Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 59,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com! (Chart last updated: 5 hours ago).
"For me, this is Dream Theater’s most underrated album. In my eyes, it doesn’t carry the title “Dream Theater” by accident. This record is a masterpiece and a statement: this is who we are — Dream Theater! It’s incredibly elaborate in both composition and production — with orchestral and classical...""For me, this is Dream Theater’s most underrated album. In my eyes, it doesn’t carry the title “Dream Theater” by accident. This record is a masterpiece and a statement: this is who we are — Dream Theater!
It’s incredibly elaborate in both composition and production — with orchestral and classical influences — yet still very song‑driven. It includes many of my all‑time favorite DT tracks. If I had to pick only ten CDs to take with me to a deserted island, this one would definitely make the list.
Thank you for this album, Dream Theater!"[+]Reply
"It's not the Misfits we all love, but come on, Scream, Fiend Club, Dust to Dust, Saturday Night and Helena are all great tunes! Just put aside the fact that Jerry is a complete douche, and you'll see it's worth a listen. "If I cut off your arms and cut off your legs, would you still love me anywa...""It's not the Misfits we all love, but come on, Scream, Fiend Club, Dust to Dust, Saturday Night and Helena are all great tunes! Just put aside the fact that Jerry is a complete douche, and you'll see it's worth a listen. "If I cut off your arms and cut off your legs, would you still love me anyway?" One of my favorite Misfits lines."[+]Reply
"THE TROUBLE WITH DESIRE Somewhere else in the universe - exactly where I do not know - there is a planet and civilization not unlike our own. They’re busy with jobs and making ends meet mostly. But they are also vastly curious about life and various philosophical questions. Chiefly, they ponder w...""THE TROUBLE WITH DESIRE
Somewhere else in the universe - exactly where I do not know - there is a planet and civilization not unlike our own. They’re busy with jobs and making ends meet mostly. But they are also vastly curious about life and various philosophical questions. Chiefly, they ponder whether they are all alone is this vast universe. Whether the entire universe exists just for them.
So just like us, they also built a space program. But this being science fiction and all, there’s is a bit more advanced than ours. And they built and coded this amazing android. It is capable of learning how to create any and all languages, dialects & tongues. Given enough time it would be able to communicate with any creature in the entire world. No matter how big or small. How complex or simple. Insects, humanoids, birds, amoebas, you name it. Essentially, if a life form, or even another droid, can communicate, this droid will learn how to communicate with it. The people on this planet - let’s call them Clusterferians just for fun - were naturally quite proud of their creation. And they built a moderate sized space vessel such that their droid could comb the universe looking for any sign of life to communicate with. And then report back to them.
To give the mission the best chance of success, the Clusterferians something new. Something they had never encoded into a robot before. A strong message that this mission was critical. Vital. In a word they gave it Desire.
Time passes. Millions of years. The droid performs its tasks and tries to carry out its mission. Sending out signals. And waiting for a response. Sending out more signals. Trying to communicate. To connect. To anything. It creates endless variations of sounds. But nothing ever comes back. Just the vast emptiness of space. And him.
And then the unthinkable happens. The unimaginable. He develops feelings. After eons and eons of trying and trying and trying to fulfill its mission with that strong desire encoded in him, he starts to grow sad. This desire to connect to something, ANYTHING, overwhelms him. The years of sending and sending, trying and trying and getting nothing back in return changes him. He becomes what we would call depressed. He preservers on with his mission of course. He’s a robot after all. But a shade of loneliness, of mourning now pervades the sounds he creates. A lament. The lament of being lonely. Of being human.
