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2024
ahem Avoider2.5
Shellac To All Trains3.5
Lightning Bug No Paradise3.0
Owen The Falls of Sioux3.0
Still House Plants If I don’t make it, I love u3.0
You Wish Lathe3.0
Glass Beams Mahal3.0
Heems and Lapgan LAFANDAR3.5
Chelsea Wolfe She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She3.5
meth. Shame3.0

2023
AJR The Maybe Man1.0
Duster Remote Echoes3.5
Duster releasing some of their extensive bootleg/unofficial work. All of Christmas Dust is found here mixed into the tracklist, and some of Experimental Dust and On the Dodge as well.
Travis Scott Utopia3.0
JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown Scaring the Hoes4.0
Black Country, New Road Live at Bush Hall4.0
This feels like a much lighter-hearted Ants From Up There. The theatrical elements of their lyrics are expanded upon significantly ('The Boy') and they still have their talent for beautiful climax ('Turbines/Pigs'). Stellar chamber rock album.
100 Gecs 10,000 gecs2.0
Maruja Knocknarea4.0
Crawl Space Bullshit Unity3.5

2022
Little Simz No Thank You3.0
SZA S.O.S.2.5
The Backseat Lovers Waiting To Spill4.5
This album sounds like a melancholy, crisp fall morning feels like.
Taylor Swift Midnights2.0
Birds in Row Gris Klein4.0
sign crushes motorist i'll be okay3.5
Probably one of the most genuine, raw, emotional albums I've ever heard. Loser Monologue hit really hard. Unfortunately, it's a blatant Duster rip-off.
Black Midi Hellfire3.0
Kendrick Lamar Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers3.5
'Mother | Sober' is one of the best tracks Kendrick has ever released. The first half did not have me confident in this record at all, 'N95' in particular. Father Time and United in Grief are great, but I finished the nine tracks disappointed. The back half, where it feels like he really opens up is where it really started to blow me away. Not quite enough to make up for the lackluster tracks, but still a great comeback from "DAMN."
Duster Together3.0
Denzel Curry Melt My Eyez See Your Future4.0
Big Thief Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You4.0
Black Country, New Road Ants from Up There5.0
Chamber rock done pretty much perfectly. Everyone who is clowning on them for being pretentious is completely oblivious to this masterpiece. Listen to 'Haldern' and tell me that Isaac Wood isn't pouring his heart into this work. Also the Bread Song lyrics are pretty much the best ever.
Yard Act The Overload2.5
Frankly, this really just seems like black midi without any of the inventive or fresh parts. Where I can respect black midi for innovation, Yard Act does nothing new, taking the narration of modern post-punk down a very bland path.

2021
Juice WRLD Fighting Demons2.0
JPEGMAFIA LP! (offline)4.0
Baby Keem The Melodic Blue2.0
Drake Certified Lover Boy1.5
Little Simz Sometimes I Might Be Introvert3.5
Deafheaven Infinite Granite3.0
Slowdive did the same thing just 28 years earlier and way better... Deafheaven have lost their teeth.
Glass Beams Mirage2.5
Tyler, the Creator Call Me If You Get Lost3.5
J. Cole The Off-Season3.0
Squid Bright Green Field3.5
AJR OK Orchestra1.5
Black Country, New Road For the first time4.5
Yard Act Dark Days2.0

2020
Playboi Carti Whole Lotta Red3.0
Deafheaven 10 Years Gone4.0
Deftones Ohms3.0
Probably their weakest output. They're losing their character they had early on in their career, this feels pretty diluted. Pompeji and Urantia are incredible, but the rest is pretty mediocre.
Valium Aggelein Black Moon4.0
Juice WRLD Legends Never Die2.0
Hum Inlet3.5
Shiner Schadenfreude3.5
Wishing none of this was your fault3.0
Ringo Deathstarr Ringo Deathstarr [2020]3.5

2019
Duster Duster4.0
Despite the almost twenty-year gap between this and Contemporary Movement, this displays an almost linear evolution between records. The guitars lose some fuzz for some real muscle, as seen in 'I'm Lost.' The band begins to use more traditional song structure, as seen in 'Chocolate and Mint,' slow-burning its way to an incredible climax. However, the wandering tracks from Stratosphere aren't completely purged, as 'Go Back,' despite its simplicity, is one of the best on the whole album. Still a solid release, and depending on the day, is more preferable to me than CM.
Whirr Feels Like You4.0
The first three tracks rival even Loveless and Souvlaki in how gracefully they pull this off.
JPEGMAFIA All My Heroes Are Cornballs3.5
Black Midi Schlagenheim3.0
Shellac The End of Radio4.0
Tyler, the Creator IGOR5.0
The greatest break-up album of the twenty-first century: soaring synths, incredible verses, and truly heartfelt songs. Tyler dreams up a jaw-dropping follow up to a career high, fully blooming post-Flower Boy. IGOR is steeped in pop sensibility, the most accessible Tyler project to date. Less rapping and more crooning, while fewer features allow Tyler to shine.
AJR Neotheater2.0
Knifeplay Pearlty3.5
Juice WRLD Death Race For Love3.0
DaBaby Baby On Baby2.5
The Backseat Lovers When We Were Friends3.5

2018
Failure In The Future Your Body Will Be The Furthest Thing From Your Mind3.0
Sheck Wes Mudboy1.5
I really liked the production and the beats but the lyrics paired with the delivery are completely inexcusable.
Foxing Nearer My God3.0
Mid-Air Thief Crumbling4.5
Travis Scott Astroworld3.0
Denzel Curry TA13OO3.5
Deafheaven Ordinary Corrupt Human Love3.5
Drake Scorpion1.5
Juice WRLD Goodbye & Good Riddance3.0
Playboi Carti Die Lit2.5
Thirty Seconds to Mars America1.5
Car Seat Headrest Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)4.0
Sonically, this is like The Strokes. Lyrically, this album is miles beyond what The Strokes ever were. A stellar, polished rework of what was an abrasively lo-fi album, best rock album of 2018 hands down.
JPEGMAFIA Veteran4.0

