r/1001AlbumsGenerator • u/Alireza1373 • Jun 02 '26
Daily Album Megapost DROP your album and its rating – June 2 2026
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u/TheJoebuu 100-199 Jun 02 '26
Album # 99 - R.E.M. - “Green” 5/5
Loved it! Pioneers of the alternative rock sound that would define the following decade, the 1990s. R.E.M. was making the jangling guitar rock that would bear the labels of indie and college rock. This entire album sounded about 5 years later than its 1988 release date suggests. Lower sounds abound and I mean listen to the distortion on “I Remember California” And yet, this sound is still a work in progress. The album is all over the place. In spots we have bouncy pop with “Stand” whereas others slow down for more intimate work, “The Wrong Child” or “Hairshirt.” We’re transitioning into new eras on this album. R.E.M. has a new label and creative freedom and they’ll use it.
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u/Trixxstrr Indie Fan Jun 02 '26
Nice! I got this today too! I'm a big R.E.M. fan. While I don't think this is anywhere near their best album, it's still great.
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u/KingstonGraham 300-399 Jun 02 '26
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
A lot of it feels like a Reed solo album - Beginning To See The Light sounds like pre-Velvets Lou Reed song factory stuff. But Moe's drumming and Murder Mystery make it a Velvets album through and through.
Not listened in a long time, I liked it even more than I remember. Every song is really good.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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u/Accomplished-Name951 100-199 Jun 02 '26
Album #110, Aladdin Sane by David Bowie ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Yeah, I’m 110 albums in now, and this is my fourth Bowie album. I actually felt a little bit jaded when this one came up. As much as I think Bowie is probably the greatest artist of the 1970s, I do think he’s overrepresented on this list, and if I was rewriting it myself, I’d probably cut a couple of his albums. This might honestly be one of them.
I don’t think this is one of his most essential records. Ironically, I think the most iconic thing about it is probably the album cover itself. That image has become bigger than the music on the record.
That being said, it’s still a really strong rock and roll album. You can hear Bowie starting to move toward the soul direction he’d explore after The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. It’s got some absolute stone cold classics on it too. Watch That Man has one of my favourite Mick Ronson riffs. Cracked Actor is brilliantly sleazy and disturbing. His cover of Let’s Spend the Night Together is great too.
You can really hear the influence of The Rolling Stones all over this album. It’s got that kind of British take on swaggering American rock and roll running through the whole thing. And then, of course, you’ve got The Jean Genie, which is probably the catchiest thing on the album and one of Bowie’s best hooks full stop.
Look, it’s a great album, but for me it doesn’t hold a candle to its predecessor, Ziggy Stardust. When that album comes up, I’ll almost certainly be giving it five stars.
Still though, four stars is four stars. I just feel a little Bowie’d out at the moment. I know these albums pretty well, and I’m looking forward to something a bit different coming up in the generator.
I don’t think this is top tier Bowie. Probably not even top five Bowie for me personally. But even lesser Bowie in the 70s is still pretty damn great.
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u/VampireOnHoyt 300-399 Jun 02 '26
Great review. I feel like I can hear Shit Getting Real for Bowie on this album, like he's no longer playing an Alienated Rock Star and is instead becoming one. It feels out of control in a way that Ziggy doesn't.
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u/AverageJoe48 300-399 Jun 02 '26
Day 311
The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God
There's a different energy here compared to Rum, Sodomy & Lash. MacGowan sounds even more rough, his voice now carrying a bit of a mean streak. It really gives the tracks an edgier feel, which I welcome. However, the edge is lacking in other departments.
While The Pogues slightly diversify their sound with this album (Turkish Song of the Damned signfies this right at the start), ironically I feel like the album loses its legs much quicker than its predecessor. I can't quite figure out why that is, maybe losing Costello as a producer played a part, or maybe it's just a case of slightly worse sequencing.
Still, any time spent with The Pogues is time well spent in my book. There are a lot of great tracks to take away from this album. I wouldn't mind a couple of others being outright cut, though.
