NB: Independent of the actual rating, practically every album from 15 and down to 12 is worth its standard price (of course, if it is not inflated - it's a different thing that I don't think $18 should be considered "standard price" for any CD). Also note that ratings might be afflicted by the exceptional quality of some of the songs (a particularly great song on an otherwise dull album might give it a point more, while an unbelievingly filthy piece of 'music' on an otherwise decent album might seriously damage its rating). This means that the general comments on ratings might sometimes not fit in with my general assessment of a particular record. But usually, it does work. For more detailed explanations of the ratings system (but first make sure you really need one!), check this: The Ratings System: A Moronically Detailed Explanation.

Number of albums reviewed in the regular section: 2128

Go and buy this now. These are superalbums by the few really great and timeless masters of rock: the cream of the cream of the cream. These records set the highest standard for all those that follow them and they probably won't be superated by anybody, not in the nearest couple thousand years. And yes, maybe I'm a fool for giving the highest mark to five Beatles' albums in a row, but fifteen years of Beatle-listening haven't cured me of the attitude.

1. Beatles: Revolver
2. Beatles: Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
3. Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
4. Beatles: The Beatles
5. Beatles: Abbey Road
6. Beatles: Past Masters (vol. 2)
7. Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited
8. Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde
9. Rolling Stones: Beggar's Banquet
10. Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed
11. Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya Ya's Out
12. Rolling Stones: Singles Collection: The London Years
13. Who: Live At Leeds
14. Who: Live At The Isle Of Wight
15. Who: Quadrophenia

A major album. Nearly every one of these records either introduced a universally new type of sound or helped 'define the era'. All of them are milestones in the band's own history, and deservedly so: the level of songwriting is at an all-time high. If there are one or two slightly less captivating tracks on the album, they are entirely overshadowed by the splendour of the glorious majority. Not as proverbially 'perfect' as the 15-point albums, maybe, but an absolute must for any music lover with even a passing interest in classic rock.

1. Beatles: A Hard Day's Night
2. Beatles: Rubber Soul
3. Beatles: Let It Be
4. Beatles: Past Masters (vol. 1)
5. Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin'
6. Bob Dylan: Subterranean Homesick Blues
7. Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding
8. Bob Dylan: Live 1975
9. Brian Eno: Before And After Science
10. Byrds: Fifth Dimension
11. Cream: Disraeli Gears
12. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmo's Factory
13. Doors: Strange Days
14. Genesis: Selling England By The Pound
15. Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced?
16. John Lennon: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
17. King Crimson: Absent Lovers
18. Kinks: The Village Green Preservation Society
19. Kinks: Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)
20. Paul McCartney: Ram
21. Paul McCartney: Band On The Run
22. Pink Floyd: Animals
23. Police: Zenyatta Mondatta
24. Ramones: Ramones
25. Rolling Stones: Aftermath
26. Rolling Stones: Between The Buttons
27. Rolling Stones: Flowers
28. Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
29. Rolling Stones: Tattoo You
30. Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life
31. Talking Heads: The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads
32. Ween: The Mollusk
33. Who: The Who Sell Out
34. Who: Tommy
35. Who: Who's Next
36. Who: The Kids Are Alright

There are a couple weak tracks on here - either a result of the band's lack of experience in the studio (The Who Sings My Generation), or they might be a little longer than necessary, or anything else. Another case is that the record might sound slightly monotonous, with brilliant songs which resemble each other too closely and don't feed your ear properly - not on first listen, at least. But, apart from these minor problems, all of these records are just as enjoyable as any 14-point record. Pay no attention to the five - ten percent of filler and prepare yourself for a rewarding musical journey.

1. 10CC: 10cc
2. 10CC: The Original Soundtrack
3. ABBA: The Album
4. AC/DC: Back In Black
5. Accept: Breaker
6. Accept: Restless & Wild
7. Alice Cooper: Killer
8. Alice Cooper: Dada
9. Alice In Chains: Dirt
10. Allman Brothers Band: Brothers And Sisters
11. Amon Düül II: Tanz Der Lemminge
12. Animals: The Animals On Tour
13. Band: Music From Big Pink
14. Band: The Band
15. Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
16. Beatles: Beatles For Sale
17. Beatles: Help!
18. Bjork: Debut
19. Blondie: Parallel Lines
20. Blur: The Great Escape
21. Bob Dylan: Another Side Of Bob Dylan
22. Bob Dylan: New Morning -
23. Bob Dylan: Blood On The Tracks
24. Bob Dylan: Desire
25. Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series
26. Bob Dylan: Time Out Of Mind
27. Bob Marley: Catch A Fire
28. Brian Eno: Here Come The Warm Jets
29. Brian Eno: Another Green World
30. Bruce Springsteen: Darkness On The Edge Of Town
31. Byrds: Younger Than Yesterday
32. Can: Soundtracks
33. Captain Beefheart: Shiny Beast
34. Caravan: In The Land Of Grey And Pink
35. Carole King: Tapestry
36. Clash: Sandinista!
37. Cockney Rebel: The Human Menagerie
38. Cocteau Twins: Treasure
39. Coil: Horse Rotorvator
40. Crazy World Of Arthur Brown: The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
41. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Green River
42. Crosby, Stills & Nash: Crosby, Stills & Nash
43. Cure: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
44. David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
45. Deep Purple: Made In Japan
46. Deep Purple: Live In Japan
47. Deep Purple: In Concert 1970-1972
48. Derek And The Dominos: Live At The Fillmore
49. Dire Straits: Dire Straits
50. Donovan: A Gift From A Flower To A Garden
51. Doors: Morrison Hotel -
52. Doors: L. A. Woman
53. Doors: Boxset
54. Electric Light Orchestra: Eldorado
55. Electric Light Orchestra: A New World Record
56. Elton John: Tumbleweed Connection
57. Elton John: Honky Chateau
58. Elvis Costello: Get Happy!!
59. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Tarkus
60. Eric Clapton: From The Cradle -
61. Eurythmics: In The Garden
62. Family: Music In A Doll's House
63. Flaming Lips: Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
64. Flaming Lips: Clouds Taste Metallic
65. Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin
66. Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
67. Frank Zappa: Freak Out!
68. Frank Zappa: You Are What You Is
69. Genesis: Foxtrot
70. Genesis: Genesis Live
71. Gentle Giant: Gentle Giant
72. George Harrison: All Things Must Pass
73. Gong: Camembert Electrique
74. Heart: Dreamboat Annie
75. Hollies: Butterfly
76. J. J. Cale: Okie
77. Jam: Sound Affects
78. Janis Joplin: Cheap Thrills
79. Jethro Tull: Stand Up
80. Jethro Tull: Thick As A Brick
81. Jimi Hendrix: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
82. John Lennon: Imagine
83. John Lennon: Double Fantasy
84. Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
85. Kate Bush: The Kick Inside
86. King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King
87. King Crimson: Larks' Tongues In Aspic
88. King Crimson: Red
89. King Crimson: Discipline
90. Kinks: Face To Face
91. Kinks: Muswell Hillbillies
92. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin
93. Left Banke: Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina
94. Lou Reed: Transformer
95. Lovin' Spoonful: Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful
96. Moody Blues: To Our Children's Children's Children
97. Nick Cave: Tender Prey
98. Nick Cave: The Good Son
99. Patti Smith: Wave
100. Paul McCartney: Venus And Mars
101. Pere Ubu: The Modern Dance
102. Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane: Rough Mix
103. Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel (III)
104. Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon
105. Pixies: Doolittle
106. Police: Reggatta De Blanc
107. Police: Ghost In The Machine
108. Procol Harum: A Whiter Shade Of Pale
109. Queen: A Night At The Opera
110. Ramones: Leave Home
111. Ramones: Road To Ruin
112. Renaissance: Ashes Are Burning
113. Rolling Stones: England's Newest Hitmakers
114. Rolling Stones: Now!
115. Rolling Stones: Their Satanic Majesties' Request
116. Rolling Stones: Exile On Main St.
117. Rolling Stones: Black And Blue
118. Rolling Stones: Some Girls
119. Roxy Music: Stranded
120. Roy Wood: Boulders
121. Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water
122. Sly & The Family Stone: Life
123. Sly & The Family Stone: Stand!
124. Steely Dan: Countdown To Ecstasy
125. Steve Hackett: Spectral Mornings
126. Stevie Wonder: Talking Book
127. Stevie Wonder: Innervisions
128. Stevie Wonder: Fulfillingness' First Finale
129. Sugarcubes: Life's Too Good
130. Talking Heads: Fear Of Music
131. Talking Heads: Remain In Light
132. Tom Waits: Small Change
133. Tom Waits: Rain Dogs
134. Tyrannosaurus Rex: Unicorn
135. T. Rex: Across The Airwaves
136. Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground
137. Ween: GodWeenSatan: The Oneness
138. Ween: The Pod
139. Ween: Chocolate & Cheese
140. Ween: White Pepper
141. Who: The Who Sings My Generation
142. Who: Odds And Sods
143. Who: Who Are You
144. Wilco: Being There
145. Yardbirds: Having A Rave Up
146. Yes: Fragile
147. Zombies: Odessey And Oracle
148. Zombies: The EP Collection

This is 'your average great album' - that is, a record that cannot be called neither a 'chef-d'oeuvre' nor a 'routine album'. The songs may lack the inescapable thrill of the better records, but they're nevertheless all melodic and catchy, usually well-produced and guaranteed to give you a good time. There's usually little or no filler, but the 'milestone' factor is not there, if you know what I mean. Usually it's just a fairly notorious band/artist at a solid stage in his/her/their career, with a respectable studio/live effort. Far from being 'lightweight', but not an album one can really pray upon.

