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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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The Grand Tour
George Jones
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5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
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Joan Baez
Joan Baez
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5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
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Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
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4 | 2.03 | +1.97 |
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Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
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5 | 3.34 | +1.66 |
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
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5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
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Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
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5 | 3.42 | +1.58 |
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Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
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4 | 2.46 | +1.54 |
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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
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5 | 3.46 | +1.54 |
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
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5 | 3.51 | +1.49 |
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3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
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5 | 3.59 | +1.41 |
You Love Less Than Most
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
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1 | 3.32 | -2.32 |
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Revolver
Beatles
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2 | 4.23 | -2.23 |
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Only By The Night
Kings of Leon
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1 | 3.22 | -2.22 |
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Rubber Soul
Beatles
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2 | 4.11 | -2.11 |
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Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
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1 | 2.97 | -1.97 |
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The White Room
The KLF
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1 | 2.78 | -1.78 |
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With The Beatles
Beatles
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2 | 3.65 | -1.65 |
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Morrison Hotel
The Doors
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2 | 3.58 | -1.58 |
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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
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2 | 3.57 | -1.57 |
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
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2 | 3.54 | -1.54 |
5-Star Albums (22)
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Cyndi Lauper · 1 likes
3/5
80s but in a good way.
1-Star Albums (4)
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Radiohead
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
SOOOO many hits!
David Bowie
3/5
The Waterboys
2/5
Some interesting songs but most turned into jam band drivel.
Crowded House
2/5
Terminally 80s 90s. Not a lot of standouts but nice listening.
Cocteau Twins
2/5
New age drivel
James Brown
4/5
All the energy and passion. What would it have been like to be in that concert.
Talking Heads
2/5
Definitely talking heads. Good for five minutes but I don’t want a whole album of it.
The KLF
1/5
That 808 drum early 90s German hip hop kinda sound? Not for me.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
I like the honky tonk vibes but a lot of the songs are meh
Mylo
2/5
Fancy. Kind of reminded me of daft punk?
SAULT
4/5
Great black pride celebration album. Would listen again.
Arcade Fire
2/5
Decent but generic hipster music. Not bad listening.
Patti Smith
3/5
Really poetic writing.
Common
2/5
Rap caviar. Some good writing but a lot of it stated to sound the same after Al while.
The Band
4/5
The band is so good. And some really classic songs. The weight never gets old. And I shall be released. Chef’s kiss.
David Bowie
4/5
Very good! Not a lot of songs but solid ones.
Simply Red
2/5
Soft rock from the 80s. Not bad for background music.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Solid classic rock. Some familiar, a lot new to me.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Great classic metal album!
Arrested Development
3/5
One of the better early 90s hip-hop albums I’ve heard. More sophisticated than some and had a lot of social justice themes.
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
EW&F have so much energy and great horns. Fun album
Snoop Dogg
4/5
Snoop really did change the game. Such a good album
Al Green
4/5
So groovy!
Black Sabbath
4/5
Maybe as good as Paranoid. Great balance of loud rock and quiet, more psychedelic songs like Changes.
The Charlatans
2/5
Not bad. But kind of sounds like off brand oasis. Not a lot of notable songs.
The Thrills
3/5
That soft hipster sound combined with a country twang and trap.
Tim Buckley
3/5
A lot like Don McLean but less catchy. A happy hippy album though.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Crazy good songs on this album. Two or threes others were insufferably long but for the most part, amazing album.
Steve Earle
3/5
Better than most 80s country. I like the song fearless heart.
The Pogues
1/5
This kind of music has very limited applications. I can’t understand how many anyone can listen to a whole album of it. Every song sounds the same.
The Smiths
3/5
Solid album. Pretty 80s though. The Smiths have a much softer sound than I imagined.
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
Great country album. Good lyrics.
Black Sabbath
5/5
A great album all the way around
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Good, punkish but not in an annoying way.
Stevie Wonder
2/5
How come so much Stevie Wonder sounds like Christmas Pop?
The Dictators
3/5
Fun and funny. Punk that actually requires some talent.
Ice Cube
3/5
Enjoyable. Had his hits and some societal commentary.
Thin Lizzy
2/5
I’m glad to get to know Thin Lizzy better but why is this on this list? It’s a very mediocre live album.
2/5
Guess I never listened to a lot of Spirit. Sounds like a cheap version of three dog night or Emerson lake Palmer or something like that.
Sebadoh
3/5
Nice range of sounds.
Rod Stewart
3/5
Some songs really long and repetitious. But good sound.
