Average Rating: 3.69 Rating Variance: 0.94 Objectivity Score: 75% (Fairly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicArcade Fire FuneralBear vs. Shark TerrorhawkThis album was a totally random post-hardcore gem. I never saw it coming, and then I loved it forever.Big Boi Sir Lucious Left FootCirca Survive Blue Sky NoiseCircle Takes the Square As the Roots UndoEminem The Marshall Mathers LPOne of the most angry, chilling rap albums of all time, the Marshall Mathers LP puts all other rap (excluding everyone associated with him - Snoop, Dre, etc.) to bitter shame.Eminem The Eminem ShowFugazi 13 SongsYEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS. ahem. that is all. (I guess this wasn't a review...)Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted FantasyNas IllmaticNeutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the SeaThis album was like the f***ing Beetles of modern indie.Radiohead Kid ATitus Andronicus The Monitor4.5 superbAesop Rock None Shall PassI didn't see it coming - but this album is amazing. Catacomb Kids and None Shall Pass are some must-listens.AFI The Art of DrowningWithout using the word "raw" for the millionth time, this album is... great? Yeah. the most accepted "different" punk rock album to come out at the time.AFI Sing the SorrowSuch amazing hodgepodge of genres - this album is made to seem like a classic by many and garbage by many others. I'd have to side with the more pessimistic view - while taking a journey from their punk roots to a more emotional, aesthetic realm of rock music, they kept me as a diehard fan.Animal Collective Merriweather Post PavilionI could make the obvious acid joke, or say that Strawberry Jam was better - but I'd rather just say that this album is the reason I haven't given up on the music scene this year (but there should soon be more reasons, hopefully)Joanna Newsom Have One on MeQ and Not U No Kill No Beep BeepThis band was so incredibly driven by their drums that I used to completely change my speaker config whenever I played them. Another amazing post-gem.Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt IIThis is like one of those sequel albums I wasn't alive long enough to really feel the anxiety of its release - but after hearing it AND it's prequel, I can really feel the intensityRites of Spring End on EndThese dudes knew how to make a finely crafted, raw, emotional audial piece of artwork, I'm tellin ya.The Dillinger Escape Plan Option ParalysisThe Sound of Animals Fighting Tiger and the DukeTitus Andronicus The Airing of Grievances4.0 excellentAFI Black Sails in the SunsetYeah so this album was just screaming to explode into sing the sorrow.Anthony Green AvalonYou gotta really love A Green's voice to get into this - but all the same, it's a beautiful album. It's eerie, too - I went to Avalon many times as a child, and get a familiar chill when listening to the new songs on the album. I need to go back there.Brand New DaisySlightly disappointing in ways, and yet thrilling - and an interesting change of pace. i'd like to see where they head from hereCirca Survive On Letting Goit's such an interesting sensation to love a band and the noise they produce, but not get everything you want from their albums. hopefully the new album will put them in a better light.Clipse Til the Casket DropsDeftones Diamond EyesGhostface Killah Apollo KidsGirl Talk Feed the AnimalsI think I heard some Of Montreal in there? and some Lil Mama? Avril Lavigne?! I could hand this man a Michael Bolton CD, a Wiggles tape cassette, and some of those obnoxious cultural music albums from coffee shops and he could make an A+ album.Gorillaz Plastic BeachGucci Mane The State vs. Radric DavisKanye West Late RegistrationMastodon Crack the Skyethis album is an excellent addition to Mastodon's already stellar discography. it's intense and moving - all without sacrificing artistic quality, like many in the metal scene tend to do todayMF DOOM Born Like ThisNot a very well put-together or organized album, but hey, what am I reviewing here, a Black Eyed Peas album? this is a f***ing DOOM album, and I got what I came for. He is the undisputed villain of rap.Them Crooked Vultures Them Crooked VulturesI probably would've given it a 3 or a 3.5 if it wasn't for that first song... no one loves me & neither do i. I can't get over the breakdown in that song... the entire song is honestly one of the best songs i've ever heard.3.5 greatCirca Survive JuturnaThis isn't an immaculate album by any means, but it certainly kicked them off into the big boy's deep end of post-hardcore. Ya gotta show some respect for the Juturna.Erykah Badu New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the AnkhEvery Time I Die New Junk AestheticI'll always respect that this band stuck with the whole "hardcore" thing (even though people tend to tag them as this "metalcore" crap. but that's what pisses me off about them, too - that they're in a scene where people like to put big, fancy, stupid labels on them.Gorillaz The FallJonsi GoKanye West The College DropoutKanye West GraduationRadiohead In RainbowsWait What the notorious xxWale Attention DeficitYoung Money We Are Young Money3.0 goodAFI DecemberundergroundA disappointment to many, this album seemed to be more of an experiment than it was the real, new direction of the band.Broken Bells Broken BellsCursive Mama, I'm SwollenThe first and last songs are sick - the rest doesn't seem to meet Cursive's standardDirty Projectors Bitte OrcaDr. Dog Shame, ShameGoldfrapp Head FirstJulian Casablancas Phrazes for the YoungMGMT CongratulationsRJD2 The ColossusUsher Raymond v. Raymond2.5 averageAlkaline Trio This AddictionCoheed and Cambria Year of the Black RainbowEminem RelapseWell, it's Shady, so there were obviously things about this album I liked. Not a very good album overall, though. I'm glad he was able to shotgun himself back into the industry, though. My hopes are that as he gets older, Marshall will stray from the goofy aesthetic and return to his grumpy roots.Norma Jean MeridionalSky Eats Airplane The Sound of SymmetryWavves King of the Beach2.0 poorAmanda Blank I Love YouIt's just so... empty. I can't believe anyone would willingly make this album. And to think I thought she was just such an enjoyable garnish on Spank Rock's songs.Eminem RecoveryGreen Day American Idiotjj jj n° 3Kanye West 808s and HeartbreakEveryone - I'mma let you finish, but Eminem had the best whiney rap album of all time. OF ALL TIME. oh - right - this album is lame. if you like good music.Lil Wayne RebirthN.E.R.D. Nothing1.5 very poorThe Rocket Summer Of Men and Angels
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