Music Ranking

I’ve been listening to a large quantity of music lately, little of which I actually like. It’s called “pushing my boundaries.” At the least, I managed to find a few good gems in the rough. In the process, I’ve been rating all of the albums I own, and the albums I’ve borrowed for listening purposes.

I’m going to maintain a list of those here, grouped by rating. The ratings are pretty coarse, but whatever. Come back to this post once in a while; it’ll be kept up to date as I listen to more music.

Best Albums (9/10)

  • barenaked ladies. gordon. pop.
  • boards of canada. in a beautiful place out in the country ep. ambient.
  • radiohead. ok computer. rock.
  • sarah mclachlan. fumbling towards ecstasy. pop, pop-rock, folk.
  • sarah mclachlan. the freedom sessions. pop, pop-rock, folk.
  • thievery corporation. the mirror conspiracy. downtempo, dub, jazz.

Great Albums (8/10)

  • aphex twin. selected ambient works 85-92. experimental, ambient, drum & bass.
  • autechre. amber. ambient, experimental.
  • beatles. 1967 to 1970. pop, rock.
  • beatles. magical mystery tour. pop, rock.
  • bebel gilberto. tanto tempo. latin, pop.
  • black sun empire. driving insane. drum & bass.
  • boards of canada. geogaddi. ambient.
  • boards of canada. music has the right to children. ambient.
  • bob marley and the wailers. very best of the early years 1968-74. reggae, dub.
  • broken social scene. you forgot it in people. rock, pop.
  • calexico. a feast of wire. rock, latin.
  • clifford gilberto. i was young and i needed the money! acid jazz.
  • deadbeat. new world observer. dub, downtempo, minimal techno.
  • delerium. karma. ambient, world, trance, new age.
  • dizzy gillespie. compact jazz. jazz.
  • dj krush. jaku. acid jazz, downtempo, hip hop.
  • dj krush. ki-oku. acid jazz, downtempo, hip hop.
  • dj maüs. intersections. drum & bass.
  • dj teebee. the legacy. drum & bass.
  • dj tiësto. in search of sunrise. trance.
  • elektrofant. flipstick ep. downtempo, synthpop.
  • elvis costello and the attractions. very best of elvis costello and the attractions. pop, reggae.
  • fatboy slim. halfway between the gutter and the stars. big beat, breaks.
  • four tet. rounds. ambient, glitch, folk.
  • franz ferdinand. franz ferdinand. rock.
  • freddie hubbard. the body and the soul. jazz.
  • future sound of london. cascade ep. ambient.
  • godspeed you black emperor!. lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven. postrock, rock.
  • herbaliser. blow your headphones. acid jazz, hip hop.
  • herbie hancock. head hunters. jazz, funk, hip hop.
  • kruder & dorfmeister. the k&d sessions. downtempo.
  • manu chao. clandestino. pop, latin.
  • massive attack. blue lines. trip hop.
  • metric. old world underground, where are you now? rock, synthpop.
  • michael brook. cobalt blue. ambient, new age.
  • miles davis. the best of miles davis. jazz.
  • miss kittin. radio caroline. techno, electro.
  • monolake. gravity. ambient, minimal techno.
  • mouse on mars. autoditacker. ambient, minimal techno.
  • mouse on mars. instrumentals. ambient, minimal techno.
  • neil young. sleeps with angels. rock, folk.
  • nicola conte. bossa per due. downtempo, acid jazz.
  • nils petter molvaer. solid ether. acid jazz.
  • nina simone. jazz masters 17. jazz, soul.
  • nirvana. nevermind. rock.
  • nirvana. unplugged in new york. rock.
  • peace orchestra. peace orchestra. downtempo.
  • plaid. double figure. techno, ambient.
  • pluhgt. when nature calls. ambient, drum & bass.
  • police. live!. rock, pop.
  • portishead. dummy. trip hop.
  • prodigy. fat of the land. big beat, breaks.
  • quench. punctuated. ambient.
  • radiohead. the bends. rock.
  • radiohead. kid a. rock.
  • radiohead. hail to the thief. rock.
  • rae & christian. northern sulphuric soul. downtempo, soul, hip hop.
  • r.e.m. automatic for the people. rock.
  • r.e.m. monster. rock.
  • rjd2. deadringer. hip hop.
  • sarah mclachlan. surfacing. pop, pop-rock, folk.
  • sasha. xpander ep. trance.
  • sigur rós. ( ). postrock, rock.
  • simon & garfunkel. old friends. pop.
  • spring heel jack. 68 million shades. drum & bass.
  • squarepusher. feed me weird things. drum & bass, experimental.
  • squarepusher. hard normal daddy. drum & bass, experimental.
  • suba. são paulo confessions. latin, acid jazz.
  • tea party. the edges of twilight. rock.
  • thievery corporation. dj kicks. downtempo, dub, jazz.
  • thievery corporation. sounds from the verve hi-fi. downtempo, dub, jazz.
  • tom jenkinson. bubble and squeak ep. drum & bass.
  • tori amos. from the choirgirl hotel. pop, pop-rock.
  • tori amos. under the pink. pop, pop-rock.
  • tosca. suzuki. downtempo, dub.
  • trüby trio. dj kicks. acid jazz.
  • u2. achtung baby. pop-rock, rock.
  • u2. the joshua tree. pop-rock, rock.
  • u2. under a blood red sky. pop-rock, rock.
  • various artists. compost – the future sound of jazz 4. acid jazz.
  • various artists. compost – future sounds of jazz 5. acid jazz.
  • various artists. compost – future sounds of jazz 9. acid jazz.
  • various artists. heat soundtrack. soundtrack, jazz, minimalist, ambient, industrial.
  • various artists. instinct – the future sound of jazz 3. acid jazz.
  • various artists. mojo club dancefloor jazz 9. jazz, funk.
  • various artists. nettwerk – plastic 4. trance.
  • various artists. ninja tune – funkungfusion. acid jazz, downtempo, hip hop.
  • various artists. ninja tune – xen cuts. hip hop, acid jazz, downtempo.
  • various artists. st. germain café – the finest electrojazz compilation. acid jazz.
  • various artists. the blue box – blue note’s best. jazz.
  • yo la tengo. and then nothing turned itself inside-out. pop-rock, rock.

