| AC/DC Highway To Hell | 3.0 |
| The first song - Highway to hell - is great. The rest of the album is poor. |
| AC/DC Back In Black | 5.0 |
With the exception of "let me put my love into you"... all songs are masterpieces.
When I hear this record I get the impression it's one of those "best off" career celebration albums - packed with hits compiled from multiple records launched over a long period of time. Well... it's not, for ACDC it's just another record. An amazing one, though.
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| Adele 19 | 4.5 |
| Alice in Chains Dirt | 3.5 |
| Billy Idol The Very Best Of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself | 3.0 |
| Packed with good songs - none of them is outstanding, though. |
| Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks | 2.5 |
Am I the only one to consider the vocals too bad? What about all the songs sounding the same?... "Shelter
from the storm" and "Buckets of rain" are enjoyable. Dylan saved the best for last |
| Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town | 2.5 |
| Camel Mirage | 4.5 |
| David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars | 2.5 |
| Deep Purple Machine Head | 4.5 |
| Depeche Mode Violator | 3.0 |
| Depeche Mode The Best Of - Volume I | 4.0 |
| Dire Straits Love Over Gold | 4.0 |
| Dire Straits Brothers in Arms | 5.0 |
5/9 songs are excellent:
#1 So far away;
#2 Money for nothing (masterpiece)
#4 Your latest trick (masterpiece)
#5 Why worry (masterpiece)
#9 Brothers in arms (masterpiece)
Every audiophile should own this album.
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| Ellie Goulding Lights | 4.0 |
| Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP | 4.0 |
6 very good tracks (out of 18) namely:
#3 - Stan;
#6 - Steve Berman (Skit) - not a song but funny and adds to the album ambience;
#7 - The way I am;
#8 - The real slim shady;
#15 - Bitch please II;
#16 - Kim - unless you're a horror movie fan, you won't play this one more than once;
#11 - Marshal Mathers - does not move - it's a basic song less innovative and original than the 6 songs listed above. |
| Fleetwood Mac Rumours | 4.0 |
| Fleetwood Mac Tango in the Night | 4.5 |
| Genesis Foxtrot | 2.5 |
| Boring. Miles away from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. |
| Genesis Nursery Cryme | 2.5 |
| Genesis Selling England by the Pound | 3.0 |
| Genesis Genesis | 3.5 |
| Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway | 4.0 |
| The sound is so different that, when I was a young kid and bought this record (in vinyl), after hearing a couple of times, I took the record back to the store and asked if I got a bad copy of the album. They told me the record was perfect and I persisted listening to it - to discover beautiful and exciting songs. |
| Genesis A Trick of the Tail | 4.0 |
| A very good start for Phil Collins. Much better than some of previous Peter Gabriel albums (e.g. Foxtrot). |
| Genesis Invisible Touch | 4.0 |
| George Harrison All Things Must Pass (30th Anniversary Edition) | 2.5 |
| Gipsy Kings Love songs | 4.0 |
Gipsy Kings have an original sonority very appealing especially for those who can understand spanish.
This album offers 7 great songs (out of 15) namely:
#1 - Un amor
#3 - A mi manera
#6 - Quireo saber
#8 - Caminando por la calle
#10 - Passion
#14 - Trista pena
#15 - Inspiration
Eventually there are other (better) albums to get an introduction to the Gipsy Kings but one cannot go wrong with this one.
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| Guns N' Roses G N' R Lies | 3.5 |
| Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion I | 4.0 |
| Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion II | 4.5 |
| Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction | 4.5 |
| Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast | 3.5 |
| Jamiroquai Travelling Without Moving | 3.5 |
| John Coltrane A Love Supreme | 3.5 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II | 3.0 |
| Lenny Kravitz Greatest Hits | 4.0 |
| Linkin Park Hybrid Theory | 4.0 |
| Marillion Script for a Jester's Tear | 4.5 |
| 6 great songs including "He knows you know". |
| Megadeth Rust in Peace | 4.0 |
| Metallica Kill 'Em All | 2.5 |
| Metallica ...And Justice for All | 3.0 |
| Metallica Ride the Lightning | 4.0 |
| Metallica Master of Puppets | 4.5 |
| Metallica Metallica | 5.0 |
| Perfect. Like all the songs a lot. The first 5 songs plus Nothing Else Matters are masterpieces. The rest is superb. |
| Miles Davis Birth of the Cool | 3.0 |
Almost boring. Godchild and Rocker songs save this album (the rest is average). My advise is: skip this one and go
directly to the later (and superb) records e.g. Kind of Blue; In a Silent Way. |
| Miles Davis Kind of Blue | 4.5 |
| Miles Davis In a Silent Way | 4.5 |
| Confortable. Modern. Refreshing. Some parts remind me Pink Floyd's masterpiece Wish You Were Here (released 6 years later). |
| Nas Illmatic | 3.0 |
Probably deserves more. I'm european and have a hard time following and understanding the lyrics. Clearly
an album to listen more than once - and learn to appreciate. |
| Nas STILLmatic | 3.0 |
| Nirvana Nevermind | 4.0 |
| Norah Jones Come Away with Me | 3.0 |
| Good to relax having a nice wine by candle light. Good vocals and instruments (e.g. piano). May turn a tad boring as all songs offer a similar experience. |
| Pearl Jam rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991-2003) | 2.5 |
Among 33 songs... there are only 6 tracks I like:
- Light years
- Last kiss
- Wishlist
- Betterman
- Daughter
- Black
That wouldn't bother me if the rest of the songs were not pure noise to my ears... the vocals are plain awful...
