My album rating thread

[METALMAN]

I'll rate every album on my iPod for now rather than every album on my computer or I'd be here all night. Even though this is utterly pointless.

A.F.I. - Decemberunderground - 5/10

Absynthe Minded - Acquired Taste - 7/10

Absynthe Minded - New Day - 8/10

Absynthe Minded - There Is Nothing - 6/10

Adam Green - Gemstones - 9/10

Adam Green - Jacket Full of Danger - 8/10

Adam Green - Sixes and Sevens - 8/10

Albert Hammond Jr. - Como Te Llama? - 8/10

Albert Hammond Jr. - Yours To Keep - 6/10

Alexisonfire - Crisis - 6/10

Alphabeat - This Is Alphabeat - 7/10

Andrew Jackson Jihad - Candy Cigarettes and Cap Guns - 7/10

Angels and Airwaves - We Don't Need To Whisper - 6/10

Anthony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now - 7/10

Arab Strap - Elephant Shoe - 8/10

Arcade Fire - Funeral - 9/10

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible - 8/10

Arcade Fire - The Arcade Fire EP - 6/10

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare - 8/10

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I Am Not - 8/10

Babyshambles - The Blidnding EP - 9/10

Babyshambles - Down In Albion - 9/10

Babyshambles - Shotters Nation - 8/10

Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet - 6/10

The Beach Boys - The Very Best of... - 8/10

The Beatles - Abbey Road - 9/10

The Beatles - The Beatles 1 - 10/10

The Beatles - The White Album - 8/10

The Beatles - Beatles For Sale - 6/10

The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night - 7/10

The Beatles - Help! - 9/10

The Beatles - Let It Be - 7/10

The Beatles - Love - 9/10

The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour - 6/10

The Beatles - Please Please Me - 8/10

The Beatles - Revolver - 10/10

The Beatles - Rubber Soul - 10/10

The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 8/10

The Beatles - With The Beatles - 9/10

The Beatles - Yellow Submarine - 8/10

Beck - Sea Change - 6/10

Beirut - Gulag Orkestar - 7/10

Beirut - The Flying Club Cup - 8/10

Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap - 8/10

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress - 10/10

Belle & Sebastian - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant - 7/10

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - 9/10

Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit - 7/10

Belle & Sebastian - Push Barman To Open Old Wounds - 10/10

Belle & Sebastian - Storytelling - 6/10

Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk - 9/10

Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs - 9/10

Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman - 7/10

Ben Folds - Way To Normal - 8/10

Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five - 10/10

Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorised Biography of Reinhold Messner - 7/10

Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen - 7/10

Biffy Clyro - Puzzle - 7/10

Biffy Clyro - The Vertigo of Bliss - 8/10

Billy Talent - Billy Talent II - 8/10

The Black Keys - Attack & Release - 5/10

Black Kids - Partie Traumatic - 8/10

Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 7/10

blink-182 - blink-182 - 8/10

blink-182 - Dude Ranch - 7/10

blink-182 - Enema of the State - 8/10

blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket - 6/10

Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City - 8/10

Bloc Party - Another Weekend In The City - 6/10

Bloc Party - Intimacy - 5/10

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm - 9/10

Blood Red Shoes - Box of Secrets - 5/10

Blur - Greatest Hits - 8/10

Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish - 8/10

Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde - 8/10

Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks - 10/10

Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home - 9/10

Bob Dylan - The Essential... - 10/10

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited - 10/10

Box Car Racer - Box Car Racer - 7/10

Bright Eyes - Cassadaga - 9/10

Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors - 8/10

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning - 8/10

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People - 10/10

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club - 7/10

The Cars - The Cars - 8/10

The Clash - London Calling - 9/10

The Clash - The Singles - 8/10

Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo... - 7/10

Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth - 9/10

Coheed and Cambria - No World For Tomorrow - 6/10

Coheed and Cambria - TSSTB - 7/10

Coldplay - Parachutes - 6/10

Coldplay - A Rush of Blood To The Head - 4/10

Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends - 7/10

Coldplay - X&Y - 5/10

Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst - 8/10

The Cooper Temple Clause - Make This Your Own - 7/10

Cream - Ultimate Cream - 9/10

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River - 8/10

The Cribs - The Cribs - 7/10

The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever - 9/10

The Cribs - The New Fellas - 8/10

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Deja Vu - 8/10

Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles - 7/10

The Cure - Concert: The Cure Live - 8/10

The Cure - The Cure - 5/10

The Cure - Disintegration - 7/10

The Cure - Greatest Hits - 8/10

Daft Punk - Alive 2007 - 7/10

Daft Punk - Musique 1993-2005 - 7/10

Damien Rice - O - 7/10

Damien Rice - 9 - 7/10

Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Angles - 8/10

David Bowie - Changesbowie - 9/10

David Bowie - Hunky Dory - 8/10

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall Of... - 9/10

Deacon Blue - Greatest Hits - 9/10 (purely for featuring Dignity - best song ever and Real Gone Kid - 2nd best song ever)

Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs - 9/10

Death Cab For Cutie - The Photo Album - 8/10

Death Cab For Cutie - Plans - 7/10

Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism - 10/10

Death Cab For Cutie - We Have The Facts & We're Voting Yes - 8/10

Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine - 7/10

The Decemberists - The Crane Wife - 10/10

Dirty Pretty Things - Waterloo To Anywhere - 8/10

Dirty Pretty Things - Romance At Short Notice - 4/10

The Doors - The Best of... - 9/10

The Doors - The Doors - 8/10

Echo & The Bunnymen - The Platinum Collection - 7/10

Ed Harcourt - Strangers - 9/10

Editors - The Back Room - 7/10

Elbow - Asleep In The Back - 8/10

Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid - 7/10

Elliott Smith - Either/Or - 9/10

Elliott Smith - Figure 8 - 9/10

Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - Knives Don't Have Your Back - 7/10

The Enemy - We'll Live And Die In These Townes - 7/10

Enter Shikari - Take To The Skies - 7/10

The Faces - The Best of... - 8/10

Feeder - Pushing The Senses - 6/10

Feeder - Come Back Around - 6/10

Foals - Antidotes - 6/10

Foo Fighters - One By One - 7/10

The Format - Dog Problems - 7/10

Frank Zappa - The Best of... - 9/10

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand - 7/10

Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better - 6/10

The Fratellis - Costello Music - 7 /10

Funeral For A Friend - Casually... - 9/10

Funeral For A Friend - Hours - 8/10

Funeral For A Friend - Tales Don't... - 7/10

The Futureheads - The Futureheads - 7/10

The Futureheads - News And Tributes - 9/10

The Futureheads - This Is Not The World - 7/10

The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound - 9/10

The Gaslight Anthem - Sink Or Swim - 8/10

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass - 7/10

Glasvegas - Glasvegas - 4/10

Gomez - In Our Gun - 5/10

Good Shoes - Think Before You Speak - 7/10

Graham Coxon - Love Travels At Illegal Speeds - 7/10

Green Day - Dookie - 5/10

Guillemots - Through The Windowpane - 8/10

Guns n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction - 7/10

The Hives - Your New Favourite Band - 6/10

Hot Club De Paris - Drop It 'Til It Pops - 7/10

Idlewild - The Remote Part - 9/10

Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows - 7/10

Incubus - A Crow Left Of The Murder - 8/10

Incubus - Make Yourself - 6/10

Incubus - Morning View - 7/10

InMe - Daydream Anonymous - 7/10

Interpol - Antics - 7/10

Interpol - Our Love To Admire - 7/10

Jack's Mannequin - Everything In Transit - 8/10

The Jam - The Sound of... - 7/10

James Taylor - Greatest Hits Volume 2 - 9/10

James Taylor - October Road - 10/10

James Taylor - One Man Dog - 7/10

James Taylor - Sweet Baby James - 9/10

Jamiroquai - Dynamite - 10/10

Jamiroquai - Synkronized - 7/10

Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving - 8/10

Jeff Buckley - Grace - 9/10

Jeff Buckley - Mystery White Boy - 8/10

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? - 8/10

Jimi Hendrix - The Collection - 8/10

Jimmy Eat World - Futures 6/10

John Lennon - Acoustic - 3/10

John Lennon - Imagine - 7/10

John Lennon - The Definitive... - 6/10

Johnny Cash - The Legendary - 5/10

Johnny Flynn - A Larum - 9/10

José Gonzalez - In Our Nature - 7/10

José Gonzalez - Veneer - 8/10

Joy Division - Substance - 6/10

Kasabian - Empire - 7/10

Kasabian - Kasabian - 3/10

Kate Nash - Made of Bricks - 8/10

Keane - Hopes and Fears - 8/10

Keane - Under The Iron Sea - 6/10

The Killers - Hot Fuss - 7/10

The Killers - Sam's Town - 7/10

The Kills - Midnight Boom - 5/10

Kings Of Leon - Because of the Times - 10/10

Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night - 7/10

Kings Of Leon - Youth And Young Manhood - 8/10

Kiss - Alive! - 7/10

Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future - 10/10

Klaxons - Xan Valleys EP - 8/10

The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out - 7/10

Larrikin Love - The Freedom Spark - 8/10

The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement - 6/10

Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel - 8/10

Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim - 9/10

LCD Soundsytem - Sound of Silver - 8/10

Led Zeppelin - The Best of... - 8 /10

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I - 7/10

Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends - 6/10

The Libertines - The Libertines - 8/10

The Libertines - Up The Bracket - 10/10

Lightspeed Champion - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge - 6/10

Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster - 8/10

Lostprophets - Start Something - 6/10

Lou Reed - Greatest Hits - 9/10

Malcolm Middleton - A Brighter Beat - 8/10

Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go - 8/10

Manic Street Preachers - The Best of... - 8/10

Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible - 5/10

Manic Street Preachers - Send Away The Tigers - 5/10

Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger - 7/10

Maximo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures - 6/10

Metallica - Metallica - 6/10

Metric - Live It Out - 6/10

Metronomy - Nights Out - 8/10

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular - 8/10

Michael Jackson - The Essential... - 7/10

Michael Jackson - Thriller - 9/10

Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion - 5/10

Mike Hale - Broken With No Hope - 8/10

Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue - 8/10

Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News - 6/10

Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank - 9/10

Morrissey - Live At Earls Court - 7/10

Morrissey - Maladjusted - 5/10

Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors - 8/10

Morrissey - The Best Of... - 8/10

Morrissey - Viva Hate - 9/10

Morrissey - You Are The Quarry - 8/10

Morrissey - Your Arsenal - 7/10

Mumm-Ra - These Things Move In Threes - 6/10

Muse - Absolution - 8/10

Muse - Black Holes & Revelations - 6/10

Muse - Hullabaloo - 7/10

Muse - Origin of Symmetry - 9/10

Muse - Showbiz - 6/10

Neil Young - Are You Passionate - 2/10

Neil Young - After The Gold Rush - 9/10

Neil Young - Harvest - 8/10

Neil Young - Decade - 10/10

New Order - Best of... - 8/10

Nick Drake - Five leaves Left - 8/10

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral - 7/10

Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth - 6/10

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero - 5/10

Nirvana - Nevermind - 7/10

Nirvana - Greatest Hits - 7/10

Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna... - 8/10

The Offspring - Americana - 6/10

The Offspring - Conspiracy of One - 3/10

Ozark Henry - The Soft Machine - 6/10

Panic At The Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out - 7/10

Panic At The Disco - Pretty.Odd - 6/10

Paul McCartney - Back In The World - 9/10

Paul McCartney - Chaos And Creation In The Backyard - 7/10

Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full - 7/10

Paul McCartney - Ram - 8/10

Paul McCartney - Tripping The Live Fantastic - 10/10

Paul McCartney - Wingspan - 8/10

Paul Simon - Graceland - 8/10

Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon - 7/10

Paul Weller - Stanley Road - 8/10

Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted - 7/10

The Pigeon Detectives - 6/10

Pink Floyd - The Best of... - 7/10

Pixies - Doolittle - 7/10

Placebo - Meds - 6/10

The Police - Ghost In The Machine - 8/10

The Police - Outlandos d'Amour - 9/10

The Police - Regatta De Blanc - 9/10

The Police - Synchronicity - 9/10

Popular Workshop - We're Alive And We're Not Alone - 7/10

The Postal Service - Give Up - 9/10

Prince - Musicology - 6/10

Prince - Planet Earth - 6/10

Prince - Purple Rain - 10/10

Prince - Sign 'O' The Times - 8/10

Prince - The Very Best of... - 10/10

Prince - 1999 - 9/10

The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned - 6/10

Pulp - Different Class - 8/10

Pulp - We Love Life - 6/10

Queen - Greatest Hits I - 7/10

Queen - Live At Wembley - 8/10

R.E.M. - Accelerate - 7/10

R.E.M. - Automatic For The People - 8/10

R.E.M. - The Best of... - 8/10

R.E.M. - The Best of... 1988-2003 - 8/10

R.E.M. - Monster - 7/10

R.E.M. - Murmur - 7/10

The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers - 7/10

The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely - 6/10

Radiohead - The Bends - 6/10

Radiohead - OK Computer - 7/10

Radiohead - In Rainbows - 7/10

Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - 5/10

The Rakes - Capture/Release - 6/10

The Ramones - Loud Fast - 5/10

The Rapture - Echoes - 7/10

The Raveonettes - 4/10

Razorlight - Razorlight - 6/10

Razorlight - Up All Night - 8/10

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik - 7/10

Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way - 6/10

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication - 8/10

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley - 5/10

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live In Hyde Park - 8/10

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk - 7/10

Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute - 6/10

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium - 8/10

Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!? - 9/10

Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge - 7/10

Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight - 5/10

Rise Against - The Sufferer and the Witness - 7/10

Robert Palmer - Addictions Vol. 1 - 7/10

The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet - 7/10

The Rolling Stones - Shine A Light - 7/10

Rooney - Rooney - 9/10

Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure - 6/10

Roxy Music - The Platinum Collection - 7/10

Rufus Wainwright - Poses - 7/10

Ryan Adams - Cold Roses - 8/10

Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger - 8/10

Ryan Adams - Gold - 10/10

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker - 9/10

Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell - 9/10

Ryan Adams - Rock n Roll - 8/10

Ryan Adams - 29 - 8/10

Santana - All That I Am - 6/10

Santana - The Best Of... - 4/10

Say Anything - Is A Real Boy - 7/10

Scott Walker - Scott - 8/10

Scott Walker - Scott 4 - 9/10

The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks - 7/10

The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow - 6/10

The Shins - Oh, Inverted World - 7/10

The Shins - Wincing The Night Away - 8/10

Shiny Toy Guns - We Are Pilots - 7/10

Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun - 8/10