Good Albums (7/10)

  • a forest mighty black. mellowdramatic. downtempo.
  • air. 10,000 hz legend. downtempo.
  • air. premiers symptomes. downtempo.
  • air. the virgin suicides soundtrack. downtempo.
  • alex cortex. laconic. techno.
  • alex reece. so far. drum & bass.
  • amon tobin. bricolage. drum & bass.
  • amon tobin. out from out where. drum & bass.
  • amon tobin. supermodified. drum & bass.
  • antibalas afrobeat orchestra. liberation afrobeat vol. 1. jazz, world, downtempo.
  • aphex twin. selected ambient works volume 2. experimental, ambient, drum & bass.
  • apollo four forty. electro glide in blue. drum & bass.
  • arcade fire. funeral. rock.
  • arcade fire. the arcade fire ep. rock.
  • as one. 21st century soul. downtempo, soul.
  • a tribe called quest. beats, rhymes and life. hip hop.
  • a tribe called quest. midnight marauders. hip hop.
  • a tribe called quest. people’s instinctive travels and paths of rhythm. hip hop.
  • a tribe called quest. the low end theory. hip hop.
  • autechre. tri repetae++. ambient, experimental.
  • b.b. king. best of. blues.
  • beastie boys. hello nasty. hip hop.
  • beastie boys. the in sound from way out. hip hop.
  • beastie boys. the sounds of science. hip hop.
  • beatles. past masters vol. 1. pop, rock.
  • beatles. the white album. pop, rock.
  • beck. midnite vultures. rock.
  • beck. odelay. rock.
  • beefcake. ¥003 + ¥024 + 2x = ¥727. drum & bass, techno, idm.
  • belle & sebastian. 3..6..9 seconds of light ep. pop.
  • belle & sebastian. dog on wheels ep. pop.
  • beth orton. daybreaker. pop, trip hop.
  • big bud. infinity + infinity. drum & bass.
  • billie holiday. the quintessential billie holiday vol. 2. jazz.
  • bitman y roban. robar es natural. downtempo, turntablism.
  • björk. homogenic. pop, trip hop, ambient.
  • björk. post. pop, trip hop, ambient.
  • blue rodeo. five days in july. rock, western.
  • blue rodeo. nowhere to here. rock, western.
  • boards of canada. aquarius ep. ambient.
  • bob marley and the wailers. exodus. reggae, dub.
  • bob marley and the wailers. legend. reggae, dub.
  • bottine souriante. anthologie. celtic, jazz, québécois.
  • bran van 3000. glee. pop, disco.
  • cake. prolonging the magic. rock.
  • cat power. moon pix. pop, rock.
  • cat power. you are free. pop, rock.
  • charles mingus. this is jazz vol. 6. jazz.
  • chemical brothers. dig your own hole. big beat.
  • chemical brothers. surrender. big beat.
  • chris clark. ceramics is the bomb ep. experimental, ambient.
  • cinematic orchestra. every day. acid jazz.
  • cinematic orchestra. man with the movie camera. acid jazz.
  • concrete blonde. bloodletting. rock.
  • cujo. adventures in foam. acid jazz, drum & bass.
  • cure. galore. rock, synthpop.
  • dandy warhols. thirteen tales from urban bohemia. rock, pop, synthpop.
  • dandy warhols. welcome to the monkeyhouse. rock, pop, synthpop.
  • david gahan. paper monsters. rock.
  • david hedes skönt. hedoni ep. downtempo.
  • delerium. semantic spaces. ambient, world, trance, new age.
  • depeche mode. singles 86-98. synthpop, rock.
  • depeche mode. ultra. synthpop, rock.
  • depeche mode. violator. synthpop, rock.
  • de phazz. detunized gravity. acid jazz, downtempo.
  • diana krall. when i look in your eyes. jazz.
  • dieselboy. dungeon master’s guide promo. drum & bass.
  • dj czech. hooked on phonics. breaks.
  • dj food. a recipe for disaster. acid jazz.
  • dj krush. zen. acid jazz, downtempo, hip hop.
  • dj shadow. endtroducing. hip hop.
  • dj shadow. the private press. hip hop.
  • dj tiësto. in search of sunrise 2. trance.