Pink Floyd
4/5
I guess what makes this album so good is how the songs seemly bleed into one another. I do wish there were fewer shrill sounds in this album. Makes it hard to listen to.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
This is a spoken word album with ambient sounds in the background. I think it was trying to tell a story, but I couldn’t really follow it. The voice drone on and on like the sounds in the background. I’d like to give it another try while reading the words. Three stars for at least sounding creative.
Beatles
2/5
The Beatles really exemplify the fact that just because you’re the first to do something doesn’t make you the best.
The Isley Brothers
5/5
Fantastic album! Every song is a banger and the arrangements are so well done.
Genesis
3/5
This was too long to finish in one day but it was interesting and good in the right mood. Lots of it felt like it was from a movie score.
Tori Amos
3/5
I like the piano and orchestration. Some cool sounding songs. Glad to know more Tori Amos.
Ramones
3/5
There’s some bops (ha) on this one. Good for punk.
SZA
2/5
This was pretty good. I expected more energy though.
Van Morrison
2/5
Ugh. White guy blues. I stopped half way though. Apparently it wasn’t too late.
Beastie Boys
5/5
This really shows off the range that the beastie boys have. Very good album.
Tracy Chapman
5/5
Amazing writing and unique voice.
David Holmes
3/5
Pretty good for an instrumental album. But it’s still an instrumental album.
Khaled
4/5
I liked this a lot more than I thought! Very accessible even not knowing the language.
Black Sabbath
3/5
I don’t understand why this is on a list of greatest albums. This album is notable because of how mediocre it is. It’s only interesting because it’s before Black Sabbath found their sound later that year with the paranoid album. Why is this on this list?
Blue Cheer
2/5
Every song was okay for the first quarter then they just started shredding on the guitars for WAYYY too long. At least the album was short.
Stan Getz
4/5
Smooth and jazzy, cool and classic. This was a great thing to listen to on a chill morning.
The Beach Boys
5/5
Classic beach boys. This was on my best albums list too.
Parliament
4/5
Fun album. Saturated with funk.
Mariah Carey
2/5
Mariah Carey doesn’t do much for me because it is sappy and not very memorable,but I suppose this album had some hints of late 90s nostalgia.
The Jam
3/5
Brit rock with a little bit of variety. Hadn’t ever heard of this band before.
Portishead
4/5
Love this album. Smooth dark and sexy.
Blondie
4/5
Love this album. Timeless sounding rock.
Blur
4/5
Not going to win any prizes in lyricism but it’s a fun album with a variety of sounds.
Holger Czukay
3/5
Interesting avant-garde pop. Only four songs but they’re each 20 minutes long. I liked discovering this guy and related artists like U-she.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4/5
I really like this album! Very complex and creative and lots of music that I didn’t know I know.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
I did not expect to like this album because sometime Hendrix is too much guitar squiggle but it was really good!
Mike Oldfield
3/5
Like most people I didn’t know this past the exorcist and pure moods. It was really an interesting listen. Lots of variety and dynamic energy.
Derek & The Dominos
2/5
A lot of people say Clapton is a good guitarist and that may be technically true. But all his music sounds like three drunk alley cats in a fight. The last two songs were okay.
Beck
3/5
A little more tame than Beck’s earlier stuff. Some catchy songs though.
Baaba Maal
3/5
I didn’t understand the words but it’s got lots of songs with great sounds.
Björk
3/5
I like the theatricality of Björk
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
It’s a good album. I grew up on it.
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
New Wave slop.
Paul Simon
4/5
Can’t believe I’ve never listened to this whole album. Not AS good as his other but still it’s Paul Simon.
Elliott Smith
2/5
I don’t know why Elliot Smith is so hard to get into.
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
It’s hard to listen to a whole album of 80s hip hop but there’s lots of good songs including the collaboration with Aerosmith.
Gorillaz
4/5
Great breakout album. Really set the pace for the Gorillaz’ original sounds.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Starts off strong and has lots of good songs.
Billy Joel
4/5
So many good songs to sing a long to! A bit heavy on the saxophone though.
Green Day
3/5
Through all the nostalgia it’s easy to forget that Green Day makes such garbage music until you have to listen to an entire album.
The Doors
3/5
I didn’t realize the doors did this much bluesy sound. But the other parts vibe pretty good. I’m always floored by what a bad lyricist he was.
Supergrass
2/5
There were a couple of good songs on this album but most of it was just noisy punk.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
What a crazy and dark album! I really liked it. It reminded me of a reimagined old country album.
