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5 classic
AFI The Art of Drowning
Andrew Lloyd Webber Jesus Christ Superstar: Original Cast
At the Drive-In Relationship of Command
Black Moon Enta Da Stage
Floorpunch Fast Times At The Jersey Shore
Mew Frengers
Panacea Ink Is My Drink
Purpose Art As A Weapon
Spectacular EP. Purpose blend New Jersey punk elements with a touch of legendary D.C. hardcore for a get-your-ass-up-and-dance primal roar. The ripping bass intro on "Untitled" (later named "Kill For The Cause") followed up instantly by shouts of "Save me/from the fire/that you created...forced to live our lives/in pursuit of your desire" is basically as rebellious- and radical- as it gets. Essential NJ punk history.
The Beatles Rubber Soul
As Beatles albums go, this is my personal favorite. It just has everything there is to love about the "Fab Four." Rubber Soul is catchy, yet retains plenty of depth and meaning. The Beatles may have had an illustrious career, but this is by far the pinnacle of their immense talent.
The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium
the pillows Happy Bivouac
You can't get much cooler than the pillows. I mean, aside from the fact that they're Japanese, they've done soundtracks to some of the hippest TV shows ever, and that they're brilliant songwriters, they just have an aura of "awesome" surrounding them. Happy Bivouac is the sum of their massive talent. Quite possibly the pillows' greatest rock-oriented album (most subsequent releases have had more of a progressive tinge), Happy Bivouac features the spectacular one/two punch of "LAST DINOSAUR" and "CARNIVAL." As if aesthetic capitalization to emphasize greatness wasn't enough, just listen to these songs (particularly the former), and prepare to be blown away. After you're hooked, expand to the rest of Happy Bivouac (which doesn't have a bad song on it), and the pillows' discography on the whole. Import-approved status a go-go.
The Smiths Hatful of Hollow
It takes an awful lot of willpower to appreciate just how incredible the Smiths are. Sure, the music is relatively accessible, but to fully immerse yourself in the true Smiths experience, one needs to have a relatively open mind. Hatful of Hollow represents the pinnacle of their career. Everything about this album is superb: the music, the lyrics, and the synergy; even Morrissey's vocal work is well above-average (which means it's pretty damn incredible). Containing such classics as "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now," "Accept Yourself," "This Night Has Opened My Eyes," and "Handsome Devil", as well as a host of other memorable tracks, Hatful is the definitive Smiths album. The perfect starting point for your experience of one of the greatest musical groups of all time? I think the answer would be a resounding "hell yes."
X Japan Art Of Life
At first, I approached this with skeptiscm. That's not to say I wasn't curious (interesting bands have always intrigued me), but still I remained a Doubting Thomas as to whether or not this album would live up to my expectations. In short, Art of Life shattered them. This is truly a groundbreaking song that compliments itself so well that I can hardly imagine anyone not becoming infatuated with it. Art of Life is very hard to put into words. It's just that epic. Do yourself a favor and check this out for some musical enlightenment.

4.5 superb
AFI Black Sails in the Sunset
AFI Sing the Sorrow
Andrew Lloyd Webber Highlights from The Phantom of the Opera
BoySetsFire Tomorrow come today
Casey Jones The Messenger
Circle Takes The Square As The Roots Undo
David Bowie The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust...
Deltron 3030 Deltron 3030
Hip-hop doesn't get any slicker than this. I mean, when you take rap and give it an actual concept, that's really saying something. 3030 is the type of album that's easy to lose yourself in. It's deep, evocative, and yet just lighthearted enough to appeal to a wide variety of people. I couldn't praise this album much higher than saying that it's essential listening for anyone.
Denver Harbor Scenic
DMX It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
Dropkick Murphys The Warriors Code
Glassjaw Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About
Husker Du Zen Arcade
Ice Cube The Predator
Jay-Z The Black Album
Joe Satriani Is There Love In Space?
