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Average ratings by musical style, using Spotify's own style tags. A legacy categorization we kept around for fun.

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Big-band: 4.67 (3 albums)

The Atomic Mr Basie - Count Basie & His Orchestra

Ellington at Newport - Duke Ellington

The Genius Of Ray Charles - Ray Charles

Prog-rock: 4.4 (5)

Moving Pictures - Rush

The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

A Night At The Opera - Queen

John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic

2112 - Rush

Soul-jazz: 4.33 (3)

Home Is Where The Music Is - Hugh Masekela

Moondance - Van Morrison

The Genius Of Ray Charles - Ray Charles

Classic-rock: 4.13 (8)

Dire Straits - Dire Straits

Tusk - Fleetwood Mac

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie

Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Moondance - Van Morrison

A Night At The Opera - Queen

Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan

Live: 3.86 (7)

At Budokan - Cheap Trick

Ellington at Newport - Duke Ellington

Olympia 64 - Jacques Brel

At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters

Live At The Regal - B.B. King

Sunday At The Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio

MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana

Rhythm-blues: 3.8 (5)

Back To Black - Amy Winehouse

Moondance - Van Morrison

Picture Book - Simply Red

Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds

Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's

African: 3.67 (3)

Home Is Where The Music Is - Hugh Masekela

Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba

Shaka Zulu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Glam: 3.5 (8)

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie

Queen II - Queen

A Night At The Opera - Queen

Hunky Dory - David Bowie

New York Dolls - New York Dolls

Kimono My House - Sparks

Heroes - David Bowie

Next - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Arena-rock: 3.5 (4)

Boston - Boston

At Budokan - Cheap Trick

Hysteria - Def Leppard

Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Soft-rock: 3.46 (13)

Dire Straits - Dire Straits

Boston - Boston

Tusk - Fleetwood Mac

Tapestry - Carole King

Moondance - Van Morrison

Hejira - Joni Mitchell

Close To You - Carpenters

Aja - Steely Dan

Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan

Picture Book - Simply Red

Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart

So - Peter Gabriel

Paul Simon - Paul Simon

Hard-rock: 3.42 (19)

Boston - Boston

Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin

Back In Black - AC/DC

At Budokan - Cheap Trick

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Shake Your Money Maker - The Black Crowes

Queen II - Queen

Moving Pictures - Rush

Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park

Hysteria - Def Leppard

Fun House - The Stooges

Bad Company - Bad Company

Kick Out The Jams (Live) - MC5

A Night At The Opera - Queen

Destroyer - KISS

New York Dolls - New York Dolls

Apocalypse Dudes - Turbonegro

2112 - Rush

Next - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Pop-rock: 3.38 (32)

Boston - Boston

Pacific Ocean Blue - Dennis Wilson

At Budokan - Cheap Trick

Wild Wood - Paul Weller

Document - R.E.M.

1999 - Prince

Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears

Blue - Joni Mitchell

Synchronicity - The Police

Garbage - Garbage

Tapestry - Carole King

Manassas - Stephen Stills

Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf

Close To You - Carpenters

Surf's Up - The Beach Boys

A Walk Across The Rooftops - The Blue Nile

A Night At The Opera - Queen

Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan

Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen

The Nightfly - Donald Fagen

Hunky Dory - David Bowie

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) - The Kinks

Pretenders - Pretenders

American Idiot - Green Day

1977 - Ash

Kimono My House - Sparks

You Are The Quarry - Morrissey

Parallel Lines - Blondie

Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

So - Peter Gabriel

Paul Simon - Paul Simon

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles

Blues-rock: 3.38 (21)

Dire Straits - Dire Straits

Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones

Brothers - The Black Keys

Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin

Back In Black - AC/DC

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Shake Your Money Maker - The Black Crowes

You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.

Manassas - Stephen Stills

Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes

Youth And Young Manhood - Kings of Leon

Bad Company - Bad Company

Live At The Regal - B.B. King

John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic

Elephant - The White Stripes

Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan

Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart

White Blood Cells - The White Stripes

Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds

Morrison Hotel - The Doors

Murder Ballads - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Grunge: 3.33 (3)

You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins

MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana

Art-rock: 3.29 (21)

The Colour Of Spring - Talk Talk

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie

Synchronicity - The Police

Kid A - Radiohead

The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

Amnesiac - Radiohead

A Night At The Opera - Queen

Hunky Dory - David Bowie

We're Only In It For The Money - The Mothers Of Invention

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno

The Bends - Radiohead

Kimono My House - Sparks

Heroes - David Bowie

In Rainbows - Radiohead

So - Peter Gabriel

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

Remain In Light - Talking Heads

Berlin - Lou Reed

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes - TV On The Radio

Next - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Hail To the Thief - Radiohead

Folk-rock: 3.22 (18)

