Albums in Order of Overall Rating

For an easy good-vs-bad distinction, those albums receiving a score of a 7.5 or above are considered "good" albums. Those scoring below a 7.5 are "bad." I've been treating these albums like a grade card. 9.0 - 10 are A's, 8.0 - 8.9 are B's, etc...
Also take note that all albums receiving the exact same score are, in effect, tied with each other. They are ordered alphabetically.

Albums receiving a score of: 10plus - 9.7

These albums are the cream of the crop! ... And there are only a select few artists who have the stamina to create an album that would gain such a high score. As you can see, The Beatles dominate the top ... but there are a few other artists who make a strong showing. These are the greatest most virtually-flawless albums on the planet! Get them! Now!

10plus - Kate Bush - The Dreaming (1982)

10plus - The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed (1969)

10plus - The Beatles - The Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

10plus - The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

10 - The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)

10 - The Beatles - The Beatles (1968)

10 - The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)

10 - The Beatles - Revolver (1966)

9.9 - Paul McCartney - Band on the Run (1973)

9.9 - David Bowie - Heathen (2002)

9.9 - Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel [3] (1980)

9.9 - Paul McCartney - Ram (1971)

9.9 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)

9.9 - Genesis - Selling England By the Pound (1973)

9.8 - The Band - The Band (1969)

9.8 - Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)

9.8 - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

9.8 - The Beatles - Past Masters Vol. 2 (1988)

9.8 - David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)

9.8 - Pixies - Trompe Le Monde (1991)

9.7 - The Kinks - Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire (1969)

9.7 - The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1973)

9.7 - Kate Bush - The Hounds of Love (1985)

9.7 - Moose - High Ball Me (2000)

9.7 - Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (1968)

9.7 - Alice Cooper - Killer (1971)

9.7 - R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant (1986)

9.7 - The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies (1971)

Albums receiving a score of: 9.6 - 9.3

These albums are exceptionally strong and probably also exceptionally classic. You might look long and hard, but you simply cannot find a more satisfying bunch of albums than the ones which appear below. Read the reviews, and put every one of them that you don't have on your list!

9.6 - Brian Eno - Before & After Science (1978)

9.6 - The Who - Quadrophenia (1973)

9.6 - Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)

9.6 - The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society (1968)

9.5 - Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (1966)

9.5 - Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005)

9.5 - ABBA - Chess (1984)

9.5 - Procol Harum - Exotic Birds and Fruit (1974)

9.5 - Yes - Fragile (1972)

9.5 - Dead Kennedys - FrankenChrist (1985)

9.5 - Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)

9.5 - Joni Mitchell - Hejira (1976)

9.5 - David Bowie - Heroes (1977)

9.5 - Elton John - Honky Chateau (1972)

9.5 - Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973)

9.5 - The Beatles - Let it Be (1970)

9.5 - R.E.M. - Murmur (1983)

9.5 - Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)

9.5 - Oingo Boingo - Only a Lad (1981)

9.5 - Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978)

9.5 - The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1971)

9.5 - Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972)

9.5 - The Who- Tommy (1969)

9.5 - The Who - Who's Next (1971)

9.4 - The Buggles - The Age of Plastic (1980)

9.4 - The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)

9.4 - Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (1973)

9.4 - Joni Mitchell - Blue (1971)

9.4 - Frank Zappa - Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970)

9.4 - The Decemberists - Castaways and Cut-Outs (2002)

9.4 - Cream - Disraeli Gears (1967)

9.4 - Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)

9.4 - Frank Zappa - Freak Out! (1966)

9.4 - Randy Newman - Good Old Boys (1974)

9.4 - Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973)

9.4 - Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1969)

9.4 - Eurythmics - In the Garden (1981)

9.4 - It's a Beautiful Day - It's a Beautiful Day (1969)

9.4 - Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (1978)

9.4 - The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)

9.4 - Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)

9.4 - Joni Mitchell - A Song to a Seagull (1968)

9.4 - Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976)

9.4 - Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)

9.3 - Pixies - Doolittle (1989)

9.3 - The Byrds - Fifth Dimension (1966)

9.3 - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)

9.3 - The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (1964)

9.3 - Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets (1973)

9.3 - Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)

9.3 - Oingo Boingo - Nothing to Fear (1982)

9.3 - Roxy Music - Siren (1975)

9.3 - Procol Harum - A Salty Dog (1969)

9.3 - The Beach Boys - Summer Days & Summer Nights (1965)

9.3 - Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1988)

9.3 - Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)

9.3 - Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975)

9.3 - The Polyphonic Spree - Together We're Heavy (2004)

9.3 - Pink Floyd - Ummagumma (1969)

Albums receiving a score of: 9.3 - 9.0
These are some exceptionally strong albums that you should most certainly consider listening to and/or purchasing. However, there is some type of overbearing flaw in all of these albums that keeps them from acheiving a higher score.

