Great album and a true classic! Loved it since I was fourteen. It shaped me then - and it still hits hard.
A very lovely album, great instrumentals. Sets the mood fantastically - even in the deepest darkest winter I was able to feel like it's a sunny summer's day. Such a carefree, happy mood. However, reggae is not really my jam and while I really love to hear an occasional song, listening to the whole album all at once felt like it lasts and lasts for too long as the songs are so similar to each other. I'd rate it 4 stars for musicality, lightness and freshness it packs if I was more unbiased by my own tastes, but for my very personal enjoyment it's more like 3 stars. Still a fun and lovely listen!
A true classic. A very cohesive, moody album that is very rewarding to listen. It's been a long time since I listened to a Radiohead album from start to finish - I used to, but eventually I just picked the songs I like the most. In this case, there are so many great ones for me - The Wolf at the Door, There There, We Suck Young Blood, 2+2=5... I'm absolutely glad I revisited Hail to the Thief in all its melancholic glory.
Not something I would put myself on voluntarily as it's not really my thing, but it's a fun and easy listen. Funk is inherently a fun and instrumentals-focused genre, and I had fun and I enjoyed the instrumental parts.
Oh my, I'm so happy to get this here! One of my favourite albums, and among Metallica's greatest - and they have lots of great albums. Love every minute of it. True classic.
It's actually a very fun album to listen to!
Oh wow, this is amazing! Such a fun album. So glad this came up and I was able to listen to it and to fall in love with it.
Oh my, I used to listen to this album so much at school! A very cozy album for me, lots of great memories. To me Dire Straits is quintessential background music - but I mean it in the best way as it just fits, just like an old cozy sweater.
Was actually quite good. Unfortunately, I was busy the whole day and couldn't give it the most proper attention and just had it on background while doing other things, so I can't comment on lyrics or anything in particular, but sonically it felt like a good punk album. Might take a closer listen again later.
Oh my, my second favourite PJ Harvey's album!!! (My biggest favourite is To Bring You My Love and my third favourite is Uh Huh Her, both unfortunately NOT in this list. Shame, shame, shame. My biggest reccomendations to listen to these too if you liked this one!)
Honestly, I think this is probably her best album. It all sounds so fresh, so cohesive and never boring. Every song is superb. Storytelling is great. I just love this album so much and for so long.
Oh boy. I mean, I get it. The whole premise is very ambitious and kinda brilliant. But the execution is subpar, and the outcome is this very bloated almost three hour ordeal with the most annoying music, infuriating production and unfinished songs sung by people who can't really sing.
I guess it's not unexpected that I found the whole thing very grating on my nerves.
I mean, alright, some tunes were kinda cute and some lyrics were kinda funny, but those cute and fun parts just drown in the sea of the most annoying music I have listened to lately.
Had it been shorter, I would have given this 2 stars. Maybe even 3 for those rare flashes of brilliance and humour. But the whole album felt like 2 hours and 45 minutes of torture to me. My first 1 star rating.
Actually quite good. At some point I forgot that I'm specifically listening to the album and just vibed with it.
Interesting album, important messages. Lots of collaborators. I liked the slightly jazzy beat. Alright, Momma and The Blacker the Berry were standouts for me. Mortal Man in the end really ties the album together.
There are hits here. Overall a very fine music with the ability to summon chill vibes and the heat of summer to your home.
Ohhh, that's a great classic album! Love it
I do enjoy post punk, and I did enjoy this album, too.
Nice and easy listening.
It's alright, not the best reggae I ever heard, but sounds nice enough to listen to.
A fun and fresh listen! They sound something like The Rolling Stones meets Kiss, and also I can hear how influential The Dolls should have been to the whole post punk scene. I found the album enjoyable.
You can say it's overplayed, you can say it's overrated, but it's such a good album - and it did not get old!
A classic that started so much. I don't personally enjoy this too much but I really respect it.