Sigur Ros - Meo Suo I Eyrum Vio... - 9/10

Sigur Ros - Takk - 9/10

Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends - 8/10

Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water - 9/10

Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits - 8/10

Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme - 8/10

Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence - 7/10

Simon & Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3AM - 6/10

The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits - 7/10

The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - 7/10

The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow - 9/10

The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs - 9/10

The Smiths - Meat Is Murder - 9/10

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead - 10/10

The Smiths - Rank - 9/10

The Smiths - The Smiths - 7/10

The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come - 8/10

The Smiths - The Very Best of... - 10/10

Snow Patrol - Eyes Open - 3/10

Snow Patrol - Final Straw - 5/10

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation - 6/10

The Sounds - Dying To Say This To You - 7/10

Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War - 9/10

Stars - Set Yourself On Fire - 7/10

Steadman - Loser Friendly - 8/10

Steadman - Revive - 7/10

Steely Dan - Katy Lied - 9/10

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic - 10/10

Steely Dan - Showbiz Kids - 9/10

Steely Dan - The Best of.. - 10/10

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions - 8/10

Stevie Wonder - Original Musicquarium - 8/10

Sting - All This Time - 9/10

Sting - Fields of Gold(The Best of) - 10/10

Sting - Nothing Like The Sun - 9/10

Sting - Sacred Love - 5/10

Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales - 8/10

The Strokes - First Impressions Of Earth - 8/10

The Strokes - Is This It - 9/10

The Strokes - Room On Fire - 8/10

The Style Council - Greatest Hits - 6/10

Styrofoam - Nothing's Lost - 8/10

Styrofoam - A Thousand Words - 7/10

The Subways - All Or Nothing - 7/10

The Subways - Young For Eternity - 8/10

Sufjan Stevens - Greeting From Michigan... - 8/10

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois - 10/10

Talking Heads - The Best of... - 9/10

Talking Heads - Remain In Light - 7/10

The Tellers - Hands Full Of Ink - 3/10

Thin Lizzy - Greatest Hits - 6/10

Tim Vanhamel - Welcome To The Blue House - 6/10

Tom Waits - Heart of Saturday Night - 7/10

TV On The Radio - Dear Science, - 7/10

TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain - 7/10

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend - 7/10

The Van Jets - Electric Soldiers - 6/10

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - 8/10

The View - Hats Off To The Buskers - 7/10

We Are Scientists - Brain Thrust Mastery - 6/10

We Are Scientists - With Love And Squalor - 8/10

Weather Report - Heavy Weather - 9/10

Weezer - Maladroit - 6/10

Weezer - Weezer - 7/10

Whiskeytown - Pneumonia - 9/10

The White Stripes - Elephant - 6/10

The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan - 4/10

The White Stripes - Icky Thump - 5/10

The Who - Live At Leeds - 9/10

The Who - Then and Now - 8/10

The Who - Tommy - 7/10

The Who - Who's Next - 8/10

A Wilhelm Scream - Mute Print - 8/10

Wings - Band On The Run - 8/10

The Wombats - A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation - 6/10

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Is Is EP - 6/10

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones - 6/10

bloody waste of time

Edited October 23, 2008 by metalman

[Crybaby Bunting]

You lost me with...

Radiohead - The Bends - 6/10

Radiohead - OK Computer - 7/10

Radiohead - In Rainbows - 7/10

Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - 5/10

[ZJ Penn]

Just out of interest, why keep an album on your iPod that you rate less than 6/10?

[lari]

Depends on what the ratings mean. 5/10 could be really awesome and everything above that really really really really awesome.

[ROC]

There probably is a couple of good songs on it and etc.

And honestly, his grades for The Bends and In Rainbows are pretty accurate. YEAH, I SAID IT, I WAS ONLY MARGINAL ABOUT THE BENDS AND IN RAINBOWS. WHAT? YEAH, MOTHERFUCKER. >_>

[METALMAN]

Just out of interest, why keep an album on your iPod that you rate less than 6/10?

Some have a few good songs, some I just haven't got around to deleting, some I just never notice. It has kind of helped in a way I suppose. Now I'll know what to chuck off my iPod when I'm home at the weekend.

[YI]

Rage are shit.

Radiohead are overrated. "In Rainbows" may be one of the shittest albums ever, which people think is legitimately good.

[Tarheels.]

YI

[Clawson]

"In Rainbows" may be one of the shittest albums ever, which people think is legitimately good.

(Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y)

[probablyoliver]

I AM DOING THIS NOW!! Note, my iTunes is nowhere near as comprehensive as it once was, I still haven't caught up after the great computer crash of 2008. For some reason I'll never delete something once it's on there, thus there is some stuff I don't like.. There's also a lot of albums there that I've downloaded for other people.

Aereogramme - My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go - ***

Air France - No Way Down - ***

The Aliens - Luna - ***

Andrew Jackson Jihad - Candy Cigarettes & Cap Guns - **

Andrew Jackson Jihad - Holey Man, Holey War - **

Andrew Jackson Jihad - Issue Problems - ***

Andrew Jackson Jihad - Only God Can Judge Me - ***

Andrew Jackson Jihad - People Who Can Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World - ****

The Antique Toys - Demo C - *

Atom & His Package - A Society of People Named Elihu - *

Ballboy - I Worked On The Ships - ***

Barenaked Ladies - Gordon - ***

Barenaked Ladies - Stunt - **

Bear Vs Shark - Right Now, You're in the Best of Hands. And If Something Isn't Quite Right, Your Doctor Will Know in a Hurry - *****