9.2 - Frank Zappa - Absolutely Free (1967)

9.2 - ABBA - The Album (1978)

9.2 - Brian Eno - Another Green World (1975)

9.2 - R.E.M. - Automatic For the People (1992)

9.2 - The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet (1968)

9.2 - Randy Newman - Born Again (1979)

9.2 - Bob Dylan - Bringing it All Back Home (1965)

9.2 - Joni Mitchell - Clouds (1969)

9.2 - Pixies - Come on Pilgrim (1987)

9.2 - The Moody Blues - The Days of Future Passed (1967)

9.2 - Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)

9.2 - Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure (1973)

9.2 - Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' (1963)

9.2 - The Beatles - Help! (1965)

9.2 - Booker T. and the MG's - Hip Hug-Her (1967)

9.2 - Alice Cooper - Love it to Death (1971)

9.2 - David Bowie - Low (1977)

9.2 - The Band - Music From Big Pink (1968)

9.2 - R.E.M. - Out of Time (1991)

9.2 - Kate Bush - The Sensual World (1989)

9.2 - The Kinks - Something Else By the Kinks (1967)

9.2 - David Bowie - Station to Station (1976)

9.2 - Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)

9.2 - The Who - The Who Sell Out (1967)

9.1 - The Kinks - Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972)

9.1 - Pixies - Bossanova (1990)

9.1 - Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark (1975)

9.1 - The Rolling Stones - Flowers (1967)

9.1 - La Peste - La Peste (1996)

9.1 - Joni Mitchell - Mingus (1979)

9.1 - Randy Newman - Land of Dreams (1988)

9.1 - Roxy Music - Roxy Music (1972)

9.1 - The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970)

9.1 - Alice Cooper - School's Out (1972)

9.1 - Tyrannosaurus Rex - Unicorn (1969)

9.1 - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)

9.1 - The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday (1967)

9.0 - The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (1966)

9.0 - Erasure - Chorus(1991)

9.0 - The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (2003)

9.0 - Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1981)

9.0 - Earth Wind and Fire - Earth Wind and Fire (1971)

9.0 - Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments (1977)

9.0 - Shawn Colvin - A Few Small Repairs (1996)

9.0 - Joni Mitchell - For the Roses (1972)

9.0 - Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (2004)

9.0 - The Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame (1972)

9.0 - The Decemberists - Her Majesty (2003)

9.0 - Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)

9.0 - David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1972)

9.0 - Kate Bush - Lionheart (1978)

9.0 - It's a Beautiful Day - Marrying Maiden (1970)

9.0 - Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (1969)

9.0 - Queen - A Night At the Opera (1975)

9.0 - The Beatles - Past Masters Vol. 1 (1988)

9.0 - Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel [2] (1978)

9.0 - David Bowie - Reality (2003)

9.0 - Randy Newman - Sail Away (1972)

9.0 - David Bowie - Scary Monsters (1980)

9.0 - The Moody Blues - The Seventh Sojourn (1972)

9.0 - The Rolling Stones - Some Girls (1978)

9.0 - The Beach Boys - Today! (1965)

9.0 - Paul McCartney - Venus and Mars (1975)

9.0 - ABBA - The Visitors (1981)

Albums receiving a score of: 8.9 - 8.6

They might not be within the elite, but all of these albums are entertaining just the same, and their artistic integrity is exceptional. I would encourage you to read the reviews and see which albums pique your interest. You might find something that you truly enjoy.

8.9 - The Polyphonic Spree - The Beginning Stages Of... (2002)

8.9 - The Association - Birthday (1968)

8.9 - Supertramp - Breakfast in America (1979)

8.9 - Yes - Close to the Edge (1972)

8.9 - The Stooges - Fun House (1972)

8.9 - Elton John - Madman Across the Water (1971)

8.9 - Procol Harum - Procol Harum (1967)

8.9 - Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly (1968)

8.9 - The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops (1984)

8.8 - Bob Dylan - Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964)

8.8 - The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Apocalypse (1974)

8.8 - ABBA - Arrival (1977)

8.8 - Chicago - The Chicago Transit Authority (1969)

8.8 - Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)

8.8 - The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)

8.8 - Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1971)

8.8 - Pink Floyd - Meddle (1971)

8.8 - The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)

8.8 - Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind (1972)

8.8 - Tyrannosaurus Rex - My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows (1968)

8.8 - Coldplay - Parachutes (2000)

8.8 - Peter Gabriel - Passion (1989)

8.8 - Rush - Permanent Waves (1980)

8.8 - Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)

8.8 - Kate Bush - The Red Shoes (1993)

8.8 - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1982)
8.8 - The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

8.8 - The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children (1969)

8.8 - Sarah McLachlan - Touch (1989)

8.8 - Genesis - A Trick of the Tail (1976)

8.8 - Yes - The Yes Album (1971)

8.7 - David Bowie - Absolute Beginners (1985)

8.7 - David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (1973)

8.7 - Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (1977)

