I said I wouldn't make a collection page for my CDs but I (or Ryan) do own all of these. I am not reviewing music collected by dubious means. I won't rate a greatest hits album here. That's cheating. If the band is good, of course the greatest hits are good!
My opinion on compact discs: These are the best medium ever!!! Disc rot and children can happen, but these aren't destroyed by using them. They're easily rippable and probably the best quality you can get without stealing the master. These have become worthless in recent years, so stock up!
Stats (last updated 06/27/2024): 552 CDs. Most are albums, some are EPs or singles. No, I will not list them. I own less than 10 jewel cases and use multiple 2x2 CD binders. CDs I hate go in the stack. Album art is stored in a cardboard box and paper cases are also stored.
I use asunder to rip to flac and MP3. I listen to FLAC on my PC and MP3 on my iPhone. I don't have a DAC and rarely use headphones, so flac is just for posturing. I delete flac rips for all CDs that suck :3
Pet peeves: Hidden tracks, jewel cases, CDs not in online databases, Japan only bonus tracks, discs that do not state the album and artist names
My opinion on vinyl records: why. Don't gimme dat.
If you don't enjoy new wave, nu metal, or anime bullsh*t, you're better off reading someone else's music reviews!
1 or 2 stars means only the singles are good (or maybe not) or I have some other issue with it. 3 stars means I like this album. 4 means I really like this album!
It's good but not too notable. Less overproduced than Backstreet Boys and NSYNC.
These guys are so upset. I love to hear it. I bought this at a Hot Topic after learning about them online. My mom's friend wanted to play my new CD in the car and I was so embarrassed. I'm still singing along all these years later.
I'm pretty sure the lyrics are nonsense but this album is premium angst-filled men tier fun. I seriously love it.
I probably spent days listening to this album while sewing doll clothes as a teen.
Pop-punk/emo. Check this one out if you like Anberlin. This Conversation is Over reminds me a lot of Anberlin's Stationary Stationery. The most interesting part of this CD is that contains a rootkit in the name of copy protection.
I listen to it on repeat.
I expected all of the album to sound like Forever Young, but that's the slowest one on the album. Allegedly, there's a faster version of Forever Young out there. Please contact me if you have it. TY, SB!!! Favorite song: Fallen Angel
Emo, but I don't think anything was super degenerate. Singing about missing your late grandmother is nice. I like Stationary Stationery, The Runaways, The Feel Good Drag. Very singable.
Very fun, would listen to many more times!
There's screaming. There's singing. Neither are particularly fun.
Premium boy band experience.
I love to start out an album listening to an unapologetic cheating song and then continuing to seemingly devoted love songs. Alternative: DELETE THE CALL!!!!
I love these guys. If you love poppy boy bands too, give them a listen!!
Beware of cheating song "After All is Said and Done". This album is not a banger, unfortunately.
It's really short! Only 7 tracks and one is an intro song. I haven't heard these songs in 10 years so it was nostalgic to hear them again. All the songs are pretty boppy and fun. Do I count as a kpopper now that I own this album? Favorite song: 사랑먼지 (Love Dust)
Delete "It's Oh So Quiet" before listening and you have a great album!
Wow I already knew most of the songs from radio play. Lotta hits on this one. Not sure how some brits picked up the perfect grunge sound.
We had a ripped copy of this CD when I was a kid and I spent a lot of time making fun of it but it's really fun to sing.
The entire album is made by The Cure - Burn and NIN - Dead Souls. I don't know if either of these tracks were released elsewhere. These two are good enough to make up for the not great songs on the album.
I keep getting them confused with Crowded House and The Outfield and I don't care much for Crowded House. This album is good though!
There's a few pretty good ones! I really like Fragments of Time, Doin' It Right, Instant Crush. Some others are easily skippable.
I didn't make it through track one but it might just be the genre I don't like. I really should know better than to buy Swedish death metal at this point.
It's the best Bowie album of all time. You can't change my mind.
Nothing too special but feels very 2013. Lunar and Titanium are the only ones that stand out to me.
I was expecting emo when I saw the band name that I recognized and this is definitely not emo. Probably belongs next to Coldplay. It's fine but it's probably something your mom would listen to.
I was so bored listening to this that I couldn't finish the album.
Favorite song: Enjoy the Silence
What I Am is good but the rest of the album means nothing to me.
what is DUB in this life!?! I have NO idea!!!!
I have definitely overlistened to Blue, so I skip that one, but wowie zowie this CD is GOOD. I don't think there's a single song on this CD I don't love.
I can't remember any of this album despite having listened to it a few times.
Absolutely blessed synthpop.
Does it hold up? Yes.
Singles are good. The rest of the album is just okay.
I was pretty surprised to find out Take a Picture is the only pop radio friendly song on the album. Please someone tell me what the medicine is that makes you feel tall like a tree. Watch out for the hidden track. It's just screaming and should be deleted.
Shimmer is amazing. The rest is just okay.
Overall good!
Delete tracks 2, 5, 8, 10, 13 on A Boy Name Goo and tracks 4, 7, 9, 12 on Dizzy up the Girl. Enjoy!
