| Grayscale Umbra | 2.5 |
| John Mayer Sob Rock | 3.5 |
| Turnstile Time and Space | 3.0 |
| Trapped Under Ice Heatwave | 3.0 |
| Porter Robinson Nurture | 4.0 |
| The Ghost Inside The Ghost Inside | 3.5 |
| Lil Lotus All My Little Scars | 3.0 |
| nothing,nowhere. Trauma Factory | 3.5 |
| A Day To Remember You're Welcome | 2.0 |
| Sunami/Gulch Split | 3.5 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Live at Bamboozle 2010 | 2.0 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Afterburner Album Release Show | 3.0 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Tree City Sessions 2 | 4.0 |
| Bring Me the Horizon The Bedroom Sessions | 2.0 |
| Bring Me the Horizon This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For | 2.5 |
| Bring Me the Horizon Music to Listen to... | 2.5 |
| Bring Me the Horizon Count Your Blessings | 3.0 |
| Bring Me the Horizon There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It... | 3.5 |
| Bilmuri Eggy Pocket | 4.0 |
| Bring Me the Horizon Post Human: Survival Horror | 4.0 |
| Bilmuri Muri and Friends | 2.0 |
| Bilmuri Jaguar Shark | 2.5 |
| Sunami Demonstration | 4.0 |
| Sunami Sunami EP | 4.0 |
| Drain (USA-CA) California Cursed | 3.5 |
| Converge The Dusk in Us | 3.5 |
| Knocked Loose Mistakes Like Fractures | 3.5 |
| Vein.fm S/T | 3.0 |
| Vein.fm Demo 2016 | 3.5 |
| Vein.fm Terrors Realm | 3.5 |
| No Pressure No Pressure EP | 3.0 |
| Slipknot Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses | 3.0 |
| Slipknot Disasterpieces | 3.5 |
| Slipknot Slipknot | 4.0 |
| Slipknot Iowa | 4.5 |
| Slipknot All Hope Is Gone | 2.0 |
| Slipknot .5: The Gray Chapter | 2.0 |
| Slipknot We Are Not Your Kind | 3.5 |
| Deftones Around the Fur | 4.0 |
| Angels and Airwaves ...Of Nightmares | 2.5 |
| Angels and Airwaves Chasing Shadows | 2.5 |
| Angels and Airwaves The Dream Walker | 2.5 |
| Machine Gun Kelly Tickets to My Downfall | 3.0 |
| Asking Alexandria Stand Up and Scream | 3.5 |
| Linkin Park A Thousand Suns | 1.5 |
| Linkin Park Living Things | 1.5 |
| Linkin Park The Hunting Party | 1.5 |
| Linkin Park One More Light | 1.0 |
| Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight | 2.0 |
| Bring Me the Horizon Amo | 3.5 |
| Knuckle Puck 20/20 | 2.5 |
| Neck Deep All Distortions Are Intentional | 2.0 |
| The Story So Far Proper Dose | 3.0 |
| Movements No Good Left to Give | 2.0 |
| Movements Feel Something | 3.0 |
| Three Knee Deep Three Knee Deep | 4.5 |
| RMR DRUG DEALING IS A LOST ART | 3.0 |
| Vein.fm Old Data in a New Machine, Vol. 1 | 3.0 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Afterburner | 4.0 |
| Bilmuri Rich Sips | 4.0 |
| Code Orange Underneath | 2.5 |
| Belmont Between You & Me | 4.5 |
| blink-182 Nine | 1.0 |
| Bilmuri Bilmuri | 3.0 |
| Bilmuri Letters | 2.0 |
| Bilmuri Frame | 2.0 |
| Bilmuri Solid Chub | 3.0 |
| Bilmuri Banana | 3.5 |
| Bilmuri Taco | 3.0 |
| Kanye West Jesus Is King | 1.5 |
| Grayscale Nella Vita | 2.0 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Artificial Selection (Instrumental) | 3.5 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Mothership (Instrumental) | 3.5 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Instant Gratification (Instrumental) | 3.5 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Acceptance Speech 2.0 (Instrumental) | 3.5 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Acceptance Speech 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Knocked Loose A Different Shade of Blue | 3.5 |
| Bilmuri Pasteurized Milk | 2.5 |
| Dave Matthews Band Come Tomorrow | 2.5 |
| The Dangerous Summer Mother Nature | 3.5 |
| Cokie The Clown You're Welcome | 3.0 |
| Bilmuri Wet Milk | 4.0 |
| Saosin Saosin | 3.0 |
| PUP PUP | 3.0 |
| Simple Creatures Strange Love | 2.0 |
| Vein.fm Vein on Audiotree Live | 3.5 |
| Youth Fountain Youth Fountain | 2.5 |
| Kayzo OVERLOAD | 2.5 |
| Hatebreed Hatebreed | 3.5 |
| Harm's Way (USA-IL) Posthuman | 3.0 |
| Dance Gavin Dance People You Knew/Perfect | 3.5 |
| Saosin Translating the Name | 4.5 |
| Monsoon (US) Drowning Among My Friends | 3.0 |
| Vein.fm Self-Destruct | 3.0 |
| Knocked Loose Pop Culture | 3.0 |
| Knocked Loose Laugh Tracks | 3.5 |
| Vein.fm Errorzone | 3.5 |
| Counterparts Private Room | 3.0 |
| Being as an Ocean Waiting For Morning To Come | 2.0 |
| Trapped Under Ice Big Kiss Goodnight | 3.5 |
| John Mayer As/Is | 3.5 |
| Lil Peep Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2 | 3.0 |
| Ekali Crystal Eyes | 3.5 |
| Like Pacific In Spite of Me | 3.5 |
| Tilian The Skeptic | 3.0 |
| Tilian Future Friends | 3.5 |
| G Jones The Ineffable Truth | 2.5 |
| John Carpenter Halloween (2018) | 4.0 |
| Lil Peep HELLBOY | 3.0 |
| Lil Peep Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1 | 3.5 |
| Terror Total Retaliation | 3.5 |
| John Butler Trio HOME | 3.0 |
| Trash Boat Crown Shyness | 4.5 |
| Harm's Way (USA-IL) Rust | 2.0 |
| Eminem Kamikaze | 3.0 |
| Silverstein Discovering the Waterfront | 3.5 |
| Three Knee Deep Wrong World | 3.5 |
| Backtrack Bad To My World | 2.0 |
| Expire With Regret | 3.5 |
| Eminem Revival | 1.0 |
| Illenium Ashes Remixes | 2.5 |
| Illenium Awake | 3.0 |
| Illenium Ashes | 3.5 |
| Said the Sky Wide-Eyed | 2.5 |
| sakuraburst deconstructing nature | 4.0 |
| Angels and Airwaves We Don't Need to Whisper Acoustic EP | 2.5 |
| Virtual Self Virtual Self | 2.5 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Artificial Selection | 4.0 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain | 3.5 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Dance Gavin Dance | 3.0 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain II | 4.5 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Acceptance Speech | 3.5 |
| Kanye West ye | 2.0 |
| Pusha T DAYTONA | 3.5 |
| Post Malone beerbongs and bentleys | 2.5 |
| MitiS 'Til the End | 3.0 |
| Frank Sinatra Nothing But the Best | 4.0 |
| The Wonder Years Sister Cities | 3.5 |
| The Wonder Years The Upsides | 3.0 |
| Grayscale Adornment | 4.0 |
| Grayscale What We're Missing | 3.5 |
| Underoath Erase Me | 2.5 |
| Crywolf Cataclasm | 3.0 |
| Moose Blood I Don't Think I Can Do This Anymore | 2.5 |
| What So Not Not All the Beautiful Things | 4.0 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Tree City Sessions | 4.0 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Happiness | 3.5 |
| Justin Timberlake Man of the Woods | 2.0 |
| EDEN Vertigo | 2.5 |
| Irish Justin Vernon sings about meaningless romance with unnecessarily poor and jarring production techniques. |
| Disturbed Immortalized | 1.5 |
| Five Finger Death Punch Got Your Six | 1.0 |
| Alexisonfire Crisis | 3.0 |
| Glassjaw Material Control | 3.0 |
| Underoath Define the Great Line | 3.0 |
| NOFX Backstage Passport Soundtrack | 3.0 |
| NOFX Cokie the Clown | 3.0 |
| NOFX Self Entitled | 2.5 |
| NOFX First Ditch Effort | 3.0 |
| Bring Me the Horizon Live at the Royal Albert Hall | 3.5 |
| Black Flag Slip It In | 3.0 |
| Black Flag Family Man | 1.5 |
| Black Flag My War | 3.5 |
| Departures Teenage Haze | 3.0 |
| Axis Show Your Greed | 2.5 |
| Suburban Scum Ultimate Annihilation | 3.0 |
| State Radio Rabbit Inn Rebellion | 4.0 |
| The Story So Far What You Don't See | 3.0 |
| Seaway All In My Head | 3.5 |
| Seaway Vacation | 3.5 |
| Seaway Colour Blind | 3.0 |
| The Wonder Years No Closer to Heaven | 3.0 |
| The Wonder Years Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing | 3.5 |
| Knuckle Puck Copacetic | 2.5 |
| Knuckle Puck Shapeshifter | 2.0 |
| Counterparts You're Not You Anymore | 4.0 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Summertime Gladness/Pussy Vultures | 4.0 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Instant Gratification | 3.0 |
| Neck Deep The Peace And The Panic | 2.5 |
| Brand New Science Fiction | 3.5 |
| Dispatch America, Location 12 | 4.0 |
| Dispatch Circles Around the Sun | 2.5 |
| What So Not Divide & Conquer | 4.0 |
| blink-182 California (Deluxe Edition) | 2.0 |
| Cashmere Cat 9 | 3.5 |
| PUP The Dream Is Over | 3.5 |
| John Mayer The Search for Everything | 4.0 |
| The Chainsmokers Memories...Do Not Open | 1.0 |
| John Butler Trio Flesh & Blood | 2.0 |
| Departures/Moose Blood Split | 3.5 |