2017
Machine Girl ...BECAUSE I'M YOUNG ARROGANT AND HATE EVERYTHING2.5
I dig the sounds and the textures and the atmosphere, but somehow it feels like none of it ever comes together at all, doing everything without being fulfilling.
Tyler, the Creator Flower Boy4.0
SZA Ctrl3.5
AJR The Click2.0
Faye Webster Faye Webster3.0
Kendrick Lamar DAMN.3.0
This is pretty disappointing. good kid, m.A.A.d city is a perfect album, with To Pimp A Butterfly pretty damn close, and then he drops this, an incohesive collection of singles that spoiled white girls will play in their Jeeps.
Playboi Carti Playboi Carti3.5

2016
Travis Scott Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight2.5
Frank Ocean Blonde3.5
Big Thief Masterpiece3.5
Car Seat Headrest Teens of Denial4.0
Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool4.0
Deftones Gore3.0
David Bowie Blackstar5.0
If there was ever a single "most influential artist," my nomination would be David Bowie. While he was a musical chameleon, shifting styles throughout his discography, his music was always distinctly Bowie, and with that distinction came a set of ideas that were inexorably forward-looking, not changing music by making a new genre, but by endless innovation and experimentation. From the idiosyncracies of Ziggy Stardust, the chintzy glam of Aladdin Sane, the sprawling groove of Station to Station, the almost-but-not-quite ambient back half of Low, Bowie never stopped changing. And, though I haven't listened to every album he has put out, there is no way that any of it can top Blackstar. Bowie's work is magnificent when taken at face value, and yet Blackstar is impossible to remove from a perspective centered on retrospect. He was the truest kind of God, painfully human, and on Blackstar he comes to terms with his mortality, leaving one last release, closing his career with his best album. There's no point in removing his death from the album, because the context is just as important as the music itself.

2015
Grimes Art Angels3.0
Deafheaven New Bermuda4.5
Even better than Sunbather. Every track here is incredible, especially the first two. The mix of post-rock and black metal really rips, with Deafheaven constantly shifting to keep the tracks fresh despite their length. This stuff is achingly gorgeous, so I'm willing to ignore all the metal elitists who give this band crap for "lack of integrity."
Max Richter From Sleep3.5
Travis Scott Rodeo4.0
Unwound Peel Sessions4.0
Beach House Depression Cherry3.5
Tame Impala Currents3.0
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly4.0
AJR Living Room1.0
Ghostface Killah and BADBADNOTGOOD Sour Soul3.5
Mid-Air Thief Gongjoong Doduk3.5
Bjork Vulnicura4.0

2014
Mitski bury me at makeout creek4.0
Unwound 6/30/1999: Reykjavik, Iceland4.5
BADBADNOTGOOD III3.5
Have a Nice Life The Unnatural World3.5
Basically, they got more gothic, more industrial, and heavier. They're losing some of the shoegazey parts in favor of some crushing drones that still hit, just not as hard.
TotorRo Home Alone4.0

2013
Death Grips Government Plates3.5
Foxing The Albatross3.5
Chelsea Wolfe Pain Is Beauty3.5
Whirr Around4.0
Run the Jewels Run the Jewels3.5
Deafheaven Sunbather4.5
My Bloody Valentine m b v3.5

2012
Deftones Koi No Yokan3.5
Kendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d city5.0
Godspeed You! Black Emperor 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!4.0
Death Grips No Love Deep Web3.5
Deftones Leathers/Rosemary4.0
Frank Ocean channel ORANGE4.0
This is a pretty damn good R&B/pop album, and the stretch from Pilot Jones to Lost is pretty incredible, but it's overstuffed. The album pacing is pretty weird too. Some tracks are simply duds.
Beach House Bloom4.0
Death Grips The Money Store4.5
You Slut! Medium Bastard3.0
Grimes Visions3.0

2011
ASAP Rocky Live.Love.A$AP.3.0
*shels Plains Of The Purple Buffalo4.0
Giles Corey Giles Corey4.0
Deafheaven Roads to Judah3.5
Death Grips Exmilitary4.0
Radiohead The King of Limbs3.0
Glassjaw Coloring Book3.5

2010
Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy4.0
Deerhunter Halcyon Digest3.5
The Brave Little Abacus Just Got Back from the Discomfort...4.0
Whirr Distressor3.5
Deftones Diamond Eyes3.5
Alcest Écailles De Lune4.0
Titus Andronicus The Monitor3.5
Beach House Teen Dream3.0

2009
Have a Nice Life Voids3.5
Sweet Trip You Will Never Know Why4.0
Manic Street Preachers Journal For Plague Lovers3.5
The Antlers Hospice4.5
Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion3.5

2008
True Widow True Widow3.5
Toadies No Deliverance2.5
Faraquet Anthology 1997-983.5
Midori Aratame Hajime Mashite Midori Desu4.0
Portishead Third3.5
Have a Nice Life Deathconsciousness5.0
You Slut! Critical Meat2.5

2007
Burial Untrue3.5
Radiohead In Rainbows4.5
Nadja Radiance of Shadows4.0
Kanye West Graduation4.0
Flashing Lights is the best song that isn't Runaway in his entire discography. Everything I Am and I Wonder (even with the clunky, awkward flow) are both incredible, but the track listing has way too many filler tracks. Barry Bonds is completely abhorrent.
Kashiwa Daisuke Program Music I4.0
Alcest Souvenirs D'Un Autre Monde3.5
The Angelic Process Weighing Souls With Sand4.0
In all honesty, this kinda feels like Deathconsciousness minus the best parts. Still among the best (read: most tolerable) drone I've listened to. Definitely something I need to be in the mood for, and when I am, this album really clicks. Still, I would never really pick this over Deathconsciousness.
Silverchair Young Modern2.0

2006
Joanna Newsom Ys1.0
Nope. Just nope. Sitting through this once was enough. Instrumentals cool, voice + lyrics are dogshit.
Deftones Saturday Night Wrist4.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium2.5
Jesu Silver3.5
The Sleepover Disaster The Oceanographer3.0

2005
The Newfound Interest in Connecticut Tell Me About the Long Dark Path Home4.0
Boris Pink4.0
Animal Collective Feels4.5
It's like if the Flaming Lips and Neutral Milk Hotel had a beautiful little child.
Deftones B-Sides and Rarities2.5
toe The Book About My Idle Plot on a Vague Anxiety3.5
Emo and post-rock combined pretty damn well. The drumming here is unmatched, and the guitar is reserved. Music to contemplate things to.
Team Sleep Team Sleep3.5
Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning3.0
Low The Great Destroyer3.0
LCD Soundsystem LCD Soundsystem3.0
Modern Life Is War Witness4.5

