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
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