This is the least memorable ABBA album. Making your wife sing a song like I Am Just a Girl, with lyrics like "I am just a girl, not the kind of woman men would like to meet/Just another girl no one looks at in the street/" and then about how she is meant to love her man, is a form of abuse.
Highlights: Ring Ring, Rock'n Roll Band, He is Your Brother, Nina Pretty Ballerina
7/10
RIOT ON THE GRILL - ELLEGARDEN
This is the Summer album for all Summers. If you are looking for shelter in a Sharknado, come find me... and I will be too busy air-drumming to this album to help. Possibly the greatest album ever made that makes me smile so much I want to cry.
Highlights: 虹, Missing, モンスター, BBQ Riot Song, Marry Me, I Hate It, Red Hot
100/10
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
Absolute peak 70s Bowie. Glam art rock with poptastic hooks. My opinion that Suffragette City is his best song still stands.
Highlights: Suffragette City, Moonage Daydream, Ziggy Stardust, Rock'n Roll Suicide
8/10
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars: 30th Anniversary Edition - David Bowie
This is the bonus disc, which features some demos and b-sides. The b-sides are as great as the demos are bad.
Highlights: Moonage Daydream (New Mix), Velvet Goldmine, John I'm Only Dancing, Round and Round
7/10
Rise Up 2.0 [Single] - Six60
I guess the 2.0 thing means it is a remix or something? I guess this is like dubstep or something? I do not know. It is kinda groovy.
7/10
River of Dreams - Billy Joel
In parts, Joel and band go pretty hard on this. There is a certain ferocity to No Man's Land that you do not often find in a Billy Joel song, and a few other tracks have some real driving feel to them. The rest of the album just feels like middle of the road radio/record label pleasing tunes.
Highlights: No Man's Land, All About Soul, The Great Wall of China, The River of Dreams
7/10
Road To Rouen - Supergrass
This is such an anomaly in the Supergrass discography; more serious rock, no fun at all to be had anywhere. Much of an artistic kind of approach, focused on good riffs.
Highlights: Tales Of Endurance (Parts 4, 5 & 6), Road to Rouen, Kick in the Teeth, Low C
7/10
Rock 'n' Roll - John Lennon
John Lennon does a lot of cocaine and records some of his favourite rock'n roll classics to avoid getting sued. There are so much horns it almost sounds more like The Blues Brothers or something. Not a bad thing.
Highlights: Rip It Up/Ready Teddy, Stand By Me, Slippin' and Slidin', You Can't Catch Me
7/10
Rock and Roll Over - Kiss
Hells yes. Great album, RIP Ace!!!
Highlights: Take Me, I Want You, Calling Dr. Love, Makin' Love
8/10
Rock Dust Light Star - Jamiroquai
This is a bit more lowkey but straight-up electronic influenced. Wild to listen to this so soon after Return of the Space Cowboy - like a completely different band.
Highlights: All Good in the Hood, Goodbye to My Dancer, She's a Fast Persuader, Hey Floyd
6.5/10
Rock in a Hard Place - Aerosmith
Wait - so this is the album without Joe Perry or Brad Whitford and that people thought was terrible? Because I like this more than half of the albums Aerosmith did with Joe Perry and Brad Whitford.
Highlights: Jailbait, Rock in a Hard Place (Cheshire Cat), Bolivian Ragamuffin, Jig is Up
7/10
Rock N Roll - Ryan Adams
I can never decide if this album is the ultimate in his douchery or it is actually as brilliant as it sometimes feels. Because today it feels the latter.
Highlights: 1974, The Drugs Not Working, Hypnotixed, Do Miss America
8/10
Rock N Roll B-Sides - Ryan Adams
These are not nearly as punk rock as the main album. But actually more enjoyable than I remembered.
Highlights: Red Lights, I'm Coming Over, Luxury
7/10
Rock Show [Live] - Run-D.M.C. & Third Eye Blind
This is the performance on David Letterman. I am not really sure why have this, because Stephan Jenkins is not a great live singer. But it still kicks serious butt.
8/10
ROCK-STAR - Stray Kids
More boombastic crazy stuff from JYP's favourite protégés. I mean, I do not really know if they are his favourites, but they sure make him a lot of money!
Highlights: Social Path, MEGAVERSE, COMFLEX, LALALALA
7/10
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