Bear Vs Shark - Terrorhawk - ***

Benoit Piolard - Temper - ***

The Beta Band - The Three EPs - ****

Blitzen Trapper - Furr - ***

The Blood Brothers - Burn, Piano Island, Burn - ***

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Town Topic EP - *

Cold War Kid - Loyalty to Loyalty - ***

Coldplay - Viva La Vida - ***

Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst - ***

The Cure - Pornography - ****

The Cure - 4:13 Dream - **

Damien Rice - O - ***

Damien Rice - 9 - **

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Angels - ***

Department of Eagles - In Ear Park - ****

Dungen - 4 - ****

Every Time I Die - The Big Dirty - **

Explosions In The Sky - The Rescue - ***

Final Fantasy - Plays To Please - ***

Former Cell Mates - Who's Dead and What's To Pay - **

Frank Turner - Love, Ire & Song - **

Funeral for a Friend - Memory & Humanity - **

The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound - ***

Gentle Touch - In Memory of Savannah - ****

Glasvegas - Glasvegas - **

Guillemots - Red - ***

Guillemots - Through The Windowpane - ****

Headlights - Kill Them With Kindness - ****

I'm From Barcelona - Who Killed Harry Houdini? - ***

Innerpartysystem - Innerpartysystem - ***

Islands - Arms Way - **

Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue - ****

Joey Cape - Bridge - ***

Justice - Planisphere - **

Kings of Leon - Only By The Night - **

Lambchop - Oh(Ohio) - ***

Lights - Lights - ***

Little Joy - Little Joy - *****

Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed - ***

Margot & The Nuclear So and So's - The Daytrotter Sessions - ***

Matt Pryor - Confidence Man - **

Nine Inch Nails - The Slip - **

Nirvana - Unplugged - ****

Noah & The Whale - Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down - **

Okkervil River - The Stand Ins - *****

One Day As A Lion - One Day As A Lion - **

OWEN - I Do Perceive - ****

OWEN - No Good For No One Now - ****

Owl City - Maybe I'm Dreaming - **

Paavoharju - Pimeänkarkelo - ***

PAS/CAL - I Was Raised on Matthew, Mark, Luke and Laura - *****

Patrick Wolf - Wind In The Wires - ****

Pedals on Our Pirate Ships - Take Flight - ***

Portishead - Third - ***

Reefer - Reefer - **

Roommate - We Were Enchanted - ***

Roots Manuva - Slime & Reason - ****

Say Anything - ...Is A Real Boy - *****

The School - Let It Slip - **

Sigur Rós - Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust - ****

Slut - StillNo1 - ****

The Smiths - Meat Is Murder - ***

Snow Patrol - Final Straw - ***

Speedmarket Avenue - Way Better Now - ***

Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - ***

Stars - Sad Robots - ***

Studio - Yearbook 2 - **

T. - T. - ****

This Town Needs Guns - Animals - *****

Tilly & The Wall - O - ****

The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing - **

TV on the Radio - Dear Science - ****

The Vines - Highly Evolved - ***

The Vines - Melodia - **

The Vines - Vision Valley - ***

The Vines - Winning Days - ***

The Wedding Present - El Ray - ****

The Wedding Present - George Best - ****

Wingnut Dishwashers Union - Never Trust A Man Who Plays Guitar! - ***

The Wizard & The Frog - Best Of - **

Women - Women - ***

yourcodenameis:milo - Print Is Dead; Vol 1 - ****

[IAceI]

gee metalman. Why not just write an e-mail to Ryan Adams asking if he'll blow his load in your mouth?

Also - I quite like this so far, gives me some bands to look for stuff by. Anything Ollie rates lowly - you get, anything he rates highly - avoid. Just joshin'!

Edited October 24, 2008 by IAceI

[ROC]

I'm gonna be super gay by reviewing only the '08 stuff I have, and by basically going one to four stars on it to simply represent:

* - hate/don't like it

** - couple of good songs (or one in the case of an EP)

*** - like it for the most part

**** - fucking amazing.

And I'm not really looking at it through a crit's point of view. I don't think BYOP is a 10 record by any stretch, but this is records listed by my current enjoyability of it.

Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer? - ***

Animal Collective - Water Curses - **

Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward - ****

Beach House - Devotion - **

Beck - Modern Guilt - ***

Bloc Party - Intimacy - *

Born Ruffians - Red Yellow and Blue - ***

Cat Power - Jukebox - ***

Coldplay - Viva la Vida - **

CSS - Donkey - ***

Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams - **

Duffy - Rockferry - **

The Faint - Fasciinatiion - **

Final Fantasy - Spectrum, 14th Century - **

Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant - **

Flight of the Conchords - Self-Titled - ***

Foals - Antidotes - **

¡Forward Russia! - Life Processes - *

The Futureheads - This is Not the World - **

Girl Talk - Feed The Animals - *

Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple - ***

Islands - Arm's Way - ****

Joan As Police Woman - To Survive - ***

Joan of Arc - Boo! Human - **

Justice - Planisphere - ***

Ladytron - Velocifero - ***

The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement - **

The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath - **

Metallica - Death Magnetic - ***

Motorhead - Motorizer - **

Nas - Untitled - ***

One Day as a Lion - Self-Titled - *

Peter Bjorn and John - Seaside Rock - **

Portishead - Third - ***

Scars on Broadway - **

The Secret Machines - Self-Titled - **

Shearwater - Rook - ***

Sons and Daughters - This Gift - ****

Stars - Sad Robots - ***

Tapes 'n' Tapes - Walk It Off - ***

The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing - ***

Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell - *

TV on the Radio - Dear Science - ***

Vampire Weekend - Self-Titled - **

The Von Bondies - We Are Kamikazes Aiming for Your Heart - **

Weezer - Red Album - **

[YI]

I haven't got much on the laptop. My collection is still over 4 places at the minute. Some is on here. Lots is on my old, fucked machine (will have to burn to CD's), a lot of stuff is on my brothers PC and a fair amount is on my external hard drive.

