Average Rating: 4.10 Rating Variance: 0.96 Objectivity Score: 61% (Fairly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicArcade Fire The SuburbsArcade Fire FuneralArcade Fire ReflektorArcade Fire Neon BibleColdplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His FriendsGreen Day American IdiotGreen Day ¡UNO!Green Day iDOS!Green Day iTRE!Muse The 2nd LawRadiohead Kid ARadiohead OK ComputerThe Killers Don't Waste Your WishesThe Killers Hot FussThe Killers Sam's TownThe xx xxWeezer Everything Will Be Alright in the EndWeezer The White AlbumWeezer PinkertonWeezer Weezer4.5 superbMy Chemical Romance Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous KilljoysMy Chemical Romance The Black ParadeNoel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Noel Gallagher's High Flying BirdsAfter many spins, a very very strong album. Most of the songs are what we've come to expect from Noel's songwriting: Beatlesy tunes, stadium rock to-be-hits and pretty acoustic numbers. But damn if they're not done as well as the best in Oasis' career. While, as an Oasis fan, I can't help but feel certain songs would've been slightly better with Liam on vocals, Noel's made the sound of his debut distinct (perhaps by the absence of Oasis's buzzing guitars). The stand-out new sound is the disconess of AKA...What A Life! and if that's the direction Noel's solo career will take him, all the power to him because it's fantastic and a standout on the album. The Oasis bootlegs sound every bit as good mastered that they did ten years ago when they first emerged, if not better. This record has a degree of song-writing that's sorely absent in modern rock. 9/10 I'm just elated to see The Chief back in fell fervour and hope Liam can suck up his pride enough to see how much better this is than his own album and hopefully start making reparations.Panda Bear TomboyPanic! at the Disco Pretty. Odd.Radiohead The BendsSum 41 Screaming Bloody MurderThe xx CoexistThe xx build on their sound in subtle but remarkable ways. The layering and grooves on tracks like Reunion really build on their repertoire. While the first was stark and wintry, this one feels much warmer in sound without losing the feeling of longing the leads create with their vocal harmony. The xx have crafted another fantastic and very unique record.4.0 excellentColdplay Mylo XylotoIt's a great album, a solid 8/10, but doesn't come near Viva La Vida for me. Poppy songs like Paradise and Princess of China I didn't like too much to begin with, but they're growing on me. Charlie Brown, Us Against The World, Hurts Like Heaven and Don't Let It Break Your Heart are highlights and should translate really well live. Some of the tracks like Up In Flames and U.F.O. feel a like cuts from the stripped down album MX was supposed to be, but feel a little misplaced beside the pop mechanics of the songs they're sandwiched in. That makes it feel more like a collection of songs than an album, despite the nice transitions. I think Noel made a better britpop record this year.Gerard Way Hesitant AlienLinkin Park Living ThingsTheir best album. A true evolution of their sound.Madina Lake From Them, Through Us, To YouMarianas Trench Ever AfterNot as good as Masterpiece Theatre, but certainly some very strong tracks on here. Ever After (song) is some of their best work and Stutter and Toy Soldiers are hard to deny. EDIT: Damn is it a grower.Marianas Trench Masterpiece TheatreMarianas Trench AstoriaMarianas Trench continue to be one of the best pop rock acts around. This man can write a pop song. My Chemical Romance Conventional WeaponsOasis Dig Out Your SoulRadiohead The King of LimbsRadiohead AmnesiacStone Temple Pilots High RiseThe Strokes AnglesYellowcard Lift a Sail3.5 greatArctic Monkeys Suck It and SeeArctic Monkeys AMBeady Eye Different Gear, Still SpeedingThe best Oasis-related release in years. Noel has a tall order to deliver.M83 Hurry Up, We're DreamingRadiohead Hail to the ThiefRadiohead In RainbowsYellowcard When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes3.0 goodSan Sebastian RelationsSolid debut. Looking forward to see how they progress.2.5 averageGreen Day 21st Century BreakdownPanic! at the Disco Vices & VirtuesPanic! always had something unique about them. Whether it was the oddball lyrical themes and unique pop sensibilities of the first record or the famous pop band pulling off baroque, Panic! were always peculiar in a good way. Urie and Smith have finally found a way to throw that away. This sounds like a pop record through and through, and they've somehow become even poppier than their first record. The songs lack originality and have very little lasting power in your head after they finish playing. I had always defended PATD out of all the other pop-rock bands of the 00's but it seems they've finally gone beyond the line. Aside from a few standout tracks (Mona Lisa, Sarah Smiles, Memories), this album's a throwaway. Much like most of Ross and Walker's album. It seems like if you combined this album with The Young Vein's Take A Vacation, you would end up with Pretty. Odd. Which was their best album. This band needs to reform.Radiohead Pablo Honey2.0 poorColdplay ParachutesDeath Cab for Cutie Codes and Keys1.0 awfulThe Decemberists The King Is DeadTyler, the Creator Goblin
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