I actually have a thing for 60s classic rock. I thoroughly enjoyed this, and the final 20 minutes song that was full of guitar, drums and even sax solos was a blast.
Haven't listened to drum and bass for quite a while, and that's a good album. Quite nice as background music!
Very nice to listen to and instantly danceable - it's fun! And it's also very well made instrumentally, too.
A perfectly listenable rock album, and I do love rock music, so I cannot give it less than 3 stars - and yet, it's such a generic rock album I cannot give it more than 3 stars. I liked the songs where they tried to sound like Nirvana and disliked the more mellow, ballad-like songs of theirs. Get Free was the standout of the album for me, apparently it is the biggest hit from Highly Evolved, and I'm not surprised. Overall - really not bad, at times even good, but I won't be seeking for more.
I really liked it musically and lyrically, but could not connect with the vocals. Maybe I would need more time with this album.
I absolutely love this album!
I quite like the old school rock. Good instrumentals!
Oh, I have listened to this a lot back at school - on a CD! A really good album, and to me - quite a nostalgic one. It was such a pleasure to listen to it all from front to back again. A really strong poprock album.
Quite a fun and enjoyable listen!
A very good album! Of course I knew and love quite a bunch of songs from it before, it was fun to listen to it whole from start to finish. I think I'd happily dive into The Smiths deeper as I enjoy their kind of melancholy rock.
A fantastic live album by a fantastic classic / hard rock band. Absolutely magical experience, and probably my favourite version of Child in Time here.
One of my favourite Led Zeppelin albums! Fantastic band, spectacular music. I'm very looking forward to seeing more their albums here:)
It was fun to listen to. Elvis had a lovely voice and sung well, and was charismatic. Not something I would put on and on again, but a nice change of pace.
It's a fresh and fun listen, and I enjoyed it! Gets a bit samey through the course of the album, but is still good.
Quite a fun listen!
I really connected with the soft, soothing Beth Orton's voice and her mellow melodies. I will want to come back to this, for sure.
Such a fun album! We both really enjoyed this one, Tina has a really great voice and know how to use it, and the music itself is very easy and fun to listen. I see why she was / is so popular for so many years!
A melancholic and mellow album, a good one.
I enjoyed it. Each time I listen to some old country I get surprised how much I actually do enjoy it. Who knew. I guess the acoustic instrumentations, rock-adjacent sound and storytelling do it for me.
A fine album with very evocative lyrics. Great to just sit and listen on the bus, like I did.
A folk-punk album? Well, this is fun!
It's a calm listen. Joni is a very evocative lyricist, but the music itself is on the bland side, so you really have to listen to see its beauty. Needs some relistening to appreciate fully.
It's not something I enjoy, but it's something I can appreciate.
It's quite a good post punk album, might listen to it more later
It's definitely not bad, but not something I sincerely enjoy and it felt a bit samey to me. I liked the energy though! I think with the right mood this could be great.
This sounds like great music for retirement home parties.
It's quite a nice indie rock album!
I love PJ Harvey and I like this album as a whole and I adore some of its parts (the title song is phenomenal! I love Dry!), and it's a great listen, but it's not my favourite PJ's album in her discography. (My favourites are To bring you my love, Uh huh her and Stories...) I'll give it a very strong four! It's a good one.
Okay! This is very hard to evaluate, because what do I evaluate here? Is the album interesting and listening to it felt educational and different? Well, yes. Did I enjoy the listening experience, did I like it, was it a rewarding experience, will I want to listen to this again? Well, no. However, I DID laugh at some tracks, and it often felt that the album/musicians are laughing at me, the listener, too, and that was quite an experience. This album feels like it's both pretentious as fuck, silly as fuck and was probably a total blast to create and record and like musicians really had fun. How do you even rate something that feels like one and five stars at once? Let's give it two for my sheer displeasure, but keep in mind that I still think it's worthy to be in this list. Go figure.
