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You Love More Than Most
Albums you rated higher than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris | 5 | 2.82 | +2.18 |
| Nick Of Time | 5 | 2.83 | +2.17 |
| Shadowland | 5 | 2.87 | +2.13 |
| Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite | 5 | 2.91 | +2.09 |
| Eli And The Thirteenth Confession | 5 | 2.94 | +2.06 |
| All That You Can't Leave Behind | 5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
| Will The Circle Be Unbroken | 5 | 2.99 | +2.01 |
| The Nightfly | 5 | 3 | +2 |
| Pacific Ocean Blue | 5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
| Golden Hour | 5 | 3.09 | +1.91 |
You Love Less Than Most
Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols | 1 | 3.46 | -2.46 |
| Ready To Die | 1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
| The Downward Spiral | 1 | 3.34 | -2.34 |
| The Chronic | 1 | 3.33 | -2.33 |
| Pornography | 1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
| The Stooges | 1 | 3.26 | -2.26 |
| Goo | 1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
| Here Come The Warm Jets | 1 | 3.07 | -2.07 |
| Sister | 1 | 3.02 | -2.02 |
| White Light / White Heat | 1 | 2.88 | -1.88 |
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Artists with 2+ albums
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Beatles | 7 | 4.43 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 4.67 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 4.67 |
| Frank Sinatra | 3 | 4.67 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 4.67 |
| Aretha Franklin | 2 | 5 |
| Adele | 2 | 5 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.2 |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 4.25 |
| U2 | 4 | 4.25 |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 4.33 |
| Van Morrison | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorite Artists
Artists with 2+ albums
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Sonic Youth | 5 | 2 |
| Robert Wyatt | 2 | 1.5 |
| Public Image Ltd. | 2 | 1.5 |
| Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | 2 | 1.5 |
| Pere Ubu | 2 | 1.5 |
| Björk | 4 | 2 |
| Tom Waits | 5 | 2.2 |
| The Stooges | 3 | 2 |
| The Fall | 3 | 2 |
Controversial Artists
Artists you rate inconsistently
| Artist | Albums | Variance |
|---|---|---|
| The Cure | 3 | 1.63 |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs | 2 | 1.5 |
| Kanye West | 3 | 1.25 |
5-Star Albums (92)
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Culture Club
2/5
A fine example of 80s pop. I'm not sure what makes it an "unmissable" album, though
5 likes
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
Apparently it's one of the greats but you have to listen to it 7+ times to "get it". Until then, it's atonal, stream-of-consciousness, free-association junk.
1 likes
Nine Inch Nails
1/5
Sorry, just not my cup of tea. I don't enjoy the screaming and dissonant tones and explicit content.
1 likes
1-Star Albums (33)
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Depeche Mode
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Nine Inch Nails
1/5
Sorry, just not my cup of tea. I don't enjoy the screaming and dissonant tones and explicit content.
Portishead
3/5
Ramones
3/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Bebel Gilberto
3/5
Generally mellow, but some surprisingly punchy songs, too
Culture Club
2/5
A fine example of 80s pop. I'm not sure what makes it an "unmissable" album, though
Goldfrapp
2/5
most of it sounds like it belongs with a Bond movie from the 70s
Kraftwerk
3/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Massive Attack
3/5
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
The Kinks
3/5
Van Halen
4/5
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
Sabu
3/5
Pulp
3/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
so smooth, so cool
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
not a fan of Janis Joplin's screaming style of singing
Os Mutantes
2/5
Bauhaus
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
I know some will scream sacrilege at only 4 stars, and while I enjoy it, it's not my jam
The Cure
3/5
Santana
3/5
Tori Amos
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Mylo
4/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Sorry. An album with every track tagged explicit? Can't do it.
Talking Heads
2/5
Robert Wyatt
1/5
David Bowie
3/5
Beatles
4/5
The xx
4/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Alanis Morissette
4/5
3/5
Radiohead
2/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
Motörhead
4/5
hadn't heard of "speed metal" before, but it fits; these songs have a very fast tempo
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Beastie Boys
2/5
Simple Minds
3/5
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
sounds like you'd expect
Nas
3/5
Beck
3/5
The Pharcyde
2/5
The Cure
1/5
drab, bland
Paul Simon
3/5
UB40
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
not my regular jam, but understandable lyrics and interesting, layered music in a laid-back style
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Ray Charles
5/5
The Birthday Party
1/5
just noisy trash
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
very jazz, not too out there
The Temptations
3/5
Eagles
5/5
Mariah Carey
2/5
basic 90s pop
Anita Baker
4/5
The Jam
3/5
The Smiths
3/5
This one probably deserves another listen
Cheap Trick
4/5
Frank Zappa
2/5
Al Green
4/5
Solid!