John Mayer Continuum
John Mayer Trio TRY! John Mayer Trio in Concert
Joni Mitchell Court and Spark
Kanye West Late Registration
This is one rad album. Kanye West certainly proves that he can hang with the best of them on Late Registration. From the catchy "Gold Digger" and "Touch the Sky," to the anthem-like "We Major," Kanye's sophomore album disappoints in only one aspect: filler. There's a lot of it. Overall, though, Late Registration is a prime example of how mainstream hip-hop should be performed, and is essential for any pop fans.
Lacuna Coil Comalies
I can't imagine anyone not liking this album. For me, it is Lacuna Coil's finest moment. It's the album that bridged all the gaps, and proved to be a major breakthrough for the group. Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro make for one of the most impressive vocal experiences in metal. Heavy guitars, powerful drumming, and moody keyboard; what more can you ask for? Comalies is a fantastic album, and I couldn't recommend it higher.
Lagwagon Trashed
Less Than Jake B Is For B-sides
When bands release compilations of B-sides, the quality is generally rather shaky. Hey, they can't all be Hatful of Hollow (The Smiths). However, as soon as you pop Less Than Jake's B is for B-sides into your CD player, I can almost guarantee you that one thought will come to your mind: "Why in the name of Hell were these songs shrouded into obscurity?" I may never know the answer to that question, but I do know that this is a fantastic album. Check it out.
Lil Wayne The Drought Is Over Pt. 4
Lostprophets Start Something
Medeski, Martin and Wood End of the World Party (Just in Case)
Mew And the Glass Handed Kites
No, this doesn't have anything to do with the legendary 151st Pokemon. As elusive as said Pokemon was, so to are the band it shares it's name with. Mew have a sense of pure serenity that you can lose yourself in. It's hard to find an album quite like And The Glass Handed Kites. Actually, it's impossible. Why? Simply because what Mew have done on this record is unique incarnate. Listen to it; experience it.
Neil Young Harvest
NOFX Punk In Drublic
Outkast Aquemini
Parhelia First Light
Say Anything ...Is A Real Boy
Say Anything ...Is A Real Boy (re-release)
Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life
There's really not much that hasn't already been said about Stevie Wonder. The man is a legend, a lyrical genius, and a musical master. His soulful tunes have inspired and gained the respect of several generations. Songs in the Key of Life represents what could be considered near the height of his abilities. Songs such as "Isn't She Lovely?" are touching, emotion-packed expressions of true musicianship. I highly recommend anyone who's in need of some inspiration or just some wonderful music to listen to, check out Stevie. This album in particular.
Suede Dog Man Star
Sunny Day Real Estate Diary
The Mars Volta Frances the Mute
The Mars Volta The Bedlam In Goliath
The Pax Cecilia Blessed Are The Bonds
The Smiths The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths Singles
Thrice The Artist In The Ambulance
Tiger Army Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise
X Japan Blue Blood
X Japan Jealousy

4 excellent
2Pac Greatest Hits
AFI Very Proud Of Ya
AFI All Hallow's EP
At the Drive-In Vaya EP
At the Drive-In In / Casino / Out
Black Sabbath Paranoid
Bouncing Souls Anchors Aweigh
Bouncing Souls The Gold Record
Bouncing Souls The Good, The Bad, and The Argyle
BoySetsFire The Misery Index: Notes from the plague years
BoySetsFire Suckerpunch Training EP
Charles Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
Chevelle This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)
Coheed and Cambria In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Comeback Kid Wake The Dead
Converge Jane Doe
Cream Disraeli Gears
Dr. Dre The Chronic
Driving East A Black Eye or A Broken Heart EP
Eazy-E Eternal E
Folly Insanity Later
Gatsbys American Dream Volcano
Pop-punk gets progressive on albums like Volcano. This third LP of Gatsby's American Dream's tells a conceptual story about (unsurprisingly) a volcano. The song titles blatantly draw comparisons to the ancient eruption of Mt. Vesuvius which devastated the Roman city of Pompeii (particularly the song that shares the name of said city). Volcano is just a huge pile of awesome, so jump the hell in.
