| 3.5 great |
| Choking Victim No Gods, No Managers |
| Coheed and Cambria In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 |
| Coheed and Cambria The Second Stage Turbine Blade |
| David Bowie Best of Bowie |
| Dead Kennedys Frankenchrist |
| Eminem Recovery |
Some tracks are absolutely great return-to-form tracks ("Cold Wind Blows", "Despicable"), while others are lame and uninspired ("Not Afraid").
While this is a mixed bag album, Em's flow is more nimble and fierce than we've heard him in years. For the first time in two albums, Em sounds interested in what he's doing. |
| Gallows (UK) Orchestra Of Wolves |
| Gallows (UK) Grey Britain |
| Green Day American Idiot |
| Kings of Leon Aha Shake Heartbreak |
| Lady Gaga The Fame |
| Lady Gaga The Fame Monster |
| Marilyn Manson Antichrist Superstar |
| MGMT Oracular Spectacular |
| The singles ("Kids", "Electric Feel", and "Time to Pretend") are great, while the rest of the tracks are decent, but don't have much replay value. I can appreciate trippy music, and the other tracks aren't bad. In fact, I think they're good! They're just not very interesting. I've heard better psychedelia, and I've heard worse. |
| My Chemical Romance The Black Parade |
| My Chemical Romance Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys |
| MCR streamline their sound considerably after the pomp, cut-and-paste Queen of The Black Parade. The result is a strong, fun album that stands out as their best work to date. |
| Nirvana Nevermind |
| Prince Controversy |
| Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire |
| Not as strong as BoLA, not even as strong as the second half of the album, Rage still play with a power and an infectious energy that's hard to deny. |
| Ramones Loud, Fast Ramones - Their Toughest Hits |
| This is a good compilation, but there are some bum tracks on here that could have easily been replaced by some of the Ramones poppier works that Johnny obviously overlooked. |
| The Cure Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me |
| The Hives Veni Vidi Vicious |
| The Killers Hot Fuss |
| The Vines Highly Evolved |
| Wavves King of the Beach |
