Ratings list (constantly updating! Now with Cabaret Voltaire and more!)
–Favorite Artists–
They Might be Giants
Elvis Costello (and the Attractions)
XTC
Pink Floyd
Primus
The Clash
Kraftwerk
Public Image Ltd.
David Bowie
Joy Division
Bauhaus
Beck
The Jam
Peter Gabriel
NEU!
Gang of Four
Gary Numan
Rage Against the Machine
Ministry
Revolting Cocks
The Smiths
–Albums I Would Rate/Have Rated 5/5 (plus a corresponding letter grade)–
Bauhaus – Mask (A)
The Beatles – Revolver (A)
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (A-)
The Beatles – Abbey Road (A-)
(NEW) Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique (A-)
Beck – Mellow Gold (A)
Beck – Odelay (A-)
Beck – Mutations (A)
(NEW) The Birthday Party – Prayers on Fire (A)
David Bowie – The Man Who Sold the World (A+)
David Bowie – Station to Station (A+)
David Bowie – Low (A)
David Bowie – “Heroes” (A-)
David Bowie – Lodger (A-)
Can – Ege Bamyasi (A+)
The Clash – The Clash [US and UK] (A)
The Clash – Sandinista! (A-)
Elvis Costello – My Aim is True (A+)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions – This Year’s Model (A)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Armed Forces (A+)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Get Happy (A-)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Imperial Bedroom (A+)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Blood & Chocolate (A)
(NEW) The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette (A)
Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (A-)
Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (A-)
The Doors – The Doors (A)
The Dukes of Stratosphear [XTC] – Chips from the Chocolate Fireball (A+)
Echo & the Bunnymen – Crocodiles (A-)
Echo & the Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here (A-)
The Fall – Perverted by Language (A-)
John Foxx – Metamatic (A)
Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel (3: Melt) (A-)
(NEW) Gang of Four – Entertainment! (A)
Chris Isaak – Heart Shaped World (A-)
Chris Isaak – Forever Blue (A-)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced? (A)
The Jam – Sound Affects (A)
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy (A-)
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures (A)
Joy Division – Closer (A)
Kraftwerk – Autobahn (A+)
Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express (A+)
Kraftwerk – The-Man Machine (A-)
Kraftwerk – Computer World (A)
Kraftwerk – Tour de France Soundtracks (A-)
Nick Lowe – Jesus of Cool (A-)
NEU! – NEU! 75 (A)
Nine Inch Nails – Broken (EP) (A-)
Gary Numan + Tubeway Army – Replicas (A)
Pink Floyd – The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (A-)
Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother (A)
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon (A-)
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (A)
Pink Floyd – Animals(A)
Iggy Pop – Lust for Life (A-)
Iggy & the Stooges – Raw Power (A+)
The Primrose League – Letters to Cyril Connolly (A) http://primroseleague.co.uk
Primus – Pork Soda (A-)
Primus – Brown Album (A-)
Psychic TV – Hell is Invisible, Heaven is Her/e (A-)
Public Image Ltd. – Metal Box (A)
Public Image Ltd. – Flowers of Romance (A)
Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine (A)
(NEW) R.E.M. – Reckoning (A)
(NEW) R.E.M. – Lifes Rich Pageant (A)
Silver Apples – Contact (A-)
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Kaleidoscope (A)
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Juju (A)
(NEW) The Smiths – The Smiths (A)
(NEW) The Smiths – Hatful of Hollow (A)
(NEW) The Smiths – Louder Than Bombs (A-)
The Smiths – The Queen is Dead (A)
Sparks – Kimono My House (A)
The Specials – The Specials (A)
(NEW) Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77 (A)
Talking Heads – Remain in Light (A)
They Might Be Giants – They Might Be Giants (A)
They Might Be Giants – Apollo 18 (A-)
Tones on Tail – Pop (A)
The Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground & Nico (A)
The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat (A)
The Velvet Underground – VU (A)
Tom Waits – Closing Time (A)
Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones (A)
Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (A)
Tom Waits – Bone Machine (A-)
Tom Waits – Blood Money (A)
X – Los Angeles (A)
XTC – Black Sea (A-)
XTC – The Big Express (A)
XTC – Skylarking (A)
XTC – Oranges & Lemons (A-)
–Albums I Would Rate/Have Rated 4.5/5–
Adam & the Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier (A-)