8.7 - Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (1975)

8.7 - The Kinks - Face to Face (1966)

8.7 - Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)

8.7 - Hard Place - Hard Place (2004)

8.7 - Procol Harum - Home (1970)

8.7 - Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy (1967)

8.7 - The Barenaked Ladies - Maroon (2000)

8.7 - Brian Eno - Music For Films (1978)

8.7 - Earth Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1972)

8.7 - The Band - Northen Lights, Southern Cross (1975)

8.7 - The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (2001)

8.7 - The Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream (1969)

8.7 - Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes (1974)

8.7 - Randy Newman - Randy Newman (1968)

8.7 - Noctorum - Sparks Lane (2003)

8.7 - Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind (1997)

8.7 - The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1974)

8.7 - Frank Zappa - We're Only in it For the Money (1967)

8.7 - The Who - The Who Sings My Generation (1965)

8.6 - The Beach Boys - All Summer Long (1964)

8.6 - Booker T. and the MGs - And Now! (1966)

8.6 - Michael Jackson - Bad (1987)

8.6 - The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness and Eternity (1974)

8.6 - The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang (2005)

8.6 - Blondie - Blondie (1976)

8.6 - Procol Harum - Broken Barricades (1971)

8.6 - Roxy Music - Country Life (1974)

8.6 - Queen - A Day At the Races (1976)

8.6 - Frou Frou - Details (2002)

8.6 - David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)

8.6 - Joni Mitchell - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (1977)

8.6 - Stevie Wonder - For Once in My Life (1968)

8.6 - Cream - Fresh Cream (1966)

8.6 - Queen - The Game (1980)

8.6 - Booker T. and the MGs - Green Onions (1962)

8.6 - Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (1983)

8.6 - Nancy Sinatra - How Does That Grab You? (1966)

8.6 - Dead Kennedys - In God We Trust, Inc. (1981)

8.6 - Erasure - The Innocents (1988)

8.6 - Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon (1970)

8.6 - Earth, Wind and Fire - Last Days and Time (1972)

8.6 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (1968)

8.6 - The Kinks - Lola vs. the Powerman & the Money-Go-Round, Pt. 1 (1971)

8.6 - The Kinks - Low Budget (1979)

8.6 - Clearwater - No Fixed Adobe (2007)

8.6 - The Ocean Blue - The Ocean Blue (1989)

8.6 - Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)

8.6 - The Raveonettes - Pretty in Black (2005)

8.6 - R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984)

8.6 - Paul McCartney - Red Rose Speedway (1973)

8.6 - The Yardbirds - Roger the Engineer (1966)

8.6 - The Kinks - Sleepwalker (1977)

8.6 - The Kinks - State of Confusion (1983)

8.6 - Andy Thornton - Sunflower Girl (2006)

8.6 - ABBA - Super Trouper (1980)

8.6 - Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)

8.6 - Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983)

8.6 - ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (1973)

8.6 - Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1971)

8.6 - Under the Influence of Giants - Under the Influence of Giants (2006)

8.6 - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (1969)

8.6 - Shawn Colvin - A Whole New You (2001)

8.6 - Coldplay - X&Y (2005)

8.6 - Yes - Yes (1969)

Albums receiving a score of: 8.5 - 8.2
This is a fine list of above-average albums. If you like any of these artists, then all of their albums which appear here are must-haves. Non-fans, however, might want to proceed with some caution.

8.5 - Sarah McLachlan - Afterglow (2003)

8.5 - Duran Duran - Astronaut (2004)

8.5 - The Beatles - The Beatles For Sale (1965)

8.5 - The Monkees - The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees (1968)

8.5 - The Rolling Stones - Black and Blue (1976)

8.5 - Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974)

8.5 - Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)

8.5 - Can - Delay 1968 (1981)

8.5 - Journey - Departure (1980)

8.5 - Joan Baez - Farewell Angelina (1965)

8.5 - Landscape - From the Tea-Rooms of Mars to the Hell Holes of Uranus (1980)

8.5 - Genesis - Genesis (1983)

8.5 - The Barenaked Ladies - Gordon (1992)

8.5 - Rush - Hemispheres (1978)

8.5 - The Association - Insight Out (1967)

8.5 - Queen - Innuendo (1991)

8.5 - Queen - Joan Baez in Concert Vol. 2 (1963)

8.5 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

8.5 - Paul McCartney - London Town (1978)

8.5 - Bob Dylan - Love and Theft (2001)

8.5 - R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)

8.5 - Bob Dylan - New Morning (1970)

8.5 - The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)

8.5 - Peter Dayton - Peter Dayton (2005)

8.5 - The Moody Blues - The Present (1983)

8.5 - The Who - A Quick One (1966)

8.5 - The Stooges - Raw Power (1973)

8.5 - Gary Numan - Replicas (1979)

8.5 - Eurythmics - Revenge (1986)

8.5 - Duran Duran - Rio (1982)

