CRJ goes exactly halfway up/down the table
| Artist |
Rating |
| Aretha Franklin |
4.64 |
| Nina Simone |
4.57 |
| Neil Young |
4.48 |
| Talking Heads |
4.39 |
| R.E.M. |
4.38 |
| Beastie Boys |
4.36 |
| Otis Redding |
4.34 |
| The Velvet Underground |
4.33 |
| David Bowie |
4.31 |
| The Beatles |
4.31 |
| Pixies |
4.30 |
| Leonard Cohen |
4.30 |
| The Cure |
4.28 |
| Björk |
4.27 |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
4.22 |
| Marvin Gaye |
4.21 |
| Aphex Twin |
4.18 |
| PJ Harvey |
4.17 |
| Stevie Wonder |
4.17 |
| Nirvana |
4.15 |
| Joy Division |
4.15 |
| Radiohead |
4.13 |
| The Supremes |
4.13 |
| Prince |
4.11 |
| Wu-Tang Clan |
4.11 |
| Nick Drake |
4.10 |
| Pulp |
4.08 |
| Public Enemy |
4.08 |
| Sonic Youth |
4.08 |
| Sleater-Kinney |
4.08 |
| Kate Bush |
4.07 |
| OutKast |
4.07 |
| Portishead |
4.03 |
| Super Furry Animals |
4.03 |
| MF DOOM |
4.01 |
| Bob Dylan |
3.97 |
| Kendrick Lamar |
3.97 |
| Low |
3.96 |
| The Beach Boys |
3.93 |
| Jimi Hendrix |
3.93 |
| LCD Soundsystem |
3.92 |
| Joni Mitchell |
3.89 |
| Massive Attack |
3.89 |
| Bruce Springsteen |
3.84 |
| The Clash |
3.77 |
| Pet Shop Boys |
3.76 |
| Blondie |
3.73 |
| Bright Eyes |
3.71 |
| Rage Against The Machine |
3.71 |
| The Ramones |
3.67 |
| ABBA |
3.66 |
| Kanye West |
3.65 |
| Arcade Fire |
3.64 |
| Blur |
3.61 |
| The Smiths |
3.57 |
| Beyoncé |
3.54 |
| Carly Rae Jepsen |
3.51 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers |
3.48 |
| Jeff Buckley |
3.47 |
| Idlewild |
3.42 |
| Madonna |
3.40 |
| Manic Street Preachers |
3.39 |
| Fleetwood Mac |
3.39 |
| Toots & The Maytals |
3.35 |
| The White Stripes |
3.34 |
| Supergrass |
3.32 |
| The Smashing Pumpkins |
3.30 |
| Suede |
3.30 |
| Elton John |
3.28 |
| The Pogues |
3.28 |
| Kylie Minogue |
3.27 |
| The Specials |
3.26 |
| Sugababes |
3.22 |
| Rihanna |
3.19 |
| The Prodigy |
3.18 |
| Led Zeppelin |
3.16 |
| Pink Floyd |
3.15 |
| Taylor Swift |
3.14 |
| Jay-Z |
3.14 |
| Arctic Monkeys |
3.14 |
| Interpol |
3.12 |
| TLC |
3.12 |
| Los Campesinos! |
3.10 |
| The Rolling Stones |
3.09 |
| Destinyâs Child |
3.05 |
| Primal Scream |
3.04 |
| The Strokes |
3.03 |
| Elvis Presley |
3.02 |
| Weezer |
3.00 |
| Girls Aloud |
2.93 |
| Frank Sinatra |
2.92 |
| Belle And Sebastian |
2.85 |
| Britney Spears |
2.85 |
| Metallica |
2.81 |
| Green Day |
2.81 |
| Madness |
2.80 |
| The Jam |
2.75 |
| Basement Jaxx |
2.75 |
| Oasis |
2.71 |
| Whitney Houston |
2.69 |
| Lady Gaga |
2.61 |
| Queen |
2.60 |
| Billy Joel |
2.57 |
| Bloc Party |
2.41 |
| Eminem |
2.38 |
| Mariah Carey |
2.32 |
| The Killers |
2.22 |
| The Who |
2.22 |
| Blink-182 |
2.21 |
| Adele |
2.05 |
| Kings Of Leon |
2.01 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers |
1.90 |
| The Spice Girls |
1.81 |
And we turn to Stereophonics
I think less than half these singles exist
- Local Boy In The Photograph
- More Life Tramps Vest
- A Thousand Trees
- Traffic
- The Bartender And The Thief
- Just Looking
- Pick A Part Thatâs New
- I Wouldnât Believe Your Radio
- Hurry Up And Wait
- Mr. Writer
- Have A Nice Day
- Step On My Old Size Nines
- Handbags And Gladrags
- Vegas Two Times
- Madame Helga
- Maybe Tomorrow
- Since I Told You Itâs Over
- Moviestar
- Dakota
- Superman
- Devil
- Rewind
- It Means Nothing
- My Friends
- Youâre My Star
- Innocent
- Could You Be The One?
