Average Rating: 3.85 Rating Variance: 0.77 Objectivity Score: 67% (Fairly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicBad Brains Bad BrainsThis album is hands down one of the greatest punk albums of all time and epitomizes hardcore. If you don't like it, you don't like punk. Simple as that.Built to Spill Perfect from Now OnOne of the best indie albums I've ever heard. The cello parts are amazing.Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the SeaI can listen to this album over and over again. I own it on vinyl and love to kick back and just sink into the music. It deserves so much more than a 5. This is one of the albums that got me into indie. Oh Comely is one of the greatest things I have ever heard.Pink Floyd AnimalsWall is darker and slightly better as a societary commentary, but Animals is right behind it. There isn't a bad song on the album, and while it has a few mediocre points (very very few and only in short sections), some parts are almost too good to exist.Pink Floyd The WallPink Floyd puts forth one of the best and darkest societal commentaries with Wall. The dehumanizing and Nazi Eugenics concepts are amazing.Radiohead OK ComputerNothing needs to be said, the album speaks for itself.Streetlight Manifesto Everything Goes NumbAmazing 3rd Wave Ska Album. Streetlights the kind of band where it seems like there is almost too much, but it fits perfectly. I know kids who don't like ska, but still find streetlight cool. I saw them live with Reel Big Fish and they were incredible. They are better live if that's even possible. They sandwhiched Keasby Nights with the first and last halves of Point/Counterpoint and it was one of the coolest things I've ever heard.The Clash London CallingThis is the greastest album of the greatest punk band of all time. It blends so many types of music, including ska (Rudie Can't Fail - one of my favorite songs) and reggae with the perfect classic punk sound.The Decemberists PicaresqueThe Decemberists are one of my favorite bands. I love to read - real literature like Dostoevsky, not that Twilight trash - as much as I like to listen to music, n the Decemberists have managed to combine a literary genius with a musical one. The mariner's revenge is one of the coolest songs I know.Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)Not much compares to this album in the world of rap. Rza's production is flawless, the songs are well written - even the absurd graphic lyrics that would seem juvenile on anything else - the jokes and skits are entertaining rather than filler, and the sound-bytes taken from B - Kung Fu Movies are epic.4.5 superbArcade Fire FuneralVery very good. Hell of a debut album. Some mediocre parts, but overall, great.Bob Dylan Highway 61 RevisitedCan you believe that I managed to get this guy to sell me this album on vinyl for $5? Idiot.Diablo Swing Orchestra The Butcher's BallroomJethro Tull AqualungLove listening to it on vinyl. A few mediocre songs, but they are spaced in between amazing songs. Both sides are great (Aqualung, My God) & Ian Anderson's flute solos are amazing. Tull is one of the only bands to ever make the flute cool. Johnny Cash American VI: Ain't No GraveGreat from the first song to the last. Ain't No Grave (the song) is a very enjoyable take on a traditional song, similar to Cash's version of God's Gonna Cut You Down on American V: A Hundred Highways.King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson KingKing Crimson is prog awesomeness. Schizoid man is crazy and has one of the coolest horn sections I've heard. Only mediocre point is on parts of moonchild. Epitaphs lyrics are intellectual and engaging.Minor Threat Minor ThreatMisfits Collection IGreat collection of one of the most pre-judged and underrated bands. Its a record I can go back and listen to whenever I need to get my Misfits fix.NOFX The DeclineSex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex PistolsIts a straight up great album. The people who see it as just noise have no idea what the hell their talking about. This is one of the most important punk albums of all time. It was able to reach the top of the UK charts while offending tons of people and without being mainstream crap. The singles off of this album are great. This is legit punk along with The Clash and the hardcore of the 80's in the U.S., not the crappy whinny pop punk of today.Stiff Little Fingers Inflammable MaterialGreat classic Punk - the best kind- album. Suspect Device, Alternative Ulster, and Johnny Was are unforgettable classics.The Antlers HospiceSimply Amazing. An incredibly emotional and haunting epicThe Flaming Tsunamis Fear EverythingCompletely Schizo in the way it randomly shifts from one genre/style to another without pause yet works flawlessly. I'm usually not one for screaming, but I just can't get enough Tsunamis.The Flaming Tsunamis Zombies vs Robots!The Flaming Tsunamis Focus the FuryThe Smiths The Queen Is DeadMorrissey's vocals take a listen or two to get