Bauhaus – In the Flat Field (A-)
Beck – One Foot in the Grave (2009 Reissue) (B+)
Beck – Guero (A-)
Cabaret Voltaire – The Crackdown (A-)
(NEW) Cabaret Voltaire – Micro-Phonies (A-)
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust (B+)
David Bowie – Alladin Sane (A-)
The Clash – Give ‘Em Enough Rope (A-)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Trust (A-)
Elvis Costello – King of America (A-)
(NEW) The Cure – Three Imaginary Boys (A-)
Devo – B Stiff (EP) (A-)
Devo – Freedom of Choice (B+)
(NEW) Duran Duran – Duran Duran (B+)
(NEW) The Fixx – Reach the Beach (B+)
John Foxx – Metamatic re-release (A-)
Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel (2: Scratch) (A-)
Peter Gabriel – Security (A-)
Peter Gabriel – So (A-)
(NEW) Chris Isaak – Silvertone (A-)
(NEW) Chris Isaak – Chris Isaak (A-)
(NEW) Chris Isaak – San Francisco Days (A-)
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Darklands (A-)
John Linnell – State Songs (A-)
Joy Division – Substance (A-)
Kraftwerk – Minimum-Maximum (A-)
Ministry – Twitch (A-)
Ministry – The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (A-)
Ministry – Psalm 69 (A-)
NEU! – NEU! (A-)
Nine Inch Nails – Year Zero (A-)
Gary Numan – The Pleasure Principle (A-) CD Reissue (B+)
Gary Numan – Telekon (CD Reissue) (B+)
The Police – Outlandos D’Amour (A-)
Iggy Pop – The Idiot (A-)
The Primrose League – Stigmata Playing Up Again (A-) http://primroseleague.co.uk
Primus – Sailing the Seas of Cheese (B+)
Primus – Tales from the Punchbowl (A-)
Primus – Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People (EP) (A-)
Public Image Ltd. – First Issue (A-)
Lou Reed – Transformer (A-)
Revolting Cocks – Big Sexy Land (A-)
Revolting Cocks – You Goddamned Son of a Bitch (A-)
Revolting Cocks – Beers, Steers and Queers (B+)
Rush – Permanent Waves (A-)
Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks (A-)
Silver Apples – Silver Apples (A-)
The Smiths – Meat is Murder (B+)
Sparks – Propaganda (A-)
Sparks – No. 1 in Heaven (A-)
Television – Marquee Moon (A-)
They Might Be Giants – Lincoln (A-)
They Might Be Giants – Flood (A-)
They Might Be Giants – Mink Car (A-)
They Might Be Giants – No! (A-)
Throbbing Gristle – The Second Annual Report (A-)
Tones on Tail – Everything! (A-)
The Velvet Underground – Loaded (A-)
(NEW) Tom Waits – The Heart of Saturday Night (A-)
(NEW) X – Wild Gift (A-)
XTC – Drums and Wires (A-)
XTC – English Settlement (B+)
XTC – Rag and Bone Buffet (B+)
XTC – Nonsuch (A-)
–Albums I Would Rate/Have Rated 4/5–
Beck – One Foot in the Grave (B+)
Beck – Midnite Vultures (B)
Beck – The Information (B)
Beck – Modern Guilt (B+)
David Bowie – Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (B)
David Bowie – Reality (B+)
(NEW) Cabaret Voltaire – The Mix-Up (B)
(NEW) Cabaret Voltaire – Red Mecca (B)
(NEW) Chriddof – mrs egg (B+) http://www.mediafire.com/?lygnzvzu21z
The Clash – London Calling (B+)
The Clash – Combat Rock (B)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Almost Blue (B+)
(NEW) Elvis Costello & the Attractions – All This Useless Beauty (B+)
Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses (B+)
(NEW) Gorillaz – Demon Days (B)
The Horrors – Primary Colours (B+)
Kraftwerk – Ralf und Florian (B)
Kraftwerk – The Mix (B)
Magazine – Real Life (B+)
Ministry – In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up (B)
Ministry – Animositisomina (B)
Ministry – Twitched (B+)
Mono Puff – It’s Fun to Steal (B)
NEU! – NEU! 2 (B+)
Gary Numan – Telekon (B+)
Public Image Ltd. – Album (B+)
Public Image Ltd. – Happy? (B)
(NEW) R.E.M. – Accelerate (B+)
(NEW) Sparks – Indiscreet (B)
Lane Steinberg – The Return of Noel Coward’s Ghost (B+)
They Might Be Giants – Factory Showroom (B)
Throbbing Gristle – Heathen Earth (B+)
Throbbing Gristle – First Annual Report (B)
Stephen Thomas and People on Wheels – The Story So Far… (B+)
The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground (B)
Tom Waits – Mule Variations (B+)
XTC - Go 2 (B)
XTC – Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 (B)
–Albums I Would Rate/Have Rated 3.5/5–
Adam & the Ants – Dirk Wears White Sox (B-)
Adam & the Ants - Prince Charming (B-)
Elvis Costello – Brutal Youth (B-)
Deadsy – Commencement (B-)
Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity (B-)
Ministry – With Sympathy (C+)
Ministry – Dark Side of the Spoon (B-)
Ministry – The Last Sucker (B-)
They Might Be Giants – John Henry (C+)
They Might Be Giants – The Spine (C+)
Throbbing Gristle – 20 Jazz Funk Greats (B-)
(NEW) XTC – White Music (B-)