1. 10cc: Sheet Music
2. 13th Floor Elevators: Easter Everywhere
3. ABBA: Arrival
4. AC/DC: Let There Be Rock
5. AC/DC: Highway To Hell
6. AC/DC: Flick The Switch
7. AC/DC: The Razor's Edge
8. AC/DC: Live
9. Accept: Staying A Life
10. Adrian Belew: Young Lions
11. Adrian Belew: Here
12. Aerosmith: Rocks
13. Al Green: I'm Still In Love With You
14. Al Green: Call Me
15. Alan Parsons Project: Tales Of Mystery And Imagination
16. Alexander Spence: Oar
17. Alice Cooper: Love It To Death
18. Alice Cooper: School's Out
19. Alice Cooper: Billion Dollar Babies
20. Alice Cooper: Welcome To My Nightmare
21. Alice Cooper: Flush The Fashion
22. Alice Cooper: Special Forces
23. Alice Cooper: Brutal Planet
24. Alice Cooper: Dragonfire
25. Alice In Chains: Alice In Chains
26. Allman Brothers Band: At The Fillmore East
27. Allman Brothers Band: Eat A Peach
28. Amon Düül II: Yeti
29. Amon Düül II: Wolf City
30. Amon Düül II: Made In Germany
31. Amon Düül II: Nada Moonshine #
32. Andrew Lloyd Webber: Jesus Christ Superstar
33. Andrew Lloyd Webber: Jesus Christ Superstar (Movie Soundtrack)
34. Angra: Holy Land
35. Animals: Animal Tracks
36. Argent: Argent
37. Art Of Noise: Who's Afraid Of The Art Of Noise?
38. Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come: Journey
39. Arthur Brown: Requiem
40. Atomic Rooster: Death Walks Behind You
41. Autechre: Tri Repetae
42. Badfinger: Wish You Were Here
43. Band: Stage Fright
44. Bangles: All Over The Place
45. Barclay James Harvest: Barclay James Harvest
46. Beach Boys: All Summer Long
47. Beach Boys: Today!
48. Beach Boys: Summer Days (And Summer Nights)
49. Beach Boys: Wild Honey
50. Beach Boys: 20/20
51. Beach Boys: Love You
52. Beatles: With The Beatles
53. Bee Gees: 1st
54. Bee Gees: Odessa
55. Big Star: No. 1 Record
56. Birthday Party: Prayers On Fire
57. Birthday Party: Junkyard
58. Bjork: Post
59. Bjork: Telegram
60. Bjork: Vespertine
61. Black Sabbath: Paranoid
62. Blondie: Plastic Letters
63. Blondie: Eat To The Beat
64. Blondie: No Exit
65. Blood, Sweat & Tears: Child Is Father To The Man
66. Blue Oyster Cult: Blue Oyster Cult
67. Blur: Modern Life Is Rubbish
68. Blur: Parklife
69. Blur: Blur
70. Bob Dylan: Live 1964
71. Bob Dylan: Live 1966
72. Bob Dylan: Nashville Skyline
73. Bob Dylan: Selfportrait
74. Bob Dylan: At Budokan
75. Bob Dylan: Slow Train Coming
76. Bob Dylan: Good As I Been To You
77. Bob Dylan: MTV Unplugged
78. Bob Dylan: Love And Theft
79. Bob Marley: Natty Dread
80. Bob Marley: Exodus
81. Bonzo Dog Band: Let's Make Up And Be Friendly
82. Brand X: Unorthodox Behaviour
83. Brian Eno: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
84. Brian Wilson: Brian Wilson
85. Brian Wilson: Smile
86. Bruce Springsteen: The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
87. Bruce Springsteen: The Rising
88. Budgie: Never Turn Your Back On A Friend
89. Buffalo Springfield: Again
90. Byrds: Mr Tambourine Man
91. Byrds: Untitled
92. Can: Tago-Mago
93. Can: Future Days
94. Captain Beefheart: The Spotlight Kid
95. Caravan: Waterloo Lily
96. Caravan: For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night
97. Caravan: The Battle Of Hastings
98. Carole King: Writer
99. Cars: The Cars
100. Cheap Trick: Heaven Tonight
101. Cheap Trick: At Budokan
102. Chemical Brothers: Dig Your Own Hole
103. Chicago: Chicago Transit Authority
104. Clash: London Calling
105. Cockney Rebel: The Psychomodo
106. Cocteau Twins: Head Over Heels
107. Cocteau Twins: Victorialand
108. Cocteau Twins: Blue Bell Knoll
109. Cocteau Twins: Heaven Or Las Vegas
110. Coil: Scatology
111. Coil: Love's Secret Domain
112. Colosseum: Live
113. Cranberries: Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can't We?
114. Cream: Fresh Cream
115. Cream: Wheels Of Fire
116. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Creedence Clearwater Revival
117. Crowded House: Temple Of Low Men
118. Cure: Three Imaginary Boys
119. Cure: The Head On The Door
120. Cure: Disintegration
121. Cure: Bloodflowers
122. Curved Air: Air Conditioning
123. David Bowie: Station To Station
124. David Bowie: Low
125. David Bowie: Heroes
126. David Bowie: Heathen
127. Deep Purple: Deep Purple In Rock
128. Deep Purple: Machine Head
129. Deep Purple: Bananas
130. Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue
131. Derek And The Dominos: Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
132. Dire Straits: Love Over Gold
133. Dire Straits: Alchemy
134. Donovan: Sunshine Superman
135. Donovan: Mellow Yellow
136. Donovan: Open Road
137. Doors: The Doors
138. Doors: Absolutely Live
139. Doors: Essential Rarities
140. Electric Light Orchestra: On The Third Day
141. Electric Light Orchestra: Face The Music
142. Elton John: 11-17-70
143. Elton John: Madman Across The Water
144. Elton John: Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
145. Elvis Costello: This Year's Model
146. Elvis Costello: Armed Forces
147. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
148. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Welcome Back My Friends...
149. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Works Live
150. Eno/Moebius/Roedelius: After The Heat
151. Eric Burdon Band: Stop -
152. Eric Clapton: John Mayall's Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton
153. Eric Clapton: E. C. Was Here
154. Eric Clapton: Slowhand
155. Eric Clapton: Unplugged
156. Fairport Convention: Liege And Lief
157. Family: Family Entertainment
158. Family: BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert
159. Faust: So Far
160. Flamin Groovies: Supersnazz
161. Flamin Groovies: Teenage Head
162. Flaming Lips: Hit To Death In The Future Head
163. Flaming Lips: Zaireeka
164. Fleetwood Mac: Tusk
165. Fleetwood Mac: The Dance
166. Fleetwood Mac: Say You Will
167. Flying Burrito Brothers: The Gilded Palace Of Sin
168. Fountains Of Wayne: Fountains Of Wayne
169. Frank Zappa: We're Only In It For The Money
170. Frank Zappa: Burnt Weeny Sandwich
171. Frank Zappa: Roxy & Elsewhere
172. Frank Zappa: Joe's Garage
173. Frank Zappa: Them Or Us
174. Free: Free
175. Funkadelic: Maggot Brain
176. Gary Moore: We Want Moore
177. Genesis: Nursery Cryme
178. Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
179. Genesis: A Trick Of The Tail
180. Genesis: Genesis
181. Genesis: Archive 1967-75
182. Genesis: Archive 1976-1992
183. Gentle Giant: Acquiring The Taste
184. Gentle Giant: Octopus
185. Gentle Giant: The Official Live: Playing The Fool
186. George Harrison: Living In The Material World
187. George Harrison: Cloud 9
188. Giles, Giles & Fripp: The Brondesbury Tapes
189. Godley & Creme: L
190. Gong: Flying Teapot
191. Gong: Gong Est Mort
192. Gong: 25th Birthday Party
193. Grateful Dead: American Beauty
194. Grateful Dead: Ladies And Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead
195. Gryphon: Red Queen To Gryphon Three
196. Gryphon: Treason
197. Heart: Little Queen
198. Hollies: For Certain Because
199. Ian Dury: New Boots And Panties
200. Illusion: Out Of The Mist
201. Incredible String Band: The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
202. It's A Beautiful Day: It's A Beautiful Day
203. J. J. Cale: Naturally
204. J. J. Cale: Troubadour
205. J. J. Cale: Grasshopper
206. J. J. Cale: To Tulsa And Back
207. Jam: All Mod Cons
208. Jam: The Gift
209. Janis Joplin: Live At Winterland '68
210. Janis Joplin: In Concert
211. Japan: Adolescent Sex
212. Jeff Beck: Truth
213. Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow
214. Jethro Tull: Aqualung
215. Jethro Tull: Living In The Past
216. Jethro Tull: Heavy Horses
217. Jethro Tull: Live - Bursting Out
218. Jethro Tull: Broadsword And The Beast
219. Jimi Hendrix: Axis: Bold As Love
220. Jimi Hendrix: South Saturn Delta
221. Jimi Hendrix: BBC Sessions
222. Joe Cocker: With A Little Help From My Friends
223. John Cale: Fear
224. John Lennon: Walls And Bridges
225. John Lennon: Rock And Roll
226. John Lennon: Wonsaponatime
227. Joni Mitchell: Song For A Seagull
228. Joni Mitchell: Clouds
229. Joy Division: Closer
230. Kayak: See See The Sun
231. King Crimson: In The Wake Of Poseidon
232. King Crimson: The Great Deceiver
233. King Crimson: Three Of A Perfect Pair
234. King Crimson: VROOOM VROOOM
235. Kinks: Everybody's In Show-Biz
236. Kinks: One For The Road
237. Kinks: State Of Confusion
238. Kinks: To The Bone
239. Kinks: The Great Lost Kinks Album (bootleg)
240. Klaatu: Sir Army Suit
241. Laurie Anderson: Big Science
242. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV
243. Led Zeppelin: BBC Sessions
244. Leonard Cohen: Songs Of Leonard Cohen
245. Lindisfarne: Fog On The Tyne
246. Lou Reed: Lou Reed
247. Lou Reed: Coney Island Baby
248. Lou Reed: The Blue Mask
249. Lou Reed: Ecstasy
250. Love: Forever Changes
251. Lovin' Spoonful: Do You Believe In Magic
252. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Pronounced 'leh-'nerd 'skin-'nerd
253. Lynyrd Skynyrd: One More From The Road
254. Magma: Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh
255. Mamas & Papas: If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears
256. Mamas & Papas: The Mamas & The Papas
257. Manfred Mann: Mighty Garvey
258. Mick Jagger: Wandering Spirit
259. Moby Grape: Moby Grape
260. Monkees: Headquarters
261. Moody Blues: Days Of Future Passed
262. Moody Blues: A Question Of Balance
263. Mountain: Flowers Of Evil
264. Mountain: Avalanche
265. Move: Move
266. Move: Looking On (re-issue)
267. Move: Message From The Country
268. National Health: National Health
269. Neil Young: Rust Never Sleeps
270. Neil Young: Live Rust
271. Nice: The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack
272. Nick Cave: The Firstborn Is Dead
273. Nick Cave: Kicking Against The Pricks
274. Nick Cave: Henry's Dream
275. Nick Cave: Live Seeds
276. Nick Cave: No More Shall We Part
277. Nick Cave: Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
278. Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left
279. Nico: The End
280. Nina Hagen: Nina Hagen Band
281. Nirvana: Bleach
282. Oingo Boingo: Only A Lad
283. Patti Smith: Radio Ethiopia
284. Patti Smith: Easter
285. Paul McCartney: McCartney
286. Paul McCartney: Red Rose Speedway
287. Paul McCartney: London Town
288. Paul McCartney: Tug Of War
289. Paul McCartney: Off The Ground
290. Paul McCartney: Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
291. Pete Townshend: All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes
292. Peter Gabriel: Plays Live
293. Peter Gabriel: Us
294. Peter Gabriel: OVO
295. Pink Floyd: The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
296. Pink Floyd: Ummagumma
297. Pink Floyd: Obscured By Clouds
298. Pixies: Surfer Rosa
299. Police: Outlandos D'Amour
300. Police: Synchronicity
301. Police: Live!
302. Premiata Forneria Marconi: Photos Of Ghosts
303. Pretty Things: S. F. Sorrow
304. Procol Harum: A Salty Dog
305. Procol Harum: Broken Barricades
306. Procol Harum: Grand Hotel
307. Procol Harum: Exotic Birds And Fruit
308. Queen: A Day At The Races
309. Queen: Jazz
310. Quicksilver Messenger Service: Shady Grove
311. Quicksilver Messenger Service: Quicksilver
312. Rainbow: Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
313. Ramones: Rocket To Russia
314. Ramones: It's Alive
315. Ramones: End Of The Century
316. R.E.M.: Lifes Rich Pageant
317. Renaissance: Prologue
318. Renaissance: Turn Of The Cards
319. Residents: The Third Reich'n'Roll
320. Robert Plant: Fate Of Nations
321. Robin Trower: Long Misty Days
322. Rod Stewart: Gasoline Alley
323. Ronnie Lane: Kuschty Rye
324. Ron Wood: Slide On This
325. Rolling Stones: 12 X 5 -
326. Rolling Stones: Out Of Our Heads
327. Rolling Stones: Goat's Head Soup
328. Rolling Stones: Love You Live
329. Rolling Stones: Flashpoint
330. Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
331. Rolling Stones: Bridges To Babylon
332. Rolling Stones: No Security
333. Roxy Music: For Your Pleasure
334. Roxy Music: Avalon
335. Roy Wood & Wizzard: Introducing Eddy And The Falcons
336. Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Framed
337. Simon & Garfunkel: Sounds Of Silence
338. Sly & The Family Stone: Dance To The Music
339. Small Faces: Small Faces (1967)
340. Soft Machine: Soft Machine
341. Spirit: Spirit
342. Spooky Tooth: Spooky Two
343. Steeleye Span: Below The Salt
344. Steely Dan: Can't Buy A Thrill
345. Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic
346. Steely Dan: Katy Lied
347. Stephen Stills: Manassas
348. Steve Hackett: Voyage Of The Acolyte
349. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel: The Best Years Of Our Lives
350. Steve Vai: Flex-Able
351. Stevie Wonder: Music Of My Mind
352. Stooges: Fun House
353. Strawbs: Just A Collection Of Antiques And Curios
354. Talking Heads: Talking Heads: 77
355. Talking Heads: Little Creatures
356. Ten Years After: Ssssh
357. Ten Years After: Live At The Fillmore East
358. Ten Years After: A Space In Time
359. Thin Lizzy: Vagabonds Of The Western World
360. Tim Buckley: Starsailor
361. Tom Waits: Heartattack And Vine
362. Tom Waits: Swordfishtrombones
363. Tom Waits: Franks Wild Years
364. Tom Waits: Bone Machine
365. Tom Waits: Mule Variations
366. Tom Waits: Real Gone
367. Tori Amos: Under The Pink
368. Traffic: Traffic
369. Tyrannosaurus Rex: A Beard Of Stars
370. T. Rex: Electric Warrior
371. T. Rex: Tanx
372. U2: Boy
373. U2: The Unforgettable Fire
374. United States Of America: The United States Of America
375. Utopia: Ra
376. Utopia: Oops! Wrong Planet
377. Van Der Graaf Generator: H To He Who Am The Only One
378. Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico
379. Velvet Underground: Live 1969
380. Tom Waits: Closing Time
381. Ween: 12 Golden Country Greats
382. Who: Join Together
383. Wilco: Summerteeth
384. Wire: Pink Flag
385. Wire: Chairs Missing
386. Yardbirds: Roger The Engineer
387. Yes: The Yes Album
388. Yes: Yessongs

