Reviews by mkw

I'm clearly missing something here. This was one of the most uninteresing albums on list so far. Not bad, not good enough to remember.

I was sure that this was an easy 5, but I have to admit that while the hits are absolute bangers, the in between songs are very average at best.
This is an album that helped change music for a generation, but I'm not entirely convinced "Liberian Girl" played much of a part in driving that.

I have to admit I wasn't ready for the ska sax, but it was very welcome.
This is just an amazing album. Punk, but less angry, and played by people who can truly play their instruments.

This was perfectly decent, perfectly middle of the road background music. Cannot possibly offend anyone, but no idea how it made this list.

Decent album, but I'm not at all sure that this is a "must listen". Could have been any other Albarn side project, but maybe they're all on the list and I just haven't gotten to them yet.
Bass lines get this from 3 to 4.

This is clearly solid and well crafted, but I'm not blown away - possibly because I've heard every track tons of times without knowing.

I honestly didn't enjoy this, but I also have no frame of reference for the intentions. I have very little idea of the music scene this comes from, and I don't understand the language.
There's a lot of very interesting things going on, but I'm out of my depth with this one.

One of the most American sounding things I've ever heard. New quite a few tracks but never knew who recorded them.

I doubt this will be something I listen to often, but I enjoyed listening through it once.

A better version of the Beatles.
First half of the album is much stronger than the end, but there's generally not a bad track - there's just not really any great ones either.

I hate current Coldplay as much as anyone else, but this is a genuinely good album. In fact it's so good they spend the next 20 years recording variations of it, and everyone got fed up - but this first iteration was great.

There's some really amazing moments on this album, but I have the same problem here as with any other Radiohead album, I hate his voice, and can not stand the weird mix of sad and noisy. Possibly my favorite Radiohead album, but that's a very, very low bar.

Jazz will never be something I enjoy. The technical ability is off the charts, but I really don't enjoy the combined product.

This is clearly a classic, and hugely influential. I didn't really enjoy it though, and honestly I think it's a bit long. Did this album really need a version of a traditional song? It's obviously still a great album, but it could have been leaner and sharper.

I will never, ever, understand why this is rated so highly that Lauryn can still tour, and be a diva, on the back of it.

A few good tracks, but so much uninspired filler. It's not that this is badly produced or performed, but it's just not for me. I was bored for an hour.

I've been super against live albums on this list so far, but I have to admit that it improves this. Must have been an amazing concert.

Not for me. I get it, I get the influence. I hate the vocals. I can see why it's on the list, and why it's rated reasonably highly, but not for me.

Snoop Dogg has managed to reinvent himself as a quirky dude loving his weed, but this is the version of Snoop that I grew up with. Before Snoop Lion, before Just Eat, this was the laid back, almost lazy, but also charged with first-degree murder, Snoop.

It's vulgar, and gross, but it also has the charm to make you forget how offensive it really is. And that laid back feel is just amazing.

How did this make the list? Every track on this album could have been the weakest part on hundreds of other albums, by hundreds of other artists, in the same period. Who did this inspire?

I had this sitting in the queue for a week because I dreaded listening. I absolutely loved Dookie and Nimrod, and I was so disappointed with American Idiot that it still strings 20 years later.

I'm not sure I was wrong to be disappointed, but I have to admit it's a good album. This is the best they've ever sounded, and the easiest to listen to, but that's not really what I want from Green Day.

It's a well played, well produced album, but it's just less interesting than their earlier work.

What a whiney dude. The talent is clearly there, but it's just so fucking boring. I don't care about your lawyer bills, or what a judge said. How did you ever get married in the first place if you're this bitchy about everything?
Other artists have used divorces and break ups for interesting albums or tracks, but this is an hour and thirteen wasted.