Here's what I have on here;

"Together Forever" by 15 Minutes - ***

"Hi-Fi Serious" by A - ***

"Astronomy For Dogs" by The Aliens - ****

"Luna" by The Aliens - ***

"Crimson" by Alkaline Trio - ****

"From Here To Infirmary" by Alkaline Trio - ****

"Goddamnit" by Alkaline Trio - ****

"Good Mourning" by Alkaline Trio - ****

"Maybe I'll Catch Fire (UK Edition)" by Alkaline Trio - *****

"American Hi-Fi" by American Hi-Fi - **

"People..." by Andrew Jackson Jihad - ****

"We Don't Need To Whisper" by Angels & Airwaves - ***

"Happy Birthday Hitler" by Asking For It - ***

"Dried Skin, Dried Blood" by Attica! Attica! - ***

"Rollin" by Ava Leigh - ***

"In Flesh Tones" by Azeda Booth - ****

"Down In Albion" by Babyshambles - ****

"Shotter's Nation" by Babyshambles - ****

"Houston: We Have A Drinking Problem" by Bad Astronaut - *****

"Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment" by Bad Astronaut - ****

"The Flying Club Cup" by Beirut - ***

"Flock" by Bell X1 - **

"Rockin' The Suburbs" by Ben Folds - *****

"Way To Normal" by Ben Folds - ***

"Strictly Rude" by Big D & The Kids Table - ****

"Bim EP" by Bim - ****

"See You In Another City EP" by Blakfish - ***

"Dude Ranch" by Blink 182 - **

"Enema Of The State" by Blink 182 - *****

"A Weekend In The City" by Bloc Party - *****

"Initimacy" by Bloc Party - **

"Silent Alarm" by Bloc Party - ****

"The Devil And God..." by Brand New - *****

"Brightblack Morning Light" by Brightblack Morning Light - *****

"Motion To Rejoin" by Brightblack Morning Light - ****

"Andorra" by Caribou - ***

"Songs About Leaving" by Carissa's Wierd - ****

"Under The Weather EP" by Chaos Days - ***

"Provocation Of The Nation" by Chief - ****

"Feast Or Famine" by Chuck Ragan - ***

"Viva La Vida..." by Coldplay - ***

"Make This Your Own" by The Cooper Temple Clause - ****

"Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever" by The Cribs - ***

"Donkey" by CSS - ***

"Graft" by The Dauntless Elite - ***

"The Dead 60's" by The Dead 60's - ****

"Narrow Stairs" by Death Cab For Cutie - ****

"The Photo Album" by Death Cab For Cutie - ****

"Plans" by Death Cab For Cutie - ****

"Songs About Airplanes" by Death Cab For Cutie - **

"Transatlanticism" by Death Cab For Cutie - *****

"We Have The Facts..." by Death Cab For Cutie - *****

"The Crane Wife" by The Decemberists - ****

....fuck it...I'm sick of this shit.

yadda yadda...

Edited October 24, 2008 by YI

[RPS]

The Best

Hercules and Love Affair; Hercules and Love Affair (10/10)

Justice; Planisphère EP (10/10)

Hot Chip; Made In The Dark (9.5/10)

Cut Copy; In Ghost Colours (9.5/10)

Matmos; Supreme Balloon (9/10)

Antony and the Johnsons; Another World EP (9/10)

R.E.M.; Accelerate (9/10)

Vampire Weekend; Vampire Weeknd (9/10)

The Good

Nine Inch Nails; The Slip (8.5/10)

Girl Talk; Feed The Animals (8.5/10)

Madonna; Hard Candy (8.5/10)

Kaiser Chiefs; Off With Their Heads (8.5/10)

Of Montreal (8/10)

Jamie Lidell; Jim (8/10)

TV On The Radio; Dear Science (7.5/10)

Crystal Castles; Crystal Castles (7.5/10)

Lindstrøm; Where you go I go too (7.5/10)

The Alright

Gang Gang Dance; Saint Dymphna (7/10)

Cyndi Lauper; Bring Ya To The Brink (7/10)

Final Fantasy; Plays To Please/Spectrum (7/10 | 6.5/10)

Protest the Hero; Fortress (7/10)

Portishead; Third (7/10)

Vivian Girls; Vivian Girls (6.5/10)

Monkey (Damon Albarn & Jamie Hewlett); Journey To The West (6.5/10)

The Raconteurs; Consolers of the Lonely (6.5/10)

Janet Jackson; Discipline (6/10)

The B52's; Funplex (6/10)

Santogold; Santogold (5.5/10)

The Tough Alliance; The New School (5.5/10)

The Bad

The Ting Tings; We Started Nothing (5/10)

Cadence Weapon; Afterparty Babies (5/10)

Moby; Last Night (5/10)

Gnarls Barkley; The Odd Couple (4.5/10)

Bloc Party; Intimacy (4.5/10)

Beck; Modern Guilt (4/10)

The Last Shadow Puppets; The Age Of The Understatement (3.5/10)

The Mars Volta; The Bedlam in Goliath (3/10)

[METALMAN]

Consolers of the Lonely ought to be the definition of a 6.5/10 album. I'd agree with that.

