Album ratings

Welcome to this new section of my blog. Here I will rate and quickly review albums by artists. I try to rate all or most of the albums by the artist to give you a buyer's guide to find the best albums.

The list below are mainly artists I like and if there is a link you can see a list of the albums rated by me. Keep returning here to see if there are new ratings for artists.

Feel free to comment on the albums yourself!

The 5-star ratings:

* - bad
** - poor
*** - mediocre
**** - good
***** - perfect

Women of Folk Rock. I have to admit I don't like Janis Joplin.

• Joni Mitchell
• Bridget St. John
• Carly Simon
• Carole King
• Janis Ian

Men of Folk Rock. In this case I don't like (believe it or not): Bob Dylan.

• Neil Young
• Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young)
• Labi Siffre
• Nick Drake
• John Martyn
• Leonard Cohen
• Roy Harper
• Bert Jansch
• Jim Croce
• Simon & Garfunkel
• America
• Bruce Cockburn
• Cat Stevens/Yusuf

Progressive rock aka sympho rock:

• Styx
• Yes
• Marillion
• Nice
• Genesis
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• U.K.
• King Crimson
• Aphrodite's Child
• Electric Light Orchestra
• Jethro Tull
• Traffic
• Robert Wyatt

Punk:

• Sex Pistols
• The Clash
• Ian Dury
• The Stranglers

New Wave:

• ABC
• Smiths
• Duran duran
• Human League
• Freur
• Go West
• Wang Chung
• Joe Jackson
• Joy Division
• New Order
• Prefab Sprout
• The Police
• Scritti Politti
• Tears for Fears
• Thomas Dolby
• Yellow Magic Orchestra/David Sylvian
• XTC

Funk/Soul:

• Chic
• Sister Sledge
• Prince
• Level 42
• Freeez
• Earth, Wind & Fire
• Marvin Gaye
• Al Green
• Jackson 5
• Hall & Oates
• Steely Dan

Glam Rock:

• David Bowie
• Mott the Hoople
• Lou Reed
• Rick Wakeman
• Roxy Music

Rock:

• Beatles (Lennon, McCartney, Starr, Harrison)
• Morrissey
• Chicago
• Rolling Stones
• R.E.M.
• Split Enz
• The Kinks
• Toto
• U2
• Velvet Underground

Reggae/Ska:

• UB40
• The Selecter
• The Beat
• The Specials/Special AKA