- Indian Summer
- Graffiti On The Train
- We Share The Sun
- Câest La Vie
- I Wanna Get Lost With You
- Song For The Summer
- White Lies
- Mr And Mrs Smith
- All In One Night
- Caught By The Wind
- Chaos From The Top Down
- Fly Like An Eagle
- Bust This Town
- Donât Let The Devil Take Another Day
- Hungover For You
Never really thought of Stereophonics as an 11-album band. Impressive, really.
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Big voice, good ambassador for the SG, think Just Looking is genuinely really pretty and melancholic
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Definitely one for the âpeaked with the first song on their first albumâ club. Thousand Trees is a banger, and that first record has some other nice little slice of life in a small town songs on. Thereâs maybe two decent songs on the second album, and after that itâs grey joyless gruel all the way. 2/5.
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Hate them
Except Dakota which is really good
And Mr Writer which I maintain is a really nice sounding song if you can tune out the lyrics
1/5 cos theyâre largely shite
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Most workmanlike band imaginable.
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Oh god. I quite liked Bartender and the Thief.
One of those lyricists who writes in a really contrived âcleverly poeticâ way that just comes off as pretentious bollocks. A Thousand Trees is pretty decent but for the MAKE U THINKness of the lyrics.
Also annoying voice. Proper drab vibes.
Itâs a big â1â from me.
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Tricky one to score, this. Word Gets Around is still one of my favourite 90s albums, there are some fucking great songs on it and I have a lot of good early teen memories of it. Bartender And The Thief is a brilliant single, there are maybe 2 other good songs on P&C and the next 22 years of their career are varying degrees of utter shite. 2 maybe, or WGA might lift them to a 3.
Best song
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One of the most unexpected music news stories of the past decade:
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Also the first band I went to see live without my mother being present, when I was 13, at Plymouth Pavilions. The Crocketts supported them, they were good.
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@riverwise nails it: they never really topped the first single off their first album. I associate them with fond memories of being 18/19 and of living in Wales. Could probably sing most of Word Gets Around from memory. Dakota sounds like something Doves could have recorded. Too much shite to warrant a high score.
2.3 out of 5, rounded down to a 2.
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This is genuinely one of the worst songs Iâve ever heard
Genuinely remarkable album titles.
Keep calm and carry on ffs.
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When I was 13 or whatever, Traffic sounded like the most profound thing in the world. I listened to it last night and itâs literally just like a childâs rhyming dictionary.
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One oâclock in the morning
And Iâm leaving from the club
My friends are having a party
Kind of feel Iâve had enough
At two oâclock in the morning
Sure Iâm at their party house
I meet the roommate getting some water
She got a baby in her stomach
Chuck in some references to ohio and boxing and that could be post-2016 Kozelek
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I wouldnât know about that kind of thing.
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