Gatsbys American Dream Gatsby's American Dream
Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion I
Guns Up! All This Is
Happy Meals Toaster
Have Heart Songs to Scream at the Sun
Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy
Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2
Hot Cross Cryonics
In Every Breath Distrust
India.Arie Testimony: Vol. 1, Life and Relationship
Jethro Tull Aqualung
John Mayer Heavier Things
John Mayer Room For Squares
John McLaughlin Trio Que Alegria
Judge New York Crew EP
Kanye West Late Orchestration
Kidcrash Jokes
Lagwagon Let's Talk About Feelings
Les Savy Fav Let's Stay Friends
Machinae Supremacy Redeemer (Underground Edition)
Metallica Master of Puppets
Master of Puppets is the essential thrash metal album from the essential thrash metal band. I know there are a lot of Metallica haters out there. Well, perhaps they don't know what they're missing. If that happens to be the case, look into Master of Puppets first and foremost. Eight tracks of pure adrenaline. Notable songs are "Master of Puppers," "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "Disposable Heroes," and the instrumental "Orion." That's not to say the rest of this album is lackluster, cause in the end, it's fucking Metallica.
Miles Davis Kind Of Blue
Minor Threat Out of Step
Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory
Nas Illmatic
NWA Straight Outta Compton
Off Minor The Heat Death of the Universe
Overise A Long Story EP
Pantera Vulgar Display Of Power
Patent Pending Save Each Other, The Whales Are Doing...
Pearl Jam Yield
Pearl Jam Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam Lost Dogs
Pg. 99 Document # 8
Pg. 99 Document #12
Pig Destroyer Phantom Limb
Placebo Meds
Porcupine Tree Deadwing
Protest the Hero Kezia
I can't decide whether this album is for pussies or not. The fact that it falls into an area that's too hard for punk, yet too soft for metal, whilst combining some of the better aspects of both of those genres is enough to hook anyone. While the instrumentation on Kezia (particularly the guitar work) may not be anything unique, and the vocals sound sometimes like an extremely pissed off 12 year old screaming, it's still just interesting enough to keep me listening. Kezia is just nuts.
Public Enemy It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us
Ramones Road to Ruin
Rise Against Revolutions Per Minute
Rufio The Comfort of Home
Rush Moving Pictures
Rush In Rio
Shai Hulud That Within Blood Ill-Tempered
Shipwreck A.D. Abyss
With Abyss, Shipwreck have taken all those maritime feelings of gloom, chaos, and a whole lot of wet - from thoughts of gray skies and Ahab to the Norse gods themselves - and channeled it into an intense, brutalizing wall that feels amazingly good to slam up against. The music is heavy, the vocals are power, and it's really just a fucking rad day to be in this sea.
Silvertide Show and Tell
Social Distortion Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell
Sonata Arctica Ecliptica
Sonata Arctica Silence
Sparta Porcelain
Sparta Wiretap Scars
Stone Temple Pilots Thank You
Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies The Art of Rebellion
The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Clash London Calling: Legacy Edition
The Honorary Title Anything Else But The Truth
The Mars Volta Tremulant
The Mars Volta Octahedron
The Music Welcome To The North
The Notorious B.I.G. Ready To Die
The Smiths The Smiths
The Smiths Louder Than Bombs
The Unseen State Of Discontent
The Wrens Meadowlands
Thrice The Illusion of Safety
Turbonegro Party Animals
U2 The Best Of 1980-1990
Van Halen Van Halen
X Japan Vanishing Vision
X Japan Dahlia

3.5 great
1000 Travels of Jawaharlal Owari Wa Konai
A Wilhelm Scream Mute Print
AC/DC AC/DC Live [2-Disc Collector's Edition]
AFI Answer That And Stay Fashionable
Agnostic Front Victim In Pain
Alestorm Captain Morgan's Revenge
Amy Winehouse Back To Black
At the Drive-In Acrobatic Tenement
At the Drive-In El Gran Orgo
Bane The Note
Bane It All Comes Down To This
Black Flag Damaged
Black Flag My War
Blind Guardian Battalions of Fear
blink-182 Blink 182 Greatest Hits
Blondie Parallel Lines
Blue October Foiled
Blur The Best Of Blur [Special Edition Double CD]
Blur Leisure
Blur Parklife
Blur The Great Escape
Boston Boston
Bouncing Souls The Bouncing Souls
BoySetsFire After the Eulogy
BoySetsFire Before The Eulogy
Cease Upon the Capitol Cease Upon the Capitol
Chevelle Wonder What's Next
Coheed and Cambria Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV...