[RPS]

It was a really good first listen, but I haven't ever had the desire to listen to it again. The songs are catchy, but I just didn't connect with them at all.

[Lowerdeck]

I got bored and saw this topic. I'm probably missing a few, but my turn...

# = haven't listened to enough to give a review

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"Techno" - my blanket term for techno, trance, house, progressive, dance, and various other forms of electronic music

4 = Above and Beyond - Anjunabeats Vol. 4

3 = Above and Beyond - Anjunabeats Vol. 5

4 = George Acosta Presents The History of Trance

5 = George Acosta - A State Of Mind

4 = George Acosta - All Rights Reserved

4 = BT - ESCM

2 = BT - Emotional Technology

3 = BT - Movement In Still Life

2 = Ferry Corsten - Passport United States of America

4 = Ferry Corsten - Right of Way

3 = Cosmic Gate - Earth Mover

4 = Juno Reactor - Beyond The Infinite

3 = Juno Reactor - Bible of Dreams

3 = M.I.A. - Kala

3 = Sander van Doorn – Supernaturalistic

4 = The Thrillseekers - Nightmusic Vol. 1

3 = The Thrillseekers - Nightmusic Vol. 2

4 = Tiësto - Elements of Life

3 = Tiësto - In Search of Sunrise Vol. 4: Latin America

3 = Tiësto - In Search of Sunrise Vol. 5: Los Angeles

5 = Tiësto - In Search of Sunrise Vol. 6: Ibiza

3 = Tiësto - In Search of Sunrise Vol. 7: Asia

3 = Tiësto - Just Be

5 = trance[]control - Mission 2002 Vol. 2

4 = Armin van Buuren - A State of Trance 2004

# = Armin van Buuren - A State of Trance 2005

4 = Armin van Buuren - A State of Trance 2006

4 = Armin van Buuren - A State of Trance 2007

# = Armin van Buuren - A State of Trance 2008

3 = Armin van Buuren - Imagine

4 = Armin van Buuren - Universal Religion 2008

Hip Hop

1 = David Banner - Certified

3 = Beanie Sigel - The Truth

3 = Beanie Sigel - The B. Coming

2 = Beanie Sigel - The Solution

2 = Big Tymers - Hood Rich

3 = Big Zoo - The Bear Essentials

1 = Black Rob - The Black Rob Report

2 = Bubba Sparxxx - Dark Days, Bright Nights

3 = Cam'Ron - Come Home With Me

1 = Cam'Ron - Purple Haze

3 = Cash Money Records - Platinum Hits

2 = Chrome - Straight To The Pros

5 = Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury

4 = Clipse - Lord Willin

2 = The Colony: mixed by DJ MK - Bootprints and Fistmarks

3 = Commonwealth Records - A Boston State of Mind

3 = Common - Be

3 = Cypress Hill - Black Sunday

3 = Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill

2 = Cyssero - Protege of the Game

4 = DMX - And Then There Was X

5 = DMX - Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

4 = DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot

5 = Dr. Dre - The Chronic

5 = Dr. Dre - Chronic 2001

5 = Eminem - The Slim Shady LP

5 = Eturnal - Mr. Nice Guy

2 = Fabolous - Ghetto Fabolous

2 = Fabolous - Real Talk

4 = 50 Cent - Guess Who's Back?

