10/10 - what the hell is that!?
9/10 - stunning. brillant.
8/10 - a really good album.
7/10 - solid. a few great ones and a couple of bad ones.
6/10 - good, but might be slightly generic.
5/10 - ok, but you better skip this one.
4/10 - pretty poor. if you're already a fan you might enjoy a song or two.
3/10 - this is bad.
2/10 - listen to it at your own risk. even fans might best wanna avoid it.
1/10 - put the cd on in shuffle-mode and you're playing russian roulette. with six bullets.
unrated - for various reasons. no matter how great (or bad) it may be, I just can't give it a regular rating. If you'll ever find a Mozart review here, he'll probably end up here.
the stars:
just there for further guiding. for instance, radiohead's ok computer and hail to the thief both get the 9/10 rating, but ok computer still is the better album. therefore, it gets a weak five star rating whilst hail to the thief has to settle with only four (strong) stars. the stars are based on a similar system as amg use.
10/10:
the beach boys pet sounds (1966) 
the beatles revolver (1966)
the beatles sgt peppers lonely hearts club band (1967)
the beatles magical mystery tour (1967)
the beatles the beatles (1968)
the beatles abbey road (1969)
the beatles - let it be... naked (2003)
creedence clearwater revival - bayou country (1969)
derek and the dominos layla and other assorted love songs (1970)
derek and the dominos live at the fillmore (1973)
dire straits - love over gold (1982)
bob dylan highway 61 revisited (1965)
bob dylan blonde on blonde (1966)
bob dylan blood on the tracks (1975)
bob dylan the bootleg series vol. 5: live 1975 (2002)
bob dylan time out of mind (1997)
steve earle - the mountain (1999)
al green - i'm still in love with you (1972)
guns n' roses - appetite for destruction (1987)
paul mccartney ram (1971)
van morrison into the music (1979)
nirvana nevermind (1991)
pink floyd wish you were here (1975)
pink floyd animals (1977)
pink floyd the final cut (1983)
sigur rσs - takk... (2005)
simon & garfunkel - bridge over troubled water (1970)
bruce springsteen the wild, the innocent and the e-street shuffle (1973)
bruce springsteen born to run (1975)
bruce springsteen the rising (2002)
bruce springsteen - born to run - 30th anniversary edition (2005)
tom waits - alice (2002)
roger waters amused to death (1992)
brian wilson - smile (2004)
9/10:
ryan adams heartbreaker (2000)
8/10:
10cc deceptive bends (1977)
7/10:
the beach boys summer days summer nights (1965)
6/10:
ryan adams - rock n roll (2003)
5/10:
the beach boys 15 big ones (1976)
4/10:
the beach boys - surfin usa (1963)
3/10:
backstreet boys - millenium (1999)
2/10:
the beach boys - surfin safari (1962)
1/10:
hanson live from albertane (1998)
unrated:
robert johnson - from four til late (2004)
ryan adams gold (2001) 
the animals - gold (19??)
the beach boys beach boys today (1965)
the beach boys sunflower (1971)
the beatles a hard days night (1964)
the beatles rubber soul (1965)
the beatles - let it be (1970)
beck - sea changes (2002)
belle & sebastian - dear catastrophe waitress (2003)
the byrds younger than yesterday (1967)
nick cave - tender prey (1988)
eric clapton 461 ocean boulevard (1974)
eric clapton unplugged (1992)
eric clapton - from the cradle (1994)
joe cocker - mad dogs & englishmen (1970)
coldplay - x&y (2005)
elvis costello painted from memory (1998)
creedence clearwater revival - cosmo's factory (1970)
miles davis - kind of blue (1959)
dire straits - dire straits (1978)
dire straits - alchemy (1984)
nick drake - five leaves left (1969)
bob dylan the bootleg series vol. 4: live 1966 (1997)
bob dylan desire (1976)
john fogerty - blue moon swamp (1997)
al green call me (1973)
guns n' roses - use your illusion II (1991)
ed harcourt from every sphere (2003)
emmylou harris - wrecking ball (1995)
george harrison all things must pass (1970)
iron maiden - killers (1981)
iron maiden - the number of the beast (1982)
elton john - goodbye yellow brick road (1973)
b.b. king - live at the regal (1965)
freddie king - live at the electric ballroom, 1974 (1996)
led zeppelin - led zeppelin II (1969)
led zeppelin - houses of the holy (1973)
john lennon plastic ono band (1970)
john lennon imagine (1971)
bob marley - burnin' (1973)
paul mccartney band on the run (1974)
paul mccartney venus and mars (1975)
moneybrother - blood panic (2003)
van morrison moondance (1970)
van morrison saint dominics preview (1972)
van morrison its too late to stop now (1974)
randy newman - sail away (1972)
nirvana mtv unplugged in new york (1994)
oasis (whats the story) morning glory (1995)
oasis be here now (1997)
kelly joe phelps - lead me on (1995)