I did like it, a very soothing, calming album, beautiful voice, lovely piano. Listened to it twice. Loved the duet with Antony, too.
My inner hipster has tried to find excuses why shouldn't I give 5 stars to this pop album that has been airing everywhere for a decade, but honestly, it's a very good album and a very lovely listen. To hell with pretentiousness and French cuisine, who doesn't love a damn good burger, or, more likely in this case, damn good fish & chips? For sure I do. A damn good pop album and such a beautiful voice.
This is an interesting album by ABBA - I usually only know the hits, and this is an album without them, but it's still very good. I liked "I let the music speak" the most.
I'm always excited for a concept album! However, this time I did not enjoy it that immensely as the lyrics and music could have been more interesting, but still it was an enjoyable listen, cannot say anything bad.
Well, there's nothing wrong but I just did not like it that much.
I remember listening a lot to this album when it came out. I still like it a lot. My favourite song is My Body Is A Cage. A fantastic song.
Quite a nice listen. Did not love it, but did enjoy it quite a lot, a well made album. 3,5 stars, it was hard to decide to round it down or up.
Not exactly my thing, but it's a good and interesting thing.
There is something about hard rock and heavy metal music that just makes me feel at home each time I listen to it. There is no way I could give less than 4 stars for this. Been contemplating 5, too, but decided I just don't love ZZ Top as much as I do Maiden, Sabbath, Deep Purple, Rainbow or Led Zeppelin. But do I enjoy them and this album? Hell yeah I do.
Not something I would choose to listen myself, but it went really good on a peaceful Saturday afternoon.
A breath of fresh air in this project! Glad to hear some more metal here, and Ministry's impact is definitely huge.
A really good album. Will definitely come back to it.
This album is both brilliant and both slightly grating on my nerves at once - but I enjoyed listening to it nevertheless!
Quite a lovely album!
I liked it, for a while I even forgot that I was listening to a new album - it felt just as familiar as my usual classic rock:)
Oh, one of my beloved ones! An absolutely fantastic album.
I liked this
I was really excited at the start of this record but my excitement waned a bit by the end of it. It's an alright album nonetheless!
I knew I enjoyed Ella and most of the classic vocal jazz somewhat, but I was naturally worried if I'll have what it takes to sit through this 3 hour behemoth of the album. Surprisingly, there was nothing to worry about - I loved every minute of it, and also tidied up my room and finished knitting a cowl, all while gently smiling. Wow!
Soul and r'n'b are not my favourite styles so it's hard to evaluate for me, but his voice is truly buttery smooth!
Very nice as a background music.
This was actually refreshingly fun. A different album, a genre fusion, a fresh take. Maybe not something I'll want to revisit, but I'm really glad I got to hear it.
I enjoyed it, truly a lively album.
I like all hard rock, so naturally I enjoyed this too, but as an album that you "should hear before you die" this felt rather bland.
As background music it's quite alright, but for normal listening I found it very annoying.
A beautiful album.
I knew this band from before - but having only listened to the hits I was of impression that it's just another poprock / easy altrock band. However, after listening to this album twice in a row I am completely impressed! Apparently, they do rock hard and they hit hard, too. Great album. So glad it came up here.
A very nice lullaby-ish album.
Objectively I should probably not give this album more than 4 stars, but there's nothing objective about my 2000s nostalgia and my childhood love for Britney. And this is a truly fun pop album, isn't it? You can't be serious all the time, you need some fun, and Britney provides it perfectly.
Another album from my school years! I listened to it quite a lot back then, but I still haven't memorized all the songs apart from the obvious hits and a couple of non-hit favourites (like dreamy and atmospheric Catching the Butterfly) - it just blends into one slightly melancholic, slightly breezy, slightly bittersweet (ha!) gust of wind in my mind. Lovely album, lovely memories.