used to, but after that its enjoyable every time.The Specials SpecialsRidonkulously fantastic 2 tone Not much compares go black n white checkers4.0 excellentBlack Flag The First Four YearsExcellent Collection of Black Flag songs, providing a good taste of one of hardcore's most important bands.Catch 22 Keasbey NightsFrank Zappa Joe's GarageMobb Deep The InfamousNOFX The Greatest Songs Ever Written (By Us)It would seem pretty pointless to by this album as Damrod is right, a NOFX fan probably already has these tracks from other albums. However, the songs listed are a solid collection of NOFX songs.Rancid ...And Out Come the WolvesReally good for more modern day punk. Classic and 80's hardcore are much better, but the combination of 2 tone ska (from the remnants of Operation Ivy) and other tracks that resemble hardcore are very well done. Bass solo in Maxwell Murder is rediculous. I know only one person who could even attempt to play that quickly.The Adicts Smart AlexThe Adicts have a solid album with Smart Alex. The opening six tracks are great and though from there some of the songs become mediocre, there is no denying that it is worth listening to many times. Troubadour is simple in a way that makes it incredibly enjoyable and brings out a smile everytimeThe Casualties On the Front LineThe Shins Chutes Too NarrowThe Shins Oh, Inverted WorldThe Suicide Machines Destruction By Definition3.5 greatCage (USA-NY) Hell's WinterGreat Album. Lyrics about Palko's life are incredible.Cage (USA-NY) Depart From MeReally good follow up to Hell's Winter. Its crazy listening to more lyrics about his life and all the shit that happened to him.Johnny Cash Ride This TrainIt's an interesting concept album filled with stories and experiences from across America. Always a pleasure listening to Johnny Cash.NOFX Wolves in Wolves' ClothingUnfortunately, NOFX didn't entirely hit the mark with this one. Regardless, there are some very good and fun songs on the album and NOFX remains one of the last bastions of true punk rock.Simon and Garfunkel Sounds of SilenceThe Bouncing Souls How I Spent My Summer VacationReally really good album. I ahve some nostalgia with this one, as it was one of the first punk albums I really listened to when I was younger. Some great songs, and much better than most punk released at similar dates, but doesn't reach some of the best punk albums.The Rolling Stones Tattoo YouThe Squirrel Nut Zippers HotThe Temptations Cloud Nine3.0 goodAnimal Collective Strawberry JamPretty good. At first I didn't like it too much, but it grew on me. I wish I could give it more than a 3, but I didn't feel it deserved a 3.5 and there is no in between. Most of you Animal Collective fans overrate them. They're good, but not as good as you think. I have heard much better.Audioslave AudioslavePretty Good. High Points. Low points. Not as good as RATM, but better than SoundgardenAudioslave Out of ExileNothing too special. Bout the same as their self-title. Overall, worth listening to a few times, but not nearly as good as RATMElvis Costello Punch the ClockRed Hot Chili Peppers CalifornicationThe Beatles 1The Beatles are good, no argument there. I enjoy to listen to them every now n then. Mostly made of some really good songs, but too many are only okay. Has one really really low point with long and winding road, sorry paulThe Beatles Hey JudeVery well done. Best songs are hey jude and revolution. I love listening to revolution because its a great songs musically and I agree with the message of non-violence and the criticism of crazy radical ideologsThe Cranberries No Need to ArgueThe Cranberries Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Greatest HitsWhy? AlopeciaGood Solid Album with some great tracks (Vowels pt. 2, These Few Pres., and The Hollows).2.5 averageBilly Joel Greatest Hits Volume I & II (1973 - 1985)There are some really good tracks, but too many low points to be much more than average. I like some Billy Joel, but can't listen to too much. Volume I is much better than II.blink-182 Take Off Your Pants And Jacketblink-182 Enema Of The StateDropkick Murphys BlackoutIt was alright, but nothing special. Really just a shrugging of shoulders. The people who love them overrate them waaaaaay too much. Flogging Molly is infinitely better.Led Zeppelin Early Days/Latter DaysI got this for christmas one year when I was like 12. I loved it then, but it got old over the years. I think Zeppelin has some really good stuff - some being the key word - but I can't really listen to them anymore. They are overrated and much of their stuff isn't as original as many people think. I would much rather listen to the Yardbirds, who really are as good as their reputation.2.0 poorB.o.B The Adventures of Bobby RayAirplanes is great as are don' let me fall n ghost in the machine but the rest is very subpar. 1.0 awfulGreen Day Bullet In A BibleIf there was a way to give it anything lower I would.
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