Robbie Williams
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
grunge but not too angry
Jurassic 5
3/5
The Stooges
1/5
just noise
Cornershop
2/5
William Orbit
4/5
Ice Cube
2/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
Japan
3/5
Daft Punk
4/5
Beth Orton
4/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Sheryl Crow
4/5
The Roots
3/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
3/5
David Holmes
3/5
Ray Price
3/5
lots of honky tonk
Stan Getz
4/5
The B-52's
2/5
Not really noteworthy
Janis Joplin
3/5
The Smiths
4/5
Kid Rock
2/5
3/5
long tracks, I get a Snarky Puppy vibe from many of these, not to mention Guardians 2 end credits from "Any You and I"
Roxy Music
2/5
Sex Pistols
1/5
just angry noise
CHIC
4/5
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
intro dialog is annoying but the music is great; interesting variety
Tina Turner
3/5
hits are real bangers, covers are meh
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
The Magnetic Fields
3/5
2 hr 45 min! Only listened to disc 1, but the lyrics are charming
Eurythmics
3/5
Butthole Surfers
1/5
just angry noise
Sonic Youth
1/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
yes, THAT Layla; songs are heavy on instrumentals
The Fall
1/5
4/5
Steely Dan
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
not my jam, some swearing, but overall not bad
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
The Police
3/5
Buck Owens
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Basement Jaxx
2/5
The Jam
3/5
not bad for post-punk
Sonic Youth
1/5
James Brown
3/5
Joan Baez
3/5
acoustic guitar and solo voice, very mellow
The Strokes
3/5
Common
4/5
not my usual, but very engaging
Kraftwerk
3/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Queens of the Stone Age
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The Temptations
3/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
it's fine but just meh...
Everything But The Girl
3/5
Eels
2/5
Eric Clapton
4/5
Magazine
3/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
4/5
OutKast
3/5
2nd disc is a whole different experience and pulls the album up from a 2; pretty raunchy lyrics throughout, though
Eagles
4/5
Wilco
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
Orange Juice
3/5
surprisingly big sound for the early 80s
Hugh Masekela
4/5
PJ Harvey
2/5
The Damned
2/5
Louis Prima
4/5
Sisters Of Mercy
4/5
The Streets
3/5
Beatles
4/5
some great ones in there... and some forgettable ones, too
Saint Etienne
3/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
The The
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Rage Against The Machine
3/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
good enough to listen twice
The Byrds
2/5
The Pogues
3/5
Public Enemy
3/5
I'm sure it was a touchstone for the genre and culturally relevant but it just isn't my jam
Megadeth
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
The Adverts
2/5
The Mars Volta
3/5
Common
2/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Black Flag
1/5
Ray Charles
4/5
The Human League
3/5
Spiritualized
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
3/5
Roni Size
3/5
Koffi Olomide
4/5
I don't know what he's saying, but it sounds fun
Radiohead
4/5
George Michael
3/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Ice Cube
2/5
Pentangle
3/5
John Lennon
3/5
Imagine (song) is legendary, but the rest isn't all that great
Justice
4/5
Nirvana
4/5
classic grunge, last song is a bit much
Mott The Hoople
2/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
not your "classic" Beach Boys album, a lot more politically aware and less "young and fun"
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Joy Division
3/5
Queen Latifah
3/5
Madonna
3/5
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Oasis
3/5
The Verve
4/5
fIREHOSE
3/5
Peter Tosh
3/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Pixies
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Perfect example of the genre and artist and it just kills
Fugazi
2/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
PJ Harvey
2/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
The Auteurs
3/5
Frank Ocean
2/5
The Doors
4/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Blur
3/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Pixies
3/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
very chill Americana folk
Ice T
2/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
3/5
New Order
3/5
Little Simz
3/5
wouldn't listen to again due to the explicit lyrics, but musically interesting
The Waterboys
3/5
Steve Earle
2/5
Steve Winwood
4/5
Morrissey
3/5
The Doors
3/5
The Stooges
2/5
Madness
4/5
Big Star
3/5
Alice In Chains
3/5
definitely heavy metal
Leonard Cohen
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Interesting mix of mellow and screaming tracks. Rates a 4 because of the breadth of musicality across the double album
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Jeff Beck
4/5
Aimee Mann
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Blur
3/5
Lorde
4/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
B.B. King
5/5
Cypress Hill
2/5
Various Artists
5/5
Chock full of holiday hits you hear on the radio
Michael Jackson
4/5
Nitin Sawhney
4/5
really interesting blend of world and trance beats; The Conference has some crazy-impressive tongue work
Paul Weller
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
Air
3/5
Nick Drake
4/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
