Rated 6/10
Bowie is a fairly new discovery to me, tightly tied to this project. Heroes was the only song off this album I knew going in. It's still an incredible banger worthy of 1-2 stars on its own. The rest of it didn't quite do it for me. 3*
Highlights: heroes
Rated 2/10
Weird af, very experimental, enjoyed it more when it got kind of jazzy, but overall not a great experience. 1*
Rated 4/10
Elliott Smith is like this darling singer songwriter for this list, but I just don't get it. It's fine, I guess. 2*
Rated 6/10
This was good at the time, I guess, but JT's reputation has not aged well at all. Shoutout to Britney and Janet.
Overall, the R&B singing got kinda old after a while, but there are some good songs here. 3*
Highlights: cry me a river, rock your body
I like some TVotR songs, but this album didn't have any new favorites. Impressive reach on "you could be love" though.
Rated 4/10
I like how the first track started, but overall felt like a very mid hip hop album.
Rated 8/10
I think this is here for historical significance. The talking was a bit distracting but educational. I liked the music otherwise, 4*
Rated 4/10
I like some of her songs, she has a great voice, but the songs in this album just didn't do it for me. Maybe I just like her poppier stuff (heartbreak is one of the all-timers for me) 2*
Highlights: butterfly
Rated 10/10
Never heard her before. When Reckless hit, I was in! Very enjoyable, listened twice because I was distracted with work the first time. 5*
Violent times reminded me of Garbage.
Highlights: reckless, all born screaming, flea
Rated 8/10
This is entirely unexpected vs. what I knew of the BeeGees. I love some good vocal harmonies. Marley purt drive and give your best were straight-up country? I guess it's on brand for the album.
The harmonies were impeccable, which bumped this up from meh to 4*.
Highlights: odessa, seven seas symphony
Rated 8/10
This is entirely unexpected vs. what I knew of the BeeGees. I love some good vocal harmonies. Marley purt drive and give your best were straight-up country? I guess it's on brand for the album.
The harmonies were impeccable, which bumped this up from meh to 4*.
Highlights: odessa, seven seas symphony
Rated 4/10
This may be the most current album I have, and it's a soundtrack? I agree with others, no shade to Charli, but how can you possibly know this deserves to be on this list?
Rated 6/10
ANOTHER Costello album? asdsdfaasdfgertgeiprgh
I'm very jaded at this point (1024 albums in) because I don't think he deserves that many entries on this list. Pick 1-2 and move on. This is mid at best.
Rated 8/10
New album to me. Good energy and variety, with some bangers sprinkled in. Some of the singing I wasn't fully into, which docks 1*.
Highlights: wave of mutilation, here comes your man (found it surprising to find this is a pixies song?)
Rated 4/10
Rambling on the good ol' gueeetar.
Felt like listening to a semi-drunk dude dicking around on his guitar by the campfire. Not sure it deserved to be on this list. It gets a point because it's the kind of country I can tolerate a little more -- the kind that screams Americana and feels more "cultural" than the modern junk. 2*
Rated 4/10
This was ok, easy listening. Not much to say about it. Not bad, nothing really grabbed me. Don't see how it preempts brit-pop. 2*
Rated 8/10
Very energetic and didn't find myself hating this even though it was thrash. Songs were varied enough. Solid 4*
Highlights: peace sells
Rated 2/10
Another weird garbage album that shouldn't be here. It started ok enough, but by the duchess I was very much like wtf, and I couldn't wait for it to end. 1*
Rated 4/10
Generic country/dad rock hybrid album. I don't see how this is grunge. Mid. 2*
Rated 6/10
Reminds me of a lot of alternative from the 2010s. I enjoyed it, but felt pretty middle of the road, not sure why it gets so much hate.