8.5 - Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)

8.5 - Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)

8.5 - The Kinks - Schoolboys in Disgrace (1975)

8.5 - Queen - Sheer Heart Attack (1974)

8.5 - Rush - Snakes and Arrows (2007)

8.5 - David Bowie - The Space Oddity (1969)

8.5 - Shawn Colvin - Steady On (1989)

8.5 - Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (1981)

8.5 - ZZ Top - Tejas (1976)

8.5 - Pat Benatar - Tropico (1984)

8.5 - Paul McCartney - Tug of War (1982)

8.5 - The Beatles - With the Beatles (1963)

8.5 - Cream - Wheels of Fire (1968)

8.5 - Fischer-Z - Word Salad (1979)

8.4 - Buffalo Springfield - Again (1967)

8.4 - Roxy Music - Avalon (1982)

8.4 - Elton John - Caribou (1974)

8.4 - Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)

8.4 - Randy Newman - Faust (1995)

8.4 - Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)

8.4 - The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (1973)

8.4 - Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)

8.4 - Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (1969)

8.4 - Genesis - Nursery Cryme (1971)

8.4 - Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel [1] (1977)

8.4 - Duran Duran - Pop Trash (2000)

8.4 - The Shore - The Shore (2004)

8.4 - Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming (1979)

8.4 - Eurythmics - Touch (1983)

8.3 - Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)

8.3 - The Association - And Then...Along Comes (1966)

8.3 - Elton John - Breaking Hearts (1984)

8.3 - Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)

8.3 - R.E.M. - Dead Letter Office (1987)

8.3 - Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979)

8.3 - ZZ Top - First Album (1971)

8.3 - The Blue Nile - Hats (1989)

8.3 - Queen - Jazz (1978)

8.3 - Joan Baez - Joan Baez in Concert Vol. 1 (1962)

8.3 - The Perishers - Let There Be Morning (2005)

8.3 - Alice Cooper - Muscle of Love (1974)

8.3 - The Rolling Stones - Out of Our Heads (1965)

8.3 - Styx - Paradise Theater (1983)

8.3 - Blondie - Plastic Letters (1977)

8.3 - The Kinks - Preservation Act 2 (1974)

8.3 - Queen - Queen II (1974)

8.3 - The Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998)

8.3 - Randy Newman - 12 Songs (1970)

8.3 - ABBA - Voulez-Vous (1979)

8.3 - Frank Zappa - Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970)

8.3 - The Raveonettes - Whip it On [EP] (2003)

8.3 - The Beach Boys - Wild Honey (1967)

8.2 - The Like - Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking? (2005)

8.2 - Randy Newman - Bad Love (1999)

8.2 - R.E.M. - Document (1987)

8.2 - Elton John - Elton John (1970)

8.2 - R.E.M. - Green (1988)

8.2 - David Bowie - Hours (1999)

8.2 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (1969)

8.2 - David Bowie - Lodger (1979)

8.2 - The Kinks - Misfits (1978)

8.2 - Fripp & Eno - No Pussyfooting (1973)

8.2 - Alice Cooper - Pretties For You (1969)

8.2 - Peter Gabriel - Security (1982)

8.2 - Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed and Delivered (1970)

8.2 - Sarah McLachlan - Solace (1992)

8.2 - Earth, Wind & Fire - Spirit (1976)

8.2 - The Band - Stage Fright (1970)

8.2 - David Bowie - Tin Machine (1989)

8.2 - Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat (1969)

8.2 - R.E.M. - Up (1998)

8.2 - Paul McCartney & Wings - Wild Life (1971)

8.2 - Erasure - Wonderland (1986)

Albums receiving a score of: 8.1 - 7.7
These albums are not great by any means, but they are a formidable bunch. They have some glaring flaws! ...Eh... I like 'em!

8.1 - Bob Dylan - As Good As I Been To You (1992)

8.1 - Paul McCartney - Back to the Egg (1979)

8.1 - Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)

8.1 - Dead Kennedys - Bedtime For Democracy (1986)

8.1 - Blind Faith - Blind Faith (1969)

8.1 - Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966)

8.1 - R.E.M. - Chronic Town [EP] (1982)

8.1 - Frank Zappa - Chunga's Revenge (1970)

8.1 - Michael Jackson - Dangerous (1991)

8.1 - Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer (1981)

8.1 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu (1970)

8.1 - Duran Duran- Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993)

8.1 - The Who - Face Dances (1981)

8.1 - Toronto - Get it on Credit (1982)

8.1 - Nirvana - In Utero (1993)

8.1 - Supertramp - Indelibly Stamped (1971)

8.1 - The Band - Islands (1977)

8.1 - Joan Baez - Joan Baez 5 (1964)

8.1 - Elton John - Jump Up! (1982)

8.1 - Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)

8.1 - David Bowie - Labyrinth (1986)

8.1 - The Velvet Underground - Loaded (1970)

8.1 - The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)