1/5
Missy Elliott
2/5
Tracy Chapman
4/5
The Who
3/5
Lucinda Williams
3/5
808 State
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
The Yardbirds
3/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
middle-of-the-road, mellow acoustic rock
The Soft Boys
3/5
snappy, uptempo beats; first two tracks are fun, rest are more punk
Sugar
2/5
Deerhunter
3/5
Aerosmith
3/5
raunchy at times, but on brand
Mike Oldfield
4/5
Janet Jackson
3/5
Goldie
3/5
AC/DC
4/5
Doves
4/5
5/5
Kanye West
1/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
5/5
Machito
5/5
just fun jazz
Queen
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Madonna
3/5
The Band
3/5
The Everly Brothers
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Keith Jarrett
5/5
Broken pianos are no match for this legend
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The Electric Prunes
3/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
So much more than just "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2"
Wu-Tang Clan
3/5
Prince
3/5
Rush
4/5
3/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
1/5
Lambchop
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Flamin' Groovies
4/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Drive Like Jehu
3/5
screamy but not annoyingly, interesting guitar work
Radiohead
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
The Stranglers
3/5
Richard Thompson
4/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Some real solid covers
Devendra Banhart
3/5
Little Richard
4/5
Screaming Trees
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Funkadelic
4/5
The Cardigans
4/5
Maxwell
5/5
Simply Red
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Germs
1/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4/5
some great blues instrumentals
Willie Nelson
3/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
Julian Cope
3/5
Nina Simone
4/5
Tom Waits
3/5
T. Rex
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Beach House
3/5
Gillian Welch
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Fatboy Slim
5/5
Lauryn Hill
4/5
John Martyn
4/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Van Morrison
5/5
The Hives
4/5
Nico
2/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Carole King
5/5
What a gem
CHIC
3/5
Air
4/5
Can
2/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Brian Eno
1/5
Dire Straits
5/5
Gary Numan
3/5
Björk
1/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Incredible Bongo Band
5/5
Aerosmith
4/5
Unapologetically screamin'
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
The Doors
4/5
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Wow, "Racing in the Street" is something else. How have I not heard this song before?
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Röyksopp
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Faith No More
2/5
Fairport Convention
4/5
Paul Simon
5/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Lou Reed
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
What a lovely voice! I thoroughly enjoyed the "live" aspect of this, especially when she forgets the lyrics and just rolls with it.
Neu!
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Pearl Jam
3/5
Jazmine Sullivan
4/5
Suede
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
David Gray
3/5
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Tangerine Dream
2/5
The Specials
2/5
Green Day
4/5
The War On Drugs
4/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Green Day
4/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Manu Chao
4/5
The Stone Roses
4/5
Dead Kennedys
2/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Stereo MC's
3/5
The Cure
5/5
I can't put my finger on why, but this album just speaks to me
Metallica
3/5
loud and relentless, but that's on brand
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
King Crimson
3/5
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Patti Smith
2/5
The Prodigy
4/5
Linkin Park
3/5
Elton John
4/5
Adele
5/5
Jane Weaver
4/5
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
The Youngbloods
4/5
Mudhoney
3/5
Queen
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
The Killers
4/5
Solid album
Animal Collective
4/5
Sepultura
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
Travis
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Baaba Maal
4/5
4/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Metallica
3/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
Folk/country really isn't my jam and Cash's voice usually bothers me but this album blew me away. What great storytelling and compelling musicality across all the tracks! It may be full of covers, but each is excellent; familiar yet perfectly matched to Cash's style.
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Donovan
3/5
U2
4/5
3/5
Elvis Costello
2/5
5/5
The Young Gods
2/5
Gorillaz
4/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Liz Phair
2/5
George Jones
4/5
Living Colour
3/5
Elbow
4/5
Finley Quaye
3/5
The Who
3/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Aphex Twin
3/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
I just don't vibe with the atonality and bizarre aspects of experimental music
The Who
4/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
New York Dolls
3/5
Frank Sinatra
5/5
The Sonics
2/5
Wild Beasts
4/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
SAULT
4/5
Cream
4/5
Pretenders
3/5
Pink Floyd
2/5
I do not understand why people like Pink Floyd so much.