This group is just a h.NAOTO publicity stunt but these songs are great. This EP contains 2 songs that aren't on the album.
Overall good, but I'm dropping a star because I don't like the "Crash Berlin" versions of the 3 songs from Kill Me Kiss Me as much as the EP mixes.
Boring. Not even the singles are fun to listen to. I can't even figure out which are the singles without looking it up.
The music itself isn't terrible but the lyrical quality is next to 0. Mr. Head has the skill of an elementary school student in this aspect of music. I could at least listen to it without turning it off.
I couldn't finish it. Terrible.
Acoustic emo is not my jam. Additionally, it sucks.
These guys have a good sound!!! I avoided buying this for a while because I didn't want to listen to The Reason for the 700th time, but I caved and it was pretty good. Favorite track: Escape.
6 Very Good Songs
There's some good songs but he's moving away from the new wave style I love so much.
New wave is gone. It's just too slow for me. But! My copy is autographed. *__________*
He liked "She Says" so much that he rerecorded it!
I don't think there's anything I can complain about. I have the expanded one with Live versions, which I dislike.
It's decent!
"Tell Me When" is a 5 star banger.
Extra funky style. They hadn't developed their iconic style yet.
Delete Warning. I don't hate the message; it's just a crappy song on a banger album.
Don't mind if I just delete Battlestar Scralatchtica....
I'm generally choosing to not review compilation albums, but this one has some exclusives. Neither of Us can see is incredible. There's a duet version on the Stealth movie OST, but it's better as a Brandon solo. Every time I get to opening of "Let's Go Crazy", I think my playlist has switched to My Chemical Romance.
All Tomorrow's Parties isn't my favorite, but I like it much more than the original. Non-single hit: Alien. Wait this album only has one single...? That doesn't sound right.
I think a few of the songs would benefit from some bass boosting. I don't care much for Ain't That Peculiar. The Experience of Swimming and Width of a Room are instrumentals. I have to believe swimming and room widths are not positive thoughts in their lives. I'll put this at my favorite Japan album.
This album is Too Short. Canton is insturmental with insane bass action. Talking Drum is my least favorite track, but I like the rest quite a bit.
It's fine, I guess, but it's not good. One star for Year 3000, which is the best song on the album! Believe it or not, it's a cover.
It's fine, but there is a world of more interesting music you can listen to instead.
Surely these albums aren't worth whatever happened to him as a child, but they are perfect.
It's so cute! I love it. It's fun to sing and poppy! What more could you need in life?! HE'S SO CUTE
Another great J Biebz album. Maria was a bad enough take that I'm dropping one star. Favorite song: Thought of You
Still a good album, but on the decline. Favorite song: Been You (a Target exclusive?!)
I'm not sure I liked any of the songs on this album. I was really excited for it too. I won't buy the next one.
It's catchy and good but is he allowed to sing that??? The lyrics are pretty spicy.
I spent many years never being able to get past Mirrors, but I eventually did and the rest of the album was good too. Favorite song: Mirrors
Fun beats but holy cow the whole album is a love letter to degeneracy.
Scooter loves this band more than anyone else. The songs are good and the cult theme is good.
It's kind of boring.
Ryan will judge you if he walks in on you listening to "People Are Still Having Sex".
Actually yeah, let's get some more of this.
Another one I've got on repeat!
There's quite a bit of soulful singing in this. The overall feeling of this CD is more mature. West Side Story is the exactly the sound of the second album. "Baby Be Mine" samples "Human" by The Human League and it's pretty good.
Good boy band. Songs about making bad life choices. 98% of soulful singing is gone.
The singles on this one are great. Listen to My Way and Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle), not (Urban Assault Vehicle).
Perfect. The only issue with this album is there's no second album. Favorite track: Kerosene
I can't stand the MM songs where he's just growling. The singles are listenable but I am not into it. If you want to watch him in twintails squirming almost naked (he has thigh highs on, he's not naked) on a couch, watch the video for Long Hard Road out of Hell.
This is around 26 minutes of Mr. Manson repeating the same phrases over and over and over with repetitive and annoying background noise on loop. The visuals include two women strapped together, his band putting the two girls strapped together in the car on top of him, Manson watching the two girls strapped together in a bed, Manson putting on blackface and coming up with an excuse to say "sieg heil". I would find better entertainment in the homemade horror films of youtube circa 2007. There is nothing interesting about this "film". It's just drugs.
Diagnosis: This man has a terminal case of chuunibyou.
My favorite of the MM albums I have. Favorite track: Heart-Shaped Glasses
Do you think he survived his 7 day binge? I'm praying for him.
I am JAMMING to The Void!!!
Original album: ★★★★☆
The remixes on this are absolutely god awful.
Nothing notable.
No bangers. I would go as far to say as this sucks and has nothing interesting to offer.
Unexciting album. Whiny voice and no bangers.
I did not expect this one to be good after Showbiz but I was pleasantly surprised.
This is totally an album you'd expect me to like but I just don't care about it. I don't even want to sing along.
I hope this guy got the metal health help he needed after this album.