2004
MF DOOM MM.. Food4.0
Autolux Future Perfect3.0
Jesu Jesu3.0
Sum 41 Chuck2.5
Arcade Fire Funeral4.0
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra Pretty Little Lightning Paw3.5
Madvillain Madvillainy4.5
MF DOOM is the greatest MC of all time, hands down. Combined with the incrediblly detailed beats of Madlib, this is a classic hip-hop record.
Kanye West The College Dropout4.0

2003
Boris Boris At Last -Feedbacker-4.0
Explosions in the Sky The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place2.0
This is evidence for those who say that post-rock is emotionless, bland, filler packed with crescendos. It's hard to explain how incredibly dull this album is. Insulting in its inoffensiveness. The fact that Godspeed You! Black Emperor and this share a genre is in the same way that both the Beatles and Britney Spears are both pop. Yes, it's correct, but the two are incomparable in terms of legacy and quality, innovation and integrity.
The Strokes Room on Fire2.5
Melt-Banana Cell-Scape4.0
The Life and Times The Flat End of the Earth4.0
Sweet Trip Velocity : Design : Comfort5.0
Mew Frengers4.0
Radiohead Hail to the Thief3.0
Boris Akuma no Uta4.0
This is pretty similar to Pink, but more concise. The pacing here is better as well. The blistering noise rock is tighter, and the epic track is groovier, though it lacks the punch 'Farewell' had. All in all, a fantastic guitar record.
Deftones Deftones3.0
The Radio Dept. Lesser Matters3.5
Xiu Xiu A Promise4.0
Sleep Dopesmoker3.0
Year of the Rabbit Hunted EP2.0

2002
Sum 41 Does This Look Infected?2.5
Audioslave Audioslave2.5
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Yanqui U.X.O.4.0
Sigur Ros ( )4.5
Trespassers William Different Stars4.0
Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf2.5
Glassjaw Worship and Tribute4.0
Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights4.0
Carissa's Wierd Songs About Leaving4.0
The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots3.5
mewithoutYou A to B: Life3.0
Simple Plan No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls1.5
Hella Hold Your Horse Is3.5
Silverchair Diorama3.0
Dalek From Filthy Tongue Of Gods And Griots3.5
ISIS Oceanic4.0
William Basinski The Disintegration Loops I4.0

2001
maudlin of the Well Leaving Your Body Map3.0
Smash Mouth Smash Mouth1.5
Shiner The Egg3.5
Bush Golden State2.0
The Strokes Is This It4.5
Possibly the most enjoyable pop album released in the twenty-first century.
Incubus (USA-CA) Morning View4.0
Beulah The Coast is Never Clear3.0
The Microphones The Glow Pt. 24.5
System of a Down Toxicity4.0
Converge Jane Doe4.0
Radiohead Amnesiac3.5
Bjork Vespertine4.5
maudlin of the Well Bath4.0
Astrobrite Crush3.5
blink-182 Take Off Your Pants And Jacket2.5
Sum 41 All Killer No Filler2.5
Weezer The Green Album2.5
Unwound Leaves Turn Inside You4.5
Toadies Hell Below/Stars Above3.0

2000
The Avalanches Since I Left You3.5
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven4.0
Q and Not U No Kill No Beep Beep4.0
Electric Wizard Dopethrone4.5
Hear me out guys: fuzzy guitars, indecipherable vocals, incredibly dense atmosphere. THIS
IS LITERALLY JUST SHOEGAZE?!!!??!?!???
Radiohead Kid A5.0
Radiohead are unique in that they are very widely known but also very artistically relevant. Introduced to OK Computer as "the greatest record of all time," I initially agreed. And, to be fair, it's a wonderful album, with incredible highs. However, as my musical scope expanded beyond the world of 90s-era alt rock, I found myself visiting OK Computer less, until eventually I no longer considered it a 10/10 record. In Rainbows did the same thing to me upon first listen: I was totally enamored with Radiohead's genius. Again, eventually it lost its shine as my taste matured. However, Kid A was an album that I never understood until I revisited it. The whole album is quite cohesive, despite being a major change-up, and in my opinion, upgrade, from Radiohead's rock beginnings. This album is highly uneasy, nearly unrecognizable to any listener of The Bends, and while I'm unsure what it's specifically trying to convey, it sure does a great job immersing you in the feeling. Now, I'd consider this their strongest release.
At the Drive-In Relationship of Command3.5
Glassjaw Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence1.0
Probably the most pretentious, nasty, vile stuff I've ever heard. A third-grader with down syndrome could write infinitely better lyrics than this.
Deftones White Pony4.0
Panchiko D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L3.0
Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica3.0
Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP3.5
Elliott Smith Figure 83.0
Man, this was disappointing. It's not that this album is bad--it's not. However, compared to his other projects, this is not even in the same realm of excellence. Roman Candle and Either/Or are acoustic masterpieces, and the thin, fragile vocals fit perfectly together with the spiderwebby guitar work. Here, as Smith expands his sonic palette and pop tendencies, the weight of his storytelling and the cohesion of his album structure suffer greatly.
The Smashing Pumpkins Machina/The Machines of God3.0
Yo La Tengo And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside...4.5
Everclear Songs From An American Movie, Vol. 12.0
Shellac 1000 Hurts3.0
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our 3.5
Duster Contemporary Movement4.0
Me and the Birds and Cooking are the only two tracks here really reminiscent of their debut. Where Stratosphere felt like floating through space, Contemporary Movement feels like falling on wet asphalt with all the little pebbles digging into the heels of your hands.
Faraquet The View From This Tower4.5
A beautiful blend of post-hardcore and technically prodigious math-rock.
Boris Flood5.0
Flood II & III are the greatest 34 minutes of music ever. Listening to this album on the edge of sleep is one of the greatest experiences, musical or otherwise, that can be had.