  • dj tiësto. live on trance airwaves 2004.05.15. trance.
  • doors. the doors. rock.
  • doves. lost souls. rock.
  • duke of harringay. alroy road tracks. drum & bass, acid jazz.
  • dupain. musica viva. rock, dub, français.
  • dzihan & kamien. freaks & icons. downtempo.
  • ed rush & optical. the creeps disc 1. drum & bass.
  • electrelane. rock it to the moon. rock.
  • ella fitzgerald & louis armstrong. best of. jazz.
  • elliott smith. xo. pop.
  • elvis costello and the attractions. this year’s model. pop, reggae.
  • eminem. the eminem show. hip hop.
  • eric clapton. the cream of clapton. blues, rock.
  • everything but the girl. temperamental. pop, downtempo, house.
  • everything but the girl. walking wounded. pop, downtempo, house.
  • fatboy slim. you’ve come a long way, baby. big beat, breaks.
  • fc kahuna. machine says yes. house, big beat, acid house, techno.
  • fila brazillia. brazilification. downtempo, latin.
  • findley quaye. maverick a strike. reggae, trip hop.
  • flaming lips. the soft bulletin. rock.
  • flim. helio. ambient, folk.
  • four tet. as serious as your life ep. ambient, glitch, folk.
  • four tet. pause. ambient, glitch, folk.
  • frank zappa. freak out!. rock, humour.
  • freak power. more of everything for everybody. downtempo, funk.
  • freaky flow. obscene underground 1 – tits. drum & bass.
  • freddie hubbard. this is jazz vol. 25. jazz.
  • fryderyk chopin. piano concertos 1 & 2 – murray perahia. romantic.
  • future prophecies. warlords rising. drum & bass.
  • future sound of london. dead cities. ambient.
  • future sound of london. lifeforms. ambient.
  • future sound of london. my kingdom ep. ambient.
  • galliano. a thicker plot: remixes 93-94. acid jazz.
  • glenn gould, j.s. bach. goldberg variations. baroque.
  • godspeed you black emperor!. f#a#oo. rock, symphonic rock.
  • harry manx. wise and otherwise. blues.
  • herbaliser. session one. acid jazz, hip hop.
  • herbaliser. very mercenary. acid jazz, hip hop.
  • hrvatski. swarm and dither. glitch.
  • hybrid. wider angle. trance.
  • james. laid. rock.
  • jamiroquai. synkronized. funk.
  • jamiroquai. travelling without moving. funk.
  • jean leloup. l’amour est sans pitié. québécois, rock.
  • jean leloup. le dôme. québécois, rock.
  • jewel. pieces of you. folk, pop.
  • joe henry. scar. pop.
  • kate bush. hounds of love. synthpop, pop.
  • keith jarrett. standards, vol. 1. jazz.
  • ken nordine. colors. jazz.
  • ketil bjørnstad. the sea ii. jazz.
  • kid koala. carpal tunnel syndrome. turntablism.
  • kid koala. scratchcratchratchatch demo. turntablism.
  • kruder & dorfmeister. dj kicks. downtempo.
  • laika. good looking blues. trip hop.
  • laika. sounds of the satellites. trip hop.
  • lamb. fear of fours. trip hop.
  • led zeppelin. houses of the holy. rock.
  • led zeppelin. physical graffiti. rock.
  • lee scratch perry. arkology. reggae, dub.
  • legion of green men. floating in shallow water. techno, downtempo.
  • leonard cohen i’m your man. folk, pop.
  • lil kim. la bella mafia. hip hop.
  • little rabbits. la grande musique. français, downtempo.
  • llorca. new comer. acid jazz, house.
  • lonesome organist. collector of cactus echo bags. rock, novelty, experimental.
  • lou donaldson. blue breakbeats. jazz, funk.
  • luomo. the present lover. microhouse, house, pop.
  • magnetic fields. 69 love songs. pop, humour.
  • man or astroman? intravenous television continuum. rock, surf.
  • manfred hüber & sigfried schwab. vampyros lesbos sexadelic dance party. soundtrack, acid jazz.
  • manu chao. proxima estación: esperanza. pop, latin.
  • manyfingers. manyfingers. ambient, folk.