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
80s but in a good way.
Alanis Morissette
5/5
How can so many radio hits make up such a good concept album??
Fats Domino
3/5
I never could find anything about this album. Only a Spotify playlist. I’m not sure how to rank an album that isn’t an album.
The Clash
2/5
Pretty good for Brit punk. Some songs listenable. London calling is better.
Nick Drake
2/5
Never heard of him. Kinda hippie and kinda jazzy? Kinda unremarkable.
The Triffids
2/5
This is a really sappy album. Some songs are fine (but bland) and some are downright annoying. I wish such a cool band name had been used on a better band.
The Bees
4/5
I had never heard of the bees, but this is a very good album. Lots of variety.
Common
2/5
The “intro” song was the best of the album. The music here isn’t bad but it’s just not very exciting rap.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
This is a beautiful and haunting farewell album. Cohenbis such a goat.
Fishbone
2/5
Part punk, ska, metal. Some social commentary. An interesting one time listen.
Gene Clark
3/5
Decent singer songwriter stuff but didn’t really keep my attention on this one listen.
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
Great album. Beautiful and creative.
Laura Nyro
3/5
Very dynamic. Enjoy the brass. Vocals are kinda busy.
The Incredible String Band
3/5
Very creative. Scottish but with a lot of eastern influence.
The White Stripes
5/5
It’s cool. It’s funny. It’s sweet. It’s got variety. And it rocks.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Great songs and you can see a bridge between rock n roll and metal.
Minutemen
4/5
Did not expect to like this one! Fun lyrics, hard rock and beautiful instrumentals. One song was a really bad recording of a live song but other than that, solid album.
Mercury Rev
3/5
Very chill album. Decent variety.
Eagles
4/5
Lots of good songs and harmonies.
The La's
3/5
I thought this two disk album was super long but they had the same 12 songs re-recorded about 5 different ways. I don’t know that the songs were strong enough to listen to that many times.
Ella Fitzgerald
5/5
I just don’t think there’s a better pairing than Fitz and Gershwin.
Can
4/5
Enjoyed this mostly instrumental sound album. Creative and chill. Good for a morning commute.
Fleetwood Mac
2/5
I usually like Fleetwood Mac. I just couldn’t get into this album. Kinda bland.
Aerosmith
3/5
Not for me all the time but love the harmonies and there’s some solid songs.
Alice Cooper
4/5
Good album full of metal and rock n roll. There was even a musical number from west side story.
Isaac Hayes
3/5
45 min album with 4 songs! Wouldn’t listen to this kind of music all the time but enjoyed the soul.
Butthole Surfers
2/5
I liked their later stuff more but I’m sure this was a completely new sounds in 87.
Beatles
2/5
The least annoying Beatles album I’ve heard.
Tim Buckley
2/5
And hello goodbye Tim Buckley seemed like he was pretending to be a folk singer. In this album, it seems like he is pretending to be a blue singer. Many of the songs just turn into him hollering or jabbering. The Hong Kong song was okay.
Herbie Hancock
2/5
I’m glad there are people who enjoy listening to acid jazz. But I’m not really one of them. After the first few minutes of each song I kinda started to get irritated.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
First off, I couldn’t find this album anywhere. Best I could find were playlists people had assembled. So I don’t know how much like the original album it is. Second, I’ve listened to a fair amount of Beefheart but not this one. This one seemed like it was intentionally obnoxious.
ABBA
3/5
I didn’t recognize most of these songs, but it was undeniably ABBA.
David Bowie
4/5
This album got better and better as it went along. Most of the songs moved into the next seamlessly.
Robert Wyatt
2/5
This would have been a good album if it had been instrumental and cut the sax. As it was the saxophone was irritating and the vocals didn’t add much.
Nina Simone
4/5
Nina Simone has all the passion. No one else has passion because she has it all. Every song is great on this album. My one complaint is that some of the songs fade out so abruptly it’s jolting.
Sonic Youth
3/5
This is better than the other sonic youth album I heard. This one is way less shrill and screechy.
Blur
3/5
I think blur is some high quality Brit rock. While not all the songs on this album are memorable it’s a smooth list almost the whole way through.
Bee Gees
3/5
I only know The Bee Gees as disco kings so this album of songs that sound like Beatles b-sides was a surprise. I enjoyed the strings and the vocal harmonies.
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Pleasant listening. Very calming.
The Notorious B.I.G.
3/5
Albums like this seem to be an evolutionary step of hip hop. I like the scripted tracks sprinkled in.