1999
Third Eye Blind Blue2.5
The Dismemberment Plan Emergency & I4.5
Opeth Still Life2.0
This is every insufferable metal stereotype rolled into one dumpster fire of a record. Normally I can at least dig metal because it has cool riffs, but this was incredibly dull. The cheesy funeral imagery is incredibly cringe. This is gross, macho, and bland.
American Football American Football4.0
Filter Title Of Record2.5
Incubus (USA-CA) Make Yourself4.0
Mr. Bungle California3.5
Sigur Ros Agætis byrjun4.5
Smash Mouth Astro Lounge1.5
Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication3.0
blink-182 Enema Of The State1.5
The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin4.0
Fugazi Instrument Soundtrack4.0
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada3.5
Silverchair Neon Ballroom3.0
Eminem The Slim Shady LP2.5
I wish people would realize that offensive music existed before Eminem. While his lyrics were undeniably some of the most provocative stuff around at the time, I don't see the artistic value in "wow controversial lyrics omfg." People talk about the effect that this album had on the music industry, lowering the bar for what could be said everywhere, but I feel like the doors that he opened might have been better left shut, not on any moral ground, but on a musical ground. Radical young minds have often been responsible for musical innovation, but Eminem was not one of them. People have been making jokes like this, goading taboos and societal norms long before they were put on an LP. This really isn't anything special... the times where Eminem could actually shine, he chooses to err on the side of shock horror rather than good storytelling.
The Roots Things Fall Apart4.5
Built to Spill Keep It Like a Secret3.0
Perfect From Now On, but watered down and made more accessible.
Moby Play2.0
Went into this not sure what to expect, and came out with a bad taste in my mouth. Not only is the album incredibly long, the loops go on way too long before Moby adds layers. Finally I understand the allegation that trip-hop is elevator music, and this album seemed to fit that pretty well. It was simply did not impress me in any way, almost offensive in its mediocrity.
Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles2.5
Bush The Science of Things3.0
Sweet Trip Alura3.0
It's like velocity : design : comfort minus all the shoegazey parts, so kind of a letdown. Still a solid electronic release.
Beulah When Your Heartstrings Break3.5
Fiona Apple When the Pawn...3.5
Duster 19753.5
Nemo (CAN) In Stereo4.5
While often introduced as an essential album for Hum fans, Nemo are certainly more than just a Hum copycat. Where You'd Prefer An Astronaut is deeply personal and intimate (see The Very Old Man and I Hate It Too), In Stereo is completely detached, floating through space.

1998
Refused The Shape Of Punk To Come3.5
American Football American Football EP3.0
Soul Coughing El Oso3.0
PJ Harvey Is This Desire?4.0
Cat Power Moon Pix4.0
Sunny Day Real Estate How It Feels To Be Something On3.5
Elliott Smith XO3.5
The Smashing Pumpkins Adore3.0
Massive Attack Mezzanine4.0
Aceyalone A Book of Human Language4.0
Braid Frame & Canvas3.5
Fuel Sunburn2.0
Jerry Cantrell Boggy Depot3.0
Tortoise TNT3.5
Duster Stratosphere5.0
Shellac Terraform2.5
Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea5.0
Hum Downward Is Heavenward4.0
This is the album that got me on this site, back when I was in sophomore year of high school. I listened to it on Spotify while doing homework because I really liked 'Stars' and was absolutely flabbergasted at how amazing it was. I immediately dove into the internet to see if I was just nuts or if this was actually good. Still holds a special place in my heart.
Unwound Challenge For a Civilized Society4.0
Cap'n Jazz Analphabetapolothology3.5
Boris Amplifier Worship3.5
Tram Heavy Black Frame3.5
All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors Turning Into Small3.5
Duster Apex, Trance-Like3.5
Valium Aggelein Hier Kommt der Schwartze Mond4.0

1997
Unwound The Light at the End of the Tunnel is a Train3.0
Low Songs for a Dead Pilot3.0
Beulah Handsome Western States3.0
Lo-fi pop, heavily influenced by the Beach Boys and the Beatles. Lay Low For the Letdown is an absolutely essential indie track.
Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West5.0
Deftones Around the Fur4.5
Deftones are relevant as a gateway drug. Any band responsible for introducing masses to both metal and shoegaze is going to be relevant, and this is the record of theirs I find myself coming back to the most. Yes, it's probably their darkest, heaviest release, but 'Be Quiet and Drive' is pretty much perfect and the energy of 'Lotion' is unmatched and 'My Own Summer,' 'Rickets,' and the title track are all intensely groovy. IMO best Deftones release.
The Promise Ring Nothing Feels Good3.0
The Apples in Stereo Tone Soul Evolution3.0
Bjork Homogenic4.5
It's always a toss-up for which Bjork album I prefer at a given moment - I love Post's eclectic energy and dynamic changes, I love Vespertine's subtle, warm beats and arcing vocals, but I think most of all, I love Homogenic.
Portishead Portishead3.5
Incubus (USA-CA) S.C.I.E.N.C.E.4.0
Godspeed You! Black Emperor F♯ A♯ ∞5.0
311 Transistor2.0
Fishmans Uchuu Nippon Setagaya4.0
Radiohead OK Computer4.5
Jimmie's Chicken Shack Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope3.0
Smash Mouth Fush Yu Mang1.5
Foo Fighters The Colour and the Shape3.0
Yo La Tengo I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One4.0
Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind3.5
Sleater-Kinney Dig Me Out4.0
The Dwarves The Dwarves Are Young and Good Looking2.0
Shiner Lula Divinia4.0
Marcy Playground Marcy Playground2.5
Elliott Smith Either/Or4.5
Goldfinger Hang-ups2.5
Built to Spill Perfect from Now On4.0
Pavement Brighten the Corners4.0
Everclear So Much For The Afterglow2.5
Valium Aggelein Dweller On the Threshold3.0
Mogwai Young Team3.5
Duster Transmission, Flux4.5
Silverchair Freak Show2.5

