Rated 4/10
I never sat down and actually listened to her before, but this is not bad at all. Don't get me wrong - this is not my cup of tea at all, but quite descent after all, might even get 3 stars.
Rated 8/10
Alright! Here we go with another Queen album from the list! This one is legendary as well with some timeless classics like Now I'm Here or the Killer Queen. Great work with at least 4 stars, not sure if this can reach 5 for me though. Rated 4.0 on RYM for now
Rated 6/10
Bowie's influence is so clear and strong on this one, which is great. This might be the most tolerable britpop offering yet, quite different from the other ones on the list. 3 stars
Rated 6/10
Excited to finally take some time off to listen to Ms. Smith. This is pretty much as I expected - pretty freaking good, but not too interesting, so at least 3 strong stars for sure, 3.5 on RYM. But honestly this could be 4 as well. P.S. After a couple of revisits definitely one to REVISIT.
Rated 10/10
What more can even be said here? Not much, a heavy metal masterpiece and pretty much where it all began, easy 5 stars.
Rated 8/10
Incredibly groundbreaking and influential album, first of the Stooges both in their career and on this list for me. And it looks like the book has all 3 classic albums here which is great. Despite all of that, this is not my favourite but probably 2nd favourite Stooges album, first side is a masterpiece and 2nd side blanks a bit. Strong 4 stars.
Rated 8/10
Must be the first movie OST on this list and absolutely worthwhile to listen to! Not sure if there will be any more movie work here, but this album stands on itself as one of the greatest funk albums of all time clearly. At least 4 stars for sure
Rated 8/10
By coincidence, I got last Steely Dan album on this list just a few days a go, and now I am getting an offering from Mr. Fagen from Steely Dan himself. And yeah, this indeed sounds like Dan.
Rated 10/10
Just the album I needed today I think. Superb progressive electronic music masterpiece from kraut legends, I wish this list had more of these. Probably quite easy 5 stars
Rated 8/10
Last Steely Dan album on the list for me. This is a good one for sure, but once again I think they should have put Royal Scam or Gaucho here. This contains several all-time Dan classics, however album tracks fall a bit short for me, so this could be anywhere between 3 and 4 stars. Seeing that I already rated this 4.0 on RYM, I can't really round down 1 whole star, so will probably be 4.
Rated 10/10
Beautiful album from a great band! I have already rated this at 4.5 on RYM so could go either way here, but I reckon I won't be too generous and this can go for strong 4 stars at the very least, definitely not less. P.S. Honestly this really deserves rounding up to 5 stars as well, why not, it is so beautiful.
At first listen I just scoffed at the band's name and apparent boring country on the surface, but on more attentive re-listen it does seem for it's time like it was quite revolutionary and one of the first successful attempts to blend country and rock sounds. SO yeah, this is alright, probably deserving 3 stars. A few songs to revisit from this one as well I reckon
Rated 6/10
An alright, quite interesting electronic music album from an artist I've never heard before. Does quite seem like a product of it's time, quite enjoyable but not a masterpiece by any chance. Probably 3 stars or so
Rated 6/10
First Joni Mitchell album on the list for me! I admit I never really listened to here, but for some reason very excited and high expectations because of her legendary status and one song I do love from her catalogue after recent discovery when watching Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz is "Coyote". SO at the first glance and throughout the day it mostly seemed good, inventive music but maybe nothing super amazing and an easy 3-star rating. However, now, as I am writing this after work I am appreciating this more and more. I know it will be at least 3.5 on RYM, but it is getting harder to decide, maybe will be super greedy and give 3 stars but one for sure to REVISIT!
Interesting album, reminds me of the one I got from, I think it was Egypt, but I am not sure any more. Anyway this is quite enjoyable however very repetitive and stretches for quite a while. So no more than 3 stars, but I appreciate opportunity to listen outside my comfort zone.
Rated 6/10
I used to think and say a lot loudly that Abba was my least favourite music out of all, well now to think back on that it's a little bit of a stretch because I could easily find music which is way way way worse and maybe could barely even be labeled as music. Now on the other hand "Arrival", a concept album from Swedish eurovision legends. A well crafted pop music with several hits. Again it is not my cup of tea, but this is still a good record, easily enjoyable, 3 stars for me.
Rated 8/10
The highs are very high here, but albums tracks just don't grip me at all, they seem to be quite a week, so I expected this would get 5 stars, but maybe not after all… Definitely a strong 4 though! Also I think this is the first record on the list which made me think of writing about current US politics here lol
Rated 6/10
This is as enjoyable as you would expect from prime Stevie Wonder of 70s. However, I just don't feel the same vibe as his other classic albums of this golden run, after couple of listens I can't recall any of the songs pretty much, so I am thinking 3 stars, at least 3.5 on RYM just for the quality, but it's missing something from me, perhaps needs to grow on me or sth
Rated 4/10
A bit obnoxious this one for some reason, it's not complete garbage though, some nice moments, and I like French house influence. However, can't seem to be able to give this one more than 2 stars.
Rated 8/10
Honestly if I still was a kid I would give this 5 stars, it's nostalgic, a great record, however side one is much much stronger than 2nd one even though it still has nice songs, but even though I might rated it for 4.5 on RYM, it will go for 4 here.