Jamiroquai
4/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Grizzly Bear
3/5
Beatles
5/5
The Offspring
4/5
Massive Attack
4/5
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Gotan Project
4/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
New Order
3/5
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Wilco
3/5
Guns N' Roses
4/5
The hits are undeniable bangers but the rest are vulgar and forgettable
Milton Nascimento
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Dr. Dre
1/5
Supergrass
3/5
TV On The Radio
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
Mike Ladd
3/5
Supertramp
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
The Fall
3/5
Ozomatli
4/5
Death In Vegas
2/5
Beatles
5/5
Ella Fitzgerald
5/5
Can't knock the queen
Barry Adamson
3/5
Garbage
4/5
The Modern Lovers
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
I'm not usually a fan of Elvis, but there were some great songs in here
The Zombies
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Wire
3/5
Yes
5/5
John Coltrane
4/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Funkadelic
3/5
The National
3/5
Ian Dury
2/5
The Monkees
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
sounds like the most fun that could be had in a prison
Yes
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
The Shamen
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Spacemen 3
2/5
Peter Frampton
5/5
Genesis
3/5
The Monks
3/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
5/5
The Black Keys
4/5
Billy Joel
5/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Hawkwind
3/5
The Verve
4/5
Marty Robbins
5/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
5/5
Deserves to be on this list. So many familiar tones, riffs, and beats that clearly inspired later artists and samples.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Killing Joke
3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Duran Duran
4/5
Judas Priest
3/5
Def Leppard
4/5
John Lee Hooker
4/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
3/5
Django Django
4/5
The Crusaders
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Standard version is ridiculously vulgar, clean version is mid
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Shivkumar Sharma
4/5
Prince
3/5
Chicago
4/5
Sleater-Kinney
4/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Suicide
2/5
Thundercat
3/5
funky nonsense
James Taylor
5/5
The Clash
4/5
Arrested Development
4/5
Richard Hawley
4/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Love
2/5
2/5
Tito Puente
4/5
Portishead
3/5
Lightning Bolt
2/5
Sade
3/5
Smooth is right, the album flows from one song to the next with no real bumps or distinguishing features for each track. The opener is certainly a standout track but the rest are pretty vanilla.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Miles Davis
3/5
I don't know if I'm smart enough for Jazz
Traffic
3/5
Jethro Tull
3/5
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Elis Regina
4/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Def Leppard
4/5
loud and proud of it
Van Morrison
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Rush
3/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
The Smiths
3/5
The Style Council
4/5
The Police
4/5
Slayer
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
3/5
Ministry
2/5
Otis Redding
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Soundgarden
3/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Minutemen
2/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
Neneh Cherry
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
CHVRCHES
5/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Hot Chip
3/5
Duke Ellington
5/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
Napalm Death
1/5
Suede
3/5
The La's
3/5
Super Furry Animals
4/5
Dion
3/5
Hüsker Dü
3/5
Love
4/5
JAY Z
4/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Merle Haggard
3/5
Gang Starr
4/5
The Black Crowes
4/5
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
I'm sure it was important to the genre but yuck
Kate Bush
3/5
Pulp
3/5
The Darkness
4/5
Eminem
2/5
Pavement
3/5
Fleet Foxes
4/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
OutKast
3/5
Weather Report
4/5
Boards of Canada
2/5
Roygbiv is the only interesting song in the bunch
The Louvin Brothers
4/5
Sounds fun and folksy but those lyrics are dark
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Lupe Fiasco
5/5
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Klaxons
3/5
Neil Young
4/5
Afrika Bambaataa
3/5
Kate Bush
2/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
1/5
Bon Jovi
5/5
Coldplay
4/5
Ananda Shankar
4/5
a-ha
4/5
Aerosmith
4/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
The Undertones
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
The Velvet Underground
1/5
Morrissey
3/5
Bad Brains
3/5
k.d. lang
4/5
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
Is it music? Technically, I guess. Does it inspire, enrich, or connect with the listener? Not this particular human.
Miriam Makeba
5/5
Lovely album and if nothing else took me down a fascinating rabbit hole on "Mbube/The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Tom Waits
2/5
Roxy Music
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
I've never seen such a stacked second half of an album. Classic!
Grateful Dead
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
White Denim
4/5
Metallica
4/5
Gram Parsons
4/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
1/5
Holger Czukay
3/5
Slipknot
2/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Faust
3/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Gene Clark
4/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
I can't put my finger on exactly what elevates this to a 5, but it definitely deserves it. I listened to it four times throughout the day; I just kept getting pulled back to it.