1996
Bush Razorblade Suitcase2.5
Yes, it's bloated. Tracks like Mouth and Bonedriven make up for the bland ones. If they could have cut this down to nine or ten songs, this seriously could have been a solid four at least.
Aphex Twin Richard D. James Album3.5
Fishmans Long Season4.5
Tool Ænima2.5
Too many incredibly long noodly parts plus pointless intermissions that ruin the flow of the album. Title track is good, but the rest is just mediocre. 77 minutes? What a waste. At least Undertow was short.
Silver Jews The Natural Bridge3.5
Weezer Pinkerton4.0
OutKast ATLiens3.5
The Olivia Tremor Control Music From The Unrealized Film Script 3.5
Failure Fantastic Planet3.0
I used to think this was the coolest thing ever, but now I come back to this and it just seems lackluster. 'Blank,' Another Space Song,' and 'Daylight' are fantastic tracks, but 'Smoking Umbrellas' and 'Leo' are pretty bland, with other mediocre tracks mixed in.
Eels Beautiful Freak3.5
Modest Mouse Interstate 84.0
The live tracks here are great, as is the title track, but All Night Diner really really sucks.
Sublime Sublime3.0
Jawbox Jawbox2.5
Beck Odelay4.0
Soundgarden Down on the Upside2.5
Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go3.5
Soul Coughing Irresistible Bliss2.5
Goldfinger Goldfinger2.5
Polvo Exploded Drawing4.0
Lovesliescrushing Xuvetyn3.5
Modest Mouse This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About4.5
Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire4.0
I feel like this takes everything good about their debut and makes it better.
Neutral Milk Hotel On Avery Island3.5
Fishmans Kuuchuu Camp4.0
DJ Shadow Endtroducing.....4.5
Tortoise Millions Now Living Will Never Die4.0
Duster On the Dodge2.5
The only Duster release that's lo-fi to the point of inaccessibility. Bridges the gap between the end of Calm and the beginning of Duster, but they clearly had a lot of work to do.
Nas It Was Written3.0
Boris Absolutego3.0
Chokebore A Taste For Bitters3.0
First 5 tracks are absolutely stellar, what follows is what brings it down. The noise-rock/post-hardcore mixed with slowcore is pretty interesting, but it feels like neither sides shine much.
Calm (US) Calm (7")3.0
Pre-Duster material that contains songs that would be reworked early in Duster's discography. These tracks are all found in On The Dodge, albeit very differently. Sign Crushes Motorist sounds like Kyuss on this. Arlington Sunset sounds like Siamese Dream-era Smashing Pumpkins in the best possible way.
Unwound Repetition3.5
Bedhead Beheaded3.5
Calm (US) Calm3.5
It's like the Pumpkins but watered down. Kinda boring in all honesty, but has some moments where it shines.
Calm (US) Moonraker3.5
Burzum Filosofem4.0
Unwound Corpse Pose/Everything is Weird4.0
Duster Christmas Dust4.5

1995
GZA Liquid Swords4.5
Polvo This Eclipse3.0
Incubus (USA-CA) Fungus Amongus2.5
Melt-Banana Scratch or Stitch3.0
The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness2.5
If this was even remotely cohesive, it would be incredible. Tonight, Tonight, 1979, Porcelina of the Vast Oceans, and Thru the Eyes of Ruby are some of the best tracks in the entire Pumpkins' catalog, but when they're found alongside at least 10 tracks of filler mixed into the TWENTY-EIGHT song album that absolutely should have been cut. This was the beginning of the end for the Pumpkins, with Mellon Collie letting Corgan's pretentiousness leak through.
No Doubt Tragic Kingdom2.5
Deftones Adrenaline3.0
Mariah Carey Daydream3.5
Toadies Rubberneck3.0
The Flaming Lips Clouds Taste Metallic4.5
Unwound Unwound3.0
Filter Short Bus2.5
Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...3.0
Man, this doesn't hold a candle to Liquid Swords.
311 3112.5
Elliott Smith Elliott Smith4.0
Supergrass I Should Coco3.5
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters3.0
Pavement Wowee Zowee3.0
Silverchair Frogstomp3.0
Bjork Post4.5
Everclear Sparkle And Fade4.0
The storytelling in this album is really phenomenal. Yes, the 90s were laden with alt-rock filler, but this is worth a listen simply due to how well Alexakis acts as a conduit for the blue collar experience. Summerland has some of the greatest lyrics out there.
Mobb Deep The Infamous4.0
Unwound The Future of What3.5
Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill3.0
Hum You'd Prefer an Astronaut4.5
Tricky Maxinquaye4.0
Radiohead The Bends4.0
Death Symbolic4.0
Mad Season Above3.0
Tripping Daisy I Am an Elastic Firecracker2.5
Sonic Youth Washing Machine3.5