  • massive attack. 100th window. trip hop.
  • massive attack. protection. trip hop.
  • mazzy star. among my swan. rock.
  • meat beat manifesto. actual sounds and voices. big beat.
  • michael blake. blake tartare. jazz.
  • miles davis. birth of cool. jazz.
  • miles davis. bitches brew. jazz.
  • miles davis. kind of blue. jazz.
  • miles davis. ’round about midnight. jazz.
  • moby. play. ambient, acid jazz, techno.
  • mocean worker. home movies from the brainforest. drum & bass, acid jazz.
  • mocean worker. mixed emotional features. drum & bass, acid jazz.
  • monolake. cinemascope. ambient, minimal techno.
  • monolake. interstate. ambient, minimal techno.
  • monolake. live at beta lounge 1999.11.23. ambient, minimal techno.
  • moog cookbook. the moog cookbook. novelty, rock.
  • most serene republic. underwater cinematographer. rock.
  • mouse on mars. agit itter it it. ambient, minimal techno.
  • moxy früvous. bargainville. pop, humour.
  • mr. scruff. keep it unreal. acid jazz.
  • mùm. yesterday was dramatic – today is ok. ambient, glitch.
  • murcof. martes. ambient, minimal techno, glitch.
  • my bloody valentine. loveless. rock.
  • naomi. pappelallee. pop, downtempo.
  • neil young. freedom. rock, folk.
  • nine inch nails. fixed ep. industrial, rock.
  • nine inch nails. march of the pigs ep. industrial, rock.
  • nine inch nails. pretty hate machine. industrial, rock.
  • orbital. untitled. techno, ambient.
  • orb. orbus terrarum. ambient, ambient house, ambient techno, dub.
  • orb. u.f.off. ambient, ambient house, ambient techno, dub.
  • orb. u.f.orb. ambient, ambient house, ambient techno, dub.
  • oscar peterson and freddy hubbard. face to face. jazz.
  • overman. 100% loaded ep. ambient.
  • passengers. original soundtracks 1. experimental, rock, ambient.
  • paul simon. graceland. pop, world.
  • pavement. terror twilight. rock.
  • pearl jam. ten. rock.
  • pearl jam. vs. rock.
  • peatbog faeries. mellowosity. celtic.
  • photek. form & function. drum & bass.
  • pink floyd. meddle. rock.
  • pixies. doolittle. rock.
  • placebo. placebo. rock.
  • plaid. peel session. techno, ambient.
  • p-love. hey mama. rhythm & blues, acid jazz, house, synthpop.
  • pole. 1. minimal techno, glitch, dub.
  • pole. 2. minimal techno, glitch, dub.
  • pole. 3. minimal techno, glitch, dub.
  • portishead. portishead. trip hop.
  • portishead. roseland nyc live. trip hop.
  • prefuse 73. extinguished outtakes. instrumental hip hop, glitch, downtempo.
  • prefuse 73. one word extinguisher. instrumental hip hop, glitch, downtempo.
  • prodigy. experience. big beat, breaks, jungle, house.
  • prodigy. the dirtchamber sessions vol. 1. big beat, breaks, funk, hip hop.
  • radiohead. amnesiac. rock.
  • radiohead. pinkpop ep. rock.
  • rae & christian. sleepwalking. downtempo, soul, hip hop.
  • reinhold heil. run lola run soundtrack. soundtrack, techno.
  • r.e.m. eponymous. rock.
  • r.e.m. new adventures in hi-fi. rock.
  • r.e.m. up. rock.
  • richie hawtin. de9 | closer to the edit. minimal techno.
  • r.l. burnside. wish i was in heaven sitting down. blues.
  • roots manuva. brand new second hand. hip hop.
  • st. germain. boulevard. house, acid jazz.
  • st. germain. tourist. house, acid jazz.
  • salaryman. salaryman. experimental, ambient.
  • sarah mclachlan. remixed. pop, pop-rock, folk.
  • sarah mclachlan. solace. pop, pop-rock, folk.
  • sasha. airdrawndagger. trance.
  • sasha & john digweed. northern exposure – expeditions. trance.
  • sergei rachmaninov. piano concerto no. 2 and 3 – phillippe entremont and andre watts. romantic, 20th century.
