The front half of the album contains the hits, but overall this is a very chill hour. Scores higher for listening by the pool in the sun
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Was not feeling this Stevie
Fatboy Slim
5/5
When I was about 8 we were allowed to bring in our favourite song to listen to in class. Being cheeky I played the double bill of Right Here Right Now / Rockefeller Skank. I do remember the panic though to rush to the CD player before the rather less child friendly track 3 played
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
Of its era. Marking down as I'm back at work
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Struggled to rate this one - I suspect I have rated harshly as I prefer other Hendrix output
Sister Sledge
4/5
This is stacked
The Clash
3/5
I think I expected to like this more than I did, but can't put my finger on why.
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
I enjoyed this, but did feel it was quite long and quite samey. Suspect it might grow with more listens
The Police
3/5
Mixed bag, but there is definitely an underlying groove running through some of the tracks
The Byrds
2/5
There wasn't really anything on this that would make me want to relisten
Common
2/5
Another fairly boring one for me
The Police
2/5
Best track last, but not enough to save this album
Regatta > Synchronicity
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5/5
Nostalgia playing a heavy hand here, but this is solid throughout
Turbonegro
4/5
This could have been an early THPS soundtrack
Pantera
4/5
I think i have cooled a bit on Pantera since having a greatest hits CD in circulation in my car as a teen. However I'd be hard-pressed to name another album that describes itself so succinctly
5/5
Solid as a rock
Bon Jovi
4/5
The bangers here make up for some of the drearier tracks
Sepultura
4/5
Good to see that Brazil is not just represented by Samba on the list, although I do have some questions - there are 30 "metal" albums on the the list (half of which are a bit dubious), and so two of them being Sepultura, and one of those being this album rather than Chaos AD, is odd. This is a solid thrash album. Rating boosted by existing prejudices
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
I thought that I had listened to this album before, but I had zero recognition of some of the tracks.
Dennis Wilson
3/5
I actually quite liked this, but it just went on a bit too long
Pearl Jam
5/5
Fantastic debut
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
It was ok
The Cardigans
4/5
For some reason I thought it said this was released in 1976 which massively confused me. Then I was caught off guard by the opening of Black Sabbath, and then later the full cover of Iron Man. I enjoyed this
Arcade Fire
4/5
Another AF album I slept on
TLC
2/5
Sounded like a standard 90s pop album, albeit with a couple of belters - not sure that I'd bother with the whole album again
Beatles
3/5
They definitely became more interesting with time
Soundgarden
4/5
Grunge like treacle
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Funk is funk. I have already forgotten the whole album however
Moby Grape
3/5
This started off as "why on earth is this on the list", but slowly ascended into something I actually quite enjoyed. Maybe if I listened again I'd enjoy the first half more, but it is what it is.
Ray Charles
3/5
Upon reflection, I got my Ray Charles and my Charles Wright mixed up. Amateur hour.
Calexico
2/5
I did not care much for this - don't really know what it was trying to be
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
I was not born in the USA. Dragged up by a few hits
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
The Doors
4/5
Can't go too wrong with playing with your organ for extended periods of time
Hüsker Dü
2/5
I was bored before I got to the end of track 3, and then there were 17 more songs. I imagine that this is an album that sounds better Live.
Cee Lo Green
2/5
Not for me
Nirvana
4/5
Very good, but not quite as consistent as Nevermind. My wife did not enjoy.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
In one ear and straight out the other. Quite samey, but probably deserves more
Michael Jackson
4/5
He's got some good bops, but this comes down to personal taste
Oasis
4/5
Close but no cigar(ettes & alcohol)
TV On The Radio
3/5
Pleasant background indie
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
I don't feel like this ever got anywhere. Needed more oomph
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Brucey just isn't very interesting
GZA
2/5
Maybe I should have paid more attention to the lyrics
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
I found this to be a bit tiring
Garbage
3/5
Not garbage. Some gold, but also lots of beige
Mike Oldfield
3/5
Not entirely consistent, but it had its moments. Mid part 2 was solid
4/5
I really really really wanna zig-a-zig-stardust
Saint Etienne
3/5
I can hear you Clem Fandango. Otherwise a bit non-descript, but chill
Beatles
3/5
A bit bland
Dr. Octagon
2/5
Entirely unremarkable
Rufus Wainwright
1/5
Want two get my hour back
AC/DC
5/5
Yes
3/5
I was somewhat charmed by the eccentricity, but did grow a bit tired by the end
The Cramps
3/5
Rockabilly? Don't know - I enjoyed this but knocking downa poin t becuase it felt too long
Talking Heads
3/5
Maybe sufferred from fatigue from going striaght into this from teh Cramps
Joni Mitchell
2/5
I was bored
The Fall
3/5
I listened to this a second time and it seemed like a completely different album. Maybe I was paying more attention
Portishead
4/5
Such a densely packed album