1994
Bush Sixteen Stone3.0
I grew up with this playing a lot, as they were one of my dad's favorite bands. Glycerine and Alien are by far the best tracks, but the singles still satisfy my butt rock needs every once in a while.
Fishmans Orange3.5
Melvins Stoner Witch3.5
Soul Coughing Ruby Vroom3.0
As unique as this record is, sometimes it feels like they're being weird for weird's sake. Lyrics are much too repetitive.
Silverchair Tomorrow3.5
Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible5.0
Jeff Buckley Grace4.0
Portishead Dummy4.5
Gravediggaz 6 Feet Deep3.5
Sublime Robbin' the Hood2.5
Elliott Smith Roman Candle5.0
311 Grassroots2.5
311 really doesn't have much depth, unfortunately. Crunchy riffs can only take you so far.
Kyuss Welcome to Sky Valley4.0
The definitive stoner metal record. The wall of sound in this album hits like a sack of bricks to the head. Gardenia is transcendent.
Helmet Betty3.0
Guided by Voices Bee Thousand4.0
Lush Split4.0
Weezer Weezer5.0
Live Throwing Copper3.5
Nas Illmatic4.5
Pure poetry, a beautiful romanticization of the Queensbridge experience in the 90s. N.Y. State of Mind to The World Is Yours might be the greatest three-track stretch found in any hip-hop record of all time.
Hole Live Through This3.0
The Offspring Smash3.5
Unwound New Plastic Ideas5.0
It's hard to explain why I like this album so much, or even why I think it's Unwound's best work. When it comes down to it, I think it's my favorite because of its consistency. This album is simply put together better than any of their releases. The first four tracks are hard-hitting and frenetic, with 'Abstraktions' functioning as a median that slows the pace and lets the listener catch their breath. 'All Souls Day' is a return to the form of the first half, but 'Usual Dosage' is a step back. Then, the last two tracks are the greatest one-two punch I've ever heard. 'Arboretum' scrapes the ceiling, then hits the floor just as hard, and 'Fiction Friction' is a perfect kind of closer that not only reflects the record before it, but shows that it is more than the sum of its tracks. Unwound has never sounded so raw and noisy, yet focused and cohesive. Many turn to Leaves as their best work, but it simply has too much stuff. If they had brought the tracklist to ten or eleven songs, it would certainly rival this, but it struggles with continuity, especially with 'Radio Gra,' a significant loss of momentum.
Beck Mellow Gold3.5
I love this album to pieces. For a while, this was my musical breath of fresh air, and this quirky, idiosyncratic mess was constantly in my rotation. Now, I see that it's really inconsistent. Gems are there to be found, but does it bear any emotional weight at all? No. Now it's simply nostalgic.
Soundgarden Superunknown3.5
Failure Magnified3.5
An alt-rock masterpiece and Failure's best work. Fantastic Planet is more bloated, and, in turn, less consistent, although the highs are higher. Magnified is simply banger after banger, with the initial four-track stretch among the greatest alt-rock material that's out there.
Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral4.5
Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works Volume II3.0
Starflyer 59 Silver3.0
Pavement Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain4.5
Green Day Dookie3.0
The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die3.5
Of all the reputable East Coast rappers from the 90s, Biggie seems the weakest honestly. Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang, and especially Nas blow this out of the water. Still a great album, but I feel like this record is overhyped just because of his untimely death.
Flying Saucer Attack Flying Saucer Attack2.0
Meat Puppets Too High To Die3.5
Alice in Chains Jar of Flies4.0
The Jesus Lizard Down3.0
Acid Bath When the Kite String Pops3.5
Built to Spill There's Nothing Wrong with Love3.5
Polvo Celebrate the New Dark Age3.5
Sunny Day Real Estate Diary4.0
Burzum Hvis Lyset Tar Oss4.0
Slint Slint4.0
Autechre Amber4.0
Shellac At Action Park4.0
Bark Psychosis Hex4.0
Cap'n Jazz Shmap'n Shmazz4.0
Jawbox For Your Own Special Sweetheart4.0
Drive Like Jehu Yank Crime4.5
Low I Could Live in Hope4.5

1993
Autechre Incunabula3.5
Sleep Sleep's Holy Mountain4.0
Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)4.5
Hum Electra 20004.0
Don Caballero For Respect3.0
Tindersticks Tindersticks3.5
Melvins Houdini4.0
Nirvana In Utero4.0
As far as grunge goes, I feel like this was the peak of the movement. There were undeniably some great releases beforehand (see Badmotorfinger, Nevermind, Dirt, Ten and many others) and after (see Superunknown, Dragline, Jar of Flies, Gentlemen, and many others), but none of those albums were a statement as large as this. Nevermind sold millions of copies, and Nirvana reacted violently to the mainstream attention. Working with Steve Albini was a great harbinger of Nirvana's intentions, making a noisy, angry, grunge record regardless of public pressure to take things in a more pop-oriented direction.
Type O Negative Bloody Kisses3.5
The Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream4.5
Dear Billy Corgan, I wish you weren't such an egotistical prick. Fortunately, despite incredibly high band tension, you managed to deliver one of the greatest and most influential albums of the 90s, merging shoegaze, grunge, and the arena-rock spirit of Queen. Regardless of how uncool the Pumpkins were for rejecting the indie scene (and the indie scene rejecting them), this is a great record. Hummer, Cherub Rock, Mayonaise, Geek U.S.A, Today, and Silverfuck are all masterpieces in their own right, and the slow tracks like Luna and Soma soften up some of the harder edges.
Catherine Wheel Chrome4.0
Lovesliescrushing Bloweyelashwish4.0
This is concentration of the essence of shoegaze, a hazy, sugary, record with incredibly beautiful vocals. If somebody told me this was actually My Bloody Valentine's long-lost post-Loveless LP, I wouldn't really be surprised.
Fugazi In on the Kill Taker3.5
The Verve A Storm in Heaven3.5
Bjork Debut3.5
Red House Painters Red House Painters3.5
Slowdive Souvlaki4.0
PJ Harvey Rid of Me3.5
Paw Dragline3.5
311 Music2.5
Sebadoh Bubble and Scrape3.5
Pavement-esque indie rock that takes itself a little more seriously. This album is packed with tracks like 'Soul and Fire,' sweet little indie pop ditties with great lyrics.
Radiohead Pablo Honey2.0
Tool Undertow2.0
This is pretty mediocre hard rock. The tracks all sound the same; the only standouts are Sober and Prison Sex. It can be good when the band tightens up, but this release is frankly quite bland. It's almost raw, almost catchy, and almost good. The fanbase also brings it down a bit considering the incredible meat-riding that occurs for Tool.
Swirlies Blonder Tongue Audio Baton3.5
Quicksand Slip3.0
Sometimes this really rips, but like Helmet, it becomes boring after a while. A few songs can hit incredibly hard, but sitting through the whole album inevitably becomes a chore.
Unwound Kandykornritualsagainsthatingind2.5
Candlebox Candlebox3.0
Mazzy Star So Tonight That I Might See3.5
Unwound Fake Train3.5
Mariah Carey Music Box3.5
Unwound Unwound (1993)3.5
Polvo Today's Active Lifestyles5.0
Somehow bliss is found in the ever-present discord. Time Isn't On My Side and Gemini Cusp are perfectly forlorn, incredible tracks. It's amazing how purposefully and perfectly out-of-tune the guitars are and how well the awkward time signatures fit. In all honesty, this was very abrasive on first listen. Quite the grower.
1992
Pavement Slanted and Enchanted5.0
Nirvana Incesticide3.0
Leonard Cohen The Future3.5
Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine3.5
The Jesus Lizard Liar3.5
Alice in Chains Dirt4.0
This is not grunge. This is bone-rattling alt metal at its best.
Failure Comfort3.0
Red House Painters Down Colorful Hill4.0
Helmet Meantime3.0
Catherine Wheel Ferment4.0
In terms of shoegaze, this is a nice middle ground between Ride and My Bloody Valentine. The soft vocals and fuzzy guitars are there as hallmarks of the genre, but it seems to focus more on riffs than atmosphere. Black Metallic is probably top 5 'gaze songs ever.
Drop Nineteens Delaware3.0
Jawbox Novelty3.5
Beastie Boys Check Your Head3.5
L7 Bricks Are Heavy2.5
Pale Saints In Ribbons3.5
Ride Going Blank Again4.0
Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 85-924.0
Lush Spooky4.0
Beat Happening You Turn Me On2.0
Man I went into this after reading "Our Band Could Be Your Life" hoping for the best, but I do not dig this at all.
Sublime 40 Oz. to Freedom3.0
Spiritualized Lazer Guided Melodies4.0
Dreamy ambient pop. Most of the songs are pushed forward by the bass line, with everything else just floating around. I have to be in the mood for this one, otherwise it is simply too mellow. Really glad this exists mostly cuz of the stuff it influenced.