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
ABBA
5/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
Ride
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Other than being too long and the songs being too loosely coupled to form a cohesive whole, it's wonderful
Marilyn Manson
1/5
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
John Grant
4/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
Ghostface Killah
2/5
The Icarus Line
1/5
The Fall
2/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Fugees
4/5
Queen
4/5
Minor Threat
2/5
Scissor Sisters
4/5
Method Man
3/5
Janelle Monáe
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
4/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
you've heard one song, you've heard them all
Shuggie Otis
3/5
Foo Fighters
4/5
TV On The Radio
2/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
MGMT
3/5
Genesis
2/5
Stan Getz
5/5
I mean, how could I not give it 5 stars?
Quicksilver Messenger Service
4/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3/5
MC Solaar
3/5
Anthrax
3/5
Le Tigre
3/5
The Residents
1/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
3/5
The Avalanches
3/5
George Harrison
5/5
XTC
3/5
Soft Cell
3/5
"Tainted Love" is the only real standout
Rod Stewart
3/5
Paul McCartney
3/5
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Mj Cole
3/5
Throwing Muses
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
David Ackles
3/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
4/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
1/5
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
American Music Club
3/5
Norah Jones
5/5
Bee Gees
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
Motörhead
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Kanye West
3/5
AC/DC
5/5
De La Soul
3/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Brian Wilson
4/5
Frank Black
3/5
Pavement
2/5
The Lemonheads
3/5
Heaven 17
3/5
The Who
5/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
D'Angelo
4/5
Eminem
2/5
The Blue Nile
4/5
The Incredible String Band
2/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
ABBA
4/5
Randy Newman
4/5
Alice Cooper
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Serge Gainsbourg
4/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
Tears For Fears
5/5
Charles Mingus
4/5
Hookworms
3/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Metallica
4/5
Björk
2/5
Scott Walker
3/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
Giant Sand
2/5
Shiver is okay but the rest are just meh. If I wanted to hear spoken-singing, I'd listen to Cake; their songs are are fun at least
2/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
TLC
3/5
Incubus
3/5
Skunk Anansie
3/5
System Of A Down
2/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4/5
Sigur Rós
3/5
Orbital
3/5
Venom
3/5
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
Laura Nyro
5/5
Roxy Music
3/5
The Saints
3/5
Soft Machine
2/5
Calexico
3/5
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5/5
Slade
4/5
Youssou N'Dour
4/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Meat Puppets
2/5
Jane's Addiction
4/5
N.E.R.D
3/5
Nirvana
3/5
Primal Scream
5/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
David Crosby
3/5
Khaled
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
Solange
2/5
Pantera
3/5
Thrash metal indeed
Stephen Stills
5/5
Prince
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Björk
2/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
John Prine
4/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2/5
Fever Ray
3/5
The Pogues
4/5
Femi Kuti
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
Apparently it's one of the greats but you have to listen to it 7+ times to "get it". Until then, it's atonal, stream-of-consciousness, free-association junk.
Silver Jews
3/5
Coldplay
5/5
Orbital
3/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
Girls Against Boys
3/5
ZZ Top
4/5
The Only Ones
3/5
Blue Cheer
3/5
Coldcut
4/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
T. Rex
3/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
5/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Guided By Voices
2/5
Slipknot
3/5
I don't know how you scream like that for an hour but somehow they manage. Is it metal? Very. Would I subject my ears to it again. Nope.
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Britney Spears
3/5
Mostly harmless
Kanye West
4/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Drive-By Truckers
4/5
unapologetically southern rock
Rod Stewart
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
The KLF
3/5
Bee Gees
3/5
Crowded House
3/5
Public Enemy
4/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
trippy, ambient, and abstract but not in a jarring or nonsensical way
Kings of Leon
3/5
Dwight Yoakam
4/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
John Martyn
3/5
Slint
2/5
Jimmy Smith
5/5
Mellow jazz, very approachable. This is the stuff you introduce people to jazz with before you dive into the deep end with Coltrane or Mingus
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Elton John
4/5
Pere Ubu
1/5
Modern? Experimental? Art? Garbage? Yes to all
Moby
3/5
Joy Division
3/5
Megadeth
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Scott Walker
3/5
Donald Fagen
5/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
10cc
3/5
Scritti Politti
3/5
Antony and the Johnsons
3/5
Sparks
3/5
The Dictators
3/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
Don McLean
4/5
Bad Company
4/5
Dennis Wilson
5/5
Everything But The Girl
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
Raekwon
3/5
Wow, that's a lot of vulgar language. They sure tell a story, though.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Joe Ely
3/5
LL Cool J
2/5
The United States Of America
3/5
Primal Scream
3/5
Q-Tip
3/5
The Specials
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
The Gun Club
3/5
Cee Lo Green
3/5
The Clash
4/5
The Coral
3/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4/5
Happy Mondays
2/5
The Associates
3/5
Big Black
1/5
X-Ray Spex
3/5
Ravi Shankar
4/5
The xx
4/5
Billie Holiday
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
They've done it again! Not as good as Cosmo's Factory, but close
Meat Loaf
3/5
John Lennon
3/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Tom Waits
1/5
Good grief is Tom Waits awful
G. Love & Special Sauce
4/5
Boston
5/5
5 stars all the way. It's amazing how much great music they packed into 8 tracks and 30 minutes.