Common Be
Da Backwudz Wood Work
Daddy Yankee Barrio Fino En Directo
Death Cab For Cutie Plans
Deftones White Pony
DMX Grand Champ
DragonForce Inhuman Rampage
dredg Catch Without Arms
Dropkick Murphys Sing Loud, Sing Proud
Field Mob Light Poles and Pine Trees
Finch Say Hello To Sunshine
Floorpunch Twin Killing
Folly Resist Convenience
Fort Minor The Rising Tied
Gay For Johnny Depp The Politics Of Cruelty
Ghostlimb Bearing & Distance
Ghostlimb Ghostlimb
Godsmack The Other Side EP
Green Day American Idiot
There's nothing wrong with American Idiot. Nothing at all. Forget that it's a "rock opera," forget its political aspirations, forget all of its success: at the core, American Idiot is a fun, catchy pop-punk album. With the exception of the lackluster final leg, the entire record is very pleasing. Sure, you've heard "American Idiot," "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," and all those other tracks on the radio (constantly), but, for what they are, they're good songs. I really can’t see why anyone would dislike this album, when it’s really quite entertaining.
Green Day Dookie
Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion II
Guns N' Roses GNR Lies
Guns N' Roses Guns n' Roses: Live Era '87-'93
Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy
As one of the many who downloaded the two and a half or so songs from the legendary - nay, the mythologized - Axl Rose solo debut that have leaked over the last decade and a half (say what you want, only "I.R.S.", "Better", and the song formerly known by its initials only, "There Was A Time" were decent enough to listen to out of all those torrents and shit), I never really expected Chinese Democracy to be much of anything. But good ol' pot bellied "Corn" Rose manages to channel the ferocious sound of late 80s/pre-Seattle Explosion hard rock with his cast of revolving studio session'ers. More than anything, GnR have returned to the taut, fast moving pace of Appetite as opposed to the disjointed Illusion twins. This may truly be rock and roll's greatest example of vanity, but it's hard to deny that CD is anything but one of the best releases of 2008.
Handsome Boy Modeling School White People
Have Heart The Things We Carry
Hellacopters By the Grace of God
Hellacopters Rock And Roll Is Dead
Hopesfall The Satellite Years
Hot Water Music Caution
J Dilla Donuts
Jedi Mind Tricks Visions of Gandhi
Jedi Mind Tricks Violent By Design
Joe Satriani Flying In A Blue Dream
Joni Mitchell Blue
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV
This is the most overrated album of all time. IV is a great record, but is simply too weak at the core to be considered anything other than that. Sure, "Stairway to Heaven" may be the definitive classic rock song, and this album may play host to several classics, but it just isn't that good. Zeppelin's finest moment it isn't, but it's still required listening for anyone with rock star aspirations.