The last group of albums which you can enjoy freely, with little or no effort. Not a 'classic' or 'milestone' by any means, all of them are eminently listenable. You might see that this group includes the biggest selection of Bob Dylan and Neil Young albums, and it's understandable: this is the type of 'user-friendly', but not 'ground-breaking' record. There's enough catchy tunes which you can sing along or play air guitar to, the boring stuff is rare and the crap level is either low or, again, you just forget about the crap because it's overshadowed by the good material. A couple of tracks might even be friggin' great. However, all of this never goes far beyond 'cute': if spiritual uplift and catharsys is what you're looking for, go to the higher ratings.

1. 10cc: How Dare You
2. 13th Floor Elevators: The Psychedelic Sounds Of
3. 13th Floor Elevators: Levitation
4. 801: 801 Live
5. ABBA: Abba
6. ABBA: Super Trouper
7. AC/DC: T.N.T.
8. AC/DC: Powerage
9. AC/DC: If You Want Blood You've Got It
10. AC/DC: Blow Up Your Video
11. AC/DC: Bonfire
12. AC/DC: Stiff Upper Lip
13. Accept: I'm A Rebel
14. Accept: Balls To The Wall
15. Accept: Metal Heart
16. Accept: Russian Roulette
17. Adrian Belew: Lone Rhino
18. Adrian Belew: Inner Revolution
19. Aerosmith: Toys In The Attic
20. Aerosmith: Live! Bootleg
21. Alice Cooper: Muscle Of Love
22. Alice Cooper: Alice Cooper Goes To Hell
23. Alice Cooper: Lace And Whiskey
24. Alice Cooper: The Alice Cooper Show
25. Alice Cooper: From The Inside
26. Alice Cooper: The Last Temptation
27. Alice Cooper: A Fistful Of Alice
28. Alice Cooper: The Eyes Of Alice Cooper
29. Alice In Chains: Facelift
30. Alice In Chains: MTV Unplugged
31. Allman Brothers Band: Idlewild South
32. Amon Düül II: Utopia
33. Amon Düül II: Vive La Trance
34. Amon Düül II: Live In London
35. Angra: Angels Cry
36. Animals: The Animals
37. Animals: Animalisms
38. Aphrodite's Child: End Of The World
39. Aphrodite's Child: It's Five O'Clock
40. Argent: All Together Now
41. Argent: Encore
42. Art: Supernatural Fairy Tales
43. Art Of Noise: In Visible Silence
44. Art Of Noise: Below The Waste
45. Arthur Brown: Dance
46. Arthur Brown: Speak No Tech
47. Asia: Asia
48. Atomic Rooster: Atomic Rooster
49. Autechre: EP7
50. Bad Company: Bad Company
51. Badfinger: No Dice
52. Bangles: Different Light
53. Beach Boys: Concert
54. Beach Boys: Friends
55. Beach Boys: Sunflower
56. Beach Boys: Surf's Up
57. Beach Boys: Holland
58. Beatles: Please Please Me
59. Beatles: Live At The BBC
60. Beatles: Anthology-I
61. Bee Gees: Horizontal
62. Bee Gees: 2 Years On
63. Bee Gees: Trafalgar
64. Bee Gees: Mr Natural
65. Big Star: Radio City
66. Bill Wyman: Bill Wyman
67. Bill Wyman: Just For A Thrill
68. Birthday Party: Hee-Haw
69. Birthday Party: Mutiny/The Bad Seed
70. Bjork: Homogenic
71. Bjork: Selmasongs
72. Black Sabbath: Master Of Reality
73. Black Sabbath: Sabotage
74. Black Sabbath: Reunion
75. Black Sabbath: Past Lives
76. Blind Faith: Blind Faith
77. Blondie: Blondie
78. Bloodrock: Bloodrock
79. Blue Cheer: Outsideinside
80. Blur: 13
81. Blur: Greatest Hits (Live)
82. Bob Dylan: Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
83. Bob Dylan: Before The Flood
84. Bob Dylan: Hard Rain
85. Bob Dylan: Shot Of Love
86. Bob Dylan: Real Live
87. Bob Dylan: Empire Burlesque
88. Bob Dylan: Biograph
89. Bob Dylan: Dylan & The Dead
90. Bob Dylan: Oh Mercy
91. Bob Dylan: World Gone Wrong
92. Bob Marley: Rastaman Vibration
93. Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: Gorilla
94. Boston: Boston
95. Brand X: Moroccan Roll
96. Brian Eno: Apollo Atmospheres & Soundtracks
97. Brian Eno: The Shutov Assembly
98. Brian Eno: Drawn From Life
99. Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks: Orange Crate Art
100. Brian Wilson: Imagination
101. Brian Wilson: Live At The Roxy Theatre
102. Bruce Springsteen: The River
103. Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska
104. Bryan Ferry: Let's Stick Together
105. Budgie: Squawk
106. Budgie: Bandolier
107. Buffalo Springfield: Buffalo Springfield
108. Buffalo Springfield: Last Time Around
109. Byrds: In The Beginning
110. Byrds: Turn Turn Turn
111. Byrds: The Notorious Byrd Brothers
112. Byrds: Ballad Of Easy Rider
113. Byrds: Farther Along
114. Byrds: Byrds
115. Can: Ege Bamyasi
116. Can: Radio Waves
117. Can: Live Music 1971-1977
118. Captain Beefheart: Safe As Milk
119. Captain Beefheart: The Mirror Man Sessions
120. Captain Beefheart: Trout Mask Replica
121. Caravan: Caravan
122. Caravan: Caravan & The New Symphonia
123. Caravan: BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert
124. Caravan: Blind Dog At St Dunstan's
125. Carole King: The Carnegie Hall Concert
126. Carole King: Music
127. Cars: Panorama
128. Cars: Shake It Up
129. Cheap Trick: Cheap Trick
130. Cheap Trick: In Color
131. Cheap Trick: Next Position Please
132. Chemical Brothers: Exit Planet Dust
133. Clannad: Clannad
134. Clash: Give 'Em Enough Rope
135. Cocteau Twins: Garlands
136. Colosseum: Valentyne Suite
137. Country Joe & The Fish: Together
138. Cream: Live Cream Volume II
139. Cream: Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6 2005
140. Cranberries: No Need To Argue
141. Cranberries: Bury The Hatchet
142. Cranberries: Wake Up & Smell The Coffee
143. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bayou Country
144. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Pendulum
145. Crosby & Nash: Another Stoney Evening
146. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Four Way Street
147. Crosby, Stills & Nash: CSN
148. Crosby, Stills & Nash: Daylight Again
149. Crowded House: Crowded House
150. Crowded House: Together Alone
151. Cure: Pornography
152. Cure: The Top
153. Cure: Wish
154. Cure: Show
155. Curved Air: Second Album
156. Curved Air: Phantasmagoria
157. Curved Air: Live
158. Curved Air: Midnight Wire
159. Dave Clark Five: American Tour
160. Dave Clark Five: Weekend In London
161. Dave Davies: Bug
162. David Bowie: Hunky Dory
163. David Bowie: Aladdin Sane
164. David Bowie: Diamond Dogs
165. David Bowie: Scary Monsters
166. David Bowie: The Buddha Of Suburbia
167. David Bowie: Reality
168. Deep Purple: Deep Purple
169. Deep Purple: Scandinavian Nights
170. Deep Purple: Fireball
171. Deep Purple: On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat
172. Deep Purple: Power House
173. Deep Purple: Knebworth '85
174. Deep Purple: Purpendicular
175. Deep Purple: Live At The Olympia
176. Depeche Mode: Speak & Spell
177. Dire Straits: Making Movies
178. Dire Straits: Brothers In Arms
179. Donovan: HMS Donovan
180. Donovan: Beat Cafe
181. Doors: Waiting For The Sun
182. Doors: The Soft Parade
183. Duran Duran: Duran Duran
184. Eagles: Eagles
185. Einsturzende Neubauten: Kollaps
186. Electric Light Orchestra: No Answer
187. Electric Light Orchestra: The Night The Lights Went On
188. Electric Light Orchestra: Out Of The Blue
189. Electric Light Orchestra: Time
190. Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much To Dream
191. Eloy: Dawn
192. Elton John: Elton John
193. Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
194. Elton John: Here And There
195. Elvis Costello: My Aim Is True
196. Elvis Costello: Trust
197. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970
198. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Brain Salad Surgery
199. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Works Volume 2
200. Eric Burdon & War: The Black Man's Burdon
201. Eric Clapton: Rainbow Concert
202. Eric Clapton: 461 Ocean Boulevard
203. Eric Clapton: Backless
204. Eric Clapton: Just One Night
205. Eric Clapton: Another Ticket
206. Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams
207. Eurythmics: Touch
208. Fairport Convention: Unhalfbricking
209. Family: A Song For Me
210. Family: Fearless
211. Family: Bandstand
212. Faust: The Faust Tapes
213. Flaming Lips: In A Priest Driven Ambulance
214. Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
215. Fleetwood Mac: Live At The BBC
216. Fleetwood Mac: Mystery To Me
217. Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac
218. Fleetwood Mac: Live
219. Fleetwood Mac: Mirage
220. Focus: Hamburger Concerto
221. Frank Zappa: Absolutely Free
222. Frank Zappa: Hot Rats
223. Frank Zappa: Chunga's Revenge
224. Frank Zappa: Overnite Sensation
225. Frank Zappa: One Size Fits All
226. Frank Zappa: Bongo Fury
227. Frank Zappa: Zoot Allures
228. Frank Zappa: Sheik Yerbouti
229. Frank Zappa: Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar
230. Frank Zappa: Guitar
231. Frank Zappa: Broadway The Hard Way
232. Frank Zappa: The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
233. Frank Zappa: The Lost Episodes
234. Free: Heartbreaker
235. Fruupp: Future Legends
236. Funkadelic: Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow
237. Gary Brooker: Lead Me To The Water
238. Gary Moore: Dirty Fingers
239. Genesis: From Genesis To Revelation
240. Genesis: Abacab
241. Genesis: Three Sides Live
242. Gentle Giant: Three Friends
243. Gentle Giant: In A Glass House
244. Gentle Giant: Giant For A Day
245. Geordie: Hope You Like It
246. George Harrison: The Concert For Bangla Desh
247. George Harrison: 3 And 1/3
248. George Harrison: Live In Japan
249. Giles, Giles & Fripp: The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles & Fripp
250. Godley & Creme: Freeze Frame
251. Gong: Magick Brother
252. Gong: Angel's Egg
253. Gong: Shapeshifter
254. Graham Coxon: The Sky Is Too High
255. Graham Nash: Songs For Beginners
256. Grand Funk Railroad: Live Album
257. Grand Funk: Shinin' On
258. Grateful Dead: Live/Dead
259. Grateful Dead: Workingman's Dead
260. Grateful Dead: Europe '72
261. Grateful Dead: In The Dark
262. Grateful Dead: Hundred Year Hall
263. Gravy Train: Gravy Train
264. Gryphon: Gryphon
