| 5.0 classic |
| Alice in Chains Dirt |
| The best grunge album bar none. It's easy to see how this foreshadows Staley's tragic death. |
| Bad Religion Suffer |
| I am just an atom in an ectoplasmic sea/Without direction or a reason to exist/The anechoic nebula rotating in my brain/Is persuading me, contritely, to persist rLyrically the greatest album of all time. |
| Bad Religion Against the Grain |
| I'm not entirely sure why I love this album so much. It makes me some cool atheist kid, I guess.rBut in all seriousness, this fucking kicks ass. |
| Black Sabbath Paranoid |
| I tried giving this something other than a 5 but Satan punched me in the face and told me to stop being such a pussy. |
| Blackalicious Blazing Arrow |
| Gift of Gab is an absolute BEAST. His delivery is so incredible that I can't do it justice via text. You have to hear it for yourself. Chief Xcel's beats are equally good, and add the right atmosphere to this album that makes it one of the most uplifting in all of hip-hop. |
| Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited |
| "Like a Rolling Stone" was named by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest song of all time. I can see where they're coming from. Then there's the 7 others track of folk-rock perfection ("Desolation Row" being the other major highlight), which make this an absolute masterpiece. 'Blood on the Tracks' nothing, this is Dylan's best album. |
| Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP |
| What the hell happened...this record is such a brilliantly well-done display of grandiose violence in music that's its hard to believe this is the same Eminem who made, well, every Eminem album after this one. |
| John Williams Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope |
| See my review for my thoughts on the greatest soundtrack of all time. |
| Madvillain Madvillainy |
| DOOM engrosses the listener in such a dense wall of rhymes and Madlib's production is so involved (it's the best-produced hip-hop album ever in my opinion) that the natural high this record induces in you almost starts to approach the artificial high they utilized to make this record. |
| Metallica Master of Puppets |
| The pinnacle of a genre. R.I.P. Cliff Burton, Metallica died with you. |
| Nas Illmatic |
| Deep like The Shinin', sparkle like a diamond/Sneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket linin/Hit the Earth like a comet, invasion/Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian, half-man, half-amazin |
| Pearl Jam Ten |
| You know why it's called "Ten"? Because that's the rating it deserves. Even though sputnik only goes up to 5. This is pure, raw emotion, a gem of the 90's rock movement and Vedder's "golden baritone" is godlike. |
| Pink Floyd Animals |
| This sprawling five-song epic is just too damn good. The best album from a band I absolutely worship. |
| Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here |
| Pink Floyd showing yet again why they're probably the best rock band ever. |
| Pink Floyd The Wall |
| One of the all time best Floyd albums. It's their most rock-oriented, contains what may be the greatest guitar solo of all time, and its nihilistic message adds a certain philosophical weight. |
| Radiohead Kid A |
| This is one of those "how the fuck does a human mind create this" albums. I can't say anything about this that hasn't been said. |
| Radiohead OK Computer |
| The best album of the 90's, and the 20th century, and the A.D.'s, and of all time. Nothing I could say here would explain how much I love this album. |
| Radiohead In Rainbows |
| A less manic-depressive OK Computer with even more gorgeous instrumentation. |
| The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die |
| If he's wasn't the best damn rapper period, he certainly had the best flow and released arguably the best hip-hop album of all time. |
| The Smiths The Queen Is Dead |
| The crowning moment of The Smiths' career, and a crowning moment of alternative music itself. If you don't love "There is a Light that Never Goes Out", you're not human. |
| Weezer Pinkerton |
| X Japan Art of Life |
| Aptly named, 'Art of Life' covers the full scale of life's emotions in half an hour. Even better, it does it in 9 minutes with the piano solo. |
| 4.5 superb |
| Aesop Rock Labor Days |
| Alice in Chains Jar of Flies |
| If Alice and Chains played 'Dirt' on a porch somewhere in the South. |
| Alice in Chains MTV Unplugged |
| Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons |
| Atheist Elements |
| Aural Vampire Vampire Ecstasy |
| Bad Religion The Empire Strikes First |
| Proving you don't have to sound like shit to play good punk rock. Either that, or I'm just part of the machine, man. |
| Bad Religion Recipe for Hate |
| Black Sabbath Black Sabbath |
| Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks |
| "A lot of people tell me they enjoy that album. It's hard for me to relate to that. I mean, it, you know, people enjoying that type of pain, you know?" |
| Cream Disraeli Gears |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory |
| Derek and the Dominos Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs |
| Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis |
| Happy End Kazemachi Roman |
| John Williams Star Wars, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi |
| Kanye West 808s and Heartbreak |
| Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy |
| Second only to Madvillainy in production, this albums is hampered by West's lyrics and some questionable guest stars. Still pretty close to a 5. |
| La Roux La Roux |
| Lady Gaga The Fame Monster |
| Her fashion sense is outrageous, her message can be preachy, and Born this Way is of questionable quality, but The Fame Monster is a superb work of pop music, namely, "Alejandro". Pop's "Like a Rolling Stone", the king of its genre. Yes. It's that good. |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II |
| Megadeth Rust in Peace |
| Metallica Ride the Lightning |
| Metallica ...And Justice for All |
| Neil Young Harvest |
| Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea |
| Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz |
| Pantera Vulgar Display of Power |
| Pantera The Great Southern Trendkill |
| Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine |
| Slayer Reign in Blood |
| Soundtrack (Disney) The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| The best Disney movie, with the best Disney villain, and the all-time best Disney song (Hellfire). |
| The Beatles Revolver |
| The Smiths The Smiths |
| Van Halen Van Halen |
| Warning Watching from a Distance |
| XTC Skylarking |
| Whether they're smoking grass, singing about Supergirl, or yelling at God, XTC delivers. |
| 4.0 excellent |
| AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap |
| AC/DC Back In Black |
| Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill |
| Amon Amarth With Oden on Our Side |
| Atheist Unquestionable Presence |
| Atheist Jupiter |
| Bad Religion The Process of Belief |
| Bad Religion How Could Hell Be Any Worse? |
| Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill |
| Between the Buried and Me Colors |
| Celph Titled The Gatalog: A Collection Of Chaos |
| The (main) problem with the Army of the Pharaohs collective is that all of the members are outshined by Celph Titled. Some of the members such as Apathy and Vinnie Paz are good enough to not be completely murdered by a Celph Titled verse, but truth be told his verses are always the funniest and most memorable. This huge collection of songs featuring Celph show why he's the best (and by far the most clever) member of AOTP. |
| Coheed and Cambria From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival Chronicle, Vol. 1 |
| Cynic Focus |
| Disturbed Believe |
| Disturbed Indestructible |
| DJ Shadow Endtroducing..... |
| Earl Sweatshirt EARL |
| Green Day Dookie |
| Greydon Square The Cpt Theorem |
| Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction |
| Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast |
| Iron Maiden Iron Maiden |
| James Taylor Greatest Hits |
| Jay-Z and Kanye West Watch the Throne |
| Don't let me get in my zone. Don't let me get in my zone. Don't let me get in my zone. |
| Jedi Mind Tricks Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell |
| Finally...Vinnie Paz puts some thought into his lyrics. There's self-loathing, ancient wisdom done right, there's even a Dillinger Escape Plan reference. "Uncommon Valor" is Paz's most mature verse to date, and R.A.'s verse is the single best verse I've ever heard. Definitely the highlight of the album, and even the highlight of JMT's discography. |
| John Williams Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back |
| Kanye West The College Dropout |
| Kendrick Lamar Section.80 |
| Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti |
| Linkin Park Hybrid Theory |
| Mac Lethal The Original 11:11 Sessions |
| Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible |
| Maximum the Hormone Bu-ikikaesu |
| Metallica Kill 'Em All |
| One Day as a Lion One Day as a Lion |
| Opeth Damnation |
| Pantera Cowboys from Hell |
| Pig Destroyer Terrifyer |
| Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon |
| Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf |
| R.E.M. In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 |
| Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire |
| Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles |
| Rise Against Revolutions per Minute |
| Rise Against Siren Song of the Counter Culture |
| Rise Against The Unraveling |
| Rise Against The Sufferer and the Witness |
| Santana Supernatural |
| Slayer South of Heaven |
| Sleep Dopesmoker |
| holy war on drugs batman! this album is a holy war on drugs |
| The Beatles 1 |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland |
| The Smiths Rank |
| The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan |
| Tyler, the Creator Bastard |
| Vinnie Paz Season of the Assassin |
| A welcome change from Vinnie Paz's standard raps about being a half-machine-half-Muslim Christ-killing boxer (although there's still plenty of that), Vinnie has switched to a more traditional from of braggadocio. He also offers his opinions on serious topics and shows his maturity in a way not seen since his verse on "Uncommon Valor". Recommended tracks: End of Days, WarMonger, Same Story (My Dedication). |
| Weezer Weezer |