8.1 - Toronto - Lookin' For Trouble (1980)

8.1 - The Barenaked Ladies - Maybe You Should Drive (1994)

8.1 - Jars of Clay - Much Afraid (1997)

8.1 - Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (1979)

8.1 - Bob Dylan - Pat Garret & Billy the Kid (1973)

8.1 - Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters (2004)

8.1 - Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)

8.1 - Booker T. and the MGs- Soul Dressing (1965)

8.1 - Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills (1970)

8.1 - Supertramp - Supertramp (1970)

8.1 - Yes - Time and a Word (1970)

8.1 - Genesis - Trespass (1970)

8.1 - The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)

8.1 - The Who - The Who By Numbers (1975)

8.1 - Queen - The Works (1984)

8.1 - Bob Dylan - World Gone Wrong (1993)

8.0 - The Association - The Association (1969)

8.0 - The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981)

8.0 - Earth, Wind and Fire - Head to the Sky (1973)

8.0 - Jars of Clay - Jars of Clay (1995)

8.0 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (1970)

8.0 - The Juan Maclean - Less Than Human (2005)

8.0 - David Bowie - Outside (1995)

8.0 - Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)

8.0 - Pink Floyd - More (1969)

8.0 - Queen - Queen (1973)

8.0 - R.E.M. - Reveal (2001)

8.0 - Rush - Rush (1974)

8.0 - Saxon - Strong Arm of the Law (1980)

8.0 - Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (1997)

8.0 - David Bowie - Tin Machine II (1991)

8.0 - Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From (1971)

7.9 - Genesis - Abacab (1981)

7.9 - The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider (1969)

7.9 - Carl Ludewig - Blue (2000)

7.9 - Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan (1962)

7.9 - Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)

7.9 - The Byrds - Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde (1969)

7.9 - Alice Cooper - Easy Action (1970)

7.9 - Bob Dylan - Empire Burlesque (1985)

7.9 - Rolling Stones - Exhile on Main St. (1972)

7.9 - R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)

7.9 - Mott the Hoople - The Hoople (1974)

7.9 - Erasure - I Say, I Say, I Say (1994)

7.9 - Bob Dylan - Infidels (1983)

7.9 - Marc Anthony - Libre (2001)

7.9 - Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)

7.9 - David Bowie - Pin-Ups (1973)

7.9 - Bob Dylan - Self Portrait (1970)

7.9 - The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)

7.9 - Peter Gabriel - So (1986)

7.9 - 8mm - Songs to Love and Die By (2006)

7.9 - The Beach Boys - Surfin' USA (1962)

7.9 - Shawn Colvin - These Four Walls (2006)

7.9 - Randy Newman - Trouble in Paradise (1983)

7.9 - Eurythmics - We Too Are One (1989)

7.9 - The Who - Who Are You (1978)

7.8 - ABBA - ABBA (1975)

7.8 - Kiss - Ace Frehley (1978)

7.8 - Balaklava - Balaklava (1968)

7.8 - The Band - Cahoots (1971)

7.8 - Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton (1970)

7.8 - The Barenaked Ladies - Everything to Everyone (2003)

7.8 - Queen - Hot Space (1982)

7.8 - Nancy Sinatra - Nancy in London (1966)

7.8 - Bob Dylan - Planet Waves (1974)

7.8 - The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now (1965)

7.8 - The Beach Boys - Shut Down Vol. 2 (1964)

7.8 - The Kinks - A Soap Opera (1975)

7.8 - The Stooges - The Stooges (1969)

7.8 - The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)

7.8 - Gary Numan - Tubeway Army (1978)

7.8 - The Stooges - The Weirdness (2007)

7.8 - The Shins - Wincing the Night Away (2007)

7.7 - R.E.M. - Around the Sun (2004)

7.7 - The Go-Go's - Beauty and the Beat (1981)

7.7 - Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)

7.7 - Bloomfield, Kooper & Stills - Super Session (1968)

7.7 - Erasure - Circus (1987)

7.7 - The Raveonettes - Chain Gang of Love (2003)

7.7 - Supertramp- Crisis? What Crisis? (1975)

7.7 - David Bowie - David Bowie (1967)

7.7 - The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)

7.7 - David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983)

7.7 - Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)

7.7 - ZZ Top - Rio Grande Mud (1972)

7.7 - Elton John - Rock of the Westies (1975)

7.7 - Eric Clapton - There's One in Every Crowd (1975)

7.7 - The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge (1994)

Albums receiving a score of: 7.6 - 7.2

Elements of these albums are kickin'! But, other elements of these albums downright suck. Prosepective fans of any of these bands or artists should start with something else ... that is unless this is the highest score that one of their albums have managed to achieve.

