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Album	You	Global	Diff
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 George Michael	5	3.17	+1.83
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	5	3.33	+1.67
Moving Pictures Rush	5	3.58	+1.42
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	5	3.7	+1.3
Graceland Paul Simon	5	3.74	+1.26
Olympia 64 Jacques Brel	4	2.78	+1.22
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones	5	3.83	+1.17
The Stranger Billy Joel	5	3.86	+1.14
Paris 1919 John Cale	4	2.95	+1.05
Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.96	+1.04

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Low David Bowie	1	3.55	-2.55
The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy	1	3.4	-2.4
461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton	1	3.12	-2.12
OK Computer Radiohead	2	4.1	-2.1
In Utero Nirvana	2	3.83	-1.83
Station To Station David Bowie	2	3.7	-1.7
KEAH** (Psalm 69) Ministry	1	2.69	-1.69
White Blood Cells The White Stripes	2	3.67	-1.67
Oracular Spectacular MGMT	2	3.61	-1.61
Ramones Ramones	2	3.58	-1.58

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	3	4.67

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Artist	Ratings
David Bowie	3, 5, 1, 2

5-Star Albums (12)

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Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

4/5

Wow, this was crazy, I thought I knew Chicago. This was almost Hendrix like in places. Really interesting album.

10 likes

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Really good album, so used to hi greatest hits it was great to listen to the original album and get the added song flow. Loved it.

8 likes

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Fantastic album, had not listened I. A while. Will again very soon.

4 likes

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

What a fantastic album, no incredible songs but consistently good. Well matched to his voice in particular. Will listen to this again for sure

4 likes

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

1/5

Classic, but can't forgive the artist for racism, and anti mask politics

4 likes

1-Star Albums (5)

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Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

Some classics, and Bowie wierd stuff, I'll stick more to his hits.

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

1/5

Classic, but can't forgive the artist for racism, and anti mask politics

Violent Femmes

4/5

Really liked it, not as heavy as I expected. Will listen to it again.

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

One of my all time favourite albums, every song is really good at a minimum and some are amazing!!

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Loved it, great stuff, keeping 5s for really amazing stuff

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

Some amazing songs some better left behind, so good argument to stick with top songs or greatest hits VS full album, a little like Queen.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

Lots of great songs, sooo 80s only Beat it has a riff that could allow it to age well.

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

4/5

Great voice! Even understood a bit with my French. Very fun

Ramones

2/5

A lot of very similar songs, no question it's the Ramones.

Hypnotised

The Undertones

3/5

Fun if a little juvenile. Last song was the album save for me.

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

Not my thing

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Great album one of my favourites, some good songs and some great songs. Limelight could not be more relevant today than the day it was written.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Wow, some classic hits, but loved the other tracks, still a little wierd but with a more folk background it was less jarring. Loved it!!

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Ok nothing special, great voice, ok songs.

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

2/5

A classic, something I'm glad to have heard but will not listen to again.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

1/5

Ouch, just couldn't listen to the whole thing, I tried.

Raw Power

The Stooges

2/5

Just not my thing.

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Just an amazing debut album!!

Gold

Ryan Adams

2/5

Meah

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Really good album, so used to hi greatest hits it was great to listen to the original album and get the added song flow. Loved it.

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

2/5

Ok, nothing amazing

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Great stuff!! Not my favourite but really good

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

5/5

Really amazing album, loved it!!!

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

2/5

Not my thing

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Liked it more than I expected. It is the funk!

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

2/5

Interesting, that's it

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

2/5

Ok, well made music not quite my taste.

Queen II

Queen

3/5

Not a lot of their hits but I liked it.

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

3/5

Liked it will probably listen again. Never heard of these guys before.

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

3/5

Folky country rock, its ok but not Crosby, Stills and Nash level.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

2/5

Very psychedelic, one classic song that should only be 7min not 17.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Quite good, very interesting lyrics, ahead of their time.

In It For The Money

Supergrass

3/5

Never heard of them but really liked it. Good solid modern rock

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Another classic from them tons of great songs!!

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

Really fun, one track really made me think of David Gilmore!

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

Liked more than I expected willisten again. Clam easy listening.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

5/5

He saves his best fo last, great album. Montreal's greatest export!!

Dare!

The Human League

2/5

One good song does not make an album. Very 80s

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

2/5

Good musicians, kind of too hillbilly/country for me

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

Ok, it's Elvis

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Bird on a wire is a true classic, but the rest is very standard Leonard Cohen.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Pretty good, liked it will listen again sometime.

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

2/5

Glad I listened to this, won't listen again as Ana album but glad for the education.

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

Good bit of folk music there nice mellow stuff.

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

What a fantastic album, no incredible songs but consistently good. Well matched to his voice in particular. Will listen to this again for sure

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Better than I expected still kind of dark.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Great album, timeless, love it.

Homework

Daft Punk

2/5

Interesting, but not a big fan

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

1/5

Don't like speed metal

The Grand Tour

George Jones

2/5

Nothing special.

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

Fun, nothing special

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

This was exactly what I expected.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

3/5

Some really good stuff liked it a lot,

Paris 1919

John Cale

4/5

Nice smooth like it

A Northern Soul

The Verve

3/5

Interesting, nothing special.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Really good album, need to listen to more of this.