Lifetime Jersey's Best Dancers
Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz Kings of Crunk
Lil Wayne Tha Carter II
Lil Wayne The Drought is Over Pt. 6: The Reincarnation
Linkin Park Hybrid Theory
Lostprophets The Fake Sound Of Progress
Matchbook Romance West For Wishing EP
Maximo Park A Certain Trigger
Midtown Forget What You Know
Misfits Horror Business
Morrissey Viva Hate
MxPx The Ever Passing Moment
New York Dolls New York Dolls
Nirvana Bleach
Nirvana Nevermind
Nirvana Greatest Hits
Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Madman
Ozzy Osbourne Bark at the Moon
Pennywise Pennywise
Poison Flesh & Blood
Poison's third album, and the last released to feature their original line-up, Flesh & Blood is the sounds of a wholly 80s band breaking into the wilderness of the 1990s. With the emergence of three-chord grunge chart toppers the likes of Nirvana, how could a band who gained notoriety for their power ballads and Aqua Net usage conform for a new generation? Simple: they wrote more power ballads. Flesh & Blood features several instant classics such as the feel-good lewdness of "Unskinny Bop," the meaningful mournfulness of "Something to Believe In," to "Ride the Wind," an anthem for the ages; one that's quite possibly Poison's best track. Combine this with the appealing talent of guitarist C.C. Deville and drummer Rikki Rocket, flamboyant vocal performance of Brett Micheals, and the ever-present bass lines of Bobby Dall, and Poison easily demonstrated that they were for keeps. While the album as a continuum is a little on the weak side, the pure bliss of some of the best songs hair metal has to offer makes it a great listen. Just don’t expect too much replay value.
Raconteurs Broken Boy Soldiers
Radiohead OK Computer
Rage Against the Machine The Battle Of Los Angeles
Ramones Ramones
Ramones Rocket To Russia
Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium
Red Hot Chili Peppers By The Way
Rise Against The Unraveling (Re-Issue)
Rites of Spring Rites of Spring
Rush Rush
Saetia A Retrospective
Saves the Day In Reverie
Shakira Oral Fixation Vol. 2
Styx The Grand Illusion
Suede Coming Up
Sufjan Stevens Illinois
Terror Lowest Of The Low
The Adicts Live and Loud
The Army of Freshmen Beg, Borrow, Steal
The Beatles 1
The Beatles Revolver
The Darkness Permission to Land
The Exies Inertia
The Mars Volta Scab Dates [Live]
The Mars Volta Amputechture
The Mars Volta Live EP
the pillows Kool Spice
the pillows, one of Japan's most talented musical acts, have made a point throughout their career to incorporate unique and varied genres of music into their songwriting. Their third album, 1994's Kool Spice, is one of the finest examples of this trait. Using jazz as a template, the pillows crafted a mellow, easy to listen to yet extremely addictive album. Though the eclectic flavors of Kool Spice aren't without flaws (the transition from song A to song B is oftentimes a tad too radical, thus disrupting the flow; primarily sung in Japanese vocals can be grating), they still don't change the fact that this album is a must-listen for fans of experimental music with indie-esque undertones, especially when considering the fact that "Twilight Park Waltz" is easily one of the best songs of the 90s. Bootleg it or import it.
The Presidents Of The USA The Presidents Of The USA
The Smiths Meat is Murder
Thought Riot Shattered Mirror Syndrome
Thrice The Alchemy Index: Vols. I and II...
Thrice The Alchemy Index Vols. III and IV...
Thursday Waiting
Thursday Full Collapse
Tiger Army Tiger Army II:Power of Moonlite
Trash Talk Plagues
With Honor With Honor

3 good
2Pac All Eyez on Me
AC/DC Back in Black
AC/DC Highway To Hell
AFI Behind The Times
AFI A Fire Inside EP
AFI I Heard a Voice DVD
Alien Ant Farm truANT
Architect All Is Not Lost
Babyshambles Down In Albion
Bedouin Soundclash Sounding A Mosaic
Birdman 5 Star Stunna
Black Flag Everything Went Black
Blacklisted Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God
Blind Guardian Somewhere Far Beyond
blink-182 blink-182
Blondie Eat to the Beat
Blur Modern Life is Rubbish
Bruce Springsteen Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen Born To Run
Casey Jones Split with Traitor
Ceremony Still Nothing Moves You
Coheed and Cambria Good Apollo...No World For Tomorrow
Comeback Kid Turn it Around
Converge The Poacher Diaries
Death By Stereo Into the Valley of the Death
Del The Funky Homosapien No Need For Alarm
Descendents Everything Sucks
Not their greatest effort. It's rather bland and inane at points, but still has enough memorable moments to salvage a better-than-average rating. Don't make Everything Sucks your first Descendents album, but don't tune it out either.