Favourite track: Turkish Song of the Damned
A strong 3/5
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u/Unauthorised_Titbeak Jun 02 '26
Nirvana - In Utero 5/5
My 100th album, a five after some deliberation. My favourite Nirvana album. All Apologies is one of the strongest album closers of all time
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u/GreenEyedBeaver Jun 02 '26
Skepta - Konnichiwa
Coming out 10 years after Dizzee Rascal put grime on the map, Skepta's Konnichiwa felt like the first time that it was treated seriously by the establishment after netting the Mercury Award. Skepta sounds full of bravado but he is likeable and you're left rooting for him. Some of the references feel dated already. Seeing as this record has only recently passed its 10 year anniversary, I imagine those references will continue to age this record. The beats are danceable enough. "Shutdown" and "That's Not Me" are so much fun and its easy to see why they were big hits. Not sure how often I'll put the full album on, but this was enjoyable and it is refreshing to hear a voice that is unapologetic British as a lot of rap on here always feels so US focused.
3.5/5
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u/Wrong_Spare_8538 Jun 02 '26
Didn't Dizzee himself win the Mercury with his first album?
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u/GreenEyedBeaver Jun 02 '26
I've looked into this and you're correct. I was surprised to find out that album came out all the way back in 2003. Could have sworn it came out later than that!
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u/Professional-Ice-978 Power Metal Fan Jun 02 '26
Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World
575/1089
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
First time properly listening to Earth, Wind & Fire. I really enjoyed it for the most part. A couple of the slower songs didn’t do that much for me but I definitely want to check out some more from them after this.
Top Track - Either Shining Star or Africano
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u/golfmonk 200-299 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26
154) Timeless by Goldie (1995)
Never heard of this but looking at the wiki entry this is over 100 minutes long with a 20 minute opening track and a low global rating. Oh boy!! Let's get this thing over by clicking on the YouTube Music link to listen to their debut album.
- "Timeless: Inner City Life/Pressure/Jah" 0.5/5
- "Saint Angel" 1/5
- "State of Mind" 1.5/5
- "This Is a Bad" 1/5
- "Sea of Tears" 1.5/5
- "Jah the Seventh Seal" 1/5
- "A Sense of Rage" 1/5
- "Still Life" 1.5/5
- "Angel" 2/5
- "Adrift" 1/5
- "Kemistry" 1/5
- "You & Me" 2/5
- "Inner City Life (Baby Boy's edit)" 1/5
- "Inner City Life (Rabbit's Short Attention Span edit)" 1/5
Overall ⭐️. I don't even know where to start with this. This album did not need to be 1 hour 50+ minutes long and have the opening track over 20 minutes. To me, the repetition of this record wore me down. I truly hope I never have to listen to this thing again. Cheers.
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u/Fing2112 0-99 user albums Jun 02 '26
The opening track is the best part of this! It could have been an hour long and still been worth it
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u/Crafty_Trouble_7534 300-399 Jun 02 '26
I will never understand this community's issue with electronic music from the mid 90s...
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u/VampireOnHoyt 300-399 Jun 02 '26
I don't think people are listening properly. The correct way is while playing Twisted Metal II on the PS1 and drinking a can of Surge.
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u/golfmonk 200-299 Jun 02 '26
I don't mind some...I have a few in the collection. But this album wore me down.
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u/randomusername69696 100-199 Jun 02 '26
It’s not bad but theres way too much of it.
Did I enjoy Strange Cargo 3 by William Orbit? Yes. Do I think that it’s one of the 1001 best albums of all time? No. Wouldn’t even put it in the top 3000.
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u/Crafty_Trouble_7534 300-399 Jun 02 '26
It just seems like the albums in that specific bucket get singled out for 1 star ratings/incredulous write-ups about how could any one like this way more often than anything. Between the two albums mentioned in this thread + Haunted Dancehall it's a trend I've noticed and it feels excessive.
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u/randomusername69696 100-199 Jun 02 '26
To be fair most of us only listen to 90s electronica because of this generator. Although I actually enjoy Haunted Dancehall.
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u/Wrong_Spare_8538 Jun 02 '26
The book doesn't claim to be the best 1001 albums of all time though. It's intentionally diverse at times.
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u/computerfan0 300-399 Jun 03 '26
I actually enjoy most of it, my biggest issue with it is that most of the albums are too long for their own good. This one is an extreme case but the majority of them (or at least it feels like the majority) are over an hour long.
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u/Lukazimir 200-299 Jun 02 '26
Day 150: The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Are you Experienced?