265. Gryphon: Raindance
266. Harold Budd/Brian Eno: Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror
267. Harry Nilsson: Aerial Ballet
268. High Tide: Sea Shanties
269. Hollies: Would You Believe
270. Hollies: Hollies Sing Hollies
271. Hollies: Distant Light
272. Hollies: Write On
273. Hot Tuna: Hot Tuna
274. Hot Tuna: First Pull Up Then Pull Down
275. Humble Pie: Rock On
276. Ian Anderson: The Secret Language Of Birds
277. Ian Anderson: Rupi's Dance
278. Ian Dury: Do It Yourself
279. Ian Dury: Laughter
280. INXS: INXS
281. Iron Butterfly: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
282. Iron Butterfly: Sun And Steel
283. Iron Maiden: Iron Maiden
284. It's A Beautiful Day: Marrying Maiden
285. J. J. Cale: Really
286. J. J. Cale: 5
287. Jam: Setting Sons
288. James Gang: Rides Again
289. James Gang: Bang
290. Janis Joplin: Pearl
291. Janis Joplin: Farewell Song
292. Jeff Beck: Blow By Blow
293. Jeff Lynne: Armchair Theatre
294. Jefferson Airplane: Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
295. Jefferson Airplane: Live At The Fillmore East
296. Jefferson Airplane: Early Flight
297. Jethro Tull: This Was
298. Jethro Tull: Live At Carnegie Hall
299. Jethro Tull: Too Old To Rock'n'Roll Too Young To Die
300. Jethro Tull: Stormwatch
301. Jethro Tull: A Classic Case
302. Jethro Tull: 20 Years Of Jethro Tull (selection)
303. Jethro Tull: A Little Light Music
304. Jethro Tull: J-Tull Dot Com
305. Jethro Tull: Christmas Album
306. Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
307. Jimi Hendrix: Live At Woodstock
308. Jimi Hendrix: Blues
309. Joe Cocker: Joe Cocker!
310. John Entwistle: Whistle Rymes
311. John Fogerty: Blue Ridge Rangers
312. John Lennon: Live In New York City
313. John Lennon: Mind Games
314. John Lennon: Anthology
315. Joni Mitchell: Ladies Of The Canyon
316. Kayak: Kayak
317. King Crimson: Epitaph
318. King Crimson: Beat
319. King Crimson: B'Boom
320. King Crimson: Heavy ConstruKction
321. Kinks: Kinda Kinks (new release)
322. Kinks: Something Else By The Kinks
323. Kinks: Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround (Part 1)
324. Kinks: Schoolboys In Disgrace
325. Kinks: Sleepwalker
326. Kinks: Low Budget
327. Kinks: BBC Sessions 1964-1977
328. Klaatu: 3:47 Est
329. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin II
330. Led Zeppelin: How The West Was Won
331. Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains The Same
332. Leonard Cohen: Songs From A Room
333. Loreena McKennitt: Elemental
334. Lou Reed: Sally Can't Dance
335. Lou Reed: Street Hassle
336. Lou Reed: The Bells
337. Lou Reed: Magic And Loss
338. Love: Out Here
339. Love: False Start
340. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album
341. Magma: Kohntarkosz
342. Mamas & Papas: Deliver
343. Manfred Mann: Soul Of Mann
344. Marillion: Script For A Jester's Tear
345. MC5: Back In The USA
346. McDonald and Giles: McDonald And Giles
347. Meat Beat Manifesto: Storm The Studio
348. Michael Jackson: Off The Wall
349. Mick Jagger: Primitive Cool
350. Mick Taylor: A Stone's Throw
351. Moby Grape: Wow/Grape Jam
352. Monkees: The Monkees
353. Monkees: Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd.
354. Monkees: Head
355. Moody Blues: On The Threshold Of A Dream
356. Moody Blues: Caught Live + 5
357. Moody Blues: Seventh Sojourn
358. Moody Blues: The Present
359. Moody Blues: Prelude
360. Mott The Hoople: Mott
361. Mountain: Climbing!
362. Mountain: Nantucket Sleighride
363. Move: Shazam
364. Neil Young: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
365. Neil Young: After The Gold Rush
366. Neil Young: Time Fades Away
367. Neil Young: On The Beach
368. Neil Young: Ragged Glory
369. Neil Young: Harvest Moon
370. Neil Young: Sleeps With Angels
371. New York Dolls: The New York Dolls
372. Nice: Ars Longa Vita Brevis
373. Nick Cave: Your Funeral... My Trial
374. Nick Cave: Let Love In
375. Nick Cave: Murder Ballads
376. Nick Cave: The Boatman's Call
377. Nick Cave: Live At The Royal Albert Hall
378. Nick Drake: Bryter Layter
379. Nick Drake: Time Of No Reply
380. Nico: Chelsea Girl
381. Nico: Drama Of Exile
382. Patti Smith: Horses
383. Patti Smith: Peace And Noise
384. Paul McCartney: Wild Life
385. Paul McCartney: Wings At The Speed Of Sound
386. Paul McCartney: Wings Over America
387. Paul McCartney: Back To The Egg
388. Paul McCartney: Driving Rain
389. Pere Ubu: Ray Gun Suitcase
390. Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel (II)
391. Peter Gabriel: Security
392. Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live
393. Peter Hammill: Fool's Mate
394. Pete Townshend: Empty Glass
395. Pink Floyd: More
396. Pink Floyd: Relics
397. Pink Floyd: Meddle
398. Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
399. Pink Floyd: The Wall
400. Pink Floyd: P.U.L.S.E
401. Pixies: Bossanova
402. Posies: Dear 23
403. Premiata Forneria Marconi: Storia Di Un Minuto
404. Premiata Forneria Marconi: Per Un Amico
405. Pretty Things: Get The Picture?
406. Pretty Things: Emotions
407. Pretty Things: Silk Torpedo
408. Procol Harum: Shine On Brightly
409. Procol Harum: Home
410. Procol Harum: BBC Live In Concert
411. Queen: Queen
412. Queen: The Game
413. Quicksilver Messenger Service: What About Me
414. Radiohead: The Bends
415. Ramones: Too Tough To Die
416. Ramones: Mondo Bizarro
417. Renaissance: Illusion
418. Renaissance: Scheherazade And Other Stories
419. Renaissance: Novella
420. Residents: Meet The Residents
421. Residents: Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
422. Residents: Tunes Of Two Cities
423. Ringo Starr: Ringo
424. Ringo Starr: Stop And Smell The Roses
425. Robert Plant: Manic Nirvana
426. Robin Trower: Twice Removed From Yesterday
427. Robin Trower: Bridge Of Sighs
428. Robin Trower: In Concert
429. Rod Stewart: The Rod Stewart Album
430. Rod Stewart: Never A Dull Moment
431. Roger McGuinn: Back From Rio
432. Rolling Stones: It's Only Rock'n'Roll
433. Rolling Stones: Metamorphosis
434. Rolling Stones: Steel Wheels
435. Rolling Stones: Stripped
436. Rolling Stones: Live Licks
437. Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang
438. Roxy Music: Roxy Music
439. Roxy Music: Country Life
440. Roxy Music: Siren
441. Roy Wood: Mustard
442. Searchers: It's The Searchers
443. Seatrain: Seatrain
444. Simon & Garfunkel: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
445. Simon & Garfunkel: Live From New York City
446. Simon & Garfunkel: Bookends
447. Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert In Central Park
448. Sly & The Family Stone: A Whole New Thing
449. Small Faces: From The Beginning
450. Small Faces: Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
451. Smiths: The Smiths
452. Soft Machine: Volume Two
453. Sonic Youth: EVOL
454. Spirit: Twelve Dreams Of Dr Sardonicus
455. Spooky Tooth: It's All About
456. Spooky Tooth: The Mirror
457. Steamhammer: Mountains
458. Steeleye Span: Please To See The King
459. Steely Dan: Aja
460. Steppenwolf: Steppenwolf
461. Steve Hackett: Defector
462. Steve Hackett: Till We Have Faces
463. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel: Love's A Prima Donna
464. Stevie Wonder: In Square Circle
465. Stone The Crows: Ode To John Law
466. Swans: Greed/Holy Money
467. Syd Barrett: The Madcap Laughs
468. Talking Heads: More Songs About Buildings And Food
469. Talking Heads: Speaking In Tongues
470. Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
471. Taste: On The Boards
472. Ten Years After: Undead
473. Ten Years After: Recorded Live
474. Thin Lizzy: Jailbreak
475. Thin Lizzy: Live And Dangerous
476. Thin Lizzy: Chinatown
477. Tina Turner: Acid Queen
478. Todd Rundgren: Something/Anything?
479. Todd Rundgren: Todd Rundgren's Utopia
480. Tom Petty: Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)
481. Tom Waits: The Heart Of Saturday Night
482. Tom Waits: Blue Valentine
483. Tom Waits: Big Time
484. Tom Waits: The Black Rider
485. Tom Waits: Alice
486. Tom Waits: Blood Money
487. Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes
488. Traffic: John Barleycorn Must Die
489. Traveling Wilburys: Vol. 1
490. Troggs: Mixed Bag
491. Tyrannosaurus Rex: My People Were Fair...
492. T. Rex: T. Rex
493. T. Rex: Electric Warrior Sessions
494. T. Rex: Left Hand Luke: The Alternate Tanx
495. T. Rex: Dandy In The Underworld
496. U2: October
497. U2: War
498. U2: The Joshua Tree
499. Van Der Graaf Generator: The Aerosol Grey Machine
500. Van Der Graaf Generator: World Record
501. Velvet Underground: Loaded
502. Ween: Pure Guava
503. Who: A Quick One
504. Who: The Who By Numbers
505. Who: Face Dances
506. Who: Thirty Years Of Maximum R'n'B
507. Who: BBC Sessions
508. Wilco: A. M.
509. Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
510. Wilco: A Ghost Is Born
511. Yardbirds: Five Live Yardbirds
512. Yardbirds: For Your Love
513. Yardbirds: The BBC Sessions
514. Yes: Close To The Edge
515. Yes: Relayer
516. Yes: Going For The One
517. Yes: Yesshows
518. Yes: The Ladder
519. Yes: House Of Yes: Live From House Of Blues

This is where the filler slowly starts to take over - it was possible not to notice it before, but on here it can't but remind you of its existence. These albums are still 'good' rather than 'bad', but their listenability, at least, the listenability of a large chunk of their material, starts to fall under question. This is usually due either to an unreasonable amount of filler (Yellow Submarine), or to a confused state of affairs at the time (Waiting For The Sun), or, well, to a lack of songwriting skills. Proceed along these records with care, trying not to despise them for all their faults by emphasizing their good sides. There's still very much to laud about them, usually. And, who knows? you might even be able to uncover a hidden gem now and then.

