Rated 10/10
It’s albums like this that make me glad I’m doing this list. I’ve been forever meaning to check out Joy Division but just never taken the time to do it. I should have sooner, I loved this. I’ll be keeping this one saved.
Top Track - Interzone
Rated 6/10
Honestly I don’t really know what I think of this one. There’s some stuff on here I really liked but just as it seemed to be getting going the song ended. There’s other tracks I flat out hated..
Top Track - The Ugly Vision
Rated 8/10
I’ve only heard of Frank Zappa from The Mothers of Invention album on here that I absolutely hated so I was dreading this going in. Fortunately this was brilliant for the most part. The only song that didn’t hit for me was The Gumbo Variations, it went on a bit too long for my liking.
Top Track - Son Of Mr Green Greens
Rated 10/10
This was bloody brilliant. Even though I’m not overly fussed on Aerosmith even I can’t deny that Walk This Way is a great song on an album packed with great tracks. Listened to it twice already and I’ll definitely be keeping this one saved.
Top Track - Raising Hell
Rated 6/10
There were a couple of tracks I quite liked but for the most part nothing overly memorable on this one.
Top Track - Come Clean - E New Y Radio
Rated 10/10
First track Holes was absolutely doing my nut in cause I knew I recognised it from somewhere. Turns out it was in Sing 2 which I’ve watched with the kids approximately 600 times lol. As for the album, it was bloody great. I was on the fence about giving it the full 5 stars until Goddess On A Hiway which is an OUTSTANDING track. I ended up listening to it 3 times before continuing on. Second listen of the album I loved it and had zero doubts about the score.
Top Track - Goddess On A Hiway
Really good album, Respect is an all time great song and I liked Good Times but I do prefer the Sam Cooke original. Overall I did enjoy it but it isn’t one I’m likely to ever go back and revisit.
Top Track - Respect
Rated 8/10
So first listen I was hating everything and everyone to the point where I was going to give this one star. Living in Northern Ireland this would have been borderline treasonous lol. I gave it another go later on in much better form and bloody loved it, a proper fun listen.
Top Track - Wild Cats of Kilkenny
Rated 10/10
Not on Spotify so had to go to Internet Archive for this one. This is absolutely brilliant, had me hooked right away. Crazy how they made one brilliant album that was far ahead of its time and that was it.
Top Tracks - Monk Time and Complication
Rated 8/10
Really enjoyed this. Just a great soulful, chillout album. As with so many on here so far I had never heard of him before but I will definitely be checking out more.
Top Track - I’ve Never Found A Girl
Rated 6/10
I really liked Laughing but apart from that there wasn’t anything really memorable on this one. Not a bad album by any means but there’s pretty much zero chance I’ll ever revisit it.
Top Track - Laughing
Rated 8/10
I had never listened to The Beach Boys until I generated Pet Sounds earlier this year and it blew me away. This one doesn’t hit those highs but it is still really good and at times brilliant. Only two tracks let it down for me, Take A Load Of Your Feet and Student Demonstration Time. On the flip side it ends with two absolutely belting songs in Til I Die and Surf’s Up.
Top Track - Surf’s Up
Rated 8/10
Gotta be honest, first couple of tracks I was not liking this whatsoever, the vocals weren’t doing it for me at all. Then by Horseleg Swastikas it was starting to click a bit and when it was all said and done I had completely flipped and was thoroughly enjoying the album.
Top Track - Let’s Not And Say We Did
Rated 10/10
Bloody brilliant album, absolutely loved it. This is my seventh of the 9 Bowie albums on here and probably my second favourite so far after Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust. Coming up to a year of doing this now and one of my big takeaways so far is a much bigger appreciation for David Bowie. He was always one of those artists where I liked the big hits but never delved any deeper. Once I get the last two albums I’m going to take a few nights and go through his whole discography.
Top Track - Station To Station but Stay is a very close second.
Rated 6/10
Decent enough album. Some great tracks on here, others not so great. Nothing terrible though
Rated 8/10
Not the best Bowie album I’ve had so far but still bloody good. Very different from anything I’ve heard of his before, on that point the title track used to play at my old job all the time and it was years until I realised it was Bowie. Not a bad song on here and I even enjoyed The Beatles cover which I am sometimes picky about, hard to improve on perfection lol.
Top Track - Fame
Rated 10/10
My third and, I think, my final Kanye album and for me this is the best of the three. The other two I gave 4 stars cause there was a few songs I wasn’t fussed on but I enjoyed this right the way through. It’s a shame he’s a few peas short of a pod these days cause this version of Kanye is brilliant.
Top Track - All Falls Down
Rated 10/10
It’s been way too long since I’ve listened to this one. The Black Album will always be my sentimental favourite since it was my introduction to Metal but this one for me is their best album. The title track speaks for itself but the likes of Battery and Welcome Home (Sanitarium) are absolute classics as well.
Top Track - Master of Puppets, cliche choice but justified.
Rated 2/10
My God almighty this was as textbook, generic 70’s Dad rock as you are ever gonna find. Unbelievably dull, I honestly have pretty much forgotten it already.
Rated 10/10
This is probably my favourite from REM and arguably their best from a band that don’t do bad albums. Up until about a year ago I had never bothered with this one since it didn’t have any of the big hits on it. When I finally did give it a go it blew me away. That actually made me think about what else I had been missing with other bands and that coupled with my growing boredom with Metal is what led me to doing this list. Turns out I was missing a LOT.
Top Track - We Walk