Grade A+: Cluster makes sounds better than anyone. Eno enhances sounds better than anyone. So together this is a dream team. And they amply fulfill the promise such a collaboration would suggest. This is one of the greatest dark ambient albums of all time. Considering its pedigree, I’m quite surprised it’s bit undiscovered. Don’t let it stay lonely anymore! Seek out and connect with this major ambient gem. There’s a lonely robot just waiting to hear from you. And this LP hurdles through space all the way to number 11. "[+]Reply
"Lyle Lovett makes another record of his trademark mix of jazzy western swing, coffee house ballads, and clever lyrics. Not quite as good as the previous outing but highly enjoyable. Recommended especially for those looking for something that sounds original."Reply
"Good alternative rock album. Best 10 songs average is 81,2/100 and the album can get good 80/100. Solid album without highs and lows. Best songs are "Ocean spray" and "The year of purification" both 85/100, followed by "Found that soul", "So why so sad", "Let Robeson sing", "Wattsville blues" and...""Good alternative rock album. Best 10 songs average is 81,2/100 and the album can get good 80/100. Solid album without highs and lows. Best songs are "Ocean spray" and "The year of purification" both 85/100, followed by "Found that soul", "So why so sad", "Let Robeson sing", "Wattsville blues" and "His last painting" all 80/100. Other songs in the region of 70-75/100. Notable are the count of 16 tracks and the album lenght of 75 min."[+]Reply
"Album Rating: 86.00 (344/4) Maruja (CW - UK - Apr 24) - Connla's Well 26.04.2024 More psychedelic-jazz-rock from the banks of the muddy Medlock. It's more mature than the 2023 EP 'Knocknarea' but doesn't quite reach that level, other than on the powerful 'The Invisible Man'. 1.Maruja (CW - UK - A...""Album Rating: 86.00
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Maruja (CW - UK - Apr 24) - Connla's Well
26.04.2024
More psychedelic-jazz-rock from the banks of the muddy Medlock. It's more mature than the 2023 EP 'Knocknarea' but doesn't quite reach that level, other than on the powerful 'The Invisible Man'.
1.Maruja (CW - UK - Apr 24) - Connla's Well n/a (75) n/a
2.Maruja (CW - UK - Apr 24) - The Invisible Man 96
3.Maruja (CW - UK - Apr 24) - Zeitgeist 76
4.Maruja (CW - UK - Apr 24) - One Hand Behind The Devil 84
5.Maruja (CW - UK - Apr 24) - Resisting Resistance 88
Ranked in order:
* Maruja (CW - UK - Apr 24) - The Invisible Man 96
* Maruja (CW - UK - Apr 24) - Resisting Resistance 88
* Maruja (CW - UK - Apr 24) - One Hand Behind The Devil 84
* Maruja (CW - UK - Apr 24) - Zeitgeist 76
* Maruja (CW - UK - Apr 24) - Connla's Well n/a (75) n/a"[+]Reply
"Among bands that revolutionized rock and roll, (e.g. The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Ramones, Nirvana,) Van Halen often gets short shrift. That said, "OU812" (1988, US #1) - although released under the name "Van Halen" - is not the same band that revolutionized rock in 1978. With original vocalist...""Among bands that revolutionized rock and roll, (e.g. The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Ramones, Nirvana,) Van Halen often gets short shrift. That said, "OU812" (1988, US #1) - although released under the name "Van Halen" - is not the same band that revolutionized rock in 1978.
With original vocalist David Lee Roth as guitarist Eddie Van Halen's primary co-songwriter (1974-1985) Van Halen combined genres as diverse as Motown and metal, blues and barbershop quartet, for a sound as homegrown and unique as the sound on "OU812" is pre-fab.
"5150" (1986, US #1) demonstrated the songwriting capabilities of Van Halen's new songwriting pair: guitarist Eddie Van Halen and AOR veteran, vocalist Sammy Hagar. Although the synth-laden "5150" has not aged well - Van Halen's increased use of synths was reportedly a major reason for David Lee Roth's exit - it features many moments of songwriting inspiration which, doubtlessly, Roth would've never allowed on a Van Halen record, (e.g. "Dreams.")
"OU812" establishes the Van Hagar formula, which would define (and limit) later non-Roth albums like "F.U.C.K." (1991, US #1;) "Balance" (1995, US #1;) and "Van Halen III" (1998, US #4.) This formula included power ballads (e.g. the lush, saccharine "When It's Love," and the late period Hall & Oates-esque "Feels So Good;") unfocused imitations of Van Halen's earlier rockers, (e.g. the half-baked "A.F.U. (Naturally Wired," and hollow "Source of Infection,") and several successful experiments (e.g. the hard new wave of "Mine All Mine" and countrified "Finish What Ya Started.")
"OU812" is not an album without merits - however, it suffers by comparison with Van Halen's previous (all essential) albums."[+]Reply