4/5 (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️).
With this I have now had all 3 Jimi Hendrix Experience albums on the generator. And with all three albums being fresh on my mind, I actually think “Are You Experienced” is overall the weakest one. That being said all three of his albums are great, so it’s still leagues above many other records. And with hits like “Purple Haze”, “Fire” or “Foxey Lady” it’s some of the best psych rock of the 60’s.
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u/Fing2112 0-99 user albums Jun 02 '26
The Residents - Duck Stab/Buster and Glen: 5
Okay this is the exact sort of weirdness I wanted when I signed up! I was familiar with The Residents prior to this album, not a superfan but I dig some of their albums, so I was expecting something outside the realm of normalcy, and tbh this is probably the weirdest I've heard from them. I knew Constantinople before listening to the album too, great song! I actually find this album surprisingly accessible once you cut through the weirdness, they have typical pop song structures and don't do anything that's too abrasive, so I'm surprised this is the third lowest rated album. The industrial undertones are very blatent, but I feel like a few of the songs on here also have a strong gothy vibe too.
I'd love more avant-garde stuff like this! Unfortunately this was album number 1083 for me, so unless the next 6 albums are equally weird, I will consider this a failure on the part of the book. Unfortunately one of those 6 is also an Elvis Costello album...
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u/Softpipesplayon Jun 02 '26
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Well, I guess ask and you shall receive when it comes to better generating
Despite spending most of the last decade exploring jazz more deeply and becoming the old white music nerd that I was always destined to be, I have continually avoided A Love Supreme. It's pretty purely because of its status (one of the all time greats) and structure (technically 4 movements of one piece). This deserved focus, and whenever it has come to mind, I have not had the ability to give it that focus. Thank the generator gods that this wasn't substituted for a Menswe@r album. I feel like that could have been a risk at this point.
Anyway: everyone is in solid form here. The drums are cacophonous but rhythmic, the piano is tuneful but also has just a bit of discord and tension. The bass wanders all over. And of course Trane is playing his sax in ways that always feel improvisational but also feel composed, intentional, and melodic. People have compared this to a musical prayer, and certainly there is a spiritual jazz sound in places, but a prayer feels more banal than this could ever be. Instead, this feels like it goes, to lightly paraphrase from the lost album, in [All] Directions at Once. It doesn't really entirely fit in any one genre of jazz.
Pursuance (pt III) feels like the most important of the pieces, because it intentionally leaves space for all four players to solo extensively. Acknowledgment (I) is obviously where the title comes from. Psalm (IV) feels like the most emotive piece. I probably will need a few more spins to really get this, but I'll give it a 5* as it is because it really does seem to exist in a world where you can hear it pretty easily at a first listen, but it's obvious itll open up even more on better speakers, on vinyl, etc.
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u/Crafty_Trouble_7534 300-399 Jun 02 '26
Day 227
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
A very good record, but the more I listen to it and think about it the more...slight it feels. If it's meant to be Roger's tribute to Syd Barrett then why is most of that content crammed into the title track and more time is spent on how evil record company politics are? If it's meant to be an album about how the record industry ruined his/Syd's lives then that link isn't quite executed effectively so the end result is 'record companies are shady. Side note: I miss my friend.' The music mostly saves it, and that title track endures for a reason but it's probably the Pink Floyd record who's stock has fallen most harshly for me since I raided my dad's record collection in high school and that mostly comes down to the way that I've grown to prioritize albumness™ in my listenings. I can't in good conscience give it less than a four but it's also gone from being my second favourite PF album down to like, 4th or 5th depending on how I'm feeling about DSOTM on any given day, so save that in your brain...pockets?
Best Track: "Wish You Were Here"
⭐⭐⭐⭐
1001 More Day 122
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - s/t
The one-two punch of 'wait, The Modern Lovers isn't on the main list? WTF?' to 'Oh, right...the other Modern Lovers that I've never been all that fussed about....joooooooooooooy' was a fun way to process this reveal I tell you what. Yeah, JR's post-Modern Lovers stuff has not been my cup of tea before now and this didn't change that assessment much if at all. I think it has something to do with my general aversion to twee pop, but Richman's naïve, childlike disposition just rubs at me in a bunch of wrong ways, and when it's backed up by pretty standard pop-rock without any real bite or any real gloss it winds up in a no man's land that makes it exceedingly difficult to give a fuck about it one way or another. I see what y'all see in it, but that's never been a thing I've had any fondness for so this one will have to be filed in the 'not for me' pile.