| John Mayer The Search for Everything - Wave Two | 3.5 |
| Deadmau5 W:/2016ALBUM/ | 2.5 |
| Departures Death Touches Us, From The Moment We Begin To Love | 4.0 |
| Neck Deep Life's Not Out To Get You | 2.5 |
| A Day To Remember Bad Vibrations | 3.0 |
| Bon Iver 22, A Million | 4.0 |
| Dryjacket For Posterity | 3.5 |
| Moose Blood Moving Home | 3.0 |
| Flume Skin Companion ll | 2.5 |
| The Menzingers After the Party | 4.5 |
| John Mayer The Search for Everything - Wave One | 4.0 |
| Marshmello Joytime | 1.0 |
| Seven Lions Polarize | 3.0 |
| Seven Lions Days To Come | 3.5 |
| Seven Lions Worlds Apart | 4.0 |
| Seven Lions The Throes Of Winter | 4.0 |
| Dance Gavin Dance Mothership | 4.5 |
| Moose Blood I'll Keep You In Mind, From Time To Time | 3.0 |
| Adventure Club Red // Blue | 4.0 |
| The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness | 2.5 |
| The Weeknd Kiss Land | 2.0 |
| The Weeknd Echoes of Silence | 3.5 |
| The Weeknd Thursday | 3.0 |
| John Mayer Paradise Valley | 3.5 |
| The Chainsmokers Collage | 1.0 |
| The Wonder Years The Greatest Generation | 4.5 |
| Lido Everything | 3.5 |
| Trash Boat Nothing I Write You Will Change What You've Been Through | 3.5 |
| Moose Blood Blush | 4.0 |
| Cashmere Cat Mirror Maru | 3.0 |
| Cashmere Cat Wedding Bells | 4.0 |
| Incendiary Cost of Living | 3.5 |
| Modern Life Is War Witness | 4.5 |
| DJ Snake Encore | 1.5 |
| Yellowcard Southern Air | 3.0 |
| Yellowcard Lift a Sail | 2.0 |
| Underoath They're Only Chasing Safety | 3.5 |
| Of Monsters and Men Beneath the Skin | 3.0 |
| Of Monsters and Men My Head is an Animal | 4.5 |
| Mayday Parade A Lesson In Romantics | 3.0 |
| Kanye West The Life of Pablo | 1.5 |
| Kanye West Yeezus | 2.0 |
| Major Lazer Guns Dont Kill People... Lazers Do | 3.5 |
| Major Lazer Free The Universe | 4.0 |
| Major Lazer Peace Is The Mission | 3.5 |
| Major Lazer Peace Is The Mission: Extended | 4.0 |
| Diplo Random White Dude Be Everywhere | 2.5 |
| Diplo Express Yourself | 4.0 |
| Diplo Florida | 4.0 |
| Jack U Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack U | 3.5 |
| I the Mighty Connector | 3.5 |
| Disclosure Settle | 3.0 |
| Disclosure Caracal | 2.0 |
| Flume Flume | 2.0 |
| Flume Skin | 2.5 |
| Various Artists (Hip Hop) SHADYXV | 1.0 |
| Eminem Infinite | 4.0 |
| Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | 1.5 |
| Dave Matthews Band Live in New York City | 3.5 |
| Dashboard Confessional The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most | 3.0 |
| Brand New Your Favorite Weapon | 3.5 |
| Brand New Daisy | 3.0 |
| Blind Pilot We Are The Tide | 3.0 |
| Blind Pilot 3 Rounds and a Sound | 3.5 |
| Adventure Club Adventure Club Music Pack | 4.0 |
| Bring Me the Horizon Live at Wembley | 3.5 |
| Bring Me the Horizon Suicide Season | 2.5 |
| Bring Me the Horizon Sempiternal | 3.5 |
| Bring Me the Horizon That's the Spirit | 3.5 |
| Turnstile Step 2 Rhythm | 3.0 |
| Turnstile Nonstop Feeling | 3.5 |
| Madeon Adventure | 3.0 |
| Knife Party Rage Valley | 3.5 |
| Knife Party Haunted House | 3.5 |
| Knife Party Abandon Ship | 2.0 |
| A Day To Remember What Separates Me from You | 2.5 |
| A Day To Remember Homesick | 3.5 |
| A Day To Remember For Those Who Have Heart | 4.0 |
| A Day To Remember Common Courtesy | 2.5 |
| Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism | 4.0 |
| Death Cab for Cutie Plans | 4.5 |
| TNGHT TNGHT | 3.5 |
| RL Grime VOID | 4.0 |
| Baauer Aa | 2.0 |
| Flosstradamus Soundclash | 2.5 |
| Kaskade Atmosphere | 3.0 |
| Deadmau5 While(1<2) | 2.5 |
| Deadmau5 >album title goes here< | 2.0 |
| Avicii True: Avicii by Avicii | 3.5 |
| Avicii Stories | 1.0 |
| Alison Wonderland Run | 3.0 |
| What So Not Gemini | 4.5 |
| Porter Robinson Spitfire | 3.5 |
| Porter Robinson Worlds | 3.0 |
| Skrillex Recess | 2.5 |
| Dillon Francis Westside! | 4.0 |
| Dillon Francis Something, Something, Awesome | 4.0 |
| Dillon Francis This Mixtape Is Fire | 3.0 |
| Dillon Francis Money Sucks, Friends Rule | 1.5 |
| Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me | 4.5 |
| Brand New Deja Entendu | 4.5 |
| Taking Back Sunday Louder Now | 3.5 |
| Taking Back Sunday Where You Want To Be | 2.5 |
| Taking Back Sunday Live From Bamboozle '09 | 3.5 |
| blink-182 Dogs Eating Dogs | 3.0 |
| blink-182 California | 2.0 |
| Diplo Revolution | 3.5 |
| Avicii True | 3.5 |
| Avicii effectively did for EDM what Daft Punk thought they were too good to do. |
| John Mayer The Complete 2012 Performances Collection | 3.0 |
| John Mayer Born and Raised | 3.5 |
| GOOD Music Cruel Summer | 3.0 |
| Dave Matthews Band Away From The World | 4.0 |
| Drake Take Care | 3.5 |
| Childish Gambino Camp | 2.5 |
| Angels and Airwaves Love - Part II | 2.5 |
| Portugal. The Man Waiter: ''You Vultures!'' | 3.5 |
| Portugal. The Man The Majestic Majesty | 3.5 |
| Portugal. The Man The Satanic Satanist | 4.0 |
| Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | 4.0 |
| Band of Horses Cease to Begin | 3.0 |
| Band of Horses Infinite Arms | 3.5 |
| Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes EP | 2.5 |
| Fleet Foxes Sun Giant | 3.0 |
| Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues | 3.0 |
| Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes | 4.5 |
| The White Buffalo The White Buffalo EP | 3.5 |
| J. Cole Cole World: The Sideline Story | 4.0 |
| blink-182 Neighborhoods | 4.0 |
| Robert Johnson The Complete Recordings | 4.5 |
| Muddy Waters The Best of Muddy Waters (Chess) | 3.5 |
| Bassnectar Divergent Spectrum | 3.5 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers I'm With You | 2.5 |
| Lil Wayne Tha Carter IV | 2.0 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at Montreux: 1982 & 1985 | 4.0 |
| O.A.R. King | 1.5 |
| Tyler, the Creator Goblin | 2.0 |
| The Who My Generation | 3.0 |
| The Who Live at Leeds (Deluxe Edition) | 3.5 |
| The Who Who's Next | 4.0 |
| The Weeknd House of Balloons | 3.5 |
| Prince The Very Best of Prince | 3.5 |
| Neil Young Live Rust | 3.5 |
| Neil Young Unplugged | 3.0 |
| Neil Young Rust Never Sleeps | 4.0 |
| Neil Young Harvest Moon | 3.5 |
| Men at Work Cargo | 2.5 |
| Men at Work Business as Usual | 3.5 |
| The Lonely Island Turtleneck and Chain | 3.0 |
| Lil Wayne Sorry 4 The Wait | 1.0 |
| This should have been titled "Sorry for the Mixtape." |
| K'naan The Dusty Foot on the Road | 2.0 |
| Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds | 3.5 |
| John Mayer Any Given Thursday | 3.0 |
| John Butler Trio Live at Red Rocks | 4.0 |
| Combining the old, the new, and several extended jams, it is clear that the John Butler Trio are talented musicians who know how to put on a damn good show and please a crowd. |
| Joe Walsh But Seriously Folks.... | 3.5 |
| Jeff Buckley Live at Sin-é (Legacy Edition) | 4.0 |
| Jeff Buckley Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk | 3.0 |
| G. Love and Special Sauce G. Love and Special Sauce | 3.5 |
| Eric Clapton Slowhand | 3.5 |
| Eric Clapton From The Cradle | 4.0 |
| Dave Matthews Band Live at Mile High Music Festival | 2.5 |
| Cage The Elephant Cage the Elephant | 3.0 |
| Butthole Surfers Electriclarryland | 3.5 |
| Bon Iver Bon Iver, Bon Iver | 4.0 |
| Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago | 4.0 |
| Muddy Waters The Anthology, 1947 - 1972 | 4.0 |
| The Allman Brothers Band Idlewild South | 4.0 |
| The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East (Deluxe Edition) | 4.0 |
| The Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band | 3.5 |
| Jay-Z and Kanye West Watch the Throne | 3.0 |
| Chadwick Stokes Simmerkane II | 4.5 |
| Bad Meets Evil Hell: The Sequel | 3.5 |
| Dispatch Dispatch EP | 4.0 |
| Pretty Lights Making Up A Changing Mind | 3.5 |
| Pretty Lights Glowing in the Darkest Night | 4.0 |
| Pretty Lights Spilling Over Every Side | 4.5 |
| Pretty Lights Passing By Behind Your Eyes | 3.0 |
| Skrillex Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites | 4.0 |
| Skrillex My Name Is Skrillex | 3.5 |
| Cream Disraeli Gears | 4.5 |
| Big Sean Finally Famous, Volume 3: B.I.G. | 1.0 |
| Big Daddy Kane Long Live The Kane | 4.0 |
| Matisyahu Live At Stubb's, Vol. II | 3.0 |
| Kings of Leon Come Around Sundown | 3.5 |
| Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere | 3.5 |
| Bedouin Soundclash Light the Horizon | 3.5 |
| Particle Launchpad | 4.0 |
| Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back | 4.0 |
| R. Kelly Love Letter | 3.5 |
| R. Kelly Chocolate Factory | 4.0 |
| Radiohead The King of Limbs | 2.5 |
| Saigon The Greatest Story Never Told | 2.5 |
| Chris Brown F.A.M.E. | 3.5 |
| Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits | 3.5 |
| Jeezy 1,000 Grams | 1.5 |
| Xavier Rudd Koonyum Sun | 4.0 |
| Explosions in the Sky The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place | 3.5 |
| Sum 41 Screaming Bloody Murder | 1.5 |
| Yellowcard When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes | 3.0 |
| Yellowcard Ocean Avenue | 3.5 |
| Shpongle Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland | 4.0 |
| The Disco Biscuits Planet Anthem | 3.0 |
| Sound Tribe Sector 9 Ad Explorata | 3.0 |
| Umphrey's McGee Live at the Murat | 3.5 |
| Umphrey's McGee Mantis | 2.5 |
| Phish Vegas '96 | 4.0 |
| Phish Joy | 3.0 |
| Grateful Dead Europe '72 | 4.0 |
| Grateful Dead Fillmore East: April 1971 | 4.0 |
| Wiz Khalifa Rolling Papers | 1.0 |
| Bassnectar Underground Communication | 2.5 |
| Deadmau5 Get Scraped | 3.5 |
| Deadmau5 Full Circle | 3.0 |
| Deadmau5 4x4=12 | 3.0 |
| Deadmau5 Random Album Title | 4.0 |
| Mac Miller Best Day Ever | 3.5 |
| Travis Barker Give The Drummer Some | 2.5 |
| Mac Miller K.I.D.S. | 3.0 |
| Lupe Fiasco Lasers | 3.0 |
| Lupe Fiasco Enemy Of The State: A Love Story | 3.0 |
| G. Love and Special Sauce Fixin to Die | 3.5 |
| Girl Talk All Day | 3.5 |
| MGMT Congratulations | 2.0 |
| Kids and Explosions Shit Computer | 2.0 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Live at Slane Castle | 4.0 |
| Xavier Rudd and Izintaba Koonyum Sun | 4.0 |
| T.I. No Mercy | 2.0 |
| Daft Punk Tron: Legacy | 2.5 |
| J. Cole Friday Night Lights | 3.5 |
| Jimmy Cliff The Harder They Come OST | 4.0 |
| Dennis Brown Visions of Dennis Brown | 3.0 |
| Burning Spear Marcus Garvey | 3.5 |
| Barrington Levy Money Move | 3.0 |
| Barrington Levy Poor Man Style | 3.5 |
| Barrington Levy Englishman | 2.5 |
| Deadmau5 For Lack of a Better Name | 3.5 |
| Sam Adams Boston's Boy | 3.0 |
| Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | 4.5 |
| Deadmau5 It Sounds Like | 3.5 |
| Kid Cudi Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager | 3.0 |
| Jack Johnson To the Sea | 2.5 |
| J. Cole The Warm Up | 4.0 |
| Waka Flocka Flame Flockaveli | 1.0 |
| Filastine Dirty Bomb | 3.5 |
| Sufjan Stevens The Age of Adz | 4.0 |
| Lil Wayne I Am Not a Human Being | 2.0 |
| John Mayer Inside Wants Out | 3.0 |
| John Mayer The Village Sessions | 3.5 |
| Tiesto In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza | 4.0 |
| Waka Flocka Flame Salute Me Or Shoot Me 2 | 1.0 |
| Wiz Khalifa Kush & Orange Juice | 3.0 |
| Eric Clapton Me and Mr. Johnson | 4.5 |
| Ratatat Classics | 3.5 |
| Ol' Dirty Bastard Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version | 4.0 |
| Bassnectar Cozza Frenzy | 3.0 |
| Bassnectar Mesmerizing The Ultra | 4.0 |
| MGMT Oracular Spectacular | 2.5 |
| T.I. King | 3.5 |
| Cee Lo Green Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine | 3.5 |
| D12 Devil's Night | 3.5 |
| Jeezy The Inspiration | 2.5 |
| Jeezy Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 | 3.0 |
| Eminem Recovery | 4.0 |
| Amadou and Mariam Welcome to Mali | 4.0 |
| Drake Thank Me Later | 3.0 |
| Jack Johnson En Concert | 4.0 |
| Nas and Damian Marley Distant Relatives | 4.5 |
| Dave Matthews Band Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado | 2.0 |
| Dave Matthews Band Listener Supported | 3.0 |
| Dave Matthews Band Live in Chicago | 4.5 |
| Dave Matthews Band Live Trax Vol. 2 | 4.0 |
| B.o.B The Adventures of Bobby Ray | 2.5 |
| Wait What the notorious xx | 3.0 |
| John Butler Trio April Uprising | 4.0 |
| Kid Cudi Man on the Moon: The End of Day | 3.5 |
| 2Pac Resurrection | 2.5 |
| K'naan The Dusty Foot Philosopher | 3.5 |
| Lil Wayne Rebirth | 1.0 |
| The Game The Documentary | 3.0 |
| Mos Def Black on Both Sides | 4.0 |
| Mos Def The Ecstatic | 3.5 |
| Angels and Airwaves Love | 3.0 |
| K'naan Troubadour | 3.5 |
| Clipse Til the Casket Drops | 3.0 |
| Clipse Hell Hath No Fury | 3.5 |
| Jeezy The Recession | 2.0 |
| Mase Welcome Back | 3.0 |
| Trey Songz Ready | 2.5 |
| John Butler Trio One Way Road | 3.0 |
| N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton | 4.5 |
| Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits | 3.0 |
| Various Artists (Hip Hop) Eminem Presents: The Re-Up | 1.5 |
| Eminem Relapse: Refill | 2.5 |
| James Morrison Songs For You, Truths For Me | 3.5 |
| James Morrison Undiscovered | 3.0 |
| Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt II | 4.0 |
| 2Pac Me Against the World | 4.0 |
| The Fray How to Save a Life | 3.0 |
| The Fray The Fray | 2.5 |
| John Mayer Battle Studies | 3.5 |
| Lil Wayne No Ceilings | 3.0 |
| Jay-Z American Gangster | 3.0 |
| Jay-Z The Blueprint 3 | 3.0 |
| The Notorious B.I.G. Duets: The Final Chapter | 2.5 |
| The Notorious B.I.G. Born Again | 3.5 |
| Drake So Far Gone | 2.5 |
| State Radio Let It Go | 3.5 |
| Damian Marley Mr. Marley | 4.0 |
| Nothing like Damian Marley's later work, Mr. Marley is twelve tracks of pure reggae. With huge influence (and many borrowed lyrics) from his father, Damian creates a solid debut album. The songs mostly tell stories of the poverty in Jamaica and political problems the country is undergoing. This is a must-have for reggae fans, and an interesting item for those who want to see a different side of the man who later release Welcome to Jamrock. |
| Matisyahu Light | 3.5 |
| Rebelution Courage to Grow | 3.5 |
| Dave Matthews Band Live at Piedmont Park | 4.0 |
| 2Pac Greatest Hits | 4.0 |
| 2Pac Better Dayz | 3.5 |
| Nas Greatest Hits | 2.5 |
| D12 D12 World | 1.5 |
| Eminem The Slim Shady LP | 4.0 |
| Ben Harper and Relentless7 White Lies for Dark Times | 4.0 |
| Donavon Frankenreiter Pass It Around | 3.0 |
| Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | 3.0 |
| Dave Matthews Band Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 | 3.0 |
| Mishka Above the Bones | 2.0 |
| Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP | 4.0 |
| Eminem Relapse | 2.5 |
| Dave Matthews Band Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King | 3.5 |
| Green Day 21st Century Breakdown | 2.5 |
| NOFX Coaster | 2.5 |
| Talib Kweli The Beautiful Struggle | 3.0 |
| Talib Kweli Eardrum | 3.0 |
| MF DOOM Born Like This | 3.5 |
| GZA Liquid Swords | 3.5 |
| KRS-One Return Of The Boom Bap | 2.5 |
| The Lonely Island Incredibad | 3.0 |
| The Roots Things Fall Apart | 4.0 |
| The Roots Do You Want More?!!!??! | 3.5 |
| Lil Wayne Dedication 3 | 2.0 |
| The Game Doctor's Advocate | 3.5 |
| Incubus (USA-CA) S.C.I.E.N.C.E. | 3.5 |
| Incubus (USA-CA) Fungus Amongus | 4.0 |
| Matt Costa Songs We Sing | 2.0 |
| Nas Untitled | 3.0 |
| John Brown's Body Amplify | 4.0 |
| Incubus (USA-CA) A Crow Left of the Murder... | 3.5 |
| The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die | 5.0 |
| Ready to Die is and was what hip-hop should be. Hands down the best work of Mr. Christopher Wallace, the black Frank White, Biggie Smalls, the Notorious B.I.G. Though I caught onto hip-hop long after the release of this album, the beats here are classic, memorable, and timeless. And the rhymes? Well, it is clear that no one's got flow like Big Poppa. And I doubt anyone ever will. Modern day hip-hop can't touch the unmistakable lines that are contained in each and every track. One final comment: Gimme the Loot is just downright unfuckingbelievable. |
| The Notorious B.I.G. Life After Death | 4.5 |
| Black Star Black Star | 4.0 |
| Talib Kweli Quality | 3.5 |
| Ray Charles Very Best of Ray Charles | 4.0 |
| Ray Charles Ray Original Soundtrack | 3.5 |
| Aesop Rock Labor Days | 4.0 |
| Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | 3.5 |
| The United States of America The United States of America | 3.0 |
| Matisyahu Shattered EP | 3.5 |
| The Roots Rising Down | 4.0 |
| Erykah Badu New Amerykah Pt. One: 4th World War | 3.0 |