Endwell Revenge Is A Healthy Motive EP
Eric B. & Rakim Paid in Full
Flogging Molly Float
Foreigner Jukebox Heros: The Foreigner Anthology
Fantastic compilation. You don't come much closer to grasping the essence of classic rock than you do with Foreigner. I could recommend this album just for "Juke Box Hero," "Hot Blooded," "Head Games," "Feels Like the First Time," and "Cold As Ice," but the whole anthology is packed with quality. Check it out.
Franz Ferdinand You Could Have It So Much Better
Guns Up! Outlive
Guster Ganging Up on the Sun
Harvey Danger Little By Little...
Harvey Danger Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone?
Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1
Incubus A Crow Left Of The Murder
Jay-Z The Blueprint
Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds
Kanye West Graduation
Kid Dynamite Kid Dynamite
Kimya Dawson I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean
Lady Sovereign Vertically Challenged EP
Lil Wayne Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne Dedication 3
Ludacris The Red Light District
Metallica Metallica
Metallica Death Magnetic
Midtown Living Well is the Best Revenge
Minor Threat Minor Threat
Minor Threat First Demo Tape
Minor Threat In My Eyes
Misfits Night of the Living Dead
Most Precious Blood Merciless
Muse Black Holes and Revelations
N Sync No Strings Attached
*NSYNC were rulers of the charts at one time. Now, they're merely a guilty pleasure for some, and are reviled by most. I can't imagine why: they make pop music, and they do it fairly well. No Strings Attached is their most complete album from end-to-end. By complete meaning that on the whole, it was better than many of its peers in the quality department. Many pop albums of the late-90s, early-2000s were based solely off of the strength of one, maybe two songs. For what it's worth, nearly every song on No Strings Attached is enjoyable. Pick this album up sometime.
Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Nirvana In Utero
Outkast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz
Pantera Reinventing The Steel
Paramore All We Know Is Falling
Parkway Drive Killing With A Smile
Pennywise The Fuse
Pig Destroyer Prowler in the Yard
Pig Destroyer 38 Counts Of Battery
Pulp This is Hardcore
Queen A Night at the Opera
Ramones The Anthology
Ramones Leave Home
Ramones It's Alive!
Rancid Rancid
Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication
Refused The Shape Of Punk To Come
Rise Against The Sufferer and the Witness
Rush 2112
Rush R 30: 30th Anniversary Tour (DVD)
Scary Kids Scaring Kids Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Scary Kids Scaring Kids The City Sleeps In Flames
Shinedown Leave a Whisper
Sick Of It All Scratch the Surface
Snoop Dogg Doggystyle
Sparta Austere EP
Strike Anywhere Change is a sound
Strike Anywhere Exit English
Sufjan Stevens The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras from th
Sunny Day Real Estate The Rising Tide
System of a Down Toxicity
T.I. King
The Adicts Songs of Praise
The Album Leaf In a Safe Place
The Cars The Cars
The Chariot Everything Is Alive, Everything Is...
The Clash Give 'Em Enough Rope
The Early November The Mother, The Mechanic, and The Path
This is probably the strongest effort to date from New Jersey faux-emo band, The Early November. Disc one, The Mechanic contains pretty much the straight up pop-punk sounds you'd expect of the band. The Mother takes this sound and adds some new twists to it. Finally, The Path completes the album's sound with interesting spoken word parts overlaying simple instrumentation. The problem with the album on the whole it that it's rather boring. The Early November are one of the most bland, generic pop-punk bands out there, and it shows with this release. Furthermore, the album is plagued by substantial amounts of filler. Still, for what it's worth, this triple album is a good listen to hear some fairly straight-forward music. Just don't expect it to be anything groundbreaking.