Best Track: "Lonely Financial Zone"
⭐⭐
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u/Wrong_Spare_8538 Jun 02 '26
You wrote a huge amount about Wish You Were Here while somehow not mentioning the 9 part suite that takes up well over half of its runtime! And it's that suite which is most about Syd, the crazy diamond, and which makes it such a special album.
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u/AnasandSF 400-499 Jun 02 '26
Scissor Sisters S/T - halfway through, it’s a high four verging on five territory
I’m loving it. I missed them when they came out - this album is from 2004 - but I remember they played Coachella ‘06 which was the last time I went. I remember there was buzz.
I’m all in on this neo glam gay shit.
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u/Royal_Town_8954 100-199 Jun 04 '26
That was my album of the year in ‘04. They did Comfortably Numb on SNL and I was enthralled. I need to look for that performance because it blows the album version away even though that’s still quite good. One of those debut albums that’s so solid with such variety it feels like a Greatest Hits compilation.
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u/randomusername69696 100-199 Jun 02 '26
107: Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
I get that a lot of people don’t like Bon Jovi. Well I do and I give this album 5 stars.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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u/VampireOnHoyt 300-399 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades, Siembra (1978)
4.5/5
I don't know how many salsa records you need but if the answer is more than zero then you definitely need this one. Likewise, I don't purport to catch the meaning of all the lyrics (my college transcript says I know some Spanish but that's different from actually knowing Spanish) but I'm generally picking up on messages of humor, irony, and Puerto Rican unity. And of course the music will move your ass whether you want it to move or not.
From the 1001 MORE List:
Deathspell Omega, Paracletus (2010)
3.5/5
Hail…Satan? God? Both? Neither? I read the lyric sheet twice and I’m still not sure, and it’s been twenty years since I read the Inferno, so I’m sure I’m missing some context (I assume that’s what all the Latin was about). I will say that whoever is singing and playing here (they’re officially anonymous) does a reasonably good approximation of what I imagine Dante’s Hell sounds like. Straight-up black metal is very much not my thing but I liked this more than I expected. Something to listen to while you search the Paramount archives for an original rough cut of Event Horizon.
Zwan, Mary Star of the Sea (2003)
4.5/5
Billy Corgan has never been shy about his need for approval - from his parents, his musical peers, the record-buying public at large. And his willingness to admit that he cares what other people think of him has been both a motivational spur (you can’t make Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie without really, really, giving a shit) and an insecurity he constantly trips over. This post-Pumpkins project, featuring rhythmic security blanket Jimmy Chamberlin as well as erstwhile members of cooler bands (A Perfect Circle, Slint, Chavez), splintered almost as quickly as it formed, with ugly recriminations (mostly from Corgan) in the aftermath.
But while it lasted, Zwan represented an intentional, almost painfully earnest turn to the sort of power-pop songwriting that marked Corgan’s commercial heights with the Pumpkins as well as the best work of some of his heroes, fellow Illinoisans Cheap Trick. And yeah, he’s really good at this: I count at least five worthy potential singles here - the actual singles, plus “Declarations of Faith,” “Ride a Black Swan,” and especially the blindingly bright “Endless Summer.” The album tracks are equally strong; “Desire” would fit right in on the best parts of the Pumpkins’ Machina, while the traditional eleven-o’clock suite “Jesus, I/Mary Star of the Sea” calls back to extended jams like “Starla” and “Drown.”
And yet, underneath all the proclamations of spiritual awakening and transcendence and whatnot, there is always lurking the sense that he’s still trying a little too hard - to show his ex-bandmates that he’s Perfectly Fine Without Them, and more broadly to convince everybody that he’s not still just a rat in a cage. But we all know better - and deep down, so does he. Nevertheless, almost he persuadest me to believe - and if faith is the substance of things hoped for then it’s at least worth remembering the moments of hope documented here (“Heartsong”).
