Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
82

Good, albeit dull at times

One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces - 9
Fair - 8
Brick - 9
Song for the Dumped - 8
Selfless, Cold and Composed - 8
Kate - 8
Smoke - 8
Cigarette - 7
Steven’s Last Night in Town - 8
Battle of Who Could Care Less - 8
Missing the War - Live at Sony Music Studios, New York, NY - June, 1997 - 9
Evaporated - 8

Overall Score: 82

Favorite: Missing The War
Least Favorite: Cigarette

The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned
51

Trash

Spitfire - 8
Girls - 6
Memphis Bells - 5
Get Up Get Off - 4
Hotride - 5
Wake Up Call - 6
Action Radar - 4
Medusa’s Path - 5
Phoenix - 3
You’ll Be Under My Wheels - 5
The Way It Is - 5
Shoot Down - 5

Overall Score: 51

Favorite (and only good song on the album): Spitfire
Least Favorite: Phoenix

The Lonely Forest - We Sing The Body Electric!
76

This is quite the hidden gem. I have the great honor of being the first person to say that this is, I believe, a pretty good emo album.

Two Pink Pills - 7
Blackheart vs Captain America - 9
We Sing in Time - 9
They're on to Something - 7
Tomato Soup - 8
Sugarloaf - 7
Golden Apples of the Sun, Pt. 1 - 7
Far Outer Banks - 8
Julia's Song - 7
Borders and Towns - 8
Wsbhbwa - 8
Centennial - 8
Stick upon Stick - 6
Gold Apples of the Sun, Pt. 2 - 8
Mt. Constitution - 7

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Cross Canadian Ragweed - Soul Gravy
71

A couple of gems in an otherwise middle of the road country rock album

Number - 8
Again - 8
Lonely Girl - 9
Cole Hearted Woman - 7
Sick and Tired - 6
Hammer Down - 7
Flowers - 6
Leave Me Alone - 7
Down - 3
Wanna Rock & Roll - 10
Alabama (New Version) - 7
Pay - 7
Too Far Gone - 8
Stranglehold - 6

Overall Score: 71

Favorite: Wanna Rock & Roll
Least Favorite: Down

Glasvegas - Glasvegas
70

Good instrumentals, awful vocals

Flowers & Football Tops - 8
Geraldine - 9
It’s My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry - 7
Lonesome Swan - 7
Go Square Go - 6
Polmont on My Mind - 7
Daddy’s Gone - 7
Stabbed - 5
S.A.D. Light - 8
Ice Cream Van - 6

Favorite: Geraldine
Least Favorite: Stabbed

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People
86

There’s a lot going on here, but it sounds really good so honestly it doesn’t matter.

Capture The Flag - 8
KC Accidental - 9
Stars And Sons - 9
Almost Crimes (Radio Kills Remix) - 9
Looks Just Like The Sun - 9
Pacific Theme - 9
Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl - 10
Cause = Time - 10
Late Nineties Bedroom Rock for the Missionaries - 7
Shampoo Suicide - 8
Lover’s Spit - 9
I’m Still Your - 7
Pitter Patter Goes My Heart - 8

Overall Score: 86

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Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
90

The abandoned house of albums. Depressing in a beautiful sort of way.

Needle In The Hay - 10
Christian Brothers - 10
Clementine - 8
Southern Belle - 9
Single File - 9
Coming Up Roses - 9
Satellite - 8
Alphabet Town - 10
St. Ides Heaven - 10
Good To Go - 8
The White Lady Loves You More - 8
The Biggest Lie - 9

Overall Score: 90

Favorite: St. Ides Heaven
Least Favorite: Good To Go

Kendrick Lamar - GNX
82

A solid album that proves that Kendrick is still #1 in the rap game. Granted, this is no Good Kid M.A.A.D. City or To Pimp a Butterfly, but even with a less message-focused album, Kendrick’s flows and lyricism still shine.

Wacced Out Murals - 10
Squabble Up - 8
Luther - 9
Man at the Garden - 9
Hey Now - 7
Reincarnated - 9
TV Off - 7
Dodger Blue - 8
Peekaboo - 5
Heart Pt. 6 - 9
GNX - 7
Gloria - 10

Overall Score: 82

Favorite: Gloria
Least Favorite: Peekaboo

Can - Future Days
75

“Another good one from Can”

- Stan Smith

Future Days - 8
Spray - 7
Moonshake - 8
Bel Air - 7

Overall Score: 75

Joey Valence & Brae - NO HANDS
78

Two nerdy white boys from Pennsylvania made a pretty good rap album.