7.6 - Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)

7.6 - Michael Jackson - Blood on the Dance Floor (1997)

7.6 - Frank Zappa - Cruising With Ruben and the Jets (1968)

7.6 - Allison Tartalia - Ready (2002)

7.6 - Styx - Styx II (1973)

7.6 - Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)

7.6 - Pat Benatar - Wide Awake in Dreamland (1988)

7.5 - Marc Anthony - Contra La Corriente (1997)

7.5 - The Ocean Blue - Cerulean (1991)

7.5 - Rush - Fly By Night (1975)

7.5 - Genesis - Invisible Touch (1986)

7.5 - Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock'N'Roll (1974)

7.5 - Metallica - Kill 'Em All (1983)

7.5 - The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1966)

7.5 - Duran Duran - Liberty (1990)

7.5 - Duran Duran - Medazzaland (1997)

7.5 - Queen - News of the World (1977)

7.5 - The Beach Boys - Party! (1965)

7.5 - Tyrannosaurus Rex - Prophets, Seers & Sages – The Angels of the Ages (1968)

7.5 - 8mm - Opener [EP] (2004)

7.5 - Team Sleep - Team Sleep (2005)

7.5 - Bob Dylan - Under the Red Sky (1990)

7.5 - Paul McCartney - Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976)

7.4 - Marc Anthony - Amar Sin Mentiras (2004)

7.4 - The Rolling Stones - Bridges to Babylon (1997)

7.4 - The Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998)

7.4 - Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)

7.4 - Rush - Caress of Steel (1975)

7.4 - Spandau Ballet - Diamond (1982)

7.4 - Journey - Escape (1981)

7.4 - Roxy Music - Flesh and Blood (1980)

7.4 - Foreigner - Head Games (1979)

7.4 - Journey - Infinity (1978)

7.4 - The Association - Renaissance (1967)

7.4 - Barry White - Just Another Way to Say I Love You (1975)

7.4 - Kylie Minogue - Let's Get To It (1991)

7.4 - Madonna - Madonna (1983)

7.4 - Bob Dylan - Shot of Love (1981)

7.4 - Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964)

7.4 - The Kinks - Think Visual (1986)

7.4 - Elton John - 21 at 33 (1980)

7.4 - Rush - 2112 (1976)

7.4 - Genesis - Wind and Wuthering (1976)

7.4 - Saxon - Wheels of Steel (1980)

7.3 - Barry Manilow - Barry Manilow II (1974)

7.3 - Shawn Colvin - Cover Girl (1994)

7.3 - The Rolling Stones - December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965)

7.3 - Erasure - Erasure (1995)

7.3 - Plone - For Beginner Piano (1999)

7.3 - Cream - Goodbye (1969)

7.3 - The Association - Goodbye, Columbus (1969)

7.3 - The Kinks - Kinda Kinks (1965)

7.3 - Barry White - Let the Music Play (1976)

7.3 - Paul McCartney - McCartney II (1980)

7.3 - Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1982)

7.3 - Elton John - A Single Man (1978)

7.3 - The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)

7.3 - The Rolling Stones - Undercover (1983)

7.3 - Erasure - Wild! (1989)

7.2 - Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (1970)

7.2 - Saxon - Denim and Leather (1981)

7.2 - Genesis - Duke (1980)

7.2 - Elton John - Empty Sky (1969)

7.2 - Styx - Equinox (1975)

7.2 - ZZ Top - Fandango (1975)

7.2 - Elton John - The Fox (1981)

7.2 - Kiss - Gene Simmons (1978)

7.2 - Pat Benatar - Get Nervous (1982)

7.2 - Toronto - Head On (1981)

7.2 - Can - Monster Movie (1969)

7.2 - The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari (1962)

Albums receiving a score of: 7.1 - 6.6
Don't fret! Not EVERYTHING in this album stinks! There are plenty of good aspects in all of these albums that make me like them at least a little bit.

7.1 - The Buggles - Adventures in Modern Recording (1982)

7.1 - Nancy Sinatra - Boots (1966)

7.1 - Shawn Colvin - Fat City (1992)

7.1 - Hejira - Hejira (2005)

7.1 - Journey - Journey (1975)

7.1 - Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue (1994)

7.1 - Kiss - Lick it Up (1983)

7.1 - Madonna - Like a Prayer (1989)

7.1 - Journey - Look Into the Future (1976)

7.1 - The Beatles - Please Please Me (1963)

7.1 - Eurythmics - Savage (1987)

7.1 - Fetish Chicken - Volume = Talent (2006)

7.0 - Genesis - From Genesis to Revelation (1969)

7.0 - Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)

7.0 - David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World (1971)

7.0 - Meat Loaf - Midnight at the Lost and Found (1983)

7.0 - Kiss - Music From "The Elder" (1981)

7.0 - Duran Duran - Notorious (1986)

7.0 - Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy (1989)

7.0 - Barry White - Rhapsody in White (1974)

7.0 - Saxon - Saxon (1979)

6.9 - Barry White - Barry White Sings For Someone You Love (1977)

6.9 - Kylie Minogue - Enjoy Yourself (1989)