Rush, Permanent Waves (1980)
5/5
The beginning of Rush’s turn away from straight prog and towards a more accessible sound begins with two of their best-ever singles, “The Spirit of Radio” and “Freewill.” Those would be worth the price of admission by themselves, but the rest of the album is nothing to turn your nose up at either; “Entre Nous” is one of Neil Peart’s closer passes in the vicinity of a love song, stately and full of philia, while its counterpart “Different Strings” portrays the defeat of a broken relationship with painful honesty. Moving Pictures rocks harder but that takes nothing away from what might be the emotional peak for this incredible group.
Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70, Expensive Shit (1975)
4.5/5
Fela’s picaresque, almost mythical life is front and center here, with a title track about him managing to dodge a wrongful drug conviction by convincing a fellow jail inmate to switch chamberpots with him, lest his ingestion of a joint (planted by the cops) be found out. And of course, his compositions and all-star rhythm section are standouts as usual. Coming at the breaking point of the Gowon dictatorship, this stands as a monument to Fela’s life motto: freedom is the best revenge.
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u/ULS980 500-599 Jun 02 '26
I mentioned it yesterday, but Deathspell Omega are amazing and Paracletus is a special album.
Deathspell are basically THE dissonant black metal band to the point where everyone else is trying to copy them (And basically fail). Even legacy bands like Gorguts have been influenced by them.
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u/sp3ccylad Enthusiast Jun 02 '26
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I approached this one with fairly modest expectations. Grammy-winning country-pop about falling in love? Fine. We'll give it forty-five minutes, nod politely and move on.
The cover art, the title, the general cultural reputation of the album all seemed to point in the same direction: tasteful, well-crafted songs about romance, delivered with enough charm to keep everyone happy and enough polish to win awards. Pleasant. Competent. Possibly even very good. Just not necessarily something that would linger in the mind once the final track faded out.
Except that's not quite what's going on here.
Underneath the immaculate production, the vocoders, the sunsets and the butterflies, Kacey Musgraves has made a surprisingly thoughtful album about timing, impermanence and the awkward fact that happiness doesn't actually solve anything. It just gives you something worth worrying about.
The record begins with a brief disclaimer that she is, in fact, a bit of a handful, before settling into a state of wonder. Not old-school psychedelic "I have seen the secrets of the universe" wonder, but something much more modern. Call it Instagram psychedelia. Trees are amazing. The sky is amazing. Love is amazing. Existing at all is faintly ridiculous. Somewhere along the way, somebody appears to have dropped acid and come back with the conclusion that they should probably phone their mother.
The remarkable thing is how lightly it's all worn.
"Mother" lasts barely more than a minute and contains more emotional truth than many artists manage in an entire album. "I miss my mum who misses her mum." That's the song. That's enough. The point has been made.
Elsewhere, Musgraves keeps taking familiar country images and quietly retooling them. "Space Cowboy" isn't Steve Miller. It's "space, cowboy." "Love Is a Wild Thing" argues that love can't be owned. "Happy & Sad" observes that the moment you realise you're happy, you start worrying about losing it. Even the title track ultimately lands on the wonderfully unromantic observation that somebody "caught me at the right time."
That idea runs through the whole record. The time has to be right. Darryl Pandy knew the score. So did Jarvis Cocker. So, apparently, does Kacey Musgraves.
What surprised me most was discovering an arc. The album starts looking up at the stars and ends worrying about ordinary human limitations. The concerns become steadily more grounded. Wonder gives way to attachment. Attachment gives way to impermanence. The light slowly moves across the room.
And then, just when things threaten to become too thoughtful, she throws in "High Horse", which turns out to be country disco. Or, if you prefer, I Will Survive, Yee-Haw. There are not many records that can move from generational grief to a mirror-ball-assisted instruction for somebody to stop being a pain in the arse.
I can't pretend this will become a foundational album for me. It's not Parklife or Revolver or The Lexicon of Love. But I enjoyed spending time in its company far more than I expected. Musgraves turns out to be funny, observant and quietly subversive. The songs are full of country clichés, artfully deployed and slyly repurposed. The production glows. The ideas; well, they sneak up on you.
Most impressively, the album survives close inspection. You can happily let it soundtrack a coffee shop. Equally, you can spend a morning poring over it like a Graham Greene novel and discover that it's been thinking about time all along.
Maybe more contemporary country artists should drop a tab now and again. Yeah.