| Kings of Leon Only By The Night | 4.0 |
| Fugees The Score | 3.5 |
| John Butler Trio One Small Step | 3.5 |
| Kanye West The College Dropout | 3.5 |
| Flobots Fight with Tools | 1.5 |
| Lupe Fiasco Food & Liquor | 4.0 |
| Lupe Fiasco The Cool | 2.5 |
| Ludacris Theater of the Mind | 4.0 |
| Kanye West 808s and Heartbreak | 3.0 |
| Immortal Technique The 3rd World | 1.5 |
| DJ GREENLATERN! DJ GREENLANTERN! DJ GREENLANTERN! SHUT UP ALREADY. God-awful production meets unmotivated lyrics and Immortal Technique (who seems to be getting exponentially raspier with each album?) falls flat on his face. The 3rd World and Mistakes are the only tracks worth listening to. If I was DJ Greenlantern, I wouldn't be bragging so much. |
| Brad Paisley 5th Gear | 3.0 |
| N.E.R.D. Seeing Sounds | 1.5 |
| Xavier Rudd Dark Shades of Blue | 4.5 |
| Sound Tribe Sector 9 Peaceblaster | 3.5 |
| Perpetual Groove Sweet Oblivious Antidote | 4.0 |
| Phish Slip, Stitch, and Pass | 3.0 |
| Michael Franti and Spearhead All Rebel Rockers | 4.5 |
| Franti turns up the amps and the atmosphere with his 2008 release, All Rebel Rockers. A call to arms, the album takes a more mainstream approach at Franti's reggae rock style. While the choruses may be unappreciated by the intellectual music listener, the verses will certainly not disappoint. There is not one weak track on the album, and the instrumentation is nothin short of harmonious. Life in the City and The Future stand out as obvious highlights. Franti oftens confides in female duos for vocal support, and the result is nice R&B blend. If Hey World (Remote Control Version) doesn't have you singing the chorus, then maybe you're just not ready to experience Michael Franti at his finest. |
| Lil Wayne Tha Carter | 2.5 |
| T.I. Paper Trail | 3.0 |
| Iron And Wine The Shepherd's Dog | 4.0 |
| Kanye West Late Registration | 2.5 |
| The Game LAX | 3.0 |
| Black Uhuru Black Sounds Of Freedom | 2.5 |
| Bunny Wailer Blackheart Man | 3.5 |
| Dave Matthews Band The Gorge [CD/DVD] | 4.0 |
| Dave Matthews Some Devil | 3.0 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan Greatest Hits | 4.0 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan The Sky Is Crying | 3.5 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood | 4.0 |
| Eric Clapton Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert | 4.0 |
| Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard | 4.0 |
| Eric Clapton Unplugged | 4.5 |
| Shwayze Shwayze | 3.5 |
| G. Love and Special Sauce Superhero Brother | 4.0 |
| Pepper Pink Crustaceans and Good Vibrations | 3.5 |
| One Day as a Lion One Day as a Lion | 3.5 |
| Lil Wayne Tha Carter II | 3.0 |
| DangerDoom The Mouse And The Mask | 2.0 |
| Ky-Mani Marley Many More Roads | 3.0 |
| Dennis Brown Love & Hate | 3.5 |
| Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Live at Radio City | 4.0 |
| ALO Fly Between Falls | 3.5 |
| ALO Roses & Clover | 3.0 |
| The Band Music from Big Pink | 3.5 |
| N.E.R.D. Fly Or Die | 3.0 |
| John Mayer Where the Light Is | 4.5 |
| John Mayer delivers. Seriously, the guitar work and vocal harmonies in Where the Light Is are to die for. Mayer expertly reworks covers like Free Falling and the ever-popular I Don't Need No Doctor. His live gems, Wait Until Tomorrow, Who Did You Think I Was, and Good Love is On the Way spark new audience interest. And, of course, classics like Slow Dancing and Gravity own the night. John Mayer feels the blues and belts out the rock in this 22-track setlist. There are almost no weak or dragging points to the entire album, save for the dragging Out of My Mind. Every track is enjoyable and worth a listen. Man, this dude can play. |
| Too Rude Too Rude | 3.0 |
| Dr. Dre 2001 | 3.5 |
| Dr. Dre The Chronic | 4.5 |
| Girl Talk Feed the Animals | 3.5 |
| Girl Talk Night Ripper | 3.0 |
| Dewey Cox Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | 3.5 |
| Lil Wayne Tha Carter III | 3.5 |
| Weezer The Red Album | 1.0 |
| Weezer The Green Album | 2.5 |
| John Frusciante Smile from the Streets You Hold | 1.5 |
| Jedi Mind Tricks Violent by Design | 4.0 |
| Jethro Tull Aqualung | 3.5 |
| The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico | 2.0 |
| Love Forever Changes | 4.0 |
| Jimmy Buffett Songs You Know By Heart | 2.5 |
| Sublime Robbin' the Hood | 4.5 |
| Robbin' the Hood is a completely underrated album. The questionable quality and prominent joke tracks may be a turn-off for some, but when Sublime really lets loose on tracks like Pool Shark, Greatest Hits, and STP, the groovin' really gets goin.' Boss DJ is another highlight, just frontman Bradley Nowell crooning to us alone with his guitar. Humorous lyrics grace some of the other tracks and the Raleigh Soliloquys are hilarious. If you're looking for straightforward Sublime music I wouldn't go for this album, but if you've acquired the Sublime taste then definitely pick this up. |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Uprising | 4.5 |
| Toots and The Maytals Funky Kingston | 4.0 |
| Nickel Creek Why Should the Fire Die? | 3.5 |
| Camel Mirage | 4.5 |
| King Crimson Three of a Perfect Pair | 3.0 |
| Rush 2112 | 3.5 |
| Rush A Farewell to Kings | 3.0 |
| King Crimson Red | 4.0 |
| Soundtrack (Film) Office Space | 4.0 |
| Various Artists (Country) Walk The Line | 3.5 |
| The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots | 4.0 |
| Cas Haley Cas Haley | 2.5 |
| Brad Paisley Mud On The Tires | 2.5 |
| Brad Paisley Time Well Wasted | 3.5 |
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits | 3.5 |
| Trapt Trapt | 2.0 |
| Trey Anastasio Shine | 4.0 |
| Will Smith Big Willie Style | 3.5 |
| ZOX Take Me Home | 3.0 |
| Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) | 4.5 |
| Blues Traveler Four | 3.5 |
| P.O.D. Satellite | 2.5 |
| Nest (FIN) Trail of the Unwary | 3.0 |
| Neil Young Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere | 4.5 |
| Bob Dylan Desire | 4.0 |
| Bob Dylan The Essential Bob Dylan | 4.5 |
| Linkin Park Live In Texas | 3.0 |
| Linkin Park Meteora | 1.0 |
| Linkin Park Hybrid Theory | 2.5 |
| Nirvana Bleach | 2.5 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Live in Hyde Park | 4.0 |
| Ludacris The Red Light District | 2.5 |
| Slightly Stoopid Slightly Not Stoned Enough... EP | 2.5 |
| The Mars Volta The Bedlam in Goliath | 2.0 |
| Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords | 4.0 |
| Rogue Wave Descended Like Vultures | 2.5 |
| Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys | 3.5 |
| Afrika Bambaataa and The Soulsonic Force Planet Rock | 3.5 |
| 2Pac All Eyez on Me | 3.0 |
| Kottonmouth Kings Rolling Stoned | 1.0 |
| Quicksilver Messenger Service Happy Trails | 4.0 |
| Quicksilver Messenger Service Quicksilver Messenger Service | 4.0 |
| Jefferson Airplane Volunteers | 3.0 |
| Donavon Frankenreiter Recycled Recipes | 2.5 |
| Incubus (USA-CA) Light Grenades | 3.5 |
| Opeth Blackwater Park | 4.0 |
| Jason Mraz Mr. A-Z | 2.5 |
| The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 5.0 |
| While this is not my favorite Beatles album, nor is it their musically best, there is no doubt that Sgt. Pepper's was the album that changed music history forever. The variety of genres and the complexity with which they were interchanged is remarkable. Lennon and McCartney's vocal harmonies and lyrical exchange were the pinnacle of their songwriting abilities. Sgt. Pepper's was the first album ever to print the lyrics for all the songs inside the package. Now, we consider ourselves ripped off if the lyrics are bolding sitting in front of us. The title tracks are exquisite openers and closers and all the music in between is darn near flawless. If you have never heard this album before (first off, is that even possible?), it is your duty as a music fan to find this album. Sgt. Pepper's even contains possibly the greatest song ever written, A Day in the Life. |
| The Beatles Abbey Road | 4.5 |
| Jeff Buckley Grace | 5.0 |