pink floyd the wall (1979)
elvis presley from elvis in memphis (1969)
radiohead ok computer (1997)
radiohead hail to the thief (2003)
chris rea - dancing down the stony road (2002)
the rolling stones sticky fingers (1971)
josh rouse - 1972 (2003)
sigur rσs - ( ) (2002)
simon & garfunkel - parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme (1966)
simon & garfunkel - bridge over troubled water (1968)
sly & the family stone - stand! (1969)
bruce springsteen live 1975 1985 (1986)
cat stevens tea for the tillerman (1970)
sufjan stevens - greetings from michigan: the great lakes state (2003)
u2 - the joshua tree (1987)
u2 - achtung baby (1991)
the velvet underground - the velvet underground (1969)
tom waits - closing time (1973)
the waterboys - fisherman's blues (1988)
roger waters the pros and cons of hitch-hiking (1984)
wilco yankee hotel foxtrot (2002)
wilco & billy bragg - mermaid avenue (1998)
neil young after the gold rush (1970)
neil young on the beach (1974)
neil young rust never sleeps (1979)
neil young weld (1991)
neil young - harvest moon (1992)
the zombies oddesey and oracle (1968)
16 horsepower - sackcloth 'n' ashes (1996)
16 horsepower - secret south (2000)
the beach boys surfs up (1971)
ryan adams - love is hell pt.2 (2003)
ryan adams - love is hell (2004)
ryan adams - cold roses (2005)
ryan adams - 29 (2005)
the beach boys in concert (1973)
the beatles beatles for sale (1964)
the beatles help! (1965)
belle & sebastian - the boy with the arab strap (1998)
black sabbath paranoid (1971)
bernard butler people move on (1998)
j.j. cale - troubadour (1976)
johnny cash american recordings IV: when the man comes around (2002)
nick cave - the good son (1990)
nick cave - murder ballads (1996)
eric clapton - e.c. was here (1975)
coldplay - parachutes (2000)
cream - wheels of fire (1968)
creedence clearwater revival - creedence clearwater revival (1968)
creedence clearwater revival - green river (1969)
creedence clearwater revival - pendulum (1970)
crowded house crowded house (1986)
dire straits - brothers in arms (1985)
bob dylan the freewheelin (1963)
bob dylan - the bootleg series vol 6: live 1964 (2004)
bob dylan bringing it all back home (1965)
bob dylan john wesley harding (1968)
bob dylan new morning (1970)
bob dylan at budokan (1978)
bob dylan infidels (1983)
bob dylan oh mercy (1989)
bob dylan love and theft (2001)
steve earle - train a comin' (1995)
steve earle - el corazon (1997)
steve earle - transcendental blues (2000)
steve earle - jerusalem (2002)
steve earle - just an american boy (2003)
flaming lips yoshimi battles the pink robots (2002)
john fogerty - premonition (1998)
al green - let's stay together (1972)
al green - i can't stop (2003)
ed harcourt here be monsters (2001)
emmylou harris - stumble into grace (2003)
george harrison - cloud 9 (1987)
george harrison - live in japan (1992)
george harrison brainwashed (2002)
the impressions - first impressions (1975)
norah jones - feels like home (2004)
the kinks - face to face (1966)
mark knopfler golden heart (1996)
led zeppelin - led zeppelin (1969)
led zeppelin - (untitled) (1971)
love - love (1966)
bob marley - catch a fire (1973)
paul mccartney off the ground (1993)
paul mccartney - chaos and creation in the backyard (2005)
randy newman - 12 songs (1970)
oasis the masterplan (1998)
oasis heathen chemistry (2002)
kelly joe phelps - shine eyed mister zen (1999)
pink floyd dark side of the moon (1973)
queen - a night at the opera (1975)
radiohead - the bends (1995)
radiohead kid a (2000)
red hot chili peppers - by the way (2002)
r.e.m. - murmur (1983)
r.e.m. - lifes rich pageant (1986)
damien rice o (2003)
the rolling stones - aftermath (1966)
the rolling stones beggars banquet (1968)
the rolling stones get yer ya-yas out (1970)
the rolling stones goats head soup (1973)
the rolling stones - bridges to babylon (1997)
josh rouse - dressed up as nebraska (1998)
josh rouse - home (2000)
simon & garfunkel - the sounds of silence (1966)
patti smith - horses (1975)
bruce springsteen darkness on the edge of town (1978)
bruce springsteen born in the u.s.a. (1984)
bruce springsteen the ghost of tom joad (1995)
bruce springsteen - devils and dust (2005)
cat stevens - teaser and the firecat (1971)
joss stone - the soul sessions (2003)
the stone roses - the stone roses (1989)
the strokes is this it? (2001)
mick taylor mick taylor (1979)
the thrills so much for the city (2003)
tindersticks tindersticks (1993)
traveling wilburys - traveling wilburys, vol 1 (1988)
travis the invisible band (2001)
stevie ray vaughan - texas flood (1983)
stevie ray vaughan - couldn't stand the weather (1984)