This is a fantastic album, and one of the very rare instances where my mom showed an album to me, and we both listened and fell in love with this melancholic beauty, so this adds an additional layer to my love for You Want it Darker. I love how soothing Cohen's voice is, and his lyrics are always interesting and worth looking into. Such a great farewell album.
It sounds like parents' music to me. I feel like I, as a full on adult, am not mature enough to like this.
Maybe that's not my style, and maybe I enjoy a bit deeper lyrics and these felt seriously lacking, but that was actually quite fun to listen to. Very danceable. The instruments sound great. Loved the bass especially. 3,5 stars, rounding upwards because it was FUN.
I have a lot of respect and love for Beastie Boys. I've listened to them a ton at my teens, and it's always a blast to hear them again. Very cool, very innovative, and still feels fresh - even after all those years.
A true classic, a joy to my ears.
A very good album.
The title track alone is a fucking masterpiece and is worth 5 stars on the spot. The rest of the album isn't - despite being very imaginative and influential. I have listened to Maggot Brain - both a song and an album - a lot prior to this, and I always come to this conclusion. Therefore let's give it 4 stars.
If I had to describe this style, I'd say it's 90s Eurodance meets 2010s indie rock. However, I did enjoy this quite a lot! And the acoustic versions in the end were also quite a treat.
I quite enjoy Beck.
A really, really, really good album. Melancholic and beautiful.
Another great classic!
Ehh, this is not my kind of music but still I have listened to drum and bass that I liked more than this. Feels very of its time and not very interesting.
This was very refreshing and interesting to listen to. The instruments and the musicality were really interesting, and the album was a lot of fun, too. It's great to be able to hear music from all over the world that I wouldn't have thought to check out myself, and that's the beauty of this project.
Interesting and different - yes, but, sadly, I did not enjoy it at all. Probably just not my thing, but still it was interesting to get to hear it.
It's alright, absolutely fine.
A fine punk album! Could have given it 4 stars too, but felt cranky today.
I like the music itself quite a bit, but I just cannot vibe with Tom's vocals, somehow never liked it.
I was excited to listen to a tango album, but when I heard that the music on this album sounds like the dingly polyphonic ringtones from the time before smartphones, my excitement waned. I agree the musicians are very talented here, but the listening experience still was full of suffering.
Beautiful voice, beautiful songs, lovely listening experience.
I did have a prog rock phase earlier in my life, and I came out of it with a conclusion that there are two types of prog bands - the ones that hit heavier, sound harder, that I truly enjoy (like King Crimson, Jethro Tull...), and the ones that, to me, sounds floppier, cheesier and more like some musicianship wankery than music that feels actually compelling (to me). Yes falls into the latter type to me, and while I do respect the mastery, musicianship and creativity, I just cannot enjoy the music fully.
I do like Neil Young and there's not much else to say. But I did only mildly enjoy this album.
A solid rock album.
This is far from my comfort zone, but I thoroughly enjoyed this album. This is the kind of electronic music I actually can listen to!
Refreshing, fun, lively, interesting.
I just find it very annoying. Not that it's bad, but definitely not for me.
Not my favourite band but it was an alright listen
I kind of do like triphop and I kind of do like tricky Tricky, and I have listened to several of his albums at school, but I think I like those other albums more,
This album is perfect for me. One of my absolute favourite Nick Cave's albums. There's so much energy, sadness, joy and vitality in it. Great lyrics, great noisy music. Just greatness.
There's something about 80's pop that I absolutely despise - I just don't enjoy it for what it is. Therefore I don't enjoy Kate Bush either; but. But even I cannot deny the strengths of her songwriting and ideas and even I found some of her songs compelling.
This is quite nice!
Rush is not my favourite rock band, but they're always interesting and intriguing.
By the first song I'm all ears as it sounds lovely and George has a truly beautiful voice. But by the middle of the album this already feels a bit too overwhelmingly saccharine sweet for me. I liked the song Weatherman though.