The Lawrence Arms Oh! Calcutta!
The Living End Modern Artillery
The Monkees Greatest Hits
The Most Serene Republic Underwater Cinematographer
Throwdown Vendetta
Thursday War All The Time
Thursday A City By the Light Divided
Tower of Power Tower of Power
Two Gallants What the Toll Tells
With Honor This is Our Revenge
X Japan The Last Song
Youth Brigade Come Again

2.5 average
Adrian Belew Side One
AFI Decemberunderground
AFI Shut Your Mouth + Open Your Eyes
AFI Dork EP
Agent Orange Living In Darkness
Alexisonfire Alexisonfire
Angels and Airwaves We Don't Need to Whisper
Tom Delonge state that A&A would create the greatest music ever to be heard. This is a gross overestimation. We Don't Need To Whisper is fairly average. On most of the album's songs, A&A seem like they are trying to hard to create something wonderful, and they fail quite handily. We Don't Need To Whisper isn't a terrible album, it's just not good.
Beastie Boys To the 5 Boroughs
Beck GameBoy Variations
Blacklisted Peace On Earth, War On Stage
Coheed and Cambria Second Stage Turbine Blade
Dashboard Confessional A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
Eels Electro-Shock Blues
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand
Good Charlotte The Young And The Hopeless
The Young and the Hopeless honestly isn't a bad album. Sure, it's quite possibly the least creative mainstream pop-punk that you'll come across, but it's quite good for what it is. "The Anthem," "Lifestyles," "Boys & Girls," "Bloody Valentine," and a host of other songs are ridiculously catchy. The Young and the Hopeless will crawl into the deepest recesses of your mind, and put itself on "repeat." Sure, it may just be Good Charlotte to you, but to me that isn't a bad thing in the slightest.
Good Charlotte The Chronicles of Life and Death
Guns N' Roses The Spaghetti Incident?
Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits
Gut Shrubbery
Helloween Master of the Rings
Interpol Antics
Jay-Z Kingdom Come
Jedi Mind Tricks Legacy of Blood
Kanye West The College Dropout
Kanye West 808s And Heartbreak
Katatonia Dance of December Souls
Less Than Jake Anthem
Linkin Park Meteora
Lostprophets Liberation Transmission
Matt Pond PA Emblems
New Order Substance
Outkast Idlewild
Poison Idea Feel The Darkness
Radiohead In Rainbows
Red Hot Chili Peppers BloodSugarSexMagik
Rise Against Appeal To Reason
Rival Schools United By Fate
Rush Test for Echo
SikTh Death Of A Dead Day
Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal for Life
Sum 41 Chuck
Terminal State Your Rules
The Chariot Unsung
The Darkness One Way Ticket To Hell And Back
The Dillinger Escape Plan Miss Machine
The Exies Head for the Door
The Falcon Unicornography
The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
The Hush Sound Like Vines
The Used The Used
Trapt Trapt
This is the kind of album that you buy off of the strength of the single. There's no denying the fact that "Headstrong" is a great song. Unfortunately, the rest of the album doesn't quite follow suit. Trapt's self-titled isn't a terrbile album, it's just too inane and bland to be good. You're better off skipping this one, and remembering it just for it's wonderful impression on the radio.
Unwritten Law Here's to the Mourning
Young Jeezy The Recession
Youth of Today Break Down The Walls

2 poor
2Pac Loyal To The Game
2Pac Pac's Life
30 Seconds to Mars 30 Seconds to Mars
Airborn Audio Good Fortune
Akissforjersey Keep Your Head Above the Water
Apes, Pigs and Spacemen Simple Simian
At the Drive-In This Station is Non-Operational
Backstreet Boys Millennium
Face it: at one point in time you loved something from this album. Don't try to deny it. Besides, why would you? Seven years ago you'd be ripped apart by a torrent of teenage girls for saying you didn't like the Backstreet Boys. Well, it isn't really that good. Outside of a few hooks that'll take you back to a time of music industry global domination, the Bareback Boys really don't impress.