1. 10cc: Deceptive Bends
2. 10cc: Bloody Tourists
3. 13th Floor Elevators: Bull Of The Woods
4. ABBA: The Visitors
5. ABBA: Live
6. ABWH: An Evening Of Yes Music Plus
7. AC/DC: Fly On The Wall
8. Accept: Accept
9. Accept: Objection Overruled
10. Accept: Death Row
11. Adrian Belew: Mr Music Head
12. Adrian Belew: Op Zop Too Wah
13. Adrian Belew: Belewprints
14. Adrian Belew: Side One
15. Aerosmith: Get Your Wings
16. Aerosmith: Draw The Line
17. Alice Cooper: Pretties For You
18. Alice Cooper: Easy Action
19. Alice Cooper: Zipper Catches Skin
20. Alice Cooper: Hey Stoopid
21. Alice Cooper: The Life And Crimes Of Alice Cooper
22. Alice In Chains: Jar Of Flies
23. Allman Brothers Band: The Allman Brothers Band
24. Allman Brothers Band: Wipe The Windows, Check The Oil, Dollar Gas
25. Allman Brothers Band: Enlightened Rogues
26. Ambrose Slade: Beginnings
27. Amon Düül II: Phallus Dei
28. Amon Düül II: Live In Tokyo
29. Andrew Lloyd Webber: Cats
30. Angra: Freedom Call/Holy Live
31. Animals: Love Is
32. Animals: Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted
33. Animals: Ark
34. Argent: Ring Of Hands
35. Argent: Nexus
36. Argent: Circus
37. Art Of Noise: Daft
38. Arthur Brown: Faster Than The Speed Of Light
39. Arthur Brown & Jimmy Carl Black: Brown, Black & Blue
40. Asia: Alpha
41. Atomic Rooster: Made In England
42. Autechre: Incunabula
43. Autechre: Amber
44. Autechre: Chiastic Slide
45. Autechre: LP5
46. Bad Company: Straight Shooter
47. Badfinger: Badfinger
48. Band: Cahoots
49. Beach Boys: Shut Down Volume 2
50. Beach Boys: Live In London
51. Beach Boys: Carl And The Passions/So Tough
52. Beach Boys: In Concert
53. Beatles: At The Hollywood Bowl
54. Beatles: Yellow Submarine
55. Beatles: Anthology-III
56. Bee Gees: Idea
57. Bee Gees: Cucumber Castle
58. Bee Gees: Saturday Night Fever
59. Big Star: Third/Sister Lovers
60. Bill Wyman: Monkey Grip
61. Bill Wyman: Double Bill
62. Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath
63. Black Sabbath: Vol. 4
64. Black Sabbath: Live Evil
65. Blondie: Autoamerican
66. Blondie: The Curse Of Blondie
67. Bloodrock: Bloodrock 3
68. Bloodrock: USA
69. Blue Cheer: Vincebus Eruptum
70. Blue Cheer: Blue Cheer
71. Blur: Leisure
72. Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan
73. Bob Dylan: The Basement Tapes
74. Bob Dylan: Planet Waves
75. Bob Dylan: Street Legal
76. Bob Dylan: Infidels
77. Bob Dylan: Under The Red Sky
78. Bob Marley: Kaya
79. Brian Eno: Music For Films
80. Brian Eno: Nerve Net
81. Brian Eno/David Byrne: My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
82. Brian Eno/Harold Budd: The Pearl
83. Brian Wilson: Sweet Insanity
84. Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
85. Bruce Springsteen: Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ
86. Bruce Springsteen: Devils & Dust
87. Bryan Ferry: These Foolish Things
88. Bryan Ferry: Another Time Another Place
89. Bryan Ferry: In Your Mind
90. Bryan Ferry: The Bride Stripped Bare
91. Budgie: Budgie
92. Budgie: In For The Kill
93. Byrds: Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
94. Byrds: Live At The Fillmore - February 1969
95. Byrds: Byrdmaniax
96. Camel: Camel
97. Can: Delay 1968
98. Can: Soon Over Babaluma
99. Can: Landed
100. Can: Flow Motion
101. Can: Rite Time
102. Captain Beefheart: Clear Spot
103. Captain Beefheart: Bluejeans And Moonbeams
104. Caravan: If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You
105. Caravan: Cunning Stunts
106. Caravan: Cool Water
107. Cars: Candy-O
108. Cars: Heartbeat City
109. Cars: Door To Door
110. Cheap Trick: Special One
111. Clash: The Clash
112. Clash: Combat Rock
113. Cocteau Twins: Milk And Kisses
114. Coil: Gold Is The Metal
115. Coil: Stolen And Contaminated Songs
116. Colosseum: Those Who Are About To Die Salute You
117. Colosseum: Daughter Of Time
118. Colosseum: Bread & Circuses
119. Country Joe & The Fish: Electric Music For The Mind And Body
120. Cranberries: To The Faithful Departed
121. Cream: Goodbye Cream
122. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Willy And The Poorboys
123. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Live In Europe
124. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Déjà Vu
125. Crosby & Nash: Wind On The Water
126. Crosby & Nash: Whistling Down The Wire
127. Crosby, Stills & Nash: After The Storm
128. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Looking Forward
129. Crowded House: Woodface
130. Cure: Faith
131. Cure: Japanese Whispers
132. Cure: Mixed Up
133. Cure: Paris
134. Cure: Wild Mood Swings
135. Current '93: Nature Unveiled
136. Curved Air: Air Cut
137. Curved Air: Lovechild
138. Dave Clark Five: Glad All Over
139. Dave Clark Five: I Like It Like That
140. David Bowie: David Bowie
141. David Bowie: Space Oddity -
142. David Bowie: Stage
143. David Bowie: Lodger
144. David Bowie: Outside
145. David Crosby: If I Could Only Remember My Name
146. Deep Purple: Shades Of Deep Purple
147. Deep Purple: Days May Come And Days May Go
148. Deep Purple: Nobody's Perfect
149. Deep Purple: The House Of Blue Light
150. Deep Purple: Abandon
151. Dire Straits: Communique
152. Dire Straits: On Every Street
153. Dire Straits: Live At The BBC
154. Donovan: Donovan
155. Eagles: On The Border
156. Eagles: One Of These Nights
157. Eagles: Hotel California
158. Eagles: The Long Run
159. Electric Light Orchestra: Discovery
160. Electric Light Orchestra: Zoom
161. Eloy: Ocean
162. Eloy: Live
163. Elton John: Empty Sky
164. Elton John: Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player
165. Elton John: Caribou
166. Elton John: Rock Of The Westies
167. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Pictures At An Exhibition
168. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Trilogy
169. Emerson, Lake & Powell: Emerson, Lake & Powell
170. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Then And Now
171. Enya: The Celts
172. Eric Burdon & War: Eric Burdon Declares "WAR"
173. Eric Burdon Band: Sun Secrets
174. Eric Clapton: Eric Clapton
175. Eric Clapton: There's One In Every Crowd
176. Eric Clapton: Journeyman
177. Eric Clapton: Rush
178. Eric Clapton: 24 Nights
179. Eric Clapton: Crossroads 2
180. Extreme: Extreme
181. Faces: Long Player
182. Faces: Ooh La La
183. Fairport Convention: Angel Delight
184. Family: Anyway
185. Family: It's Only A Movie
186. Faust: Faust IV
187. Flamin Groovies: Flamingo
188. Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips
189. Flaming Lips: Hear It Is
190. Flaming Lips: Telepathic Surgery
191. Fleetwood Mac: The Pious Bird Of Good Omen
192. Fleetwood Mac: Then Play On
193. Fleetwood Mac: Kiln House
194. Fleetwood Mac: Bare Trees
195. Fleetwood Mac: Behind The Mask
196. Flying Burrito Brothers: Burrito Deluxe
197. Focus: In And Out Of Focus
198. Focus: Moving Waves
199. Focus: Focus III
200. Frank Zappa: Cruising With Ruben & The Jets
201. Frank Zappa: Ahead Of Their Time
202. Frank Zappa: Uncle Meat
203. Frank Zappa: Just Another Band From L.A.
204. Frank Zappa: Waka/Jawaka
205. Frank Zappa: Apostrophe'
206. Frank Zappa: Studio Tan
207. Frank Zappa: Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
208. Frank Zappa: Baby Snakes
209. Frank Zappa: Francesco Zappa
210. Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong In Music
211. Free: Tons Of Sobs
212. Fripp & Eno: Evening Star
213. Fruupp: The Prince Of Heaven's Eyes
214. Funkadelic: Funkadelic
215. Gary Brooker: No More Fear Of Flying
216. Gary Brooker: Within Our House
217. Gary Moore: Back On The Streets
218. Gary Moore: G-Force
219. Gary Moore: Victims Of The Future
220. Genesis: Trespass
221. Genesis: Seconds Out
222. Genesis: Live: The Way We Walk Volume One - The Shorts
223. Genesis: Live: The Way We Walk Volume Two - The Longs
224. Gentle Giant: Free Hand
225. Gentle Giant: Civilian
226. Gentle Giant: The Last Steps
227. Geordie: Don't Be Fooled By The Name
228. George Harrison: Dark Horse
229. George Harrison: Extra Texture (Read All About It)
230. George Harrison: Gone Troppo
231. Godley & Creme: Consequences
232. Gong: You
233. Gong: Zero To Infinity
234. Graham Nash: Earth & Sky
235. Grand Funk Railroad: Grand Funk
236. Grand Funk: We're An American Band
237. Grand Funk: All The Girls In The World Beware!
238. Grand Funk Railroad: Caught In The Act
239. Grand Funk Railroad: Born To Die
240. Grand Funk Railroad: Good Singin' Good Playin'
241. Grateful Dead: The Grateful Dead
242. Grateful Dead: Wake Of The Flood
243. Grateful Dead: Blues For Allah
244. Grateful Dead: Reckoning