  • shadows. greatest hits. pop.
  • sigur rós. untitled (vaka) ep. postrock, rock.
  • skalpel. skalpel. acid jazz.
  • smashing pumpkins. adore. rock.
  • spring heel jack. busy curious thirsty. drum & bass.
  • squarepusher. music is rotted one note. jazz.
  • squarepusher. port rhombus ep. drum & bass, experimental.
  • squarepusher. untitled ep. drum & bass, experimental.
  • squarepusher. venus no. 17 ep. drum & bass, experimental.
  • state of bengal. visual audio. drum & bass, bhangra.
  • tan dun. crouching tiger, hidden dragon soundtrack. soundtrack, orchestral.
  • tea party. transmission. rock.
  • terje rypdal. skywards. jazz.
  • thelonious monk. the best of thelonious monk. jazz.
  • thievery corporation. sounds from the thievery hi-fi. downtempo, dub, jazz.
  • thievery corporation. the richest man in babylon. downtempo, dub, jazz.
  • tori amos. little earthquakes. pop, pop-rock.
  • tori amos. to venus and back. pop, pop-rock.
  • tosca. suzuki in dub. downtempo, dub.
  • tracy chapman. tracy chapman. folk, pop, rhythm & blues.
  • tragically hip. day for night. rock.
  • tragically hip. fully completely. rock.
  • u2. pop. pop-rock, rock.
  • u2. zooropa. pop-rock, rock.
  • u.n.k.l.e. psyence fiction. hip hop, rock.
  • vangelis. blade runner soundtrack. ambient, soundtrack.
  • various artists. animatrix soundtrack. downtempo, trance, drum & bass, soundtrack.
  • various artists. compost – the future sound of jazz 1. acid jazz.
  • various artists. compost – the future sound of jazz 2. acid jazz.
  • various artists. compost – future sounds of jazz 7. acid jazz.
  • various artists. compost – future sounds of jazz 8. acid jazz.
  • various artists. compost – future sounds of jazz 9. acid jazz.
  • various artists. deep concentration 1. downtempo, trip hop, hip hop.
  • various artists. desert sessions vol. 9 & 10. rock.
  • various artists. du maurier jazz, vancouver 2002. jazz, latin.
  • various artists. garage anthems. garage.
  • various artists. global underground – departures sampler. trance.
  • various artists. hed kandi – winter chill 1. downtempo.
  • various artists. human traffic soundtrack. breaks, hip hop, drum & bass, downtempo, house, trance, soundtrack.
  • various artists. jackie brown soundtrack. soul, rhythm & blues, hip hop, western, soundtrack.
  • various artists. lost in space 3. drum & bass.
  • various artists. nettwerk – plastic 3. trance.
  • various artists. nutone – delicious tunes. downtempo.
  • various artists. pi soundtrack. soundtrack, techno, industrial, ambient, experimental, downtempo.
  • various artists. rebirth of cool 3. hip hop, acid jazz.
  • various artists. rebirth of cool 5. downtempo, acid jazz, hip hop.
  • various artists. rebirth of cool 6. downtempo, acid jazz, drum & bass, funk.
  • various artists. the freestyle files 2: germany vs. england. downtempo.
  • various artists. trainspotting soundtrack. rock, downtempo, techno, ambient, soundtrack.
  • various artists. verve – the jazz masters: 27 classic performances. jazz.
  • various artists. verve – verve remixed. acid jazz.
  • various artists. verve – verve remixed 2. acid jazz.
  • various artists. verve – verve remixed 3. acid jazz.
  • various artists. verve – verve unmixed. jazz.
  • various artists. verve – verve unmixed 2. jazz.
  • various artists. verve – verve unmixed 3. jazz.
  • various artists. way out north. house.
  • we are wolves. non-stop je te plie en deux. rock, français.
  • wild strawberries. quiver. pop.
  • yann tiersen. le fabuleux destin d’amélie poulain soundtrack. soundtrack, français.

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