This is pretty cool.
This is a great album. Would be straight 5 stars if not for some complete duds and my personal hate for that USSR song (which is a banger musically despite my feelings about it). But this is the album that gave us such masterpieces as While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, Helter Skelter, I'm so Tired and many absolutely fun tunes such as O bla di. Absolutely a treasure.
It's a fine listening
I adore Nick Cave and I almost never listen to this album because of how devastating it is. And no wonder it is devastating, having in mind its themes and the tragedy that inspired it. But it is also very moving, as grief and loss is such a universal human experience. Ghosteen is also poetic, freeing and cathartic, and in the end - even hopeful. It is not something I would be willing to come back very soon, but it is a work of art.
It's boring AND annoying all at once. Wow.
Oh, I have a lot of nostalgia for this fun and quirky album!
A great sad album.
I know I do like Sonic Youth, but this time their music did not land for me and it felt just alright instead of great; I think it was me and my very peculiar mood yesterday, so I think I'll still give them four stars instead of three and relisten to Sister again later. I think it was me, I hope it was just me!
It's quite good
Just as much as I hated the pretentiousness of Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel, that much I enjoyed the light creativity of Paul Simon! Such a lovely album with good lyrics and delicious acoustic instrumentations.
There is something so comforting and lovely about Dire Straits' music to me, and this album especially.
Quite a lovely listen
Great stuff.
A beautiful, mellow, atmospheric album with evocative lyrics. Great for sitting and actually listening.
Quite a lovely album.
A truly fine classic rock album. Say what you want about Clapton, he may be a monster, but he's a guitar monster, too.
Lots of good memories about this one. A very good album.
What a 2000s throwback! I wouldn't call this album one of the greatest or one of the most creative, but it definitely was influential and one of the faces of the pop-metal era. And yet, although I do like the hits because I grew up hearing them on radio and music channels, the album itself falls flat for me a bit.
Now this is a really great and well made pop album, a true classic.
Another classic
Ehhh, this is both annoying and boring, all while pretending to be hip. It's not necessarily bad, but definitely not for me.
Now this is the music that feels like home to me. A spectacular album, no weak songs, only killers.
I'm giving this travesty 2 stars just because Psycho Killer is such a killer song. Everything else in this album is an annoying filler.
I loved this album as a teen, and it still holds up so well.
It's a bit forgettable and in places a tad annoying, too. But it's not bad.
Wow, what a beautiful improvisation with a great backstory! Really enjoyed this. For me it would be improved if there were less coughing and moaning, but I guess they have their place in the story of bad back, a worse instrument and a creative genius.
Dusty has such a lovely voice, it's a true pleasure to listen to her music.
Quite a lovely album. Amazing guitars.
One is such a beautiful song, but the album itself gets a little bit boring by the end.
This was unexpectedly good. Emotions, dirty guitars, cozy melancholy. I imagine myself in the bar, sipping beer in the corner and looking at people doing their thing.
It's quite a lovely album.
A very solid rock album. I personally would have included some later work by Foo Fighters instead of the debut, but this is a good album too. I'll Stick Around has always been among my favourites.
I can see this used as a soundtrack in some contemporary art museum for some conceptual art that looks interesting but does not fully make sense. It would fit there just perfectly. However, when talking about the actual music to listen to, I want a real fucking burger, not this pretentious nonsense that is making fun of the listener.
The more I listen to albums like this the more I realise I actually do like country. Who could have imagined!
This reminds me of my school years! A good one.
Way too much autotune for my liking and some lyrics are rather bland for my taste overall, but while this album is many things, it's definitely never boring. My favourites are Don't Tell Me, What it Feels like for a Girl, Gone and, yes, American Pie.
This is obviously a good album, but I don't personally enjoy it as much as In the Court of the Crimson King, In the Wake of Poseidon or THRAK.