Haircut 100
3/5
A huge variety of instruments here (although an excessive amount of tenor sax). I bet this would have been a heck of a live concert back in the day— lots of energy.
Adele
4/5
Must be one of the top break up albums of all time. All the soul. Also love the cover of Lovesong.
Public Enemy
3/5
This album gets better as it goes on. There some good instrumentals. Still, a little early 90s hip hop goes a long way.
Muddy Waters
3/5
Muddy Waters is classic. Even though it was a live album it was fun to listen to.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Feels like a cross between new wave and grunge. A lot of sameness though.
David Gray
3/5
Sappy and 90s but good listening.
The Beach Boys
3/5
Kind of socially conscious but in kind of stilted ways? And a lot of it is lacking that strong beach boys harmony. Still, it’s good chill listening.
Dennis Wilson
2/5
The most notable quality of this album is its length— nearly 2 hours. Past that, this album is benignly forgettable.
Metallica
4/5
A fantastic and pure metal album.
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Although Wayne Coyne’s vocals are whiny there is still some great variety and dynamics in this album.
Dire Straits
3/5
This album in a yo-yo. Some songs are fire and others garbage. It averages out to a passing grade though.
Miles Davis
3/5
I don’t really have the musical knowledge to enjoy this kind of music as an active listener but I did like having it on in the background.
Love
4/5
Variety, energy, soul— this album has it all. Would def listen again.
Johnny Cash
5/5
Really cool album with some Cash staples. I love hearing the interactions between Cash and the inmates.
Dire Straits
3/5
This list gave me two dire straits albums in 5 days with is a bit much. This one though is much better. A mysterious mellow sound that seems like it’s waiting to bust out of the box.
Gene Clark
3/5
I like the southern rock vibes. Very Eagles.
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4/5
Really cool r&b. Lots of energy and variety of instruments (like all the instruments). Good listen.
Beck
4/5
Classic Beck. Lots of great energetic songs punctuated by a slow song I’d never heard but really enjoyed.
Julian Cope
3/5
I’m surprised I never heard this before. It’s very good. There’s great variety in sound and style. That album is crazy long. 2.5 hours is too long.
Venom
3/5
Usually, I’m not into extreme metal but this one is very approachable. The songs don’t all sound the same which is a relief. The album is clearly a great influence on all metal that came after.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
A very solid album with super hits on it.
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
So. Many. Horns. It’s like a high school marching band added on a Bowie impressionist vocalist. None of this is to say it’s bad. It’s very good. Lots of energy. One song (Thankfully Living in Yorkshire…) sounds like it’s straight out of a Beck album.
Kings of Leon
1/5
Who put this garbage album on this list?
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
So much to listen to! Psychedelic to the max. There may be more spoken words than music.
ZZ Top
3/5
Fun, classic rock and roll.
2/5
It’s possible that this concert had some historical or cultural importance. Wish I could’ve been there. MC5 has really fun music. But it is hard to get a good recording of a live performance. I’m giving this two stars because some of it managed to sound like music.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Dylan is Dylan. Long songs with no bridge. Intricate lyrics through the nasally talk-singing voice. He’s good but there’s a lot of sameness.
Beatles
2/5
Listening to The Beatles is developmentally appropriate for highschoolers who think listening to “old music“ will make them more interesting. That being said revolver is one of the more palatable albums by The Beatles.
Sade
3/5
Very chill. Made for a good morning commute listen.
George Jones
5/5
This must be the ideal sad country album.
Coldcut
2/5
I bet this music would be great live and in-person. On the album though all the songs sound basically the same.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
The live recording isn’t the best and there’s too much screeching on the guitar for my taste. But boy it’s hard to beat the voice of Janis. The R. Crumb cover art is fun to look at also.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4/5
I bet this was a pretty fantastic concert to be at. So much of the music is truly beautiful. I loved the organ opening and the Nutcracker closing. The music was very diverse. I only wish had been a studio recording.
Joan Baez
5/5
Hauntingly beautiful. Every song is storytelling perfection. Even a Spanish song.
MGMT
4/5
Filled with 2000s hipster anthems this album is both a fun and easy listen. Also, lots of nostalgia for me.
Wild Beasts
3/5
Soft. Pleasant. New to me. Could use an up beat song in there somewhere.
Ice T
3/5
More creative than I was expecting. A good amount of social justice and fun. Also, he had a track that was a metal song.
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
Man the Irish sure do know how to make music woeful.