tom waits - mule variations (1999)
the who - the who sell out (1967)
wilco summer teeth (1999)
brian wilson brian wilson (1988)
yo la tengo summer sun (2003)
warren zevon the wind (2003) 
the beach boys the beach boys party (1965)
the beach boys - smiley smile (1967)
the beach boys holland (1973)
the beatles please please me (1963)
beck - mellow gold (1994)
the black crowes shake your money maker (1990)
johnny cash american recordings III: solitary man (2000)
eric clapton eric clapton (1970)
eric clapton slowhand (1977)
eric clapton journeyman (1989)
eric clapton - me and mr johnson (2004)
creedence clearwater revival - willy and they poorboys (1969)
dire straits - making movies (1980)
bob dylan - bob dylan (1962)
bob dylan the times they are a-changin (1964)
bob dylan street legal (1978)
bob dylan slow train coming (1979)
bob dylan world gone wrong (1993)
bob dylan mtv unplugged (1995)
the eagles desperado (1973)
the eagles one of these nights (1975)
steve earle - the revolution starts now (2004) 
flaming lips the soft bulletin (1999)
john fogerty - john fogerty (1975)
john fogerty - centerfield (1985)
guns n' roses - use your illusion I (1991)
hederos & hellberg m hederos m hellberg (2000)
john lee hooker - the best of friends (1998)
norah jones come away with me (2002)
led zeppelin - led zeppelin (1970)
brian may back to the light (1993)
paul mccartney mccartney (1970)
paul mccartney flowers in the dirt (1989)
paul mccartney flaming pie (1997)
paul mccartney run devil run (1999)
paul mccartney driving rain (2001)
van morrison tupelo honey (1971)
oasis standing on the shoulders of giants (2000)
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pink floyd meddle (1971)
queen - jazz (1978)
red hot chili peppers - californication (1999)
the rolling stones let it bleed (1969)
the rolling stones exile on main street (1972)
the rolling stones - some girls (1978) ![](3-0.gif")
roxette - joyride (1991)
ron sexsmith whereabouts (1999)
bruce springsteen greetings from asbury park, nj (1973)
bruce springsteen tunnel of love (1987)
bruce springsteen mtv xxplugged (1992)
bruce springsteen live in new york city (2001)
various artists - concert for george (2003)
velvet revolver - contraband (2004)
the velvet underground - the velvet underground & nico (1967)
roger waters in the flesh (2001)
whiskeytown pneumonia (2001)
wilco being there (1996)
wilco - a ghost is born (2004)
brian wilson i just wasnt made for these times (1995)
brian wilson live at the roxy (2001)
neil young tonights the night (1975)
the beach boys - shut down, volume 2 (1964)
the beatles with the beatles (1963)
the beatles yellow submarine (1969)
arthur brown the crazy world of arthur brown (1967)
eric clapton rainbow concert (1973)
eric clapton - pilgrim (1998)
bob dylan - before the flood (1974)
bob dylan good as i been to you (1992)
the eagles hotel california (1976)
the eagles hell freezes over (1994)
steve earle - copperhead road (1988)
john fogerty - deja vu all over again (2004)
al green - gets next to you (1971)
ed harcourt - strangers (2004)
van morrison astral weeks (1968)
randy newman - randy newman (1968)
oasis definitely maybe (1994)
radiohead pablo honey (1993)
ron sexsmith ron sexsmith (1995)
elliott smith xo (1998)
bruce springsteen the river (1980)
bruce springsteen lucky town (1992)
mick taylor stranger in this town (1990)
the who - the who sings my generation (1965)
robbie williams escapology (2002)
brian wilson imagination (1998)
brian wilson - gettin' in over my head (2004)
neil young american stars n bars (1977) 
eric clapton august (1986)
the clash the clash (1979)
dire straits - communiquι (1979)
bob dylan planet waves (1974)
bob dylan - shot of love (1981)
the eagles eagles (1972)
paul mccartney tug of war (1982)
paul mccartney - paul is live (1993)
paul mccartney back in the world (2003)
pink floyd obscured by clouds (1972)
pink floyd - a momentary lapse of reason (1987)
the rolling stones - their satanic majesties request (1967)
simon & garfunkel - wednesday morning 3 a.m. (1964)
bruce springsteen human touch (1992)
the velvet underground - white light/white heat (1967)
the who - a quick one (1966)
robbie williams - live at knebworth (2003)
neil young greendale (2003)
the byrds sweetheart of the rodeo (1968)
nick cave - the first born is dead (1985)
creedence clearwater revival - mardi gras (1972)
bob dylan dylan and the dead (1989)
hanson middle of nowhere (1997)
george harrison living in the material world (1973)
paul mccartney wild life (1971) 
eric clapton - back home (2005)
john fogerty - eye of the zombie (1986)
the impressions - loving power (1976)