245. Grateful Dead: Without A Net
246. Grateful Dead: Infrared Roses
247. Grateful Dead: One From The Vault
248. Grateful Dead: Two From The Vault
249. Gravy Train: (A Ballad Of) A Peaceful Man
250. Gryphon: About As Curious As It Can Be
251. Harry Nilsson: Pandemonium Shadow Show
252. Heart: Dog & Butterfly
253. Henry Cow: In Praise Of Learning
254. High Tide: The Flood
255. Hollies: In The Hollies' Style
256. Hollies: Hollies
257. Hollies: Evolution
258. Hollies: Hollies Sing Dylan
259. Hollies: Confessions Of The Mind
260. Ian Anderson: Divinities: Twelve Dances With God
261. Incredible String Band: The Incredible String Band
262. Iron Butterfly: Heavy
263. Iron Butterfly: Live
264. Iron Butterfly: Scorching Beauty
265. J. J. Cale: Shades
266. J. J. Cale: Number 10
267. J. J. Cale: Closer To You
268. J. J. Cale: Live
269. Jack Bruce: Songs For A Tailor
270. Jack Bruce: How's Tricks
271. Jack Bruce: Shadows In The Air
272. Jam: In The City
273. Jam: Dig The New Breed
274. James Gang: Yer' Album
275. Janis Joplin: Big Brother & The Holding Company
276. Janis Joplin: I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama
277. Japan: Obscure Alternatives
278. Jeff Beck: Beck-Ola
279. Jeff Beck: Wired
280. Jeff Beck: Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop
281. Jeff Beck: You Had It Coming
282. Jefferson Airplane: Crown Of Creation
283. Jefferson Airplane: Bless Its Pointed Little Head
284. Jethro Tull: Benefit
285. Jethro Tull: Warchild
286. Jethro Tull: Songs From The Wood
287. Jethro Tull: Nightcap
288. Jethro Tull: Living With The Past
289. Jimi Hendrix: Live At Monterey Pop Festival
290. Jimi Hendrix: Live At The Fillmore East
291. Jimi Hendrix: Isle Of Wight
292. Jimi Hendrix: First Rays Of The New Rising Sun
293. John Cale: Helen Of Troy
294. John Entwistle: Rigor Mortis Sets In
295. John Fogerty: John Fogerty
296. John Fogerty: Centerfield
297. John Fogerty: Blue Moon Swamp
298. John Fogerty: Deja Vu All Over Again
299. John Lennon: Sometime In New York City
300. John Lennon: Milk And Honey
301. Justin Hayward & John Lodge: Blue Jays
302. Justin Hayward: The View From The Hill
303. Keith Richards: Talk Is Cheap
304. King Crimson: USA
305. King Crimson: THRAK
306. King Crimson: The ConstruKction Of Light
307. King Crimson: The Power To Believe
308. Kinks: The Kink Kontroversy
309. Kinks: Live At Kelvin Hall
310. Kinks: Percy
311. Kinks: Preservation Act II
312. Kinks: Soap Opera
313. Kinks: Misfits
314. Kinks: Think Visual
315. Klaatu: Hope
316. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin III
317. Led Zeppelin: Houses Of The Holy
318. Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti
319. Left Banke: The Left Banke Too
320. Leslie West: Mountain
321. Lou Reed: Berlin
322. Lou Reed: Rock'n'Roll Animal
323. Lou Reed & John Cale: Songs For Drella
324. Love: Love
325. Lovin' Spoonful: Daydream
326. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Nuthin' Fancy
327. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Freebird: The Movie
328. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Street Survivors
329. Mamas & Papas: The Papas & The Mamas
330. Manfred Mann: As Is
331. Manfred Mann: Up The Junction
332. Marc Bolan: The Beginning Of Doves
333. Mariah Carey: Mariah Carey
334. MC5: Kick Out The Jams
335. MC5: High Time
336. Mick Jagger: She's The Boss
337. Mick Taylor: Mick Taylor
338. Monkees: More Of The Monkees
339. Monkees: The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees
340. Moody Blues: Magnificent Moodies
341. Moody Blues: In Search Of The Lost Chord
342. Moody Blues: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
343. Moody Blues: Long Distance Voyager
344. Moody Blues: A Night At Red Rocks
345. Moody Blues: Strange Times
346. Mott The Hoople: Brain Capers
347. Mott The Hoople: All The Young Dudes
348. Nazz: Nazz
349. Neil Young: Neil Young
350. Neil Young: Zuma
351. Neil Young: Freedom
352. Neil Young: Mirror Ball
353. New York Dolls: Too Much Too Soon
354. Neil Young: American Stars'n'Bars
355. Nick Cave: From Her To Eternity
356. Nick Cave: Nocturama
357. Nick Drake: Pink Moon
358. Nico: Desertshore
359. Patti Smith: Dream Of Life
360. Patti Smith: Gung Ho
361. Paul McCartney: McCartney II
362. Paul McCartney: Flowers In The Dirt
363. Paul McCartney: Unplugged
364. Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel
365. Peter Gabriel: Birdy
366. Peter Gabriel: Passion
367. Peter Gabriel: Long Walk Home
368. Pete Townshend: White City
369. Pete Townshend: Live
370. Phil Manzanera: Diamond Head
371. Pink Floyd: A Saucerful Of Secrets
372. Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother
373. Pink Floyd: Delicate Sound Of Thunder
374. Premiata Forneria Marconi: The World Became The World
375. Premiata Forneria Marconi: Cook
376. Procol Harum: Live In Concert With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
377. Procol Harum: Procol's Ninth
378. Procol Harum: Pandora's Box
379. Procol Harum: The Well's On Fire
380. Queen: Queen II
381. Queen: Sheer Heart Attack
382. Queen: Live Killers
383. Quicksilver Messenger Service: Quicksilver Messenger Service
384. Radiohead: Pablo Honey
385. Ramones: Pleasant Dreams
386. Ramones: Subterranean Jungle
387. Ramones: Animal Boy
388. Ramones: Halfway To Sanity
389. Ramones: Loco Live
390. Ramones: We're Outta Here!
391. Ray Davies: The Storyteller
392. Renaissance: Renaissance
393. Renaissance: Tuscany
394. Residents: The Commercial Album
395. Residents: Mark Of The Mole
396. Ringo Starr: Goodnight Vienna
397. Ringo Starr: Ringo's Rotogravure
398. Ringo Starr: Vertical Man
399. Ringo Starr: Choose Love
400. Robert Plant: Now And Zen
401. Robin Trower: Live
402. Robin Trower: In City Dreams
403. Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells A Story
404. Rod Stewart: Blondes Have More Fun
405. Roger Daltrey: One Of The Boys
406. Roger Daltrey: Under A Raging Moon
407. Roger McGuinn: Roger McGuinn
408. Roger McGuinn: Cardiff Rose
409. Roger Waters: Amused To Death
410. Rolling Stones: December's Children (And Everybody's)
411. Rolling Stones: Got Live If You Want It
412. Rolling Stones: Still Life
413. Rolling Stones: Undercover
414. Rolling Stones: Rarities 1971-2003
415. Ron Wood: Slide On Live
416. Rory Gallagher: Rory Gallagher
417. Roy Wood & Wizzard: Main Street
418. Santana: Santana
419. Searchers: Sugar And Spice
420. Searchers: Take Me For What I'm Worth
421. Simon & Garfunkel: Wednesday Morning 3AM
422. Small Faces: Small Faces
423. Soft Machine: Third
424. Soft Machine: Bundles
425. Sonic Youth: Confusion Is Sex
426. Spirit: The Family That Plays Together
427. Spooky Tooth: The Last Puff
428. Spooky Tooth: Witness
429. Steamhammer: Steamhammer
430. Steely Dan: Gaucho
431. Steely Dan: Two Against Nature
432. Steely Dan: Everything Must Go
433. Stephen Stills: Stephen Stills
434. Steppenwolf: The Second
435. Steve Hackett: Please Don't Touch
436. Steve Hackett: Highly Strung
437. Steve Hackett: Bay Of Kings
438. Steve Hackett: Momentum
439. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel: Timeless Flight
440. Steve Harley: Hobo With A Grin
441. Steve Harley: The Candidate
442. Stevie Wonder: Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants
443. Stone The Crows: Stone The Crows
444. Stone The Crows: Ontinuous Performance
445. Stooges: The Stooges
446. Strawbs: Dragonfly
447. Sugarcubes: Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week
448. Swans: Filth
449. Swans: Body To Body, Job To Job
450. Talking Heads: True Stories
451. Taste: Taste
452. Ten Years After: Ten Years After
453. Ten Years After: Cricklewood Green
454. Thin Lizzy: Thin Lizzy
455. Thin Lizzy: Johnny The Fox
456. Thin Lizzy: Black Rose
457. Thin Lizzy: Thunder And Lightning
458. Tin Machine: Tin Machine
459. Tin Machine: Tin Machine II
460. Tom Waits: The Early Years Vol. 1
461. Tom Waits: The Early Years Vol. 2
462. Tom Waits: Nighthawks At The Diner
463. Traffic: Welcome To The Canteen
464. Troggs: From Nowhere
465. T. Rex: The Slider
466. T. Rex: Futuristic Dragon
467. U2: Under A Blood Red Sky
468. Van Der Graaf Generator: Godbluff
469. Van Der Graaf Generator: Still Life
470. Velvet Underground: White Light/White Heat
471. Velvet Underground: VU
472. Who: Who's Last
473. Wizzard: Wizzard Brew
474. Yardbirds: Little Games
475. Yes: Yes
476. Yes: Time And A Word
477. Yes: Drama
478. Yes: 90125
479. Yes: Talk
480. Yes: Keys To Ascension
481. Yes: Magnification
482. Zombies: Begin Here
483. Zombies: As Far As I Can See