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
I liked axis a little better. This is more typical Jimi Hendrix psychedelic wiggly squiggly guitar. But when you’re in the mood this hits the spot.
The xx
2/5
Traffic
3/5
Very classic late 60s hippy music. Some good songs like medicated goo.
Michael Jackson
4/5
Some of the most danceable hot of all time. The only reason this doesn’t get 5 stars is because of that terrible floating turd “the girl is mine.” Whose idea was that?
Talking Heads
3/5
Sometimes talking heads can wear obnoxious after a while but this album was less intense.
Jethro Tull
4/5
Love the blending of styles and variety of sounds. Long album though.
Heaven 17
3/5
Decent 80s vibe. I liked the anti fascist themes and lyrics.
CHIC
4/5
Fun funky disco. Some recognizable hits and plenty of variety.
The Fall
2/5
This is okay as far as punk goes. At least a person can pick out a melody. Still, pretty hard to listen to.
Sonic Youth
2/5
There’s nothing wrong with Sonic youth or this album. It’s just kind of bland.
3/5
Pretty good 90s rock. Not a lot of variety though.
Pink Floyd
5/5
Near perfect album. Definitely Floyd’s best. Dynamic music with a through storyline.
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Marvin is a real vibe and a good one at that. This album may be a little heavy on the spoken word songs though.
Culture Club
2/5
Lots of soft rock here. Soft rock and that 80s sax. At least it has Karma Chameleon.
Arcade Fire
2/5
This music is listenable but there’s not a lot of stand outs. I like the through-theme of getting out of the burbs, I guess. The mixing really dampened the vocals so it was hard to understand most of the lyrics.
Deee-Lite
3/5
So very very early 90s. I do think the album got better as it went along.
Sonic Youth
2/5
Every Sonic youth song starts off sounding promising and halfway through turns obnoxious.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Solid album with some notable hits.
Roxy Music
3/5
Not my favorite glam rock but still not bad. 2 or 3 really good songs.
Paul Simon
5/5
Paul Simon is already one of the greatest singer songwriters. Part of what makes this so good is his collaborations particularly with the Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Dusty Springfield
4/5
The master of 60s pop. Dusty’s sound is so iconic. And fun to boot.
Norah Jones
3/5
Sometimes her whisper-singing gets a little tiresome but her music seemed to reinvigorate vocal jazz standards in the culturally barren wastland that was the 2000s.
The Sugarcubes
3/5
This album was really fun and had a lot of energy. It felt like the B-52’s mixed with the cranberries.
Meat Puppets
2/5
Some of the songs on this album (mostly the instrument tracks) were very good. They were dynamic and melodious. But then almost half the tracks were absolutely terrible. Unlistenable.
Miles Davis
3/5
Nice gentle listening.
Van Morrison
3/5
I really enjoy this music. I just can’t help but feel it would be better if it was sung by someone with a fuller, more rich voice.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
4/5
Good sound. Good variety. Need to listen again with the lyrics in front of me.
Iron Maiden
4/5
Iron Maiden knows how to do metal. This album is just packed with great sound and quality music.
The Doors
2/5
The actual music of the doors is not bad for white-guy-blues. There’s LOTS of good piano. The problem with the doors is Van Morrison. He sounds like some guy they picked up off the street who is just making it up as he goes and he’s just drunk enough to think he’s nailing it. Like how he’ll repeat the same line a few times like he thinks it’s clever.
The Electric Prunes
3/5
In a very 60s way it combines silly merriment with an eerie dark vibe
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
I listened to these chill beats on a Saturday morning while drinking coffee and doing my taxes. It was perfect.
David Bowie
5/5
Bowie’s best.
Grateful Dead
4/5
This is my favorite Dead album I’ve heard so far. I like its calm simplicity and pleasant melodies.
John Martyn
3/5
I really enjoyed the singer songwriter-ness of this very pleasant album. Except for the last two songs. They took me out of it a lot.
Amy Winehouse
3/5
The sound of this album is great. Instrumentation and vocals are on point. The subject matter though, especially the first song, remind me of the social toxicity of the 2000s.
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Very cool and smooth sounds with dark and gritty subject matter. Also liked the instrumental tracks.
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Not any of his more fun stuff but a lot of energetic instrumentals.
D'Angelo
2/5
Listening to this album took me back to riding the 6th grade school bus.
Wilco
4/5
I wish I’d discovered Wilco in high school. I think I would have gotten into this album. Four stars because I enjoyed it and would listen again.
3/5
Very 80s sound. Started strong but got tiresome.