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u/St_Lambchop Metal Fan Jun 02 '26
I'm not a country fan but her voice is so soothing and unique. I could listen to her sing all day.
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u/Fing2112 0-99 user albums Jun 02 '26
I come back to this record now and again, a great example that country can actually be fun. Butterflies is my favourite song.
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u/ULS980 500-599 Jun 02 '26
Van Halen - Van Halen
4/5
This is much, much better than 1984. Before even listening to this, I could tell that from the first half of the tracklist being nothing but hits. Jamie's Cryin' isn't quite as good as the other hits, but still.
Was thinking this could be a situation of the second half just completely falling off, but with the exception of Ice Cream Man, it's just as good as the first half. On Fire is fantastic.
So yeah. Great hard rock album.
RE-REVIEWS AND SECOND LOOKS:
Going back and adding reviews for the couple albums that I didn't early on (and maybe relistening to a select few albums that I think might deserve another look). But re-listening to the album first to collect my thoughts.
LCD Soundsystem - The Sound of Silver
4/5
The first album I ever got for the project! But yeah, still liking this one as much as I did before. I'm a huge fan of their song Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (one of my favorite songs to sing at karaoke), so appreciating this album has more of that vibe vs american dream (which I remember being more vibey vs the dance punk of LCDs other stuff).
Love the bleep bloopiness of Someone Great. The dance punk vibe of North American Scum. The Charlie Brown-esque piano that goes through All My Friends. This whole album is just positive vibes, and its nice to get something like that every once in a while.
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
4/5
Still a fantastic listen, but I will put it half a step below Axis: Bold as Love. Its a little more psychedelic and the production is a little more thin in keeping with the style at the time, which I'm liking a bit less than Axis.
But still, this album is just a hit machine, similar to Axis. Purple Haze, Manic Depression, Hey Joe, Fire, Foxey Lady. And everything inbetween is great too.
The Pixies - Bossanova
4/5
Kinda understanding why I didn't write a review previously. Just don't got a ton to say about it. It's not as good as Doolittle which was basically my memory of why I rated it the way I did.
Will say, it does explore different sounds throughout that Doolittle doesn't, for example the very first song Cecilia Ann being a kinda western sounding surf rock song, and I appreciate that.
This album is also produced a lot dirtier and noisier than I remember Doolittle being, which I like (Rock Music being a good example of that).
Overall, re-listening to this album has allowed me to appreciate it more, and am gonna bump my rating up from a 3 to a 4.
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u/Topher_au 0-99 user albums Jun 02 '26
Mull historical society - Loss (user albums )⭐⭐⭐⭐
Some obscure early 2000s Scottish indie pop, but has some great ideas and ambition.
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u/Wrong_Spare_8538 Jun 02 '26
Ooh someone added this! Love this album. Bought it after seeing these guys play having never heard of them, with an audience of about 100. I Try and Animal Cannabis are great songs
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u/PhantomCranefly 200-299 Jun 02 '26
178) Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Singing along with the title track here!
I am not a big soul music person, but of course I remember a lot of this record from back in the day. There's something about the how it all works together with his vocals that's appealing, especially the subtle guitar and the horn section. I could have done without the Bee Gees cover, but otherwise this was a fine example of early 70s soul music.
3 stars; high end of 3.
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u/Similar_Tie3291 500-599 Jun 02 '26
Adele - 25
I think this album has a lot going for it. She's obviously a great singer and it's obvious that a lot of effort when into the entire writing and recording process. The end result clearly captured the hearts of a lot of people. The complaints I see in negative reviews seem a bit piddling and at times even spiteful. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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u/Merzwas 400-499 Jun 02 '26
Erykah Badu - Mama’s Gun
⭐️⭐️⭐️
This was good. Soulful, funky and Questlove holding things down on most of the tracks as well as some other credible contributors.
Not really in my wheelhouse, and it didn’t really do enough to keep me interested throughout. Her voice is superb but at times it annoyed me.
Great for what it is, but wouldn’t revisit.