6.9 - Elton John - Ice on Fire (1985)

6.9 - Styx - Man of Miracles (1974)

6.9 - Eric Clapton - No Reason to Cry (1976)

6.9 - The Moody Blues - The Other Side of Life (1986)

6.9 - Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1969)

6.9 - Bleu - Redhead (2003)

6.9 - Pat Benatar - Seven the Hard Way (1985)

6.9 - Bob Dylan - Street Legal (1978)

6.8 - Genesis - And Then There Were Three (1978)

6.8 - Cyndi Lauper - At Last (2003)

6.8 - Journey - Evolution (1979)

6.8 - Kylie Minogue - Kylie (1988)

6.8 - David Bowie - Never Let Me Down (1987)

6.8 - Kiss - Peter Criss (1978)

6.8 - The Kinks - Preservation Act 1 (1973)

6.8 - Nancy Sinatra - Sugar (1966)

6.8 - The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)

6.7 - Supertramp - Free as a Bird (1987)

6.7 - Barry White - I've Got So Much to Give (1973)

6.7 - The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963)

6.7 - The Moody Blues - Octave (1978)

6.7 - Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983)

6.7 - Kylie Minogue - Rhythm of Love (1990)

6.7 - Styx - The Serpent is Rising (1973)

6.6 - The Rolling Stones - England's Newest Hitmakers (1964)

6.6 - Marc Anthony - Marc Anthony (1999)

6.8 - Journey - Next (1977)

6.6 - The Rolling Stones - 12 X 5 (1964)

Albums receiving a score of: 6.5 - 6.0
In my book, none of these albums succeed in any sort of significant way, but they all are passable. In these albums, there are usually a few pretty good songs ... but you're probably better off getting them off of a Greatest Hits compilation.

6.5 - Bob Dylan - Down in the Groove (1988)

6.5 - Foreigner - 4 (1981)

6.5 - Journey - Frontiers (1983)

6.5 - Styx - The Grand Illusion (1977)

6.5 - Queen - Made in Heaven (1995)

6.5 - R.E.M. - Monster (1994)

6.5 - Marc Anthony - Otra Nota (1993)

6.5 - Kiss - Rock and Roll Over (1976)

6.5 - Barry White - Stone Gon (1973)

6.5 - Madonna - You Can Dance (1987)

6.4 - Foreigner - Agent Provocateur (1984)

6.4 - Spandau Ballet - Journeys to Glory (1981)

6.4 - David Bowie - Young Americans (1975)

6.3 - Elton John - Blue Moves (1976)

6.3 - Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)

6.3 - Rush - A Farewell to Kings (1977)

6.3 - Barry White - Is This Whatcha Wont? (1976)

6.3 - Madonna - Like a Virgin (1984)

6.3 - Queen - The Miracle (1989)

6.3 - The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989)

6.3 - David Bowie - Tonight (1984)

6.2 - Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)

6.2 - Mudfrog - Big Generation (2000)

6.2 - The Byrds - Byrdmaniax (1971)

6.2 - Kiss - Destroyer (1976)

6.2 - Michael Jackson - History Vol. 2 (1995)

6.2 - Cyndi Lauper - Sisters of Avalon (1997)

6.2 - Madonna - True Blue (1986)

6.2 - The Velvet Underground - White Light White Heat (1967)

6.1 - Duran Duran - Big Thing (1988)

6.1 - Nancy Sinatra - Country, My Way (1967)

6.1 - Styx - Crystal Ball (1976)

6.1 - The Who - It's Hard (1983)

6.1 - Michael Bolton - Michael Bolton (1983)

6.1 - Spandau Ballet - True (1983)

6.0 - The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue (1980)

6.0 - Supertramp - Famous Last Words... (1982)

6.0 - Laura Branigan - Laura Branigan (1982)

6.0 - Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)

6.0 - The Kinks - Word of Mouth (1984)

Albums receiving a score of: 5.9 - 4.5
These albums are absolutely rancid! ... But there is probably SOMETHING in them that makes me realize that I could fathom something worse.

5.8 - Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)

5.8 - The Rolling Stones - Dirty Work (1986)

5.8 - David Bowie - Earthling (1997)

5.8 - Michael Bolton - The Hunger (1987)

5.8 - Kiss - Love Gun (1977)

5.8 - Melissa Etheridge - Melissa Etheridge (1988)

5.8 - Kiss - Paul Stanley (1978)

5.8 - Kiss - Psycho Circus (1998)

5.8 - The Moody Blues - Sur La Mer (1988)

5.8 - Cyndi Lauper - True Colors (1986)

5.7 - Madonnna - Erotica (1992)

5.7 - The Kinks - The Kinks (1964)

5.7 - Styx - Kilroy Was Here (1983)

5.7 - Marc Anthony - Mended (2002)

5.6 - Kiss - Creatures of the Night (1982)

5.6 - Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975)