Songhoy Blues
4/5
Great guitar, strong vocals, big energy. And also a breath of fresh air to have something a little different on this list ha is absolutely smothered with western music.
The Clash
4/5
Very good rock. It feels ahead of its time.
R.E.M.
3/5
I do like the harmonies.
4/5
Fun album with lots of variety and quality instrumentals.
k.d. lang
3/5
While this album is pleasant to listen to eventually all the songs sounded the same subdued way.
Willie Nelson
5/5
Great storytelling, quality music, legendary performer.
Faust
2/5
some of these tracks are just irritating noises but the rest of them are really good songs interrupted by irritating noises
Dwight Yoakam
4/5
Most of these tracks feel straight out of the golden age of country music. Surprising for an album that came out as late as 1988.
OutKast
5/5
Arguably the best album of the 2000s. Energy, variety, guest stars. It’s got it all. My only complaint is that it’s SOOOOO long.
The Offspring
4/5
Some essential 90s anthems on this album. Great energy. Could have more variety in the sound.
David Ackles
3/5
I like the musical theater-iness of this album.
The Residents
4/5
While other experimental rock bands rely on dissonant, irritating sounds, this album interesting sounds and melodies that are both dark and goofy. I can see how this influenced later acts like Primus. Also shout out to these Shreveport boys.
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Energetic protest album way ahead of its time.
Dead Kennedys
3/5
Pretty good for punk.
N.W.A.
3/5
Some great songs like Express Yourself. Still, the album is about 45 minutes too long.
The Zutons
3/5
Pleasant to listen to. Not overly produced.
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Truly one of the best 90s albums. Beautiful guitar riffs, variety in sounds, memorable lyrics. Incredible album. Unless I can’t be objective because I listened to it on repeat in the 9th grade.
Depeche Mode
4/5
A dark and energetic album.
Van Halen
4/5
Iconic and thoroughly fun this album is packed with hits.
Fleet Foxes
4/5
Calm and folksy with good harmonies.
Shuggie Otis
2/5
Pleasant to listen to but not a lot of stand outs.
David Crosby
3/5
I generally like David Crosby this one wasn’t super memorable though.
The Who
3/5
An album with some killer songs (and one or two that are pretty mediocre). There were also a bunch of random live recordings at the end.
Radiohead
3/5
While still not as good as Ok Computer this album is better than I remembered.
Leonard Cohen
5/5
He’s definitely in the top three best singer songwriters. This album has some of his most iconic songs and he was just getting warmed up in ‘67.
2/5
Yes’ music is sometimes pretty and at times they have a good variety of instruments. However their songs are too long and have too many squiggly quotas.
The Police
3/5
Some songs are well known classics and some are better than others. Enjoy the variety and patented Police harmonies.
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Very generic synth pop. Seems like this sound would have been pretty tired and played out by 1990.
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
I didn’t know movie sound tracks could make it on this list! This was very fun with a good mix of instrumental tracks and vocal tracks.
Bill Callahan
2/5
I usually like this vaguely folksy singer songwriter stuff. The music was pleasant but his lyrics are abysmal.
2/5
Good energy. But the songs were pretty long and jammy.
Pere Ubu
3/5
There is so much variety in this album— some I liked, some. It so much. Still it was interesting and entertaining and, I imagine, pretty groundbreaking for the 70s.
Joe Ely
3/5
I enjoyed listening to this. Even average country music in the 70s was pretty dang good.
Meat Loaf
5/5
If you told me this is the greatest album of all time, I wouldn’t argue.
The Pharcyde
2/5
It was pretty enjoyable for the first 4 or 5 tracks but then it started getting pretty tiresome.
Black Flag
2/5
I can imagine a time and a place for punk, but in general it’s not very pleasant to listen to.
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
This is definitely vibing music. I enjoyed almost all of it. One of the last tracks got pretty repetitive though.
Steely Dan
3/5
Pleasant dad rock.
Koffi Olomide
3/5
It’s fun and lively! Once or twice it dips into a little of that early 90s r&b.
Everything But The Girl
1/5
If anyone is ever feeling too wistful and nostalgic about the 90s, just remind them how much more racist and homophobic it was back then. If that doesn’t snap them out of it, just let them listen to this album. That’ll do the trick.
The War On Drugs
4/5
It’s that 2010s alterna-rock that sometimes nods to the 80s. I was gifted this vinyl years back and it’s always a good listen.
Gillian Welch
4/5
Top shelf music from the modern country era.