| There is no facet of this album which stands out as perfect. Unlike any other album I have ever listened to, Grace is perfect in every aspect. That's right. There is not one flaw in this album. Jeff Buckley produces something I like to call 'thinking' music. The lyrics give one something to ponder, while the music leaves much to your own interpretation. The mood swings from lust to hope to loss to death. This album opens your eyes and lets you know there really is a God. And there just as well is a devil. |
| Ben Harper Lifeline | 3.5 |
| The Beach Boys Surfin' U.S.A. | 3.0 |
| The Beach Boys Pet Sounds | 4.0 |
| A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory | 3.5 |
| Michael Franti and Spearhead Songs From The Front Porch | 4.5 |
| Michael Franti and Spearhead Everyone Deserves Music | 4.0 |
| Michael Franti and Spearhead Stay Human | 3.5 |
| Salmonella Dub Inside The Dub Plates | 3.0 |
| Rhombus Bass Player | 3.5 |
| Avenged Sevenfold City of Evil | 2.5 |
| Marvelous 3 Hey! Album | 2.5 |
| moe. Sticks and Stones | 3.0 |
| moe. No Doy | 3.5 |
| Dave Matthews Band Weekend on the Rocks | 3.5 |
| Cream The Very Best Of Cream | 4.0 |
| John Lennon Imagine | 4.0 |
| Donavon Frankenreiter Move By Yourself | 3.5 |
| George Harrison All Things Must Pass | 4.5 |
| Opal Happy Nightmare Baby | 3.5 |
| Lil Wayne Da Drought 3 | 3.0 |
| For an album containing no original production, this ain't half bad. Featuring 21 tracks of pure spittin' rhymes, Da Drought 3 actually contains some quality hip-hop. However, the long tracklisting does stretch out for quite a while and can eventually become monotonous. While Lil Wayne is a master at creating clever (though many times nonsensical) hooks, some of the raps in here are just plain dumb. Nevertheless, Da Drought 3 has some real solid stuff. And of course, like every other Wayne album, listening is always better with a blunt in hand. |
| Van Morrison Astral Weeks | 4.0 |
| Brian Eno Another Green World | 3.0 |
| Jefferson Airplane Platinum & Gold Collection | 3.5 |
| Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow | 4.0 |
| Hallucinogen In Dub | 2.5 |
| Hallucinogen The Lone Deranger | 3.0 |
| Hallucinogen Twisted | 4.0 |
| Neil Young Harvest | 4.0 |
| ZOX The Wait | 2.5 |
| Black Uhuru Red | 3.0 |
| Steel Pulse Handsworth Revolution | 3.5 |
| Grateful Dead Built to Last | 1.5 |
| Grateful Dead One from the Vault | 2.0 |
| Grateful Dead Fillmore West 1969 | 4.0 |
| Grateful Dead Anthem of the Sun | 2.0 |
| Bad Brains Bad Brains | 3.0 |
| Bad Brains Build A Nation | 3.0 |
| Audioslave Out of Exile | 2.5 |
| Alicia Keys The Diary of Alicia Keys | 3.5 |
| AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap | 3.0 |
| O.A.R. The Wanderer | 3.5 |
| Jay-Z The Black Album | 3.5 |
| Jay-Z Kingdom Come | 2.0 |
| Nas Illmatic | 3.5 |
| Eric Clapton The Cream of Clapton (US) | 3.5 |
| The Doors The Best of The Doors | 4.0 |
| Burning Spear Calling Rastafari | 2.5 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival Green River | 3.5 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival Chronicle, Vol. 1 | 3.0 |
| Barrington Levy Too Experienced: The Best of Barrington Levy | 4.0 |
| Barrington Levy This is Crucial Reggae | 3.5 |
| Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend | 2.0 |
| Shpongle Are You Shpongled? | 4.5 |
| Shpongle Nothing Lasts... But Nothing Is Lost | 3.5 |
| NOFX They've Actually Gotten Worse Live | 3.0 |
| Phish Round Room | 3.5 |
| Arcade Fire Funeral | 2.0 |
| The Rolling Stones Forty Licks | 4.0 |
| This is a great album to get into the Stones with. It's stock-full of hits, from start to finish. At least one song off of every Stones album (save Dirty Work) can be found somewhere on Forty Licks. This is an excellent introductory compilation, but for older fans it just doesn't compare. Some lesser known great tracks are included to the experienced listener's benefit, such as Wild Horses and Have You Seen Your Mother Baby? This is two and a half hours of pure raunchy Stones. |
| Jack Johnson Sleep Through the Static | 4.5 |
| As 2008 approached, I was impatiently awaiting the release of Sleep Through the Static. The hype had completely twisted my mind. I had thoughts that this would be a dark, brooding, and completely electric album. Yet on February 8, when I ran out to pick this album up, I was confused, but still satisfied. Sleep Through the Static is the very same Jack Johnson we've known all this time. Sure, there is a little electricity in his guitars, and maybe even a hint of sorrow in his voice, but this is not the big change everyone was waiting for, and that's probably a good thing. Jack's crooning voice works perfectly on the standout tracks, What You Thought You Need and Go On. The title track has a collaboration of some of the best lyrics I've heard in my life. The opener, All At Once, may be the 'darkest' song on the album, and I use the term 'darkest' lightly. Losing Keys is a beautiful ending to this superb album. Fear not Jack Johnson fans, he has suceeded once again doing what he does best. And if Jack doesn't fit your style, maybe you can at least appreciate his message. |
| Kings of Leon Because Of The Times | 3.5 |
| Simon and Garfunkel Greatest Hits | 4.5 |
| Mr. Bungle California | 4.0 |
| Mishka Mishka | 3.5 |
| Mishka One Tree | 3.5 |
| Weezer Pinkerton | 2.5 |
| The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium | 2.0 |
| Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Raising Sand | 4.0 |
| Younger Brother The Last Days of Gravity | 2.5 |
| I anticipated the Last Days of Gravity with high hopes. Younger Brother is full of outstanding talent and potential. Here, however, they have filled an album with, well, background music. Seriously, if you want music that blends in with the background while you are doing something else, then I guess this is an alright album. Sadly, if you want music to feel and delve into, The Last Days of Gravity falls far short. Great ideas and potential classics are lost in the abyss of mediocrity. All of the songs have a few seconds of glory, but when each track is around 9 minutes long, those moments are few and far between. |
| The Disco Biscuits The Wind At Four To Fly | 4.0 |
| The Disco Biscuits Uncivilized Area | 3.5 |
| Love Da Capo | 1.5 |
| Damien Dempsey To Hell Or Barbados | 3.5 |
| The Zombies Odessey and Oracle | 4.5 |
| The Allman Brothers Band A Decade of Hits 1969-1979 | 4.0 |
| Infected Mushroom Vicious Delicious | 2.0 |
| Shpongle Tales of the Inexpressible | 4.5 |
| Pink Floyd Pulse | 4.5 |
| The Allman Brothers Band Brothers and Sisters | 3.5 |
| The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East | 4.0 |
| Grateful Dead Workingman's Dead | 3.5 |
| Grateful Dead Terrapin Station | 3.0 |
| Grateful Dead Go to Heaven | 2.0 |
| Phish Junta | 4.0 |
| Grateful Dead Dick's Picks Volume 2 | 2.5 |
| Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel | 3.5 |
| Grateful Dead Blues for Allah | 4.0 |
| The Beautiful Girls Learn Yourself | 3.5 |
| Weezer Make Believe | 1.0 |
| Weezer Weezer | 4.5 |
| Soundtrack (Film) Across the Universe | 4.5 |
| 10 Ft. Ganja Plant Presents | 3.0 |
| The Beatles Love | 4.5 |
| Love is less of an album, more of an adventure. There are almost no breaks in the music in this album, just an hour and twenty minutes of straight Beatles. The album transitions from the beginning, more pop sound, through the psychadelic phase of the Beatles' music, and finally reaches the super-mega-hits like Hey Jude, a Day in the Life, and All You Need is Love. The only song that disappoints is the scrambled Gnik Nus, which is almost a waste of 50 seconds. Luckily the rest of the album is flawless and just gets better and better as it progresses. 'Love' is one of the few albums I can honestly say that, when you hear a song, you think it's amazing. Then, you hear the next song, and it's even better. The entire album improves upon itself until the climactic closing of All You Need is Love. Adding in the little sign-off by Mr. Johnny Lennon himself is just the cherry on top of the hot-fudge sundae that is LOVE. |
| North Mississippi Allstars Electric Blue Watermelon | 2.5 |
| Angels and Airwaves I-Empire | 1.5 |