4 = 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin

4 = The Game - The Documentary

4 = The Game - Doctor's Advocate

# = Ghostface Killah - Fishscale

3 = G-Unit - Beg For Mercy

5 = GZA - Liquid Swords

# = GZA - ProTools

3 = Ice Cube - Laugh Now Cry Later

4 = Jadakiss - Kiss The Game Goodbye

3 = Jadakiss - Kiss of Death

4 = Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt

3 = Jay-Z - Vol. 1 In My Lifetime

4 = Jay-Z - Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life

4 = Jay-Z - Vol. 3 Life and Times of S. Carter

4 = Jay-Z - Roc La Familia The Dynasty

2 = Jay-Z - Kingdom Come

4 = Jedi Mind Tricks - Servants In Heaven, Kings In Hell

2 = J-Hon - The Fat Ass Album

2 = J-Hon - The Turkminator

2 = Juvenile - 400 Degreez

2 = Juvenile - Project English

3 = KRS-One - I Got Next

3 = Talib Kweli - Eardrum

5 = Talib Kweli - Quality

3 = Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz - Kings of Crunk

2 = Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz - Crunk Juice

3 = Ludacris - Back For The First Time

4 = Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor

3 = Lupe Fiasco - The Cool

2 = Mobb Deep - Amerika's Nightmare

4 = Mos Def and Talib Kweli - Black Star

5 = Nas - Illmatic

5 = Nas - It Was Written

5 = Nas - I Am

5 = Nas - Stillmatic

3 = Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead

3 = Nelly - Country Grammar

5 = Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die

5 = Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death

2 = Notorious B.I.G. - Duets: The Final Chapter

3 = N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton

3 = Onyx - Bacdafucup

2 = Paul Wall - The People's Champ

4 = Papoose - The Best Of Mixtape

4 = Philly's Most Wanted - Get Down or Lay Down

1 = Project Pat - Mista Don't Play

4 = Public Enemy - Power to the People and the Beats

4 = Puff Daddy - No Way Out

5 = Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

1 = Rated R - Da Ghetto Psychic

3 = Red Clay - The Red Dawn: Next Sunrize Mixtape

2 = Shaka The K.I.N.G. - My Struggle

3 = Shyne - Godfather Buried Alive

4 = Styles P - A Gangsta & A Gentleman

3 = Styles P - The Ghost Sessions

2 = Styles P - Time Is Money

3 = Three 6 Mafia - Da Unbreakables

3 = Three 6 Mafia - Most Known Unknown

4 = Three 6 Mafia - Most Known Hits

1 = Trick Daddy - Thug Matrimony

2 = 2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now

5 = 2Pac - Greatest Hits

3 = 2Pac - Loyal To The Game

3 = Twista - Kamikaze

2 = UGK - Best Of

5 = Kanye West - The College Dropout

4 = Kanye West - Late Registration

3 = Kanye West - Graduate

5 = Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tang: 36 Chambers

2 = Wu Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams

4 = Wu Tang Clan - Legend Of: The Greatest Hits

1 = Ying Yang Twins - Me and My Brother

2 = Young Gunz - Tough Luv

Rock/Blues/R&B/variants

4 = A Perfect Circle – Mer de Noms

3 = A Perfect Circle – Thirteenth Step

3 = Black Crowes – Warpaint

2 = Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet

2 = Breathe - All That Jazz

2 = The Brew – Back To The Woods

5 = Dave Matthews Band - Under The Table and Dreaming

4 = Dave Matthews Band - Crush

4 = Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets

3 = Dave Matthews Band - Everyday

4 = Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff

3 = Dropkick Murphys - Do Or Die

2 = Dropkick Murphys - Singles Collection Vol. 1

1 = Dropkick Murphys - Singles Collection Vol. 2

3 = Earl Greyhound - Soft Targets

4 = Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal

4 = Heart - Heart

2 = Don Henley - Building The Perfect Beast

4 = Don Henley - The End of the Innocence

3 = Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View

4 = James Hunter - People Gonna Talk

5 = Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way It Is

5 = Bruce Hornsby & The Range - Scenes From The Southside

# = Bruce Hornsby - Harbor Lights

# = Bruce Hornsby - Hot House

4 = Jethro Tull - Aqualung

5 = Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys

3 = Limp Bizkit - Significant Other

3 = Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

4 = Willie Nelson / Wynton Marsalis - Two Men With The Blues

5 = Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

5 = Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

4 = Pink Floyd - The Wall

4 = Robert Plant / Alison Krauss - Raising Sand

# = Rush - 2112

# = Rush - Vapor Trails

4 = Rush - Snakes & Arrows

4 = Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It

4 = Bruce Springsteen - Magic

5 = U2 - The Joshua Tree

5 = Steve Winwood - Nine Lives

Rock/Blues/variants - Greatest Hits Collections

4 = Bobby "Blue" Bland - The Definitive Collection

2 = Phil Collins - Hits

4 = Eric Clapton – Cream of Clapton

4 = The Doors - Legacy, The Best Of

2 = Foreigner - Complete Greatest Hits

3 = Genesis - Turn It On Again: The Hits

3 = Darryl Hall and John Oates - The Very Best Of

4 = Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix

4 = Bruce Hornsby - Greatest Radio Hits

3 = Jethro Tull - Very Best Of

4 = Billy Joel - The Essential

3 = Journey - Greatest Hits

5 = Led Zeppelin - Mothership

3 = Lynyrd Skynrd - All Time Greatest Hits

3 = Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend

3 = Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits

2 = Sting and The Police - The Very Best of

5 = Rush - Spirit of Radio

4 = Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits

4 = Steely Dan - Definitive Collection

3 = U2 - 18 Singles

5 = Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Greatest Hits

Note: Yeah, I know I have a lot of greatest hits albums from guys I should have a lot of regular albums from... it's just cheaper this way.

Metal/-core

3 = Between The Buried and Me - Colors

1 = Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works

5 = Dimmu Borgir - The Serpentine Offering

3 = Gojira - From Mars to Sirius

3 = Hackneyed - Death Prevails

2 = Killswitch Engage = Alive or Just Breathing

2 = Killswitch Engage = The End of Heartache

2 = Killswitch Engage = As Daylight Dies

5 = Metallica – Ride The Lightning

5 = Metallica – Master of Puppets

5 = Metallica – And Justice For All…

4 = Metallica – "The Black Album"

4 = Metallica – Death Magnetic

4 = Nailbomb – Point Blank

4 = Slayer – Reign In Blood

4 = Slayer – South of Heaven

3 = Vital Remains – Dechristianize

3 = Vital Remains – Icons of Evil

Jazz / New Age

# = Bruce Hornsby, Christian McBride, Jack DeJohnette - Camp Meeting

3 = Wayne Gratz - A Place Without Noise

4 = Rippingtons - Best of

3 = XM Watercolors - Blue

3 = XM Watercolors - Red

2 = Weather Channel Presents Smooth Jazz

2 = WJZW Smooth Jazz 105.9 - Vol. 4