Thread by @outloudkat, Started a listening project with my SIL @DoctaDom a few months ago [...]

Started a listening project with my SIL @DoctaDom a few months ago to listen to the top 500 albums of all time, according to @RollingStone. Starting from 500 on March 2, I've had some thoughts...

Things started out slow...
#496 Box Scaggs: Boz Scaggs - "Did not love it"
#491 Albert King: Born Under A Bad Sign - "Now this I like"
#488 Hüsker Dü: New Day Rising - "Not for me really"

But things started to pick up...
#487 Cyndi Lauper: She's So Unusual - "first song features melodica; sets tone for loving the whole album"

Until...
#477 Merle Haggard: Down Evert Road (1962-1994) - "OH MY GOD! This album has ONE HUNDRED SONGS! This can't be. This is not fair. Come on Rolling Stone!

(It took three days to get through this entire album)

#476 The Notorious B.I.G.: Life After Death - "It's freaky as heck that all his albums were titled about dying & death. It's bad when he tries to "sing" ("Another"). Also hard to get past all the uses of bitch & other derogatory terms for women. Good beats tho, so it's too bad."

#474 Manu Chao: Próxima Estación...Esperanza - "I thought for a moment I could understand Spanish til I realised parts of some songs were in French."
#470 L.L. Cool J: Radio - "Feels like a caricature of hip hop music from this time; I guess that means it was pretty influential."

#469 Fugees: The Score - "Oh yeees. Love this one! More Lauryn!"
#468 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - "I liked this a lot. I played it twice."
#463 Echo And The Bunnymen: Heaven Up Here - "Really dug this. Will listen to more E&TB"

#462 R.E.M: Document - Only found an extended version of the album (didn't listen to all live versions); really liked this one. REM is good, can't deny it."
#461 PiL: Metal Box - "This one is doing nothing for me. I find myself still singing REM over top while listening to PiL."

Some reviews were more simple than others...
#451 Amy Winehouse: Back to Black - "

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#448 The Police: Synchronicity - "So Stingy"
#445 Steve Miller Band: Fly Like An Eagle - "Groovy"

Others came with deep realizations...
#444 War: The World Is A Ghetto - 'I always thought the words to the title track were 'The world is a devil' - now I know better."

#442 Devo: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - "This album features a cover of the Rolling Stone's Satisfaction that no one asked for. This album is wacky in an unpleasant way."

#441 Suicide: Suicide - "The song Girl made me uncomfortable. I'M AT WORK!" & "I am not cool enough for this; during Frankie Teardrop I just kept thinking 'When will this be over?' "

Some albums went by unnoticed, others were more impactful...
#439 Sam Cooke: Live At The Harlem Square Club 1963 - "A++, listened on repeat all day."
#438 The Cure: Boys Don't Cry - "The ending of Subway Song gave me a fright."

It's been almost 2 years since I added to this thread and of course now seems like the appropriate time to pick up back up again.

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