Beck Guero
Billy Talent Billy Talent
Blacklisted We're Unstoppable
Bloodhound Gang One Fierce Beer Coaster
Box Car Racer Box Car Racer
Breaking Benjamin Saturate
Bring Me The Horizon Suicide Season
Comeback Kid Broadcasting
Common Universal Mind Control
Death By Stereo Death Alive
Deerhoof The Runners Four
Draconian Where Lovers Mourn
From First to Last Aesthetic
Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere
J.R. Writer History in the Making
Jet Get Born
Lightning Bolt Hypermagic Mountain
Metallica St. Anger
Metallica Some Kind of Monster EP
Morrissey Kill Uncle
N.E.R.D. Fly Or Die
Ol' Dirty Bastard Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
Parkway Drive Horizons
Pulp It
Slipknot Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
Switchfoot The Beautiful Letdown
System of a Down Hypnotize
System of a Down Mezmerize
The Strokes First Impressions of Earth
The Used In Love and Death
In Love and Death was actually quite the disappointment. I remember the first time I popped this album in my stereo; I couldn't believe that it had come so highly recommended. The vocal work, in particular, is atrocious. The inane, cliched lyrics and bland instrumentation doesn't help, either. In Love and Death isn't even catchy, or remotely enjoyable to listen to. That's a sure-fire sign of a failed album in the pop-punk world.
The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan
TV on the Radio Young Liars EP
Velvet Revolver Contraband

1.5 very poor
50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin'
At the Gates The Red in the Sky is Ours
Avenged Sevenfold City of Evil
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Howl
D12 D12 World
Evanescence Fallen
From First to Last Heroine
Gob Foot In Mouth Disease
Interpol Remix EP
Mastodon Call Of The Mastodon
Mike Jones Who Is Mike Jones?
My Chemical Romance Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge
My Chemical Romance Life on the Murder Scene
Ozzy Osbourne No More Tears
Panic! At the Disco A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
Paris Hilton Paris
The Blood Brothers Rumors Laid Waste
The Rapture Echoes
The Smiths The Very Best Of The Smiths
Yellowcard Ocean Avenue

1 awful
50 Cent The Massacre
As much as I like mainstream rap, I can't help but feel that this is trash. Fiddy really does nothing right here: The Massacre is a sloppy, poorly constructed album. I really can't hope to deter you from this album any more than I already have: just do your ears and wallet a favor and don't purchase it.
Avenged Sevenfold Waking the Fallen
This is honestly one of the worst albums I've ever heard. For one thing, M. Shadows does not even resemble a competent vocalist. His harsh, guttural scream assaults your ears like a World War II blitzkrieg and just sucks. Screaming is good, but not when you do it retardedly enough to get polyps and sound like a, well, retard. Furthermore, the instrumentation leaves much to be desired. While Synester Gates and Zacky Vengeance are decent enough guitarists, their performance on Waking the Fallen is pathetic. Don't even get me started on The Rev. The bassist, I suppose, is alright, not that you can hear him amongst the flurry of overlaying trash. Avenged Sevenfold, for all of their arrogance, are a laughably terrible band. If I was pressed to choose a good point to this album, it would be "Chapter Four." Mostly because it was on Madden a few years ago. Also: the nicknames are beat you fags.
Avenged Sevenfold Warmness On The Soul EP
From Autumn To Ashes The Fiction We Live
You know, I rarely find myself regretting having purchased an album. Usually I can salvage some sort of good quality out of any record I pick up, no matter how poor. This is simply not the case with The Fiction We Live. I recognize the fact that someone out there must like this album, but it's simply not for me. If you feel the need to listen to anything off of here, then "Lilacs & Lolita" would be your best (I use that adjective loosely) bet.
James Blunt Back To Bedlam
Lil Romeo Lil Romeo
Soulja Boy Souljaboytellem.com
Three Days Grace Three Days Grace
Underoath They're Only Chasing Safety

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