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HELP ME rank all Sput genres

Hi. You saw what Ryus and Ars did with this list format - it was fun and entertaining and I loved backseating the hell out of them. For a short while I considered making my own version - and maybe I will one day!! - but having considered the inherent ridiculousness of asserting any notion of pan-[sput]genre supremacy (see: Ars' list), I realised that this is actually a far more valuable opportunity to LEARN than to FLEX. So, um, here are the genres! I tentatively commit to listening to roughly one album per genre as a horizon-broadening exercise (may be more than one for big genres/genres I'm clueless on, will be zero for genres I know to well). Help me choose which to pick I guess!
1Radiohead
OK Computer


Alternative Rock

[closed]
2Aphex Twin
Syro


Electronic

[closed - unhelpful tag]
3Material Girl
i85mixx21-22


Hip-Hop

REC ME

Checked:

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (4.2)
The Streets - Original Pirate Material (3.5)
Kanye - MBDTF (3.5)
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle (2.999)
Snoop Dogg - Doggumentary (3.2)
JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs (2.3)
Lil Ugly Mane - Oblivion Access (3.9)
Lupe Fiasco - Drill Music In Zion (3.9)
Astronautalis - This Is Our Science (3.8)
M.I.A. - Arular (3.5)
M.I.A. - Kala (4.0)
Nujabes - Luv(sic) Hexalogy (4.2 - ain't rating this because i don't want to drop that worthy worthy average)
Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid (3.8)
Eyedea & Ability - By the Throat (4.0)
Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future (3.5)
Dr. Dooom - First Come First Served (4.2)
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein (3.6)
Billy Woods - Aethiopes (4.0)
brakence - Hypochondriac (1.0)
Little Simz - No Thank You (3.9)
Danger Mouse and Black Thought - Cheat Codes (3.7)
JID - The Forever Story (3.5)
Quadeca - I Didn't Mean to Haunt You (3.0)
Kanye West - Donda 2 (2.0)
4John Coltrane
My Favorite Things


Jazz

REC ME

Checked:

Art Blakey - Moanin' (4.0)
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain (3.6)
Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Tuesday Wonderland (3.5)
Makaya McCraven - In These Times (4.0)
Ezra Collective - Where I'm Meant to Be (3.5)
The Comet Is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam (3.5)
5Black Sabbath
Master of Reality


Metal

[closed - unhelpful tag]
6Seiko Oomori
Kusokawa Party


Pop

[closed]
7The Clash
The Clash


Punk

REC ME

The Brat - Attitudes (3.5)
8Dire Straits
Making Movies


Rock

probably unnecessary, but REC ME
9Haruka Nakamura
Grace


Ambient

REC ME

Checked

Brian Eno - Another Green World (VERY GREAT ...but not ambient! to be continued!)
Brian Eno - Discreet Music (this one is ambient and I don't like it as much, but it is nice. 3.5)
Brian Eno - Music For Airports (4.2/5 absolutely fucking yes, would potentially one day 5 the middle two tracks)
Vangelis - Spiral (3.5)
Xela - The Dead Sea (3.5)
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Music For Nine Post Cards (3.9 good Music For Airports rainyday fanfic)
Shpongle - Nothing Lasts... But Nothing Is Lost (4.1)
Vladislav Delay - Entain (4.0)
Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (3.5)
Vladislav Delay - Anima (!!!! 4.4 !!!!)
Claire Rousay - everything perfect is already here (3.2)
Tim Hecker - Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again (3.5)
Tim Hecker - Radio Amor (4.1)
Tim Hecker - Mirages (3.0)
Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet (3.6)
Vladislav Delay - Whistleblower (4.3)
Rachika Nayar - Heaven Come Crashing (3.0)
Coil - Musick To Play In The Dark (3.6)
10The Killers
Sam's Town


Americana

REC ME

Checked:

Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (huskydemovoiceGR8/10)
11Wolves in the Throne Room
Two Hunters


Black Metal

REC ME (no 21st century atmoblack)

Checked:

Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses (3.0 overproduced horrorcore, kinda cool kinda quite uncool, annoying drum prod)
Saidan - Onryō II: Her Spirit Eternal (4.0 best new metal big fun)
Sigh - Shiki (4.0)
Mamaleek - Fever Dream (3.5)
Mamaleek - He Never Spoke a Mumblin Word (4.2)
Arcturus The Sham Mirrors (3.5)
Scarcity - Aveilut (4.0)
Ashenspire - Hostile Architecture (3.5)
12Napalm Death
Scum


Bluegrass

REC ME anything for the love of God

Checked:

