Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2013 AM Arctic Monkeys ★★★½ 73 Rock Alternative Rock Sometimes there are albums that make a big impression when they come out, with a lingering impact and high level of nostalgia it can generate that goes beyond the actual quality of the record itself. AM, the Arctic Monkeys’ 2013Continue reading “AM – Arctic Monkeys ★★★½”
Category Archives: Classic Albums
Modern Vampires of the City – Vampire Weekend ★★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2013 Modern Vampires of the City Vampire Weekend ★★★★★ 95 Rock Indie Pop Chamber Pop Listening to Modern Vampires of the City feels like being warmed by the sun at the beach on the first perfectly warm spring morning of the year. Maybe you’re thinking about the job you’reContinue reading “Modern Vampires of the City – Vampire Weekend ★★★★★”
Yeezus – Kanye West ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2013 Yeezus Kanye West ★★★★ 81 Hip-Hop Alternative Hip-Hop Electronic R&B Kanye West was on quite a run heading into 2013: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010, Watch The Throne in 2011 and Cruel Summer in 2012 showcased his skills as a producer, a lyricist, a curator ofContinue reading “Yeezus – Kanye West ★★★★”
Random Access Memories – Daft Punk ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2013 Random Access Memories Daft Punk ★★★★ 86 Electronic Dance-Pop Disco I remember listening to Random Access Memories the night it came out in 2013 and being blown away. One of the most acclaimed electronic groups of all time — in putting out one of the most anticipated electronicContinue reading “Random Access Memories – Daft Punk ★★★★”
Settle – Disclosure ★★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2013 Settle Disclosure ★★★★½ 92 Electronic House Synthpop It’s fitting that Disclosure’s debut album came out less than three weeks after Daft Punk’s final album. Disclosure’s Settle is, I think, as close to perfect as a house record can get, while Daft Punk, one of the genre’s titans, putContinue reading “Settle – Disclosure ★★★★½”
…Like Clockwork – Queens of the Stone Age ★★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2013 …Like Clockwork Queens of the Stone Age ★★★★★ 97 Rock Alternative Rock When it’s all said and done, I know Songs for the Deaf will go down as Queens of the Stone Age’s crowning achievement, a breakout album filled with edgy riffs, sometimes operatic vocals, and raw, hardContinue reading “…Like Clockwork – Queens of the Stone Age ★★★★★”
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire ★★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2010 The Suburbs Arcade Fire ★★★★★ 98 Rock Alternative Rock Indie Rock Arcade Fire’s first three albums would win head to head against almost any other group’s opening run of records, and The Suburbs in my mind is the best of the bunch. Fusing together the childlike wonder andContinue reading “The Suburbs – Arcade Fire ★★★★★”
Madvillainy – Madvillain ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2004 Madvillainy Madvillain ★★★★ 82 Hip-Hop Alternative Hip-Hop Madvillainy is an almost one-of-a-kind listening experience. It’s highly intriguing and enriching, but so many fragments and ideas are thrown at you that it sometimes leaves you feeling like there actually wasn’t that much fully formed substance to grab onto. TheContinue reading “Madvillainy – Madvillain ★★★★”
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace – Foo Fighters – ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2007 Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Foo Fighters ★★★★ 89 Rock Alternative Rock Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, the sixth studio album by the Foo Fighters, is far and away the American rock band’s finest and most artistically diverse record. The quality and energy of the singles here —Continue reading “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace – Foo Fighters – ★★★★”
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers Kendrick Lamar ★★★★ 82 Hip-Hop Whenever Kendrick Lamar puts anything out — a full album, a compilation, a new single, a new feature — it’s an event. It’s something that demands attention beyond just hip-hop fans or those that follow music cultureContinue reading “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar ★★★★”
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