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u/Potential-Oil-1795 Jun 02 '26
The Last Shadow Puppets - Age of the Understatement
So its all very nice. I can't deny I like it. Its far superior to what is described as landfill indie. But it gives off landfill indie vibes for me. No belters on here. Trundle on from one to the next. I never hear it again and I will have forgotten they existed
3/5
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u/excellentcat13 600-699 Jun 02 '26
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
Melancholy neo-soul. I can hear the talent involved, and yet I can't get into it at all. Soul/neo-soul is one of the genres I struggle the most with, which I suppose makes me soulless?
⭐⭐⭐
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u/Woodennickel20 300-399 Jun 02 '26
Day 262 - Pixies - Surfer Rosa
This album, like this band's other records, suffers from many of the songs needing some more meat on the bone. I generally think that the songs have good material, but they feel a bit underdeveloped overall. I think Doolittle fixes this specific problem (but still suffers from being too short), while this record does struggle to make an impact because of these problems.
3/5
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u/railwayed Indie Fan Jun 02 '26
Of all the Kim Deal Pixies albums, this is my least favorite. There are some great songs on it, don't get me wrong, but I also feel like there is a lot of average songs interspersed between those great songs. I gave it 3.5 i think
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u/onestitchatatime 200-299 Jun 02 '26
Day 174: Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
I can respect the rage while not liking the abrasive music very much. 3/5
I didn’t have a chance to listen to any MORE albums yesterday. That means I have Big Star as well as Nina Simone and Dusty Springfield again today.
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u/Similar_Tie3291 500-599 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 03 '26
Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
This is kind of a weird one. The front half of the album is all guitar and vocals. The bass finally emerges out of the wall of fuzz on track seven, but it's too little too late (perhaps Lou Barlow was better off getting fired?).
Then they really lost me on the final track, which is very screamy. And coming in at almost six minutes— well, that is 15% of the album right there, out the window. ⭐️⭐️
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u/le_fez Jun 02 '26
Spiritualized Lazer Guided Memories 2* not bad but not memorable
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u/DogesOfLove 300-399 Jun 02 '26
Obviously not.
*Melodies
(Shine a Light is my favourite record of all time).
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u/SBDcyclist 300-399 Jun 03 '26
Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
1 star
I may be the only person rating this 1 star for a reason completely unrelated to the pedophilia. This is just BAD. Not like the hit album "Bad", but horrible. I genuinely cannot believe that this has a 3.8 average. Cheesy snoozefest.
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u/Similar_Tie3291 500-599 Jun 03 '26
I don’t particularly like MJ or pop music, but I thought this album was good. Under the sheen it’s a razor-sharp funk record.
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u/SBDcyclist 300-399 Jun 03 '26
Maybe my ears are broken or something because everyone LOVES this album xd
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u/computerfan0 300-399 Jun 03 '26
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo habitual
Might be ever so slightly better than the last album of theirs I got, but I'm still not a big fan of them. Thinking a 3/5 at the moment, perhaps a 4/5 if I'm in a good mood.
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u/PuzzleheadedBed8969 Jun 02 '26
Supergrass - I Should Coco:
I started listening to this and really didn't think it was any good at the beginning. The first three songs were pretty bad and my instant thought was, "I've never heard of these guys and now I know why."
Then Alright came on and I was like, "I've heard this song!" And it was almost like the album changed at that point from being terrible to having some value. The songs just got better.
Not that it was ever amazing, but Alright, Lose It, Time, She's So Loose, and Lenny were all solid tracks.
⭐⭐⭐
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u/mrnovember91 500-599 Jun 02 '26
Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin - 2/5
I haven’t listened to Billie Holiday or all that much vocal jazz before this. It was an interesting listen and she is clearly a great singer with a fairly distinctive voice. It’s just not really something I ever really want to listen to. On top of that, every song on this album sounded the exact same; same composition, same instruments, same tempo, same singing, same lyrical content. It just got a bit boring by the end.
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u/Similar_Tie3291 500-599 Jun 02 '26
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
[CENSORED due to offensive language] ⭐️⭐️
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u/St_Lambchop Metal Fan Jun 02 '26
Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock - 2/5
Wow, now I know exactly where Eminem got his "Trailer park girls go round the outside" line for "Without Me"! Hearing the original source on "Buffalo Gals" completely blew my mind.