| Tom Delonge's time is up. His teenage voice used to fascinate me, but now it's just annoying. How many times in I-Empire can he whine "I Love You" before it becomes unbearable? For me, the answer is once. Call to Arms is an interesting opener at least. And Secret Crowds, though it is a remake of We Don't Need to Whisper's 'The War,' is a nice break from the sappy, over-enthusiastic love ballads...Oh, and Breathe makes me physically ill. |
| Tool Undertow | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd Pulse — The Film | 4.5 |
| G. Love and Special Sauce Lemonade | 3.5 |
| Barefoot Truth Changes In The Weather | 4.0 |
| The Mars Volta Tremulant | 3.0 |
| The Mars Volta Frances the Mute | 3.0 |
| The Mars Volta Amputechture | 2.5 |
| Tool 72826 | 2.5 |
| Tool Salival | 3.5 |
| Tool 10,000 Days | 3.5 |
| Tool Opiate | 3.0 |
| Radiohead Pablo Honey | 1.5 |
| Radiohead OK Computer | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd Relics | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd Animals | 2.5 |
| Pink Floyd Obscured by Clouds | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd Meddle | 3.5 |
| Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home | 3.5 |
| Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding | 3.5 |
| Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks | 4.0 |
| Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline | 3.0 |
| Bob Dylan Love and Theft | 3.0 |
| Bob Dylan The Best of Bob Dylan | 3.5 |
| Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde | 4.5 |
| The Cat Empire So Many Nights | 1.5 |
| G. Love and Special Sauce Yeah, It's That Easy | 2.5 |
| G. Love and Special Sauce Philadelphonic | 4.0 |
| G. Love and Special Sauce The Hustle | 3.0 |
| Sound Tribe Sector 9 Artifact | 4.0 |
| Cypress Hill Stoned Raiders | 2.5 |
| Cypress Hill Skull and Bones | 2.5 |
| Sigur Ros ( ) | 4.5 |
| Sound Tribe Sector 9 Offered Schematics Suggesting Peace | 3.0 |
| Barefoot Truth Walk Softly... | 2.5 |
| Kanye West Graduation | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd Delicate Sound of Thunder | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of Reason | 2.0 |
| Pink Floyd The Final Cut | 3.5 |
| Pink Floyd Works | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd More | 2.5 |
| Pink Floyd Is There Anybody Out There? | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd A Collection of Great Dance Songs | 1.5 |
| Pink Floyd Echoes | 3.5 |
| Pink Floyd A Saucerful of Secrets | 3.0 |
| Good Charlotte The Young And The Hopeless | 2.5 |
| Good Charlotte The Chronicles of Life and Death | 1.0 |
| Good Charlotte Good Morning Revival | 1.0 |
| Good Charlotte Good Charlotte | 2.0 |
| 50 Cent Curtis | 1.5 |
| Moby Play | 3.0 |
| The Chemical Brothers Push the Button | 2.5 |
| The Chemical Brothers Singles 93-03 | 3.5 |
| Phish Billy Breathes | 4.0 |
| Umphrey's McGee Local Band Does O.K. | 3.0 |
| Umphrey's McGee Anchor Drops | 4.0 |
| Umphrey's McGee Safety In Numbers | 3.5 |
| The Chemical Brothers We Are the Night | 3.5 |
| The Chemical Brothers Come with Us | 3.0 |
| Daft Punk Homework | 3.5 |
| Daft Punk Human After All | 3.0 |
| The Disco Biscuits Senor Boombox | 4.0 |
| Ziggy Marley Conscious Party | 4.0 |
| Ziggy Marley Dragonfly | 3.0 |
| Ziggy Marley Love Is My Religion | 3.5 |
| Widespread Panic Space Wrangler | 3.5 |
| The Nightwatchman One Man Revolution | 1.0 |
| Honestly, how can anyone take this guy seriously? His lyrics are flat out awful and his guitar work is monotonous and mundane. Please do not let this 'one man revolution' make another album, I beg you! After hearing One Man Revolution, I downloaded this. It was gone the next day, cast straight into my Recycle Bin. Sorry Mr. Morello, but you need to get back into Rage. |
| Radiohead In Rainbows | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd Ummagumma | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd The Division Bell | 3.5 |
| Pink Floyd The Wall | 2.0 |
| Paul McCartney Memory Almost Full | 3.0 |
| Nick Drake Pink Moon | 4.5 |
| King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King | 3.5 |
| John Lennon John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band | 4.0 |
| John Lennon The John Lennon Collection | 3.0 |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold as Love | 4.5 |
| Jimi Hendrix Experience Hendrix: The Best of Hendrix | 3.5 |
| Jack Johnson Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for Curious George | 2.5 |
| The Doors The Doors | 4.5 |
| DJ Shadow Endtroducing..... | 4.0 |
| The Decemberists Castaways and Cutouts | 3.0 |
| Dead Meadow Feathers | 3.5 |
| Darude Before the Storm | 3.5 |
| Damian Marley Halfway Tree | 3.0 |
| Daft Punk Discovery | 4.0 |
| Cypress Hill IV | 2.0 |
| Cypress Hill Till Death Do Us Part | 2.0 |
| Cypress Hill Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom | 3.5 |
| Cypress Hill Live at the Fillmore | 4.0 |
| Cypress Hill Cypress Hill | 3.0 |
| Citizen Cope The Clarence Greewood Recordings | 2.0 |
| God how this man bores me. Bullet and a Target aside, this was a forty-minute yawn-fest. Cope's self-titled is at least a solid, mediocre release. This album just flat-out disappoints. |
| The Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole | 4.0 |
| The Allman Brothers Band Eat a Peach | 3.0 |
| Pearl Jam Pearl Jam | 3.5 |
| State Radio Year of the Crow | 4.5 |
| Immortal Technique Revolutionary Volume 1 | 3.5 |
| Immortal Technique Revolutionary Volume 2 | 4.0 |
| moe. The Conch | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | 4.0 |
| Tool Ænima | 3.5 |
| Tool Lateralus | 3.0 |
| Dispatch Bang Bang | 5.0 |
| Bang Bang was Dispatch's best collaboration of rock, folk, reggae, and jam. The album ranges from fast, catchy songs like Bats in the Belfry and Railways to the slower, mellow tunes such as the title track, Bang Bang, and Two Coins. The General, a classic song which made the band popular is the key to this album's success. The album flows so well, and finishes strong with Outloud. Bang Bang highlights the three members' different talents on their respective instruments and will not fail to amaze all who listen. |
| The Cat Empire Two Shoes | 3.0 |
| Jurassic 5 Quality Control | 4.0 |
| Jurassic 5 Power in Numbers | 3.0 |
| Jurassic 5 Feedback | 3.5 |
| The Cat Empire The Cat Empire | 3.5 |
| Bedouin Soundclash Street Gospels | 3.0 |
| 50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin' | 1.5 |
| 50 Cent The Massacre | 1.0 |
| Hilary Duff Metamorphosis | 1.5 |
| Lindsay Lohan Speak | 1.0 |
| Lindsay Lohan A Little More Personal (Raw) | 1.0 |
| Paris Hilton Paris | 1.0 |
| Slightly Stoopid Chronchitis | 1.5 |
| Fishbone The Essential Fishbone | 3.0 |
| Peter Tosh No Nuclear War | 3.5 |
| Jacob Miller Jacob Miller Lives On / I'm Just A Dread | 3.0 |
| O.A.R. Stories of a Stranger | 2.0 |
| The Beatles A Hard Day's Night | 3.0 |
| The Beatles Help! | 3.0 |
| The Beatles Rubber Soul | 4.0 |
| The Beatles The Beatles | 3.5 |
| The Beatles Let It Be | 3.0 |
| The Beatles 1 | 3.0 |
| The Beatles Let It Be… Naked | 4.0 |
| John Mayer Room for Squares | 3.5 |
| John Mayer Heavier Things | 3.0 |
| John Mayer Trio Try! | 4.0 |
| blink-182 Buddha | 4.0 |
| Jack Johnson On and On | 4.5 |
| Sum 41 Underclass Hero | 2.0 |
| Sublime Jah Won't Pay the Bills | 4.0 |
| Ill Scarlett All Day With It | 3.5 |
| 10 Ft. Ganja Plant Midnight Landing | 4.0 |
| O.A.R. 34th & 8th | 4.5 |
| Rage Against the Machine Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium | 3.5 |
| Long Beach Dub Allstars Wonders of the World | 1.5 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Rastaman Vibration | 4.0 |
| John Butler Trio Live at Saint-Gallen | 4.0 |
| Slightly Stoopid Acoustic Roots: Live & Direct | 4.0 |
| Dispatch Silent Steeples | 3.5 |
| Braddigan Watchfires | 4.0 |
| Pepper No Shame | 2.5 |
| Dispatch Who Are We Living For? | 3.5 |
| State Radio Flag of the Shiners | 4.5 |
| State Radio The Barn Sessions | 3.5 |
| Dispatch All Points Bulletin | 4.5 |