Low

David Bowie

1/5

Man you wrote some amazing songs, also a ton of crap too.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

2/5

Ok, one great song. Mostly forgettable.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

Some great fun songs. A couple with to much theremin.

Da Capo

Love

2/5

Nothing special, not awful.

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

Really good, some great guitar work on the less well known tracks. Loved it

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

3/5

Good stuff, never heard of them before liked it a lot.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Fantastic album, had not listened I. A while. Will again very soon.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

Great album, love it my kind of music

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

2/5

Nice relaxing, some good songs but nothing special.

Foo Fighters

2/5

Really see the Nirava, good but a little too grunge for me

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

4/5

Really good, see the influence to so many things

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Started interesting but just too mellow and depressing

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Some fantastic songs, and some annoying stuff.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

What an album, fantastic jazz, Ali e and bright loved it.

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

2/5

Nothing special, I can understand the lyrics so there is that.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Classic, you can really see how and why this influenced so many people. Great stuff

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

Very 80s I'll hear the hits everyonce and a while.

In Utero

Nirvana

2/5

I see Dave Ghrol's influence now more than in the past. Not a grunge fan that hasn't changed. And this is not Never mind.

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

Just never got ELP, I get it I just don't like it.

Opus Dei

Laibach

2/5

Interesting, but I don't need to listen to it again.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

Very good classic album, maybe their best. Very bluesy.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Good would listen again but not amazing.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

2/5

Not a big fan

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

2/5

Ok what ever

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Great album, used to hearing the hits vs the album, really liked it!

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

A lot better than I thought, heavy metal isn't as heavy as I remember it. Reminds me of Rush is many ways.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

4/5

Lots of fun not as good as Great Big sea but close!!

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

2/5

Ok, very harsh/stark.

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

4/5

Wow, this was crazy, I thought I knew Chicago. This was almost Hendrix like in places. Really interesting album.

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

1/5

Screaming every song, either with lyrics or instruments. Ahhhhhhhh

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

I really do love this album, great songs that go even better together.

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

Fun good, not something I'll listen to regularly

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

Good punkish. Clean and fast liked it quite a bit.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Really good album, some greats and some ok songs.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Classic, in some ways the definition of rock and roll. Love it.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

Not bad, not really me but some good stuff.

Being There

Wilco

3/5

I liked more than I expected relaxed and folky a bit country but not bad.

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Good album from a good group but they have better songs and albums

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

What a great album, some classics, some good songs and possibly my favorite song of all time "you can't always get what you want".

The Slider

T. Rex

3/5

Pretty good rock and roll. I'd listen to it again ya.

Basket of Light

Pentangle

3/5

This is the kind of thing I was hoping for doing this. Really liked it, had never heard of them before.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

Better than what I was expecting, some good stuff in there.

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

3/5

Really nice variety!! Have not heard that from a single band over a career let alone and album.

Femi Kuti

3/5

Good stuff, love the afrodeat mix of horns and straight guitar.

The Band

4/5

Classic, loved it.

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

3/5

Interesting, liked it, good background for work etc.

American Idiot

Green Day

3/5

Really good album, but not really my thing

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

2/5

Not a fan.

Station To Station

David Bowie

2/5

A couple great songs and the rest is forgettable at best.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

What a band, bar for a five is really high loved it. The musicality is off the charts here. These guys are musicians of an unbelievable quality.

Metallica

3/5

Some fantastic songs and some boring heavy songs. Overall just to heavy for me

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Liked it a lot, was expecting a lot more wierd stuff. But nope nice smooth album will listen again.

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

2/5

Boring, not for me

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

2/5

Ok whatever, background only for me.

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

2/5

Not for me, I get it, just don't like it.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Loved it, can't believe I never heard this before. Fantastic.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Loved it classic

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

2/5

Ok but nothing special, similar to other UK stuff at the time.

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

Fantastic album some good song and some great songs. Almost a 5.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Nothing like this ever great songs so down to earth, gritty and real.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

2/5

Kind of interesting but nothing special.

The Predator

Ice Cube

3/5

Interesting, Educational, scary how little has changed in a generation. And I am not a fan of the music.

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

4/5

One of my favourite albums, without a hit song. So much creativity, without being just totally wierd.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3/5

Really good album just not my favourite

The La's

3/5

Solid album quite poppy liked it

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Really fun album good stuff nice to hear more than just the title track.

OK Computer

Radiohead

2/5

Better than I remember but still don't want to listen to it with any regularity.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

Some great songs, some ok songs

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

2/5

Lots of other stuff kind of like this that I like better or am more familiar with.

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Ok, nothing special.

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

4/5

I love this album one of my all time favourites

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

3/5

Great album bunch of classics

The Clash

3/5

Totally what is expected, classic clash all the way. Feels very similar track to track

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Such a great album, had not listened to it for a while. Love it!! Every song it amazing

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

2/5

Ok nothing special.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Good album some misses. Prefer to stick with their hits.

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

2/5

Interesting from a history kind of thing, but no real stand out songs for me, all just good.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

So many songs I love but a few I find annoying. So can't do 5 stars

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

This is truly one of the greatest live albums! Great stuff front to back twice!!

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

Some good songs and one great one. Suspicious minds, is actually incredible!!

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

Like this more and more, the samples are truly amazing, and the lyrics are so honest. Young adults wanting what they really want.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Good songs, really shows the blues band they were. Still not totally amazing