Clube Da Esquina - Milton Nascimento

Blue - Joni Mitchell

Tapestry - Carole King

Manassas - Stephen Stills

Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Moondance - Van Morrison

Hejira - Joni Mitchell

Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys

John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic

Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch

Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart

Fifth Dimension - The Byrds

Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

Triangle - The Beau Brummels

Paul Simon - Paul Simon

Liege And Lief - Fairport Convention

#1 Record - Big Star

Psychedelic-rock: 3.14 (14)

Playing With Fire - Spacemen 3

Clube Da Esquina - Milton Nascimento

Da Capo - Love

Lazer Guided Melodies - Spiritualized

The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

Surf's Up - The Beach Boys

We're Only In It For The Money - The Mothers Of Invention

Fifth Dimension - The Byrds

Triangle - The Beau Brummels

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds

Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso

Morrison Hotel - The Doors

Vocal: 3 (4)

Tapestry - Carole King

Close To You - Carpenters

Shaka Zulu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo

The Gershwin Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald

Southern-rock: 3 (3)

Shake Your Money Maker - The Black Crowes

Youth And Young Manhood - Kings of Leon

Honky Tonk Heroes - Waylon Jennings

New-wave: 2.93 (29)

Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears

The Colour Of Spring - Talk Talk

Crocodiles - Echo And The Bunnymen

Pornography - The Cure

Synchronicity - The Police

Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Architecture And Morality - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

This Nation’s Saving Grace - The Fall

A Walk Across The Rooftops - The Blue Nile

Technique - New Order

Another Music In A Different Kitchen - Buzzcocks

Viva Hate - Morrissey

Rio - Duran Duran

Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen

Pretenders - Pretenders

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners

Pink Flag - Wire

Reggatta De Blanc - The Police

Kimono My House - Sparks

Germfree Adolescents - X-Ray Spex

You Are The Quarry - Morrissey

Parallel Lines - Blondie

Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

B-52's - The B-52's

The Rise & Fall - Madness

Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

Live At The Witch Trials - The Fall

Remain In Light - Talking Heads

Don't Stand Me Down - Dexys Midnight Runners

Post-punk: 2.92 (13)

Crocodiles - Echo And The Bunnymen

Pornography - The Cure

The Infotainment Scan - The Fall

This Nation’s Saving Grace - The Fall

Lust For Life - Iggy Pop

Technique - New Order

Mask - Bauhaus

Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen

Pink Flag - Wire

B-52's - The B-52's

Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

Live At The Witch Trials - The Fall

Remain In Light - Talking Heads

Synth-pop: 2.8 (10)

Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears

Melodrama - Lorde

Bad - Michael Jackson

Garbage - Garbage

Architecture And Morality - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

A Walk Across The Rooftops - The Blue Nile

Technique - New Order

Rio - Duran Duran

Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

So - Peter Gabriel

Acoustic: 2.8 (5)

Wild Wood - Paul Weller

Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Hejira - Joni Mitchell

Either Or - Elliott Smith

MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana

Country-rock: 2.75 (4)

Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones

Chore of Enchantment - Giant Sand

Honky Tonk Heroes - Waylon Jennings

Triangle - The Beau Brummels

Power-pop: 2.75 (4)

Third/Sister Lovers - Big Star

At Budokan - Cheap Trick

Parallel Lines - Blondie

#1 Record - Big Star

Singer-songwriter: 2.71 (14)

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

Blue - Joni Mitchell

Tapestry - Carole King

Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Moondance - Van Morrison

Hejira - Joni Mitchell

Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen

Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch

Either Or - Elliott Smith

Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

Bone Machine - Tom Waits

Paul Simon - Paul Simon

Berlin - Lou Reed

Dream-pop: 2.67 (3)

xx - The xx

Teen Dream - Beach House

m b v - My Bloody Valentine

Baroque-pop: 2.6 (5)

Tigermilk - Belle & Sebastian

Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

Surf's Up - The Beach Boys

I Am a Bird Now - Antony and the Johnsons

If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian

Alternative-rock: 2.52 (42)

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

Brothers - The Black Keys

Playing With Fire - Spacemen 3

The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails

Third/Sister Lovers - Big Star

Chore of Enchantment - Giant Sand

Wild Wood - Paul Weller

Document - R.E.M.

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

Crocodiles - Echo And The Bunnymen

You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.

Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park

Garbage - Garbage

It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes

Kid A - Radiohead

Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

Darklands - The Jesus And Mary Chain

Green - R.E.M.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby - Girls Against Boys

Beautiful Freak - Eels

The Infotainment Scan - The Fall

This Nation’s Saving Grace - The Fall

Surfer Rosa - Pixies

Amnesiac - Radiohead

Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Technique - New Order

Elephant - The White Stripes

Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen

American Idiot - Green Day

The Bends - Radiohead

m b v - My Bloody Valentine

White Blood Cells - The White Stripes

You Are The Quarry - Morrissey

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins

In Rainbows - Radiohead

Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo

Live At The Witch Trials - The Fall

Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

Murder Ballads - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Hail To the Thief - Radiohead

Indie-pop: 2.38 (8)

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

xx - The xx

Melodrama - Lorde

Tigermilk - Belle & Sebastian

Teen Dream - Beach House

If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian

Either Or - Elliott Smith

Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective

Indie-rock: 2.37 (38)

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

Brothers - The Black Keys

Playing With Fire - Spacemen 3

Document - R.E.M.