I originally thought the album was really frontloaded, but I'm pretty sure the whole album is very good.
None of the remixes hold a candle to the original mixes. They're almost all listenable though. Age Of Consent [Howie B. Remix] sucks.
Pretty neutral because it's a bit more noisy than I prefer. Closer is absolutely the best song on the album. I'm still shocked after hearing the uncensored version of Closer and I'm not sure why. What could I have possibly thought he was singing?!
Pretty good album. My favorite of the NIN ones I have. Gonna think about changing this one to a 4 star.
Really fun and lots of Spanish guitar.
Catchy. Found myself singing along the first listen?
I think this one is just a little too silly for me.
I downloaded this one as a teen so finding the CD and listening to it again is very nostalgic. How many hours did I listen to this while playing Sims 2?
I'm still in love with it all these years later.
Contains the world's best diss track: The Night I Fell in Love. It's about Eminem spending quality time with a teenage fanboy of his. This is the most explicitly gay song I've heard from Pet Shop Boys.
Wowie this CD is good. Sleeping Beauty will always remind me of a Light x L fan flash that I'll never be able to link. I hope I saved it on my HDD! Update: I will never be able to watch this fan flash by go-devil-dante again and I am so upset about it.
I can't actually tell you what's on this CD because it's in the playlist right after the first one. I promise you the whole thing is a good time.
Of course the next album would be neutral after hearing this one.
I think he forgot to put a banger in it. Very neutral.
This is trash. Throw it out and listen to the single versions of all the songs with album mixes instead.
I don't know what I expected but I hate it.
I'm not sure I'm a fan of the reggae fusion tracks.
I was way too old when I found out the song wasn't "she freakin blocked me".
How many genres can you throw in one album? The two Pet Shop Boys songs are good!
I am never in a piano mood. The version of Tong Poo is like going into the religious thrift store that only plays piano covers of popular music, but it's a weeaboo thrift store.
I kept calling it the Jojo OST but I actually listened to it and then listened to it like 20 more times. I like in Santa Monica where he sings that you can be anyone you want on the phone. Same.
Some good songs, some bad songs. A lot of the lyrics make me want to bang my head on the desk. It would be really good if I didn't understand English. The Best Thing is on this album which I think is one of their top bangers. He was definitely divorce bitter and "exploring his sexuality" at the time of writing this album.
High pitched male voice synthpop. Love it. "Wood Beez" had be tricked for at least a month.
It's a really good one! I had a mix CD with Crazy on it back in the day and it's good to hear it again. I didn't originally like Killer, but I'm into it now.
Jesus Christ why did you name two albums the same thing. Whatever. They're both great. Favorite song: Kiss from a Rose (duh)
This is exactly what I'm looking for. I live for this sh*t. Stand out tracks: well thought out twinkles, little lover's so polite, dream at tempo 119
Not quite as perfect as their exceptional first album. Panic Switch is an absolute banger.
They've moved away from shoegaze a lot now... Still good but the sound I love isn't there. Favorite track: Mean Spirits
It's just so inoffensive. I don't even care.
Electronic industrial. It's like Marilyn Manson, but fun. This may be the most expensive CD I own.
Very premium Skrillex experience. His later music feels more polished, but you can feel so much passion in the early ones, which make them my favorites.
My first issue is that I don't like Sirah. This ruins Kyoto, but not Bangarang. I love Summit. Honestly, I just love hearing Sonny sing.
Bottom of a Bottle is a 5 star banger!!!! Everything else is forgettable.
Not bad but forgettable.
Funky guys!!
It's a little rough but I still like it. F*ck hidden tracks.
Many fun songs to sing!
This dude was hella upset about Layne Staley.
Did anyone else notice these guys and the Killers sound exactly the same? Nothing really stuck out to me.
I bought this expecting the neocities babies to have terrible taste but I was pleasantly surprised.
Trash other than the singles.
Lesbian relationships sound super dramatic but make for a good album.
Really catchy! Prominent bass lines. The singer is also the bassist?! I (at minimum) like all the songs on this album and love a few of them.
The quality of this one is so low I was starting to think it was a bad parody album. It's REALLY bad. There is a cover of Please Don't Go which turned out okay.
I got this after Scream and am very pleased to report these songs sound better in German. My German knowledge is pretty poor, so I can't rate the actual lyrical value. I will say I think I'm fully capable of understanding these lyrics after 2 years of high school German and some studying. That's neither bragging or a compliment. The album art contains weird fetish photos of the teenage boys covered in mud.
There's a decently large problem where the translated English lyrics are poor. The cadence feels off a lot of the time.
Ah! This album ended too quickly!!
Have you ever tried singing? Even once? Unpleasant. Deleted off my SSD after 1 listen.
Another bought purely on the album art/genre. Definitely worth a few listens.
Vocal tracks are very good. Unfortunately there's only 3 of them.
Uhhh when did music get this explicit. His voice is nice but I can't get over how awful the lyrics are. Most of the songs don't do anything for me outside of one or two.
Fun and poppy jpop! I hadn't heard the songs before, but it makes me nostalgic for my early weeaboo days.