David Grisman Quintet - The David Grisman Quintet (strong 4.0 will probably bump)
The Dillards - Back Porch Bluegrass (3.5)
Bill Monroe - Kentucky Blue Grass (3.0)
Bela Fleck Crossing The Tracks (3.5 but maybe this is low ed. it isn't, but Spain is an alltimer awesomesong)
John Hartford - Aereo-Plain (3.5)
13Tom Waits
Rain Dogs


Blues

REC ME
14The Prodigy
Music for the Jilted Generation


Breaks

REC ME (no breakcore)

Checked:

Dream Dolphin - A Great Mother and a Shadow (3.4)
Smams - UD1 (3.5)
Machine Girl - MRK90 MIX VOL 1 (3.9)
Machine Girl - WLFGRL (3.6)
Machine Girl - Gemini (3.0)
Machine Girl - BECAUSE I'M YOUNG... (3.5)
Machine Girl - RePorpoised Phantasies (3.7)
Hybrid - Wide Angle (4.2)
Samurai Breaks - TURBO RAVE ARTILLERY (3.0)
Machine Girl - Neon White OST 1 - The Wicked Heart (4.0)
midxna - control is an illusion (3.7)
NEMLESSS - BOSSS RUSH CORE (3.5)
Kaizo Slumber - How Are We Feeling Today? (3.4)
15Supercar
Three Out Change!!


Britpop

REC ME

Pulp - Different Class (3.5)
16Ludwig van Beethoven
"Appassionata" Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57


Classical

REC ME
17Taylor Swift
Speak Now


Country

REC ME (no country pop)

Checked:

Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak (2.5)
Guy Clark - Old No. 1 (3.2)
Tex Ritter - Cowboy Favorites (2.8)
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (3.6)
16 Horsepower - Sackcloth 'n' Ashes (3.9888)
Wovenhand - Woven Hand (4.2)
Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots - s/t (3.45)
Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger (3.5)
The Chicks - Fly (2.5 this was a bad idea i'm sorry neek)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (3.9)
Wovenhand - Blush Music (3.5)
Noah Cyrus - The Hardest Part (2.5)
Willi Carlisle - Perculiar, Missouri (probably like 3.7 hmm)
Orville Peck - Bronco (3.5)
Wovenhand - Silver Sash (3.0)
Ruston Kelly - The Weakness (2.5)
Honey Harper - Honey Harper and the Infinite Sky (3.5)
18Ad Nauseam
Imperative Imperceptible Impulse


Death Metal

REC ME

Checked:

Death - Scream Bloody Gore (3.5)
Death - Human (3.7)
Timeghoul - 1992-1994 Discography (3.0)
Pyrrhon - What Passes For Survival (good!!)
Lorna Shore - Pain Remains (2.5) lol this is probably closer to melodeath but idgaf; it lame
Imperial Triumphant - Spirit of Ecstasy (3.0)
19My Dying Bride
The Dreadful Hours


Doom Metal

REC ME (no death/doom - older or slower stuff plz)

Messa - Close (3.7)
Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper (probably 4.5 territory)
20Spangle call Lilli line
PURPLE


Downtempo

REC ME (nothing interchangeable with trip-hop)

Checked:

Amethystium - Aphelion (3.9)
21Cocteau Twins
Heaven or Las Vegas


Dream Pop

[closed]
22Boris
Urban Dance


Drone

REC ME

Checked:

Yellow Swans - Drowner Yellow Swans (3.5 where is choke-me yellow swans)
The Goslings - Grandeur of Hair (am gonna count this as a very marginal inclusion because it's a hard 4.3 and i wanna rep it)
Boris - fade (3.5)
Yellow Swans - Going Places (4.1)
23Amon Tobin
Permutation


Drum and Bass

REC ME

Checked:

Black Sun Empire - Driving Insane (3.5)
Soichi Terada - Ape Escape Originape Soundtracks (3.4)
LTJ Bukem - Demon's Theme / A Couple of Beats (3.9)
Artemis - Elysian Fields / Desideradi (4.3)
Artemis - Fairlight / Desert Traveller (3.9)
Artemis - Inner Worlds / Sun Stars (4.0)
Hive - Devious Methods (3.5)
The Chameleon - Links (3.9)
24Burial
Untrue


Dubstep

REC ME (no brostep)
25Cap'n Jazz
Shmap'n Shmazz


Emo

[closed unless it's really fucking special]
26Radiohead
Pablo Honey


Experimental

[closed]
27Joni Mitchell
Blue


Folk

REC ME (20th century stuff only)

John Martyn - Bless the Weather (4.0)
Chyi Yu - 橄欖樹 (Olive) (3.0)
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt (2.3 - - - 20th century only!!!!)
Sirom The Liquified Throne of Simplicity (3.5)
28Seiko Oomori
PINK


Folk Punk

REC ME
29Talking Heads
Remain in Light


Funk

REC ME

Checked:

Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome (good, sometimes very awesome 3.9)
Sly and The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On (3.5)
Curtis Mayfield Superfly (3.5 but should probs bump. luv the opener)
30Burial
Kindred


Garage

REC ME

Checked:

The Streets - Original Pirate Material (3.5)
Todd Edwards - Prima Edizione (3.0)
Ishome - Confession (3.9)
31Anathema
Eternity


Gothic

[closed because this is a dumb label]
32Dizzee Rascal
Boy In Da Corner


Grime

[tentatively closed because I've already whistlestopped this for Storm's failed build-an-album series, but rec me if there's anything I should desperately hear]
33Gridlink
Longhena


Grind

REC ME

Checked:

Magrudergrind - s/t (3.5 good sometimes great annoying politixsamples)
Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer (absolutely yes 4.2 should probably be higher)
Takafumi Matsubara - Strange, Beautiful And Fast (3.5)
GridLink - Amber Gray (it is a debut 3.0)
Discordance Axis - The Inalienable Dreamless (indizzzzputable classic 3.5)
Cutting Pink With Knives Populuxxe (2.0 ffs Mort)
Graf Orlock - Destination Time Yesterday (3.0 v FUN sample use)
Brutal Truth - Need to Control (4.0 fuck yeah)
Cloud Rat - Threshold (3.7)
Knoll Metempiric (3.9)
Antigama Whiteout (3.0)

i am ground.
34Nirvana
In Utero


Grunge

[tentatively closed - will finally hear the whole of Superunknown and probably call it a day]
35Def Leppard
Hysteria


Hard Rock

REC ME
36Bleach03
Kibakuzai


Hardcore

REC ME (pioneering ogs)
ed. [closed]

Checked:

Minor Threat - s/t (4.0)
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (lol yeah okay 3.6)
Black Flag - The Process of Weeding Out (good/5 definitely no midori but good enough to make me wish midori had done free jazz)
Discharge - Hear Nothing (4.2 BEST OLD HARDCORE)
Rites of Spring - All Through A Life (4.0 this band is very 4.0 good)

I think I'm done with hardcore

edit: nope

Saccharine Trust - Surviving You, Always (3.9)
37Black Sabbath
Master of Reality


Heavy Metal

REC ME
38Gidge
Autumn Bells


House

REC ME [prog or tech house especially - microhouse or deep house also welcome]

Checked:

Jan Jelinek - Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records (don't rly count this, but 4.0)
Jaydee - Plastic Dreams (3.0)
Luomo - Vocalcity (4.2)
Naked Flames - Miracle in Transit (3.5)
Real Lies - Lad Ash (3.6)
Lusine - Serial Hodgepodge (3.5)
James Holden - Balance 005 (4.3)
Beyonce - Renaissance (3.0)
39Aphex Twin
Syro


IDM

[closed]
40Ben Howard
I Forget Where We Were


Indie Folk

REC ME (pre-2010s stuff only)
41Soutaisei Riron
Hi-Fi Anatomia


Indie Pop

ummm I guess REC ME, 90s stuff or earlier though
42Pavement
Slanted and Enchanted


Indie Rock

[closed]
43Killing Joke
Pandemonium


Industrial

REC ME (insta-veto on any industrial metal or butt-rock - horrible mechanical og pioneering shit only please)

Checked:

Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report (3.0)
Skinny Puppy - Bites (3.0)
Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park (4.0)
Coil - Horse Rotorvator (3.5)
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine (2.5)
44Animal Collective
Strawberry Jam


Jam Rock

REC ME

The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach (3.3)
45Troyka
Ornithophobia


Jazz Fusion

REC ME

Checked:

Hiromasa Suzuki - High-Flying (3.0)
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy (3.0)
46Car Seat Headrest
Twin Fantasy (Mirror to Mirror)


Lo-fi

REC ME
47Tera Melos
Drugs to the Dear Youth


Math Rock

[closed]
48Dark Tranquillity
The Gallery


Melodic Death Metal

[closed]
49Cave In
Until Your Heart Stops


Metalcore

tentatively REC ME (any buttchug horseshit will result in an insta-ban)

checked:

The Callous Daoboys - Celebrity Therapist (3.5)
50Moondog
Moondog


Minimal

REC ME

Checked:

Hiroshi Yoshimura - Music For Nine Post Cards (3.9)
Park Jiha - Communion (3.7)
Park Jiha - The Gleam (3.7)
Kali Malone - Living Torch (3.5)
The Necks - Aquatic (4.3)
The Necks - Sex (3.7)
The Necks - Hanging Gardens (4.0)
The Necks - Travel (3.5)
Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians (4.5)
51Keiichi Okabe
Nier Automata OST


New Age

REC ME

Checked:

Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (3.9)
Virginia Astley - From Gardens Where We Feel Secure (3.5)
Masakatsu Takagi - Kagayaki - (somewhat marginal classification but solid 4.2 enormous album, 2 x 2.5 hrs well spent)
Amethystium - Aphelion (3.9)
Enya - Watermark (3.6)
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Music For Nine Post Cards (3.9)
Beverly Glenn-Copeland - ...Keyboard Fantasies... (3.7)
52Melt-Banana
Charlie


Noise Rock

[closed]
53Maximum the Hormone
Yoshu Fukushu


Nu-metal

*sigh* REC ME

Checked:

System of a Down - Toxicity (3.5 some GREATs many mids)
One Minute Silence - Buy Now...Saved Later (overlong and a little goofy, but dope at its best thanx kompys)
54Jeff Rosenstock
WORRY.


Pop Punk

REC ME something that brings a different energy to the genre as a whole

Checked:

Joyce Manor - 40 oz. to Fresno (mehzzz 2.5)
55Split End
Deep Love


Pop Rock

[closed]
56Unwound
New Plastic Ideas


Post Hardcore

[closed]
57Isis
Panopticon


Post Metal

[closed]
58The Cure
Seventeen Seconds


Post Punk

REC ME a classic

Veronica Lipgloss and the Evil Eyes - The Witch's Dagger (4.2)
Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia (3.4)
59Tortoise
TNT


Post Rock

[closed]
60Nightwish
Oceanborn


Power Metal

REC ME

Checked:

Adramelch - Irae Melanox (3.5)
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth (3.1 but this is good and maybe i should enjoy it more)
Sanctuary - Into the Mirror Black (3.5)
X Japan - Blue Blood (4.1)
61Dream Theater
Awake


Progressive Metal

[closed]
62King Crimson
Red


Progressive Rock

REC ME 70s classics only

Checked:

Art Bears - Hope and Fears (4.0)
Art Bears - Winter Songs (3.5)
Art Bears - The World As It Is Today (4.2)
Henry Cow - Leg End (3.5)
Henry Cow - Unrest (3.0)
63The Flaming Lips
Clouds Taste Metallic


Psychedelic

REC ME og classics only
64Arca
KICK ii


Reggae

REC ME
65Astrobrite
Pinkshinyultrablast


Shoegaze

[closed]
66The Clash
London Calling


Ska

REC ME

Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb (2.5)
Jeff Rosenstock - Ska Dream (3.4)
67Neurosis
Through Silver in Blood


Sludge Metal

REC ME (no post metal)
68David Bowie
Young Americans


Soul

REC ME

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (4.0)
D'Angelo - Black Messiah (4.2)
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (3.9)
69Yuki Kajiura
Kara no Kyoukai: Fukan Fuukei


Soundtrack

[closed]
70Boris
Heavy Rocks


Stoner Rock

REC ME maybe
71The Field
From Here We Go Sublime


Techno

REC ME (no min techno)

Checked:

Orbital (3.3)
Orbital 2 (strong 4)
Underworld Second Toughest in the Infants (4.2)
Drexciya - Neptune's Lair (3.5)
The Field - Cupid's Head (3.3)
Uusitalo - Vapaa Muurari Live (4.0)
Orbital - Snivilisation (3.3)
72Megadeth
Rust in Peace


Thrash Metal

REC ME (probably)
73Dream Dolphin
月の癒し、海の魔法


Trance

REC ME yes please!!!

Checked:

James Ferraro - Live at Primavera Sound 2012 (3.5)
Blue Planet Corporation - Blue Planet (mmm light 4)
Hallucinogen - Twisted (4.3)
Lucky People Center - Interspecies Communication (3.5)
Cold Storage - Wipeout (3.3)
BT - Ima (3.5)
System F - Out Of The Blue (3.7)
DJ Close Your Eyes To Find Me - Angel Trance Edits Volume One (4.2)
DJ Close Your Eyes To Find Me - Angel Trance Edits Volume Two (4.0)
Astral Projection - Trust in Trance (3.0)
Arpeggiators - Elements (3.0)
Virtual Symmetry - Loro and Nostro (3.8)
TDJ - TDJ123 (3.6)
Dance 2 Trance - Moon Spirits (2.5)
Spicelab - Quicksand EP (3.5)
OceanLab - Sirens Of The Sea (3.0)
Dream Dolphin - Angel 13. From The Hyper Speed Forest (3.5)
Dimension 5 - Transdimensional (3.5)
AOA - Domegapeace (4.2)
74Portishead
Dummy


Trip Hop

[closed]
75SZA
S.O.S.


R&B

unsure what the hell happened to this one, must have deleted the list entry by mistake at some point. anyway

SZA - S.O.S. (2.0)
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