Welcome back, Beastie Boys

BUSSIT - 9
PACKAPUNCH - 8
NO HANDS - 9
LIKE A PUNK - 8
WHERE U FROM - 7
INTERMISSION 2 - 5
THE BADDEST - 9
OK - 8
DOUGHBOY - 8
WHAT U NEED - 8
JOHN CENA - 6
OMNITRIX - 8

Favorite: THE BADDEST
Least Favorite: INTERMISSION 2

Overall Score: 78

Porter Robinson - SMILE! :D
88

:D

Knock Yourself Out XD - 10
Cheerleader - 10
Russian Roulette - 9
Perfect Pinterest Garden - 9
Year of the Cup - 7
Kitsune Maison Freestyle - 8
Easier to Love You - 9
Mona Lisa - 9
Is There Really No Happiness? - 9
Everything To Me - 8

Overall Score: 88

Favorite: Knock Yourself Out XD
Least Favorite: Year of the Cup

CHVRCHES - Screen Violence
78

Some good songs, some okay songs, and the underrated gem that is California. Overall, mostly good.

Asking For A Friend - 9
He Said She Said - 7
California - 10
Violent Delights - 7
How Not To Drown - 10
Final Girl - 8
Good Girls - 6
Lullabies - 7
Nightmares - 6
Better If You Don’t - 8

Overall Score: 78

Favorite: California
Least Favorite: Nightmares

Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!"
85

This albums sounds like it’s from 1973 in all the right ways.

Me and Your Mama - 10
Have Some Love - 9
Boogieman - 9
Zombies - 7
Riot - 9
Redbone - 10
California - 7
Terrified - 9
Baby Boy - 8
The Night Me and Your Mama Met - 8
Stand Tall - 8

Overall Score: 85

Favorite: Me and Your Mama
Least Favorite: California

Jeff Buckley - Grace
94

A great talent gone way too soon. R.I.P. Jeff Buckley.

Mojo Pin - 9
Grace - 10
Last Goodbye - 10
Lilac Wine - 9
So Real - 9
Hallelujah - 10
Lover, You Should’ve Come Over - 10
Corpus Christi Carol - 8
Eternal Life - 10
Dream Brother - 9

Overall Score: 94

Favorite: Lover, You Should’ve Come Over
Least Favorite: Corpus Christi Carol

Candy Claws - Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time
95

The perfect combination of two of my favorite genres: shoegaze and dream pop. This album is the musical equivalent of being wrapped in a warm, fluffy cloud.

Into the Deep Time (One Sun) - 10
White Seal (Shell & Spine) - 10
Fell in Love (At the Water) - 10
Pangaea Girls (Magic Feeling) - 10
New Forest (Five Heads of the Sun) - 10
Transitional Bird (Clever Girl) - 10
Charade (Fern Prairie) - 9
Fallen Tree Bridge (Brave Rainbow Rider) - 9
Birth of the Flower (Seagreen) - 10
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The Sundays - Blind
84

First two songs are classic Sundays, and the rest is kind of meh.

I Feel - 10
Goodbye - 10
Life & Soul - 7
More - 8
On Earth - 8
God Made Me - 8
Love - 9
What Do You Think? - 7
24 Hours - 8
Blood On My Hands - 9
Medicine - 9

Overall Score: 84

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
92

This album would be perfect if Drake wasn’t on it.

Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter’s Daughter - 8
Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe - 9
Backseat Freestyle - 9
The Art of Peer Pressure - 9
Money Trees - 10
Poetic Justice - 8
good kid - 9
m.A.A.d. City - 9
Swimming Pools (Drank) - 10
Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst - 10
Real - 10
Compton - 9

Overall Score: 92

Favorite: Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst
Least Favorite: Poetic Justice

Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
84

The evil empire falls today.

People of the Sun - 9
Bulls On Parade - 10
Vietnow - 9
Revolver - 8
Snakecharmer - 9
Tire Me - 7
Down Rodeo - 9
Without a Face - 7
Wind Below - 8
Roll Right - 8
Year of tha Boomerang - 8

Overall Score: 84

Favorite: Bulls on Parade
Least Favorite: Tire Me

Dire Straits - Dire Straits
77

Sultans of Swing is really good. Sultans of Swing is on this album. Therefore, this album must be good, right? The verdict is that this album is mostly average, but I did find a few criminally underrated songs too, i.e. Wild West End. Pretty good for the 70s. 

Down to the Waterline - 8
Water of Love - 7
Setting Me Up - 7
Six Blade Knife - 7
Southbound Again - 8
Sultans of Swing - 10
In the Gallery - 5
Wild West End - 9
Lions - 8

Overall Score: 77

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John K. Samson - Winter Wheat
73

One of my favorite songs of all time is on this album. Vampire Alberta Blues is John K. Samson at his finest. There are a few other gems, but the rest of this album is just okay.

Select All Delete - 7
Postdoc Blues - 7
Winter Wheat - 8
Requests - 7
Oldest Oak at Brookside - 8
Capital - 7
17th Street Treatment Centre - 7
Vampire Alberta Blues - 10
Carrie Ends the Call - 6
Fellow Traveller - 9
Quiz Night at Looky Lou’s - 4
Alpha Adept - 7
Prayer for Ruby Elm - 8
VPW 13 Blues - 7
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