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| Peter Gabriel Car | 3.0 |
| It is striking that the masterpiece song "Solsbury Hill" - that by itself justifies the acquisition of this record - was presented in an album full of weak and completely different songs. |
| Phil Collins Hits | 4.0 |
The only Phil Collins CD you will ever need. 9/16 great songs.
Don't agree with reviewer (clairvoyant) recommended tracks. For me the "must have" are:
#3 - Easy lover;
#4 - You can't hurry love;
#5 - Two hearts;
#7 - Against all odds (also recommended by clairvoyant);
#9 - Separate lives;
#11 - One more night;
#12 - Sussudio;
#14 - A groovy kind of love;
#15 - In the air tonight (also recommended by clairvoyant).
Another day in paradise, for me, its just a boring song to listen no more than once per year.
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| Pink Floyd The Wall | 3.0 |
| Another brick in the wall (part 2) - saves this album. The rest is (almost) boring. |
| Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd Delicate Sound of Thunder | 4.5 |
Packed with best-of-breed songs and a great "live" ambiance this album offers a super
listening experience. Naturally, studio versions of these songs have purer sound. |
| Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here | 5.0 |
| Perfect. Sounds like they are inviting ETs to visit the Earth!! |
| Queen Absolute Greatest | 4.5 |
Besides first edition collectors... Who cares that other compilations - with the same songs - were launched in 2000 and before?
Fortunately, every day there are people (e.g. youngsters) finding Queen for the first time; or finding that a CD has much more quality than the MP3 on their iTunes.
This album is packed with top quality music and is a fantastic option for someone looking to improve their Queen music library. |
| Radiohead OK Computer | 2.0 |
| Songs are complex with a different / original sound. However, I find the whole album plain boring. I don't even understand why it generates so much excitement and appraisal. |
| Royksopp Melody A.M. | 3.5 |
| Sepultura Chaos A.D. | 2.0 |
| Sepultura Roots | 2.0 |
| Like Ratamahatta and the bonus tracks. The rest is noise. |
| Simon and Garfunkel The Concert in Central Park | 4.5 |
| Steve Miller Band Fly Like an Eagle | 3.0 |
| Supertramp Breakfast in America | 4.0 |
| The Beatles Abbey Road | 3.0 |
| The Clash London Calling: Legacy Edition | 2.5 |
| Like Spanish Bombs and a couple of other songs. The rest is poor - vocals bellow average and instrumentally plain simple (like a beginners amateur band). |
| The Cranberries Bury the Hatchet | 4.5 |
Highly dynamic vocals and instruments.
Album includes 7 great songs including:
- Animal instinct;
- Loud and clear;
- Promises;
- Just my imagination;
- Shattered;
- Copycat;
- Dying in the Sun. |
| The Cure Disintegration | 4.0 |
| The Cure Greatest Hits | 4.0 |
| The Doors The Very Best of the Doors | 4.0 |
| 9 masterpiece songs including: The end; riders on the storm; light my fire. |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold as Love | 3.0 |
| Unless you are collecting all Hendrix records, you should buy "Are you experienced", skip this one and then buy "Electric Ladyland". "Bold as love" is on another league - clearly not as good as the other two. |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland | 4.0 |
| Voodoo Chile is a very exciting song. In my perspective this is the best Hendrix record. |
| The Moody Blues Days of Future Passed | 4.5 |
| The Rolling Stones Exile on Main St. | 2.0 |
| The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet | 2.5 |
Only "Sympathy For The Devil" can justify this rating. The rest is non interesting music (that, curiously, often sounds a bit country).
Furthermore, and surprisingly for such a successful band, Mick Jagger voice does not deserve more than an average rating. |
| The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed | 3.0 |
| You can't always get what you want - makes this a good album. |
| The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers | 4.0 |
| The first 6 tracks are superb. The rest is average. |
| U2 October | 2.0 |
| U2 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | 2.5 |
| U2 No Line on the Horizon | 2.5 |
| U2 The Joshua Tree | 3.0 |
| U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind | 3.0 |
| Like Elevation and a couple of other songs in the record but none is really special. |
| U2 Pop | 3.0 |
| Some interesting songs but overall tends to be a boring record. |
| U2 The Unforgettable Fire | 3.0 |
| U2 Boy | 3.0 |
| U2 Achtung Baby | 4.0 |
| "Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World" and "Who's gonna ride your wild horses" - are superb songs. |
| U2 War | 4.0 |
| U2 Rattle and Hum | 4.0 |
| U2 Zooropa | 4.0 |
| Babyface, Numb, Lemon and Stay justify this rating. The rest is boring. |
| Vanessa Carlton Be Not Nobody | 3.0 |