This is where you should feel free to stop forking out your money if you're not a hardcore fan. It's the first group of records that find their way onto my CD player maybe once in a couple of months. The amount of filler is at a very dangerous level, so that the good sections do not always compensate. This group even includes low points for the 5-star bands (the Stones, the Who); what can be said about bands of lesser stature? Lengthy uninspired jams, disco perversions, failed experiments with song structure, straightforward dumb lyrics and modern production 'values' all infest these records, which are often only saved by the bell with some decent songwriting and good performances. Or it can be vice versa - with none of the evils listed above, but with utterly derivative and routine songwriting. Still, repeated listenings may help you digest this, and, after all, this is only the beginning of the 'bad' section.

1. 10cc: Meanwhile
2. 10cc: Mirror Mirror
3. ABBA: Voulez-Vous
4. AC/DC: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
5. AC/DC: Ballbreaker
6. Adrian Belew: The Acoustic Adrian Belew
7. Aerosmith: Aerosmith
8. Allman Brothers Band: Shades Of Two Worlds
9. Amon Düül II: Carnival In Babylon
10. ABWH: Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe
11. Angra: Fireworks
12. Animals: The Twain Shall Meet
13. Animals: Every One Of Us
14. Argent: In Deep
15. Art Of Noise: In No Sense? Nonsense!
16. Ash Ra Tempel: Join Inn
17. Ash Ra Tempel: Starring Rosi
18. Atomic Rooster: In Hearing Of
19. Autechre: Confield
20. Badfinger: Ass
21. Badfinger: Airwaves
22. Beach Boys: Surfin' Safari
23. Beach Boys: Surfer Girl
24. Beach Boys: Smiley Smile
25. Beach Boys: Stack-O-Tracks
26. Beach Boys: 15 Big Ones
27. Beach Boys: M.I.U. Album
28. Beach Boys: L.A. (Light Album)
29. Beatles: Anthology-II +
30. Bee Gees: To Whom It May Concern
31. Bill Wyman: Groovin'
32. Black Sabbath: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
33. Black Sabbath: Technical Ecstasy
34. Black Sabbath: The Eternal Idol
35. Blondie: The Hunter
36. Blood, Sweat & Tears: 3
37. Bloodrock: Bloodrock 2
38. Bloomfield-Kooper-Stills: Super Session
39. Blue Cheer: New! Improved!
40. Blur: Think Tank
41. Bob Dylan: The Times They Are A-Changin'
42. Bob Dylan: Down In The Groove
43. Bob Marley: Survival
44. Brian Eno: Ambient 1: Music For Airports
45. Bruce Springsteen: Born To Run
46. Bruce Springsteen: Born In The USA
47. Bruce Springsteen: Lucky Town
48. Bruce Springsteen: MTV Plugged
49. Budgie: If I Were Brittania I'd Waive The Rules
50. Budgie: Impeckable
51. Budgie: Nightflight
52. Byrds: Dr Byrds And Mr Hyde
53. Can: Monster Movie
54. Can: Unlimited Edition
55. Can: Out Of Reach
56. Can: Can
57. Captain Beefheart: Unconditionally Guaranteed
58. Caravan: All Over You
59. Carl Wilson: Carl Wilson
60. Cheap Trick: Lap Of Luxury
61. Chemical Brothers: Surrender
62. Cocteau Twins/Harold Budd: The Moon And The Melodies
63. Cocteau Twins: Four-Calendar Cafe
64. Country Joe & The Fish: Here We Go Again
65. Cream: Live Cream
66. Cure: Seventeen Seconds
67. Cure: The Cure
68. Curved Air: Airborne
69. Dave Clark Five: Coast To Coast
70. Dave Clark Five: Having A Wild Weekend
71. Dave Clark Five: Try Too Hard
72. Dave Davies: AFLI-3603
73. David Bowie: Early On
74. David Bowie: The Man Who Sold The World
75. David Bowie: Pin Ups
76. David Bowie: Young Americans
77. David Bowie: Let's Dance
78. David Bowie: Hours
79. Dead Can Dance: Dead Can Dance
80. Deep Purple: The Book Of Taliesyn
81. Deep Purple: Gemini Suite
82. Deep Purple: Live In London
83. Deep Purple: Made In Europe
84. Deep Purple: Come Hell Or High Water
85. Dire Straits: On The Night
86. Dirty Strangers: Dirty Strangers
87. Doors: Other Voices
88. Doors: Full Circle
89. Eagles: Desperado
90. Electric Light Orchestra: E.L.O. II
91. Electric Light Orchestra: Balance Of Power
92. Eloy: Eloy
93. Eloy: Inside
94. Elton John: A Single Man
95. Elton John: The Fox
96. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Works Vol. 1
97. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Love Beach
98. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: In The Hot Seat
99. Eno/Moebius/Roedelius: Cluster & Eno
100. Eric Burdon & WAR: Love Is All Around
101. Eric Clapton: No Reason To Cry
102. Eric Clapton: Money And Cigarettes
103. Eric Clapton & B. B. King: Riding With The King
104. Eric Clapton: Reptile
105. Faith No More: We Care A Lot
106. Faust: Faust
107. Flaming Lips: Oh My Gawd!!!
108. Fleetwood Mac: Shrine '69
109. Fleetwood Mac: The Original Fleetwood Mac
110. Fleetwood Mac: Penguin
111. Fleetwood Mac: Tango In The Night
112. Focus: Live At The Rainbow
113. Foreigner: Foreigner
114. Frank Zappa: Weasels Ripped My Flesh
115. Frank Zappa: The Man From Utopia
116. Frank Zappa: Make A Jazz Noise Here
117. Free: Fire And Water
118. Fruupp: Future Legends
119. Gary Moore: Corridors Of Power
120. Genesis: And Then There Were Three
121. Genesis: Duke
122. Genesis: Invisible Touch
123. Gentle Giant: The Power And The Glory
124. Gentle Giant: Live Rome 1974
125. Gentle Giant: The Missing Piece
126. Gentle Giant: Under Construction
127. George Harrison: George Harrison
128. George Harrison: Somewhere In England
129. Gong: Continental Circus
130. Gong: Shamal
131. Grand Funk Railroad: On Time
132. Grand Funk Railroad: E Pluribus Funk
133. Grand Funk: Grand Funk Lives
134. Grateful Dead: Grateful Dead
135. Grateful Dead: History Of The Grateful Dead Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice)
136. Grateful Dead: From The Mars Hotel
137. Grateful Dead: Terrapin Station
138. Grateful Dead: Shakedown Street
139. Grateful Dead: Dead Set
140. Gravy Train: Staircase To The Day
141. Gryphon: Midnight Mushrumps
142. Heart: Magazine
143. High Tide: High Tide
144. Hollies: Stay With The Hollies
145. Hollies: Another Night
146. Illusion: Illusion
147. Iron Butterfly: Ball
148. Iron Butterfly: Metamorphosis
149. J. J. Cale: # 8
150. J. J. Cale: Travel-Log
151. J. J. Cale: Guitar Man
152. Jack Bruce: Things We Like
153. Jam: This Is The Modern World
154. Jeff Beck: There And Back
155. Jefferson Airplane: Bark
156. Jefferson Airplane: Long John Silver
157. Jethro Tull: A Passion Play
158. Jethro Tull: Catfish Rising
159. Jimi Hendrix: Band Of Gypsys
160. John Cale: The Academy In Peril
161. John Fogerty: Premonition
162. John Lennon: Menlove Ave.
163. Judas Priest: Rocka Rolla
164. Justin Hayward: Songwriter
165. Justin Hayward: Classic Blue
166. Kansas: Kansas
167. Keith Moon: Two Sides Of The Moon
168. Keith Richards: Main Offender
169. King Crimson: Islands
170. King Crimson: The Night Watch
171. King Crimson: VROOOM
172. King Crimson: Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With
173. Kinks: Give The People What They Want
174. Kinks: Word Of Mouth
175. Kinks: Live: The Road
176. Kinks: UK Jive
177. KISS: KISS
178. Led Zeppelin: In Through The Out Door
179. Lou Reed: Perfect Night Live In London
180. Love: Da Capo
181. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Second Helping
182. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Gimme Back My Bullets
183. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Southern By The Grace Of God
184. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Endangered Species
185. Manfred Mann: Mann Made
186. Mark Farner Band: Mark Farner
187. Monkees: Live 1967
188. Monkees: Changes
189. Moody Blues: Octave
190. Moody Blues: The Other Side Of Life
191. Mott The Hoople: Mott The Hoople
192. National Health: Of Queues And Cures
193. Nazz: Nazz Nazz
194. Neil Young: Comes A Time
195. Neil Young: This Note's For You
196. Neil Young: Broken Arrow
197. Neil Young: Silver & Gold
198. Nice: Five Bridges
199. Nick Cave: Ghosts... Of The Civil Dead
200. Paramounts: Whiter Shades Of R'n'B
201. Patti Smith: Gone Again
202. Paul McCartney: Give My Regards To Broad Street
203. Paul McCartney: Back In USSR
204. Paul McCartney: Tripping The Live Fantastic
205. Paul McCartney: Run Devil Run
206. Paul McCartney: Working Classical
207. Peter Gabriel: So
208. Pink Floyd: Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live
209. Pink Floyd: The Final Cut
210. Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
211. Pink Floyd: The Division Bell
212. Premiata Forneria Marconi: Chocolate Kings
213. Premiata Forneria Marconi: Jet Lag
214. Pretty Things: The Pretty Things
215. Procol Harum: Something Magic
216. Procol Harum: The Long Goodbye
217. Queen: At The BBC
218. Queen: News Of The World
219. Queen: Hot Space
220. Ramones: Brain Drain
221. Ramones: Acid Eaters
222. Ramones: Adios Amigos!
223. Ray Davies: Return To Waterloo
224. Renaissance: A Song For All Seasons
225. Renaissance: Camera Camera
226. Replacements: Sorry Ma Forgot To Take Out The Trash
227. Ringo Starr: Old Wave
228. Ringo Starr: VH1 Storytellers
229. Robert Plant: Pictures At Eleven
230. Robert Plant: Shaken 'N' Stirred
231. Robin Trower: For Earth Below
232. Robin Trower: Caravan To Midnight
233. Robin Trower: Victims Of The Fury
234. Rod Stewart: Atlantic Crossing
235. Rod Stewart: Foot Loose & Fancy Free
236. Rod Stewart: A Spanner In The Works
237. Roger Daltrey: Ride A Rock Horse
238. Roger McGuinn: Peace On You
239. Roger McGuinn: Thunderbyrd
240. Roger Waters: The Pros And Cons Of Hitch-Hiking
241. Rolling Stones: Emotional Rescue
242. Roxy Music: Viva!
243. Roxy Music: Flesh + Blood
244. Searchers: Meet The Searchers
245. Searchers: Sounds Like Searchers
246. Seatrain: Marblehead Messenger
247. Sinead O'Connor: Am I Not Your Girl?
248. Soft Machine: Six
249. Soft Machine: Seven
250. Soft Machine: Softs
251. Spooky Tooth: Ceremony
252. Spooky Tooth: You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw
253. Steely Dan: The Royal Scam
254. Steve Hackett: Cured
255. Steve Harley & Cokney Rebel: Face To Face
256. Sugarcubes: Stick Around For Joy
257. Syd Barrett: Barrett
258. Syd Barrett: The Radio One Sessions
259. Taste: Live Taste
260. Ten Years After: Watt
261. Ten Years After: About Time
262. Thin Lizzy: Fighting
263. Thin Lizzy: Bad Reputation
264. Thin Lizzy: Renegade
265. Tin Machine: Oy Vey Baby
266. Todd Rundgren: Faithful
267. Tom Waits: Foreign Affairs
268. Traffic: Last Exit
269. Traffic: The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
270. Traveling Wilburys: Vol. 3
271. Troggs: Cellophane
272. Tyrannosaurus Rex: Prophets, Seers & Sages - The Angels Of The Ages
273. T. Rex: Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow
274. Van Der Graaf Generator: The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
275. Who: It's Hard
276. Yes: Keys To Ascension 2
277. Yes: Open Your Eyes

This is the 'really close to bad' album. The songs are for the most part totally insipid, sometimes even atrocious. Only a real diehard could enjoy such a record in its entirety. However, even fans often have to admit that these records do not make them proud of their idols. What usually saves them from being a total disaster is a) a decent level of performance, musicianship and production and b) a couple of gems that seem to have gotten on here almost by accident. But there they are, and help to save the record from facing the depths of humiliation.

