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