| Over 100,000 fans gather around a small makeshift stage set up in the Hatch Shell in the local Boston area. Traffic is set to a stand-still, roads are completely blocked off by fans, and the reverb of Dispatch's farewell concert resounds throughout the city. This would be the biggest concert for any indie band to date, and who are the men behind all this madness? Just three Bostonian jammers, Braddigan, Chetro, and Pete. The band that started as three college friends playing guitar with one another has morphed into the largely celebrated Dispatch, and All Points Bulletin superbly marks the end of the band's career. Classic songs like The General, Bats in the Belfry, Two Coins, Elias, and Bang Bang are performed to perfection, often with the addition of saxophones, horns, pianos, and bongos. The band offers an array of different music. Guitar solos are brought to the spotlight by Pete Francis, African tribal tunes are sought out by Braddigan, and reggae jams are put forth by Chetro; all melding into the spotlight of the band's final concert...and the crowd is singing along with every minute. |
| State Radio Us Against the Crown | 4.0 |
| Us Against the Crown is a great debut album from a band with talented members an outstanding potential. Every song is enjoyable to say the least, but only a few really stick with you. State Radio transgress genrical boundaries by offering an arsenal of tracks, including the beautifually simple, barred-down acoustic Sybil I, the dark and moody Riddle in Londontown, the heavily reggae influenced Right Me Up and People to People, and of course the rockin' Camilo and Man in the Hall. Most of the tracks offer an insightful political message, especially the closing Calvado's Chopper and Rushian. Though it is easier to listen to the light-hearted Right Me Up, the real beauty in the album lies within the darker songs. Fear not, there is a little something for everyone on this album. |
| Eminem Encore | 1.0 |
| My Chemical Romance I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love | 1.5 |
| Eminem The Eminem Show | 2.0 |
| Transplants Haunted Cities | 2.0 |
| Angels and Airwaves We Don't Need to Whisper | 2.0 |
| Dave Matthews Band Everyday | 2.0 |
| Reel Big Fish Greatest Hit... And More | 2.0 |
| Green Day International Superhits | 2.5 |
| My Chemical Romance Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge | 2.5 |
| Green Day Insomniac | 2.5 |
| Phish The Story of the Ghost | 2.5 |
| Incubus (USA-CA) Enjoy Incubus | 2.5 |
| NOFX Don't Call Me White | 2.5 |
| Green Day Shenanigans | 2.5 |
| My Chemical Romance Life on the Murder Scene | 2.5 |
| American Hi-Fi American Hi-Fi | 2.5 |
| Dave Matthews Band Remember Two Things | 2.5 |
| blink-182 Cheshire Cat | 3.0 |
| Phish Farmhouse | 3.0 |
| NOFX Heavy Petting Zoo | 3.0 |
| Green Day Nimrod | 3.0 |
| Phish Undermind | 3.0 |
| Green Day American Idiot | 3.0 |
| Sum 41 Chuck | 3.0 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits | 3.0 |
| Sum 41 All Killer No Filler | 3.0 |
| Rage Against the Machine Renegades | 3.0 |
| Green Day Kerplunk | 3.0 |
| Dave Matthews Band Busted Stuff | 3.0 |
| The Aquabats . . . Vs. the Floating Eye of Death! | 3.0 |
| The Aquabats Myths, Legends and Other. . . Adventures | 3.0 |
| Phish Rift | 3.0 |
| Sum 41 Half Hour Of Power | 3.0 |
| Dave Matthews Band Stand Up | 3.0 |
| blink-182 Greatest Hits | 3.0 |
| Green Day Bullet In A Bible | 3.0 |
| NOFX Never Trust a Hippy | 3.0 |
| Anti-Flag For Blood and Empire | 3.0 |
| Dispatch Four-Day Trials | 3.0 |
| Paramore All We Know Is Falling | 3.0 |
| Ludacris Chicken-n-Beer | 3.0 |
| The Aggrolites The Aggrolites | 3.0 |
| Sugar Ray Sugar Ray | 3.0 |
| MxPx Let It Happen | 3.0 |
| Damian Marley Welcome To Jamrock | 3.0 |
| Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley. The first time I heard of him I was flipping through and I see his Jamrock video on MTV. I was instantly hooked. The single is everything it needed to be. So, I went out and bought the album. It's really two-sided for me. Half the album is 4/5 material, while the other half is 2/5. Average that together, Mr. Marley gets a three. Road to Zion is absolutely perfect. Beautiful, on the other hand, is equivalent to a used tissue. It's really sticky and no one wants it. In fact, I would say the best moments on the album come when Damian samples his own father's work. Pimpa's Paradise and Move are prime examples. Overall, this is a good blend of hip-hop and rap, and a good listen for anyone. |
| Citizen Cope Citzen Cope | 3.0 |
| Long Beach Dub Allstars Right Back | 3.0 |
| Bob Dylan Modern Times | 3.0 |
| Peter Tosh Super Hits | 3.0 |
| +44 When Your Heart Stops Beating | 3.0 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers The Best Of The Wailers | 3.0 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Soul Revolution | 3.0 |
| Matisyahu No Place To Be | 3.0 |
| Xavier Rudd Food In The Belly | 3.0 |
| Blue King Brown Stand Up | 3.0 |
| Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack | 3.0 |
| Fat Freddy's Drop Live At The Matterhorn | 3.0 |
| Phish Live Phish 01 | 3.0 |
| Blue King Brown Blue King Brown | 3.0 |
| Ill Scarlett EPdemic | 3.0 |
| Howard Shore The Two Towers | 3.0 |
| Yellowman King Yellowman | 3.0 |
| Yellowman Mister Yellowman | 3.0 |
| Yellowman Live at Reggae Sunsplash | 3.0 |
| Transplants Transplants | 3.5 |
| Sublime Greatest Hits | 3.5 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin | 3.5 |
| Grateful Dead Skeletons From The Closet : The Best Of | 3.5 |
| NOFX 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough | 3.5 |
| blink-182 Enema Of The State | 3.5 |
| Incubus (USA-CA) Morning View | 3.5 |
| Green Day Dookie | 3.5 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication | 3.5 |
| blink-182 Flyswatter | 3.5 |
| Sum 41 Does This Look Infected? | 3.5 |
| NOFX So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes | 3.5 |
| Nirvana Nevermind | 3.5 |
| Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea | 3.5 |
| Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead | 3.5 |
| The Beatles Revolver | 3.5 |
| Jack Johnson Brushfire Fairytales | 3.5 |
| Ben Harper Fight For Your Mind | 3.5 |
| Xavier Rudd To Let | 3.5 |
| Grateful Dead Live/Dead | 3.5 |
| Neil Young After the Gold Rush | 3.5 |
| Led Zeppelin Early Days/Latter Days | 3.5 |
| The Aquabats The Fury of the Aquabats! | 3.5 |
| 311 Soundsystem | 3.5 |
| blink-182 The Mark, Tom and Travis Show | 3.5 |
| The Living End Modern Artillery | 3.5 |
| Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy | 3.5 |
| Green Day 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours | 3.5 |
| Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends | 3.5 |
| Led Zeppelin Best Of, Vol. 2: Latter Days | 3.5 |
| NOFX Pump Up the Valuum | 3.5 |
| Pepper Kona Town | 3.5 |
| Dave Matthews Band Crash | 3.5 |
| Pepper In With The Old | 3.5 |
| Matisyahu Shake Off the Dust...Arise | 3.5 |
| Easy Star All Stars Dub Side of the Moon | 3.5 |
| The Living End State Of Emergency | 3.5 |
| Matisyahu Youth | 3.5 |
| Sum 41 Go Chuck Yourself | 3.5 |
| The Beautiful Girls Morning Sun | 3.5 |
| Blues Traveler Straight On Till Morning | 3.5 |
| The Beautiful Girls We're Already Gone | 3.5 |
| Phish Live Phish 08 | 3.5 |
| The Aggrolites Dirty Reggae | 3.5 |
| Dave Matthews Band Live at Luther College | 3.5 |
| NOFX I Heard They Suck Live!! | 3.5 |
| Peter Tosh Mama Africa | 3.5 |
| Phish Live Phish 11 | 3.5 |
| Sister Hazel Live Live | 3.5 |
| Soundtrack (Film) Team America: World Police | 3.5 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Natty Dread | 3.5 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Kaya | 3.5 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Survival | 3.5 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Confrontation | 3.5 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers African Herbsman | 3.5 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Rasta Revolution | 3.5 |
| Fat Freddy's Drop Based on a True Story | 3.5 |
| Dave Matthews Band The Central Park Concert | 3.5 |
| John Butler Trio Three | 3.5 |
| Bedouin Soundclash Root Fire | 3.5 |
| Xavier Rudd Solace | 3.5 |
| John Butler Trio John Butler | 3.5 |
| The Hippos Heads Are Gonna Roll | 3.5 |
| Stephen Marley Mind Control | 3.5 |
| Xavier Rudd White Moth | 3.5 |
| The Beautiful Girls Ziggurats | 3.5 |
| Xavier Rudd Good Spirit | 3.5 |
| Xavier Rudd Live At The Grid | 3.5 |
| 10 Ft. Ganja Plant Hillside Airstrip | 3.5 |
| Neil Young Greatest Hits | 3.5 |
| Yellowman Zungguzungguguzungguzeng | 3.5 |