1991
Talk Talk Laughing Stock4.0
My Bloody Valentine Loveless4.5
Death Human4.0
Soundgarden Badmotorfinger3.5
Nirvana Nevermind3.5
Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik3.5
Mariah Carey Emotions3.0
Pearl Jam Ten3.5
Massive Attack Blue Lines4.0
Mudhoney Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge2.5
Fugazi Steady Diet of Nothing4.0
Melvins Bullhead3.5
Slowdive Morningrise3.0
Slowdive Just for a Day3.5
Hum Fillet Show2.5
The Smashing Pumpkins Gish3.5
Exceptionally solid arena-leaning psychedelic rock. Worth listening to if you enjoyed Siamese Dream. Snail and Rhinoceros are incredible.
My Bloody Valentine Tremolo3.5
The Jesus Lizard Goat4.5
Slint Spiderland5.0

1990
Lush Gala3.5
Slowdive Slowdive4.5
Ride Nowhere4.0
Megadeth Rust in Peace4.0
Cocteau Twins Heaven or Las Vegas4.0
This album feels like cotton candy to me. Despite being achingly sweet, there doesn't seem to be much substance. It seems like the only appeal is "wow sound cool," and, admittedly, it does.
Angelo Badalamenti Twin Peaks4.0
Alice in Chains Facelift3.0
Pantera Cowboys from Hell3.0
Groove metal is in fact, groovy, but falls into the same potholes that most other metal does.
Sonic Youth Goo3.0
Depeche Mode Violator3.5
The Breeders Pod3.5
Mazzy Star She Hangs Brightly2.5
Primus Frizzle Fry4.0
Fugazi Repeater3.5
The Jesus Lizard Head3.5
Man, I wish they had gone in the direction of slower songs like 'Pastoral.' Song rips, but
I think it's the only song like that they've put out, at least in their first three albums.
The rest of the album is good, but not as concise as Goat.
My Bloody Valentine Glider4.0

1989
Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine3.5
Julee Cruise Floating into the Night4.0
Nirvana Bleach3.5
I think it's interesting how often this gets overlooked... This is incredibly raw and energetic. The poor production leads to a claustrophobic feel throughout, only exacerbated by the frenetic riffing on tracks like 'Negative Creep' and 'Mr. Moustache.'
The Cure Disintegration4.5
The contrast of this album is masterfully done. The first three tracks are blissful, and as the tracklist progresses, Robert Smith descends into anxiety and despair. The only thing keeping this from a classic is the lengthy runtime. This record is both emotionally exhausting and demanding, and if the album was a little more concise, it would be much more accessible. I'd find myself reaching for it more often.
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses4.0
Slint Tweez3.0
Pixies Doolittle4.5
Fugazi 13 Songs3.5
The Jesus Lizard Pure3.5
De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising4.0
Simply put, this record is a whole load of fun. This was hip-hop before the Wu-Tang Clan: light-hearted, goofy, almost whimsical. Naturally, it lacks the grit that would come to be found from East Coast giants like Nas and Mobb Deep, but is still an incredibly enjoyable, sample-based record.
Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique4.5

1988
My Bloody Valentine Feed Me with Your Kiss3.0
Mudhoney Superfuzz Bigmuff3.5
Garage punk that pretty much set grunge up for success. Fun all around. Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More is incredibly sludgy; a nasty, black, glutinous masterpiece.
Sonic Youth Daydream Nation4.5
Cocteau Twins Blue Bell Knoll3.0
Talk Talk Spirit of Eden4.5
My Bloody Valentine You Made Me Realise3.5
N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton4.0
Pixies Surfer Rosa4.5
My Bloody Valentine Isn't Anything3.5
Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back4.0

1987
Dinosaur Jr. You're Living All Over Me4.0
Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction1.0
Sonic Youth Sister4.0
Scratch Acid Berserker3.0
Butthole Surfers Locust Abortion Technician3.0
Almost immediately, this record introduces itself as basically just abrasive, weird, trippy sounds. That's about the whole album.
Swans Children of God3.0
Big Black Songs About Fucking3.5

1986
Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill3.5
Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd The Moon and the Melodies4.0
Slayer Reign in Blood2.5
The Smiths The Queen Is Dead4.0
Sonic Youth Evol4.0
Big Black Atomizer4.0

1985
The Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy4.0
Squirrel Bait Squirrel Bait4.0
Kate Bush Hounds of Love4.0
Dinosaur Jr. Dinosaur3.5

1984
Butthole Surfers Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac2.5
Cocteau Twins Treasure3.5
Meat Puppets Meat Puppets II3.5
Echo and The Bunnymen Ocean Rain3.5
Harold Budd and Brian Eno The Pearl3.5
The Replacements Let It Be4.0
Big Black Racer-X4.0
Black Flag My War4.0
Husker Du Zen Arcade4.0

1983
Violent Femmes Violent Femmes3.5
Brian Eno Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks3.5
Given that Eno himself said that ambient should be both ignorable and interesting, I think this errs too much on the side of interesting for ambient. Unfortunately, that makes me want to actually listen to it, not just let it play in the background, and then I remember that actually listening to ambient is pretty boring. I still enjoy this more than Airports.
Minutemen Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat3.0
Minor Threat Out of Step3.5
Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies3.0
The Chameleons Script of the Bridge3.0
Minutemen What Makes a Man Start Fires?3.5