5.6 - Kiss - Dynasty (1979)

5.6 - Madonna - I'm Breathless (1990)

5.6 - Styx - Styx (1972)

5.5 - A Perfect Circle - The Thirteenth Step (2003)

5.5 - Barry White - White Gold (1974)

5.4 - Foreigner - Inside Information (1987)

5.3 - Kiss - Asylum (1985)

5.3 - Supertramp - Brother Where You Bound (1985)

5.2 - Blondie - The Hunter (1981)

5.1 - Arabesque - Arabesque IV (1980)

5.1 - Bob Dylan - Saved (1980)

5.1 - Duran Duran - Thank You (1995)

5.0 - Arabesque - Arabesque VII (1982)

5.0 - Foreigner - Foreigner (1977)

5.0 - Kiss - Hot in the Shade (1989)

5.0 - Bob Dylan - Knocked Out Loaded (1986)

5.0 - Michael Bolton - Soul Provider (1989)

4.9 - Michael Bolton - All That Matters (1997)

4.9 - Arabesque - Arabesque V (1981)

4.9 - Marc Anthony - Todo a Su Tiempo (1995)

4.8 - ABBA - Waterloo (1974)

4.7 - Styx - Cornerstone (1979)

4.7 - Kiss - Dressed to Kill (1975)

4.7 - Justin Guarini - Justin Guarini (2003)

4.7 - Kiss - Kiss Unmasked (1980)

4.6 - Cyndi Lauper - Hat Full of Stars (1992)

Albums receiving a score of: 4.4 - 2.0
Ick! These are BAAAAAAAD albums! Stay away! Stay Away!

4.4 - Kiss - Hotter Than Hell (1974)

4.3 - Mae - Destination: Beautiful (2003)

4.3 - Cyndi Lauper - A Night to Remember (1989)

4.2 - Michael Bolton - Time, Love and Tenderness (1991)

4.1 - Madonna - Music (2000)

4.0 - Arabesque - Arabesque (1978)

4.0 - Arabesque - Arabesque III (1980)

4.0 - Genesis - Calling All Stations (1998)

3.8 - Madonna - Who's That Girl (1987)

3.7 - Kiss - Crazy Nights (1987)

3.7 - Kiss - Kiss (1974)

3.7 - Madonna - Ray of Light (1998)

3.7 - Elton John - Victim of Love (1979)

3.5 - Kiss - Animalize (1984)

3.5 - Arabesque - Arabesque VI (1982)

3.4 - Kiss - Revenge (1992)

3.3 - Mae - The Everglow (2005)

3.3 - Journey - Raised on Radio (1986)

3.1 - Madonna - American Life (2003)

2.6 - Arabesque - Arabesque II (1979)

2.5 - Michael Bolton - The One Thing (1993)

2.2 - A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms (2000)

Albums receiving a score of: 1.9 - 0minus
This is where Ring Ring by ABBA lives. So far, the evil dungeon of despair has merely one prisoner!

0.8 - ABBA - Ring, Ring (1973)

Misc.
Basically, these are albums where I refuse to score them at all. Take that, Stack-O-Tracks!

N/A - The Beach Boys - Stack-O-Tracks (1969)

Live Albums

There aren't too many live albums on my site so far. I'm not comfortable rating them like a studio album, so I'm letting them be separate! They are rated on a 1-5 star scale. For the most part, they are judged based on how well they stand up to their studio counterparts. (By the way, some albums from artists like Frank Zappa and the Mahavishnu Orchestra are live, but they don't have studio counterparts.)

***** - The Who - Live at Leeds (1970)

**** 1/2- - Rush - All the World's a Stage (1976)

**** - Kiss - Alive! (1975)

**** - Peter Gabriel - Plays Live (1983)

*** 1/2 - Pat Benatar - Live From Earth (1983)

*** - Yes - Yessongs (1972)

* 1/2 - The Association - Live (1970)

* - Roxy Music - Viva! (1976)

Videos

There aren't many videos here, either! ... Maybe I'll get around to doing a few more ... Never fear, my peoples.

ABBA - ABBA Gold: music video reviews

Live Concerts

Whenever I get to see concerts, I'll post a review of it right here!

David Bowie - Reality Concert in Rosemont, Ill. (Jan. 14, 2004)

David Bowie - Reality Concert in Kansas City (May 10, 2004)

Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson - Field of Dreams Concert in Wichita, Kansas (September 1, 2004)

Jerry Seinfeld - Live in Wichita, Kan. (Dec. 9, 2004)

Sarah McLachlan - Afterglow Live Concert in Kansas City (April 30, 2005)

Brian Wilson - Smile Concert in Kansas City (August 25, 2005)

Alice Cooper and Cheap Trick - Dirty Diamonds Concert in Topeka, Kan. (Sept. 7, 2005)

The Rolling Stones - Bigger Bang Concert in Wichita, Kan. (Oct. 1, 2006)