| Yellowman Nobody Move (Nobody Get Hurt) | 3.5 |
| John Butler Trio Living 2001-2002 | 3.5 |
| NOFX The War on Errorism | 4.0 |
| Incubus (USA-CA) Make Yourself | 4.0 |
| Green Day Warning | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon | 4.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Best Of, Vol. 1: Early Days | 4.0 |
| Box Car Racer Box Car Racer | 4.0 |
| blink-182 Take Off Your Pants And Jacket | 4.0 |
| blink-182 Dude Ranch | 4.0 |
| Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine | 4.0 |
| Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles | 4.0 |
| NOFX Punk in Drublic | 4.0 |
| Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York | 4.0 |
| Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited | 4.0 |
| Grateful Dead Shakedown Street | 4.0 |
| Blues Traveler Blues Traveler | 4.0 |
| Nirvana Nirvana | 4.0 |
| 311 311 | 4.0 |
| The Aquabats The Return of the Aquabats | 4.0 |
| The Aquabats Charge!! | 4.0 |
| Reel Big Fish Turn the Radio Off | 4.0 |
| Jack Johnson In Between Dreams | 4.0 |
| The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour | 4.0 |
| Peter Tosh Legalize It | 4.0 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Catch A Fire | 4.0 |
| Bedouin Soundclash Sounding a Mosaic | 4.0 |
| Phish A Live One | 4.0 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Babylon By Bus | 4.0 |
| NOFX White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean | 4.0 |
| Various Artists Halo 2 Original Soundtrack-Volume 1 | 4.0 |
| Dave Matthews Band Under The Table And Dreaming | 4.0 |
| Matisyahu Live At Stubb's | 4.0 |
| Pennywise Full Circle | 4.0 |
| Blues Traveler Live: On the Rocks | 4.0 |
| Cypress Hill Black Sunday | 4.0 |
| This album really wants to make me go hit a bong. The far-out vocals and the lazy, strange beats make help Black Sunday get along. The album veers back and forth between angry raps about killing and laid-back, chill herb tracks. Don't even try and deny you don't sing along with 'I Want to get High'... |
| Sublime Stand By Your Van | 4.0 |
| NOFX Wolves in Wolves' Clothing | 4.0 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium | 4.0 |
| Phish New Year's Eve 1995 | 4.0 |
| Phish Live In Brooklyn | 4.0 |
| Easy Star All Stars Radiodread | 4.0 |
| Slightly Stoopid Everything You Need | 4.0 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers The Wailing Wailers | 4.0 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Burnin' | 4.0 |
| Slightly Stoopid The Longest Barrel Ride | 4.0 |
| Grateful Dead Live at the Cow Palace: New Years Eve 1976 | 4.0 |
| 10 Ft. Ganja Plant Bass Chalice | 4.0 |
| Jacob Miller Who Say Jah No Dread | 4.0 |
| Jacob Miller Reggae Greats | 4.0 |
| Neil Young Live at Massey Hall 1971 | 4.0 |
| NOFX The Decline | 4.5 |
| O.A.R. In Between Now And Then | 4.5 |
| Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire | 4.5 |
| Sublime Sublime | 4.5 |
| Grateful Dead American Beauty | 4.5 |
| Dave Matthews Band Before These Crowded Streets | 4.5 |
| Led Zeppelin How the West Was Won | 4.5 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Live! | 4.5 |
| Sublime Second Hand Smoke | 4.5 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Legend | 4.5 |
| Honestly, you can't go wrong with Bob Marley. Whether you have never heard his music before, or whether you groove with him every day, there is just something about him that makes you feel good. Legend is pure euphoria and graced with Marley's biggest hits. Every song here provides a nice, easy listen. This is music anyone can relate to. |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin [DVD] | 4.5 |
| John Butler Trio Sunrise Over Sea | 4.5 |
| Slightly Stoopid Closer To The Sun | 4.5 |
| There is a reason Slightly Stoopid was signed to Skunk Records by the Sublime frontman, Bradley Nowell, himself. Stoopid has reached a complete stage of euphoria with Closer to the Sun. This album features some catchy little guitar riffs and even more addictive lyrics. Reggae evidence is extremely evident in tracks like See It No Other Way (which features reggae legend Barrington Levy) and Bandelero. Open Road displays some memorable guitar work. Closer to the Sun is Stoopid's most solid release yet. |
| Dispatch Gut the Van | 4.5 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Exodus | 4.5 |
| blink-182 Blink-182 | 5.0 |
| Few albums have had such a monumental impact on not only a band's sounds and direction, but on the pop-punk genre as a whole. Let's not forget that this record helped to steer a more brooding, serious emo sound onto the radio. For blink-182, who had a past history of writing 4-chord, tongue-in-cheek songs, this record proved Hoppus, Delonge and Barker as real songwriters who took risks and experimented with new sounds. This is an album that has aged very well & can serve as a wonderful introduction to a band and a cult classic at the same time. |
| Sublime 40 Oz. to Freedom | 5.0 |
| 40 Oz. to Freedom, Sublime's first full-length album, is a great combination of rock, reggae, ska, and punk. Some may complain due to the horrible mixing done at some points, or even because of the low quality of some of the songs. However, neither the quality or mixing takes away from the pure musical talent of Sublime. From Bradley's whining guitars to Bud's crazy beats, 40 Oz. to Freedom is a solid album. Although the album contains many standout tracks like Smoke Two Joints, Badfish, and 40 Oz. to Freedom, the best part of the album is the fact that most of the least-known songs are just as strong as the more famous tracks. Sublime had the recipe for success and with 40 Oz. to Freedom, they sure have cooked something tasty. |
| Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here | 5.0 |
| "So, so you think you can tell? Heaven from Hell? Blues skies from pain?" It's not just the fact that Pink Floyd offers the best psychedelic musicianship, the perfectly mystical guitar solos, the whimsical keyboards, and the overall celestial appearance of the songs; it's the fact that I have been drooling over Wish You Were Here for 15 years now and it still has not lost any credibility as one of the best records ever. Even 30 years after the album was recorded, the crowd still sings every word to Wish You Were Here at the reunion concerts. Taking progressive to an entirely new level, Pink Floyd have generated an album in which each song molds into the next, and the opening is brought right back at the finale with the Shine On You Crazy Diamond series. The title track will live on forever as one of the greatest songs to be recorded, and all five songs are nothing short of perfect. This is the final full collaboration between Roger Waters and David Gilmour, and it is a classic one at that. |
| John Mayer Continuum | 5.0 |
| Over time, as all things do, Continuum grew on me until I loved it. I craved it. I listened to it every day. I memorized and sang along to every word, every guitar lick and every little shift in the music was essential to my listening pleasure. Mayer plays the blues the way he could never play pop, and his guitar skills match perfectly with his voice. There is no weak spot on this album; Mayer's lyrics are lush and driving, and his solos are nothing short of fantastic. Even his Jimi Hendrix cover is eccentric and exceptional. Seriously, buy this, burn this, steal this...just find some way to get this album. |
| John Butler Trio Grand National | 5.0 |
| From the second I started listening to Grand National, until the end of the final track, Gonna Take It, I was in a state of euphoria. It is very hard to top an album like Sunrise Over Sea, but the John Butler Trio has done nothing short of blowing it out of the water. Each track on Grand National gives off a different feeling, some of loving [Funky Tonight], some of sorrow [Caroline], some of politics [Gov' Did Nothin'] and many many more. The catchy choruses of Daniella, Used to Get High, and Gonna Take It are essential to Grand National's success. Losing You features some of the greatest guitar playing I've heard in a long time. Grand National is a great album for new John Butler Trio listeners and an fundamental part of long-time fans. |
