Rated 6/10
Overall: 5/10
Innofensive, bland country music. Nothing to get upset about, but there's not really anything for me to love here on a personal level. The perfect example of an album that just exists.
Fav Song: I'll Be Your Fool
Rated 8/10
Overall: 8/10
Ever since I first heard his music, I've had a very bipolar opinion of Nick Cave. I think he's at his best when he's experimental, strange and creative, and this album is all of those things. It says a lot about my personal tastes that my favourite song on this album is the over 10 minute long track that is basically just a really good story set to music. I want to try to get into Nick's music more but he can also be a very difficult artist for me to understand. Respect all around though.
Fav Song: O'Malley's Bar
Rated 8/10
Overall: 8/10
This is essentially 1 song split up due to the limitations of vinyl at the time. I can really appreciate the ambition and experimentation going on with this album. My biggest issue would probably be that it sounds like a film score, and if it had a visual component to it then I might be able to appreciate the whole thing a lot more. Also, the section where he's just naming the instruments makes me laugh.
Fav Song: .........Tubular Bells
Rated 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Yet another Neil Young album with no skips. I don't believe the man was this perfect musician who never made a bad album or anything like that, but this is one of those ones where I find it pretty undeniable that it deserves a spot here. Maybe not as mindblowing as Harvest, but it's pretty close.
Fav Song: Southern Man
Rated 8/10
Overall: 7/10
I love the unconventional nature of this album. It feels familiar in a way, but there's a lot going on that makes me sit back and appreciate that they were trying something different. Cool stuff going on here.
Fav Song: Rougher Road
Rated 4/10
Overall: 3/10
This would probably be incredible if I lived in an elevator 24/7. It's painfully dull and uninteresting to me.
Fav Song: Revolution
Overall: 6/10
Not bad, but I don't enjoy James Brown enough to give a live album from him a high rating. I feel like this would have been amazing to experience in person, but I just don't care for it as an album overall. Very talented man.
Fav Song: Think
Rated 10/10
Overall: 10/10
It may be a bit hyperbolic to say this, but I think this is one of the most important pieces of music this century. What I love about it is that it acts as a goodbye letter to the world, and Bowie also used it as one last excuse to be an experimental little weirdo and I love that. I've read that he was influenced by Death Grips (of all things) for this album and I definitely hear the influence. I always see people mentioning the emotional aspects of the album but they never really bring up just how strange it is as well. It's super electronic compared to most of Bowie's other works. I love this album so much and I miss him.
Fav Song: Girl Loves Me
Rated 8/10
Overall: 8/10
Randy is an incredible songwriter with a unique voice. Like many people, I grew up hearing his voice in Pixar movies so he has a special place in my heart. It's so interesting to hear stuff that he made before that era, he obviously has a great sense of humour.
Fav Song: Political Science
Rated 4/10
Overall: 3/10
I think there's enough Springsteen in this list that I've already stated my opinion on him enough. Atrocious voice and boring music. The only reason I can never bring myself to give his ratings the lowest score possible is that I'm able to entertain myself by making fun of him, so at least I got something out of it.
Fav Song: World's Apart
Rated 8/10
Overall: 8/10
First of all, Snoop is a loser for sucking up to Trump. So screw him as an individual.
With that being said, this album is pretty great. Snoop had a great flow honestly, and his rhymes were pretty great too. Those traits become more obvious when anyone else is rapping on this thing. I kept thinking "where's Snoop?" So yeah, screw him but I'll still listen to his music.
Fav Song: Gin & Juice
Rated 6/10
Overall: 6/10
Probably the best thing that Madonna ever made. I think this style fits with her really well. I would have loved her to do more of this style.
Fav Song: Ray of Light
Rated 8/10
Overall: 8/10
I kind of loved this. It makes me dance and think and vibe so hard.
Fav Song: New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
Rated 8/10
Overall: 7/10
Pleasant, dreamy kind of album. Not much to say about it other than I dig it.
Fav Song: Eat Yourself
Rated 4/10
Overall: 4/10
A very strange album (in a bad way) that I really felt nothing for. Apparently this dude was in Traffic, a band I know nothing about, and I hope that their music is more interesting than this.
Fav Song: Spanish Dancer
Rated 6/10
Overall: 5/10
I honestly can't bring myself to give this too low of a rating because I respect it so much. I found it to be kind of refreshing as a chill, low stakes album. I just personally didn't enjoy listening to it too much, I don't really enjoy his voice and the songs were maybe a little too chill for the mood I've been in lately. Maybe listening to it at a different time in my life will reveal something else to me, but for now it's just kind of meh.
Fav Song: I Sleep Alone
Rated 6/10
Overall: 6/10
A decent little album, but I didn't really get much out of it. Maybe I'd listen to it occasionally on a lazy sunday morning, but I highly doubt it.
Fav Song: Sea Song
Rated 8/10
Overall: 7/10
Obviously a really good album, but easily my least favourite album from one of my favourite bands. They we're a bit fractured on this album, and I personally find that very apparent. There's great songs on it (King of Pain is a top 3 Police song for me) and they're all still amazing musicians, but the songwriting just isn't on par with the other albums. I know I'm in the minority for that.
Fav Song: King of Pain
Rated 6/10
Overall: 6/10
Honestly, this started off amazingly with Protection. That is quite possibly my new favourite Massive Attack song, it's so chill. Unfortunately, the album just keeps going downhill from there, with each new song being worse than the last. I wanted to love it, and it's still a decent listen, but it could have been better.
Fav Song: Protection
Rated 8/10
Overall: 7/10
Pretty fun and cool proto-punk, silly album. I enjoyed the garage rock vibe and that they don't really take themselves too seriously. This album feels ahead of it's time in a lot of ways and probably paved the way for so many different bands.
Fav Song: I Hate You