Suede - Suede

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

xx - The xx

You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.

Penance Soiree - The Icarus Line

Tigermilk - Belle & Sebastian

It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes

Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs

Kid A - Radiohead

Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

Lazer Guided Melodies - Spiritualized

Darklands - The Jesus And Mary Chain

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby - Girls Against Boys

Beautiful Freak - Eels

The Infotainment Scan - The Fall

Surfer Rosa - Pixies

Amnesiac - Radiohead

Parklife - Blur

Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Viva Hate - Morrissey

Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen

Alien Lanes - Guided By Voices

The Bends - Radiohead

If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian

m b v - My Bloody Valentine

White Blood Cells - The White Stripes

1977 - Ash

You Are The Quarry - Morrissey

In Rainbows - Radiohead

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes - TV On The Radio

Hail To the Thief - Radiohead

Bossa-nova: 2.33 (3)

Clube Da Esquina - Milton Nascimento

Africa Brasil - Jorge Ben Jor

Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso

Post-hardcore: 2.33 (3)

Out of Step - Minor Threat

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby - Girls Against Boys

Pink Flag - Wire

Avantgarde: 2.33 (3)

We're Only In It For The Money - The Mothers Of Invention

I Am a Bird Now - Antony and the Johnsons

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno

Garage-rock: 2.27 (11)

Brothers - The Black Keys

It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes

Fun House - The Stooges

Kick Out The Jams (Live) - MC5

Lust For Life - Iggy Pop

Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Elephant - The White Stripes

White Blood Cells - The White Stripes

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds

Experimental: 2.2 (15)

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle - Throbbing Gristle

The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails

Dr. Octagonecologyst - Dr. Octagon

Fun House - The Stooges

Kid A - Radiohead

Amnesiac - Radiohead

We're Only In It For The Money - The Mothers Of Invention

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Heroes - David Bowie

In Rainbows - Radiohead

Bone Machine - Tom Waits

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective

Hail To the Thief - Radiohead

Shoegaze: 2 (4)

Playing With Fire - Spacemen 3

Lazer Guided Melodies - Spiritualized

Darklands - The Jesus And Mary Chain

m b v - My Bloody Valentine

Britpop: 2 (4)

Suede - Suede

Parklife - Blur

1977 - Ash

Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers

Disco: 2 (4)

Bad - Michael Jackson

C'est Chic - CHIC

Risque - CHIC

Parallel Lines - Blondie

Jazzy-hip-hop: 2 (3)

The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest

Chamber-pop: 2 (3)

Tigermilk - Belle & Sebastian

I Am a Bird Now - Antony and the Johnsons

If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian

Ballad: 2 (3)

Picture Book - Simply Red

Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Bone Machine - Tom Waits

Downtempo: 1.8 (5)

xx - The xx

Club Classics Vol. One - Soul II Soul

Let's Get Killed - David Holmes

São Paulo Confessions - Suba

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes - TV On The Radio

Boom-bap: 1.78 (9)

Illmatic - Nas

The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest

Tical - Method Man

The Score - Fugees

Step In The Arena - Gang Starr

Sex Packets - Digital Underground

Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg

Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C.

Lo-fi: 1.75 (4)

You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.

Alien Lanes - Guided By Voices

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Either Or - Elliott Smith

Acid-jazz: 1.67 (3)

Club Classics Vol. One - Soul II Soul

Frank - Amy Winehouse

São Paulo Confessions - Suba

Trip-hop: 1.67 (3)

Let's Get Killed - David Holmes

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Our Aim Is To Satisfy - Red Snapper

Conscious: 1.5 (10)

Power In Numbers - Jurassic 5

Illmatic - Nas

The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest

Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black - Public Enemy

The Score - Fugees

Step In The Arena - Gang Starr

Hardcore-hip-hop: 1.5 (4)

Illmatic - Nas

Tical - Method Man

The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem

Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg

Leftfield: 1.5 (4)

The White Room - The KLF

Let's Get Killed - David Holmes

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Our Aim Is To Satisfy - Red Snapper

Pop-rap: 1.33 (3)

Under Construction - Missy Elliott

Raw Like Sushi - Neneh Cherry

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Breakbeat: 1 (4)

The White Room - The KLF

Raw Like Sushi - Neneh Cherry

Let's Get Killed - David Holmes

Music For The Jilted Generation - The Prodigy

Contemporary-rb: 1 (3)

Under Construction - Missy Elliott

Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Neo-soul: 1 (3)

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu

The Score - Fugees