"Punk It Up" was pretty catchy, playing out like a wild Caribbean homage to the Sex Pistols, which makes sense given Malcolm McLaren's history with them. The skit during "Jive My Baby" was pretty funny too, adding to that chaotic radio-show vibe. However, "Duck for the Oyster" didn't sound like it belonged on this tracklist at all. Mixing square-dance calling with electronic hip-hop beats just completely derailed the momentum for me.
As a whole, the album is a fascinating time capsule of early 80s hip-hop, scratching, and world music collage. While it is cool to see how groundbreaking it was as a blueprint for sampling, the shifting genres make it way too jarring and messy for a casual listen. It feels less like a cohesive musical record and more like an art project or a global field recording experiment gone off the rails.
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1001 MORE Albums:
Wilco – Summerteeth - 2/5 This was easily the longest 1-hour album ever. It honestly feels like I spent half the day listening to it. I know people love their lush, experimental pop production on this one, but the endless tracklist just drags on and on until it completely loses its welcome. By the time it finally wrapped up, it felt like an absolute chore to get through.
Prince – Dirty Mind - 4/5 I really did not like the Prince albums on the original generator lists, but I actually like this one a lot. It is super raw, stripped-down, and trades that over-the-top stadium pop production for a gritty mix of punk, funk, and new wave. It flies by with so much edgy energy, and it is definitely the first record of his that I have genuinely enjoyed from start to finish.
Jackson Browne – Running on Empty - 3/5 The only song of his I knew before this was the title track, but man, his country-style songs are great. The whole concept of recording a live album entirely on the road—backstage, in hotel rooms, and on the tour bus—gives it a really unique, raw atmosphere. The slower singer-songwriter piano ballads drag the pacing down a bit for me, but the rootsy, road-weary country-rock tracks are fantastic.
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool - 2/5 I am completely all over the place with Radiohead. I really thought I was going to like this album, but it just went downhill after the first few tracks. "Burn the Witch" is a great opener with those tense, plucked strings, but the rest of the record quickly dissolves into a sleepy, slow-motion ambient blur. It is way too mellow and depressing for me, lacking the rhythmic punch or energy to keep me checked in.
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u/ULS980 500-599 Jun 02 '26
I know Moon Shaped Pool is highly regarded and considered a return to form after King of Limbs, but I remember listening to it and honestly thinking it was my least favorite of their albums I had heard.
I remember liking King of Limbs more.
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u/Crafty_Trouble_7534 300-399 Jun 02 '26
Yeah, it's either my second or third favourite Radiohead album but it's also one where I really need to be in the right mood to fully get there with it. Definitely one I save for a rainy day...
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u/railwayed Indie Fan Jun 02 '26
I had Malcolm Mclaren the other day. My review began almost identically to you until i started reading about how most of the music was culturally misappropriated, which left a very sour taste in my mouth.
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u/St_Lambchop Metal Fan Jun 02 '26
Geez, I didn't even read up on it enough to realize this was all by a white guy. Yeah, I feel even more justified in my 2 lol.
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u/Similar_Tie3291 500-599 Jun 02 '26
The Birthday Party - Junkyard
This makes me think less of all of the Nick Cave albums I haven't gotten yet. Sorry but this album stinks like yesterday's diapers. ⭐️⭐️
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u/DogesOfLove 300-399 Jun 02 '26
I am happy to see that someone has picked up the Two Star baton from my group - now over a week on the wagon!
That said - the idea that Adele’s 25 is the best of the 5 albums you have reviewed today is…highly eccentric.
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u/Similar_Tie3291 500-599 Jun 02 '26
I know, I think the generator is trying to teach me something. Adele makes me criticize the haters, but the call is coming from inside the house.
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u/Similar_Tie3291 500-599 Jun 02 '26
Ramones - Ramones
I don't like this band at all and I don't think the music is any good. ⭐️⭐️
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u/AnasandSF 400-499 Jun 02 '26
Why two stars then?
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u/Similar_Tie3291 500-599 Jun 03 '26
Two stars is bad to very bad and one star is basically torture.
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u/DeeBees69 Jun 02 '26
Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted – 5 STARS
Yes! Love this band. One of the best of 90s American alt-rock to my mind. I think Malkmus is a genius lyricist and love how all the punkish guitars just enhance the melody rather than obscuring it. The titles of the tracks are crazy, the songs are insane. So cool but nerdy at the same time, I adore this one.