1982
Kate Bush The Dreaming2.0
The Cure Pornography3.5
Cocteau Twins Garlands3.0
This is what The Cure's "Pornography" would sound like if it was palatable to me. Unfortunately, Pornography has a lot more depth.
Brian Eno Ambient 4: On Land3.5
Mission of Burma Vs.3.5
Flipper Album – Generic Flipper3.5
Descendents Milo Goes to College4.0
Begnagrad Begnagrad4.0

1981
Black Flag Damaged3.5
King Crimson Discipline4.0
This Heat Deceit4.0
Mission of Burma Signals, Calls, and Marches4.0
Glenn Branca The Ascension4.0

1980
Talking Heads Remain in Light3.0
I dunno man, I think I'd rather listen to actual Afrobeat...
Bauhaus In the Flat Field3.5
Man, I really want to love this. Post-punk with a monochromatic cover had me hoping for Joy Division. When Bauhaus are good, they're fantastic, but this album has, well, oddities that really throw me. 'Small Talk Stinks' and 'Saint Vitus Dance' are total trash. Normally I find it laughable when bands take themselves too seriously, but I find myself wishing Bauhaus would do exactly that.
Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables3.5
Joy Division Closer4.0

1979
The Clash London Calling4.0
Black Flag Nervous Breakdown3.0
Joy Division Unknown Pleasures4.5

1978
Public Image Ltd. First Issue2.5
Brian Eno Ambient 1: Music For Airports3.0
Considering this was effectively the first ambient album ever, I can give props. However, compared to any more recent ambient I've listened to (which, in all fairness, is not a lot) it seems pretty meh. I would just rather listen to the back half of Bowie's Low.
Sun Ra Lanquidity4.0
Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians4.5

1977
Wire Pink Flag4.0
Suicide Suicide4.5
It feels like this exists in another plane of music. I don't want to listen to it. I have never felt anything like the atmosphere this creates. This scares the shit out of me. I can't decide if this means it's one of the best things I've ever heard or one of the worst. Is there even any difference?
David Bowie "Heroes"4.0
Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols3.0
Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell4.0
Television Marquee Moon4.5
How come there wasn't more post-punk like this? This album is incredible, and it's a shame this wasn't well received.
David Bowie Low4.5
Fela Kuti Zombie4.0

1976
David Bowie Station to Station4.5

1975
Parliament Mothership Connection3.5
Fripp and Eno Evening Star3.0
Queen A Night at the Opera4.0
Joni Mitchell The Hissing of Summer Lawns3.5
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here4.5
Brian Eno Another Green World3.5
Fela Kuti Expensive Shit4.0

1974
King Crimson Red4.0

1973
David Bowie Aladdin Sane3.5
The Stooges Raw Power3.5
Fela Kuti Gentleman4.0
Fela Kuti Afrodisiac3.0

1972
Yes Close to the Edge4.5
Emerson, Lake and Palmer Trilogy3.0
Curtis Mayfield Superfly4.5
David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars4.5
Miles Davis On the Corner3.5
Fela Kuti Roforofo Fight4.0
Charles Mingus Let My Children Hear Music4.5
The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers might be the greatest song title of all time. And, somehow, the musical content manages to live up to it. One of Mingus's best and a classic third stream record.

1971
David Bowie Hunky Dory3.5
Curtis Mayfield Roots3.5
Black Sabbath Master of Reality3.0
Marvin Gaye What's Going On4.5
Miles Davis Jack Johnson4.0
George Crumb Black Angels2.0
Alice Coltrane Journey in Satchidananda3.5
Funkadelic Maggot Brain4.5
Joni Mitchell Blue4.5

1970
Funkadelic Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow3.0
Emerson, Lake and Palmer Emerson, Lake & Palmer3.5
Black Sabbath Paranoid4.5
Curtis Mayfield Curtis4.0
Miles Davis Bitches Brew4.0
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath3.5
Exuma Exuma4.0

1969
King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King4.5
Miles Davis In a Silent Way4.5
Joni Mitchell Clouds3.0
Frank Zappa Hot Rats4.0

1968
The Beatles The Beatles2.0
The Kinks The Village Green Preservation Society3.0
Sly and The Family Stone Life3.5
Taj Mahal Taj Mahal4.0
I've never really listened to any blues, but this album is a lot of fun. Accessible with good storytelling.
Miles Davis Nefertiti3.0

1967
Leonard Cohen Songs of Leonard Cohen4.0
The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico4.0
Cream Disraeli Gears2.5

1966
The Beatles Revolver4.0
Wilson Pickett The Exciting Wilson Pickett3.5
The Beach Boys Pet Sounds4.5
1965
John Coltrane A Love Supreme5.0

1964
Charles Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus3.5

1963
Oscar Peterson Night Train3.5
Joe Henderson Page One3.5
James Brown Live At The Apollo4.0
Charles Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady4.5

1962
Bill Evans and Jim Hall Undercurrent3.0
Album has fantastic playing on both parts, but it left me wanting more. The sound is too sparse, too minimalist to really get me through the whole record. The slower songs work very well but when they try to put some pep into things, it feels lacking.

1961
Art Blakey A Night in Tunisia4.0

1960
Charles Mingus Blues & Roots3.5
John Coltrane Giant Steps3.5
Yes, this is technically jaw-dropping, but to my untrained ears, it just sounds like a barrage of notes. Further listens necessary, I will get this eventually.
Miles Davis Sketches of Spain3.5

1959
The Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out3.5
Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um4.0
Miles Davis Kind of Blue4.0
Ray Charles The Genius of Ray Charles3.0
Ornette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come4.0
Art Blakey Moanin'4.5
This is everything I came into the jazz genre wanting: vibrant, bouncy, catchy compositions that are simply great fun to listen to. A lot of jazz seems to err on the side of repetitive grooves and (forgive me) excessive improvisation, but this stays interesting. The Drum Thunder Suite is fantastic.

1958
John Coltrane Blue Train4.5

1957
Miles Davis Birth of the Cool3.5
Miles Davis 'Round About Midnight3.5

1956
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley3.0

1955
Frank Sinatra In The Wee Small Hours4.5

1908
Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 274.0

1901
Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 184.5

1889
Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 1633.5
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