I'm one of those many who prefer other musicians' covers of Dylan's songs. Dylan is an exceptional songwriter, but his own voice is an acquired taste. But the songs are fantastic.
Lovely horror punk.
This is probably my least favourite Radiohead album. I just don't connect with it, although I do like Idioteque a lot.
There's nothing truly bad about this, but nothing I personally enjoy either.
Not my cup of tea, but it was quite a fun listen.
Very fun and refreshing. I enjoyed it.
A very nice album for background listening. Calming, soothing. Not distracting. Not engaging enough for focused listening, but that's probably not its purpose.
I was surprised how much I enjoyed it!
I was surprised by how much did I enjoy it. It is engaging, it is fun, it is melodic, it is moving and not dumb either. Janet is such a force.
It's probably 2,5 stars for me. Rounding upwards because it wasn't really bad. I liked the acoustic guitar here.
A very solid and enjoyable album. Good music. Not only the hits hit.
I enjoy their melancholy rock.
I was surprised this was so highly rated and did not expect to like it that much, as I have tried listening to Fleetwood Mac some time before and didn't connect well with their music. HOWEVER, this album is just so good: banger after banger, solid melodies, lovely vocals, beautiful, BEAUTIFUL instrumentals, it hits deep emotionally and manages to sound fun at the same time. I will definitely be listening to more of this in the future. My biggest favourites were The Chain and Gold Dust Woman.
I do even like some Neil Young songs (Keep on rockin in the free world!), but his voice in this album just stinks so much. I cannot.
This is an absolute masterpiece.
It's kinda good overall, but for me strangely the vocals and music are so separate it feels like just slapped on each other, and I subjectively don't enjoy it that much.
I have listened to this so many times. So many good moments. Forever love The Doors.
Loved it. I'm afraid this project will turn me into a Bowie fan after a lifetime of enjoying some of his hits and ignoring his albums - and it's probably third or fourth album of his I'm getting here and they're all great. I'm not complaining - at all!
The bassist is spectacular! Everything else is painfully annoying.
This is fun, bold, empowering and such a good listen.
I liked their music back then, I still like it now. This album is good.
Great songs. I do like this album, and Cohen got even better and better with time.
It's quite lovely
This is pretty damn good.
I think this is my favourite Neil Young's album so far. Interesting stories, evocative lyrics, good melodies, many great songs.
This is not my usual jam as I'm not a fan of Yes, but I enjoyed this album, especially the acoustic guitar parts.
An interesting album, good instrumental work.
A lovely jazz album, great for casual listening. Calming, soothing - a bit like raindrops on your window.
This is a great album. Bob was a master songwriter.
I've been liking this album for a long time now. It's pretty good.
It started so well, but then these extra annoying instrumentals came...
A very enjoyable album. I do like Bruce Springsteen, blue jeans and Tennessee whiskey, apparently.
It's alright, I kind of enjoyed it.
A lovely mellow album.
I loved the start of the album, but it lost me at the last tracks somewhat, so no five stars, more like 3,5. But the songs that are good, are crazy good, and it's undeniable.
Absolute classic. If it does shock or offend you, well, it should. That was the point - to insult the listener while madly rapping great verses with such mad passion, that you are just left sitting in awe. Amazing album.
The Velvet Underground might be a cult classic, and "Venus in Furs" from their album with Nico is a masterpiece to me, but I found this album the more underwhelming the longer it went. Giving it 3 stars because the first tracks were quite good.
I was going to not rate this 5 stars because it's not one of my favourite PJ albums (I absolutely love To Bring You My Love, Is This Desire, Uh Huh Her, and Stories... this 10-year run was just amazing), but upon listening to it yet again, isolated from her other albums, this album fucking rocks. It's raw, it's emotional, it's full of heavy riffs and bass lines, it has songs like Dress and Sheela-Na-Gig, it's so much better than some other stuff here, I will not be stingy.
This was quite a wholesome listening experience.