1. 10CC: Look Hear?
2. AC/DC: High Voltage
3. AC/DC: For Those About To Rock We Salute You
4. Accept: Predator
5. Alice Cooper: Raise Your Fist And Yell
6. Alice Cooper: Trash
7. Allman Brothers Band: Seven Turns
8. Allman Brothers Band: Where It All Begins
9. Amon Düül II: Pyragony X
10. Asia: Astra
11. Atomic Rooster: Nice 'n' Greasy
12. Badfinger: Magic Christian Music
13. Bangles: Everything
14. Beach Boys: Surfin' USA
15. Beach Boys: Little Deuce Coupe
16. Beach Boys: Party!
17. Beach Boys: The Beach Boys
18. Bill Wyman: Struttin' Our Stuff
19. Black Sabbath: Heaven And Hell
20. Black Sabbath: Mob Rules
21. Bloodrock: Passage
22. Boston: Don't Look Back
23. Boston: Third Stage
24. Bruce Springsteen: Human Touch
25. Budgie: Power Supply
26. Can: Saw Delight
27. Carpenters: Ticket To Ride
28. Christine McVie: Christine McVie
29. Coil: Transparent
30. Country Joe & The Fish: I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die
31. Country Joe & The Fish: C. J. Fish
32. Dave Clark Five: Return
33. David Bowie: Tonight
34. David Bowie: Never Let Me Down
35. David Bowie: Earthling
36. Deep Purple: Concerto For Group And Orchestra
37. Deep Purple: Burn
38. Deep Purple: Stormbringer
39. Deep Purple: California Jamming
40. Deep Purple: Slaves And Masters
41. Electric Light Orchestra: Xanadu
42. Electric Light Orchestra: Secret Messages
43. Electric Prunes: Mass In F Minor
44. Eloy: Power And The Passion
45. Elton John: Blue Moves
46. Frank Zappa: The Grand Wazoo
47. Frank Zappa: Sleep Dirt
48. Frank Zappa: Orchestral Favorites
49. Frank Zappa: Tinseltown Rebellion
50. Frank Zappa: The Perfect Stranger
51. Frank Zappa: Thing-Fish
52. Fruupp: Modern Masquerades
53. Gary Brooker: Echoes In The Night
54. George Harrison: Wonderwall Music
55. Grand Funk Railroad: Closer To Home
56. Grand Funk Railroad: Phoenix
57. Grand Funk Railroad: Bosnia
58. Grateful Dead: Anthem Of The Sun
59. Grateful Dead: Aoxomoxoa
60. Grateful Dead: Go To Heaven
61. Gravy Train: Second Birth
62. Henry Cow: Legend
63. Jack Bruce: Somethin Els
64. James Gang: Thirds
65. James Gang: Miami
66. Jeff Beck: With The Jan Hammer Group Live
67. Jeff Beck: Crazy Legs
68. Jeff Beck: Who Else!
69. Jefferson Airplane: After Bathing At Baxter's
70. Jethro Tull: Minstrel In The Gallery
71. Jethro Tull: A
72. John Lennon: Live Peace In Toronto 1969
73. Justin Hayward: Night Flight
74. King Crimson: Lizard
75. King Crimson: Starless And Bible Black
76. Kinks: Kinks
77. Kinks: Preservation Act I
78. Led Zeppelin: Presence
79. Lou Reed: Growing Up In Public
80. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Twenty
81. Mamas & Papas: People Like Us
82. Mick Jagger: Goddess In The Doorway
83. Monkees: The Monkees Present
84. Moody Blues: Keys Of The Kingdom
85. Mott The Hoople: Wildlife
86. Mountain: Twin Peaks
87. Mountain: Man's World
88. Neil Young: Harvest
89. Neil Young: Landing On Water
90. Neil Young: Year Of The Horse
91. New York Dolls: Live In NYC - Red Patent Leather
92. Nice: Nice
93. Nice: Elegy
94. Paul McCartney: Paul Is Live
95. Paul McCartney: Flaming Pie
96. Paul McCartney: Back In The U.S.
97. Pere Ubu: Pennsylvania
98. Phil Collins: Face Value
99. Phil Collins: Hello I Must Be Going
100. Procol Harum: The Prodigal Stranger
101. Ramones: Greatest Hits Live
102. Renaissance: Azure D'Or
103. Renaissance: Time-Line
104. Ringo Starr: Beaucoups Of Blues
105. Ringo Starr: Ringo The 4th
106. Ringo Starr: Time Takes Time
107. Robert Plant: The Principle Of Moments
108. Rod Stewart: Smiler
109. Rod Stewart: A Night On The Town
110. Rod Stewart: Vagabond Heart
111. Rod Stewart: When We Were The New Boys
112. Roger McGuinn: Roger McGuinn And His Band
113. Roger Waters: Radio K.A.O.S
114. Rolling Stones: Dirty Work
115. Soft Machine: Fifth
116. Soft Machine: Alive And Well - Recorded In Paris
117. Soft Machine: Land Of Cockayne
118. Steamhammer: Speech
119. Steppenwolf: At Your Birthday Party
120. T. Rex: Bolan's Zip Gun
121. Ten Years After: Alvin Lee & Company
122. Ten Years After: Rock & Roll Music To The World
123. Thin Lizzy: Shades Of A Blue Orphanage
124. Thin Lizzy: Nightlife
125. Traffic: Mr Fantasy
126. Traffic: When The Eagle Flies
127. Troggs: Trogglodynamite
128. Van Der Graaf Generator: Pawn Hearts
129. Van Der Graaf: The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome
130. Yes: Tales From Topographic Oceans
131. Yes: Tormato
132. Yes: Big Generator

The only thing that redeems this kind of records is one or two really catchy numbers that manage to get it to your head so that if you're in a good mood you can even associate the whole album with these ditties. For the most part, these albums are 'failed experiments', with a band trying out an idea or a style that isn't too familiar to them and relinquishing it soon afterwards (A, Stonedhenge). Or it's a band in its final stage of falling apart (The Visitors). Or something like that. Buyer beware.

1. Accept: Eat The Heat
2. Adrian Belew: Desire Caught By The Tail
3. Bill Wyman: Stone Alone
4. Bill Wyman: Anyway The Wind Blows
5. Black Sabbath: Dehumanizer
6. Black Sabbath: Cross Purposes
7. Black Sabbath: Forbidden
8. Bloodrock: Whirlwind Tongues
9. Bruce Springsteen: Tunnel Of Love
10. Budgie: Deliver Us From Evil
11. Carl Wilson: Youngblood
12. Coil: Unnatural History
13. David Bowie: David Live
14. David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise
15. Deep Purple: Who Do We Think We Are
16. Deep Purple: Come Taste The Band
17. Deep Purple: Last Concert In Japan
18. Deep Purple: Perfect Strangers
19. Deep Purple: The Battle Rages On
20. Doors: An American Prayer
21. Electric Light Orchestra: Part Two
22. Eloy: Floating
23. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Black Moon
24. Eric Clapton: Behind The Sun
25. Fleetwood Mac: (Peter Green's) Fleetwood Mac
26. Fleetwood Mac: Future Games
27. Fleetwood Mac: Heroes Are Hard To Find
28. Frank Zappa: Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention
29. Frank Zappa: The Yellow Shark
30. Genesis: Wind And Wuthering
31. Genesis: We Can't Dance
32. Grateful Dead: Built To Last
33. Hawkwind: Hawkwind
34. High Tide: A Fierce Nature
35. Hollies: Romany
36. Humble Pie: As Safe As Yesterday Is
37. Jagger/Wyman/Watts/Cooder/Hopkins: Jamming With Edward
38. Jeff Beck: Rough And Ready
39. Jethro Tull: Roots To Branches
40. Manfred Mann: The Five Faces Of Manfred Mann
41. Monkees: Instant Replay
42. Paul McCartney: Pipes Of Peace
43. Pete Townshend: The Iron Man
44. Phil Collins: No Jacket Required
45. Queen: Flash Gordon
46. Quicksilver Messenger Service: Happy Trails
47. Ringo Starr: Bad Boy
48. Rod Stewart: Out Of Order
49. Roger Daltrey: Daltrey
50. Rolling Stones: Rock And Roll Circus
51. Roxy Music: Manifesto
52. Steve Hackett: Feedback '86
53. Ten Years After: Stonedhenge
54. Ten Years After: Positive Vibrations
55. Traffic: Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
56. Van Der Graaf: Vital

This ain't bad, it's 'urrible, plain and simple. Usually more 'failed experiments', but with even worse results: electronic monsters (Under Wraps, Press To Play), gospel hogwash (Saved), lame country-western (Mardi Gras) and heavy metal (Rock Island) imitations. Or, as usual, a band just coming in (Waterloo, Mr Wonderful) or going out (Positive Vibrations, Roots To Branches). Anyway, only a scholar or a systematic completist needs any of these records. I'm surprised they're still around and available on CD. Any artist should be ashamed of this tripe.

1. 10cc: Ten Out Of Ten
2. 10cc: Windows In The Jungle
3. ABBA: Ring Ring
4. ABBA: Waterloo
5. Alice Cooper: Constrictor
6. Angra: Rebirth
7. Art Of Noise: The Seduction Of Claude Debussy
8. Beach Boys: Keepin' The Summer Alive
9. Bee Gees: Life In A Tin Can
10. Bee Gees: Spirits Having Flown
11. Black Sabbath: Never Say Die
12. Black Sabbath: Born Again
13. Black Sabbath: Headless Cross
14. Black Sabbath: Tyr
15. Bob Dylan: Saved
16. Bruce Springsteen: The Ghost Of Tom Joad
17. Clash: Cut The Crap
18. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Mardi Gras
19. Electric Light Orchestra Part Two: Moment Of Truth
20. Elton John: Victim Of Love
21. Eric Clapton: August
22. Fleetwood Mac: Live At The Marquee
23. Fleetwood Mac: Mr Wonderful
24. Fleetwood Mac: Time
25. Free: Highway
26. Free: Free At Last
27. Gentle Giant: Interview
28. Grand Funk Railroad: Survival
29. Grand Funk: What's Funk?
30. Hole: Pretty On The Inside
31. Jeff Beck: Flash
32. Jefferson Airplane: Volunteers
33. Jethro Tull: Under Wraps
34. Jethro Tull: Crest Of A Knave
35. Jethro Tull: Rock Island
36. John Fogerty: Eye Of The Zombie
37. King Crimson: Earthbound
38. Kinks: Phobia
39. Led Zeppelin: Coda
40. Moody Blues: Sur La Mer
41. Mr Bungle: The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny
42. Paul McCartney: Press To Play
43. Pete Townshend: Psychoderelict
44. Renaissance: Songs From Renaissance Days
45. Ringo Starr: Sentimental Journey
46. Rod Stewart: Foolish Behaviour
47. Rod Stewart: Tonight I'm Yours
48. Rod Stewart: Every Beat Of My Heart
49. Soft Machine: Fourth
50. Steve Hackett: Genesis Revisited
51. Syd Barrett: Opel
52. Traffic: Far From Home
53. Yes: Union

It's hard to imagine anything worse than the previous group of records, but I've reserved this section for the 'etalonic monstruous records'. If you can afford a little joke now and then, buy these (there's but eight currently) just to find out what a truly hideous record really is (of course, there's a lot of lesser bands with even worse records, but I'm speaking here of hideous records made by notorious bands/artists, which makes it all the more exciting). I won't diss these records here; you might find out the true reasons of their disgrace in the actual review pages, just by clicking on the album title. See ya.

1. Black Sabbath: Seventh Star
2. Coil: Angelic Conversation
3. Eric Burdon & The Animals: Winds Of Change
4. Eric Clapton: Pilgrim
5. Genesis: Calling All Stations
6. King Crimson: THRaKaTTaK
7. Rod Stewart: Body Wishes
8. Rod Stewart: Camouflage (the only current album with a rating of three! Check it out, it's amazing!!!)
9. Roy Wood: Starting Up

A few records that I have reviewed which are not necessarily 'horrendous' but cannot be rated according to "regular" criteria. Noise, avantgarde art, radical experimentation beyond the limits of "ordinary" conscience, anything like that. Proceed at your own risk.

1. Adrian Belew: The Guitar As Orchestra
2. Bjork: Medulla
3. Brian Eno: Thursday Afternoon
4. Brian Eno: Neroli
5. Frank Zappa: Lumpy Gravy
6. Fripp/Eno: No Pussyfooting
7. George Harrison: Electronic Sound
8. John Lennon: Wedding Album
9. Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music
10. Neil Young: Dead Man
11. Nick Cave: The Secret Life Of The Love Song
12. Residents: Eskimo