Circle Jerks
2/5
Jack White
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
3/5
Mekons
3/5
Digital Underground
2/5
Red Snapper
3/5
Baaba Maal
4/5
The Cult
3/5
M.I.A.
4/5
Christina Aguilera
4/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Sepultura
2/5
72 minutes of angry screaming
Stereolab
3/5
Tortoise
2/5
The Cramps
3/5
The Go-Go's
4/5
Solid, enjoyable punk
The Byrds
3/5
SZA
4/5
Can
2/5
Dr. John
3/5
The Replacements
3/5
Dagmar Krause
3/5
Cowboy Junkies
4/5
Neil Young
3/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
5/5
Granted, I don't speak Spanish so I have no idea what the songs are about. That said, fun music and enjoyable to listen to.
k.d. lang
5/5
Country is not really my thing but she sounds great
The Pretty Things
3/5
The Band
3/5
The Boo Radleys
3/5
Maybe a 4, but it was a little too meandering in style and composition for my taste.
Lana Del Rey
3/5
Bill Callahan
3/5
Fats Domino
4/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Fishbone
3/5
No real standout tracks but interesting lyrically and musically. Variety of styles made it a little jilting.
Deee-Lite
3/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
The Charlatans
4/5
Shack
4/5
Neil Young
3/5
Parliament
4/5
The The
3/5
Björk
3/5
Mudhoney
4/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
50 Cent
3/5
Super Furry Animals
4/5
Buzzcocks
4/5
Leftfield
4/5
Snoop Dogg
3/5
wow that's explicit and vulgar
GZA
3/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Madonna
3/5
Talvin Singh
3/5
Gene Clark
4/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
The Beta Band
4/5
Unexpectedly good
Frank Sinatra
5/5
Lovely melding of these two great singers
Jungle Brothers
4/5
King Crimson
3/5
Television
3/5
Cyndi Lauper
5/5
Caetano Veloso
3/5
Ash
3/5
The Bees
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
The two halves of this album make for an interesting combination, like two sides of the same coin; complementary but distinct. I prefer "The Lyre of Orpheous" half for pure musicality. Sounds a bit like Tom Waits but actually musical and enjoyable to listen to.
Beck
4/5
The Triffids
4/5
Van Morrison
5/5
The Undertones
4/5
The Byrds
4/5
Harry Nilsson
5/5
So many wonderful songs
Elvis Costello
4/5
Doves
4/5
LTJ Bukem
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Talk Talk
3/5
George Michael
4/5
lovely tracks that highlight a great voice
Underworld
2/5
Traffic
3/5
Joan Armatrading
4/5
Waylon Jennings
3/5
Beyoncé
4/5
Laibach
2/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Randy Newman
4/5
The Libertines
3/5
Dr. Octagon
2/5
Beck
4/5
The Kinks
3/5
Nanci Griffith
4/5
Supergrass
4/5
Morrissey
3/5
Kelela
4/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Pixies
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Van Halen
4/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Moby Grape
4/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Bonnie Raitt
5/5
What a lovely blend of styles, speeds, and sounds. Bonnie sounds great across the board.
N.W.A.
3/5
The Thrills
3/5
Fatboy Slim
4/5
3/5
Syd Barrett
2/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Hole
4/5
Gang Of Four
3/5
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
long but interesting
Prefab Sprout
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
I do not understand why he has five albums on this list. This is probably my top pick of the five, but boy are they just meh.
Kacey Musgraves
5/5
Just lovely
Iron Maiden
5/5
not my jam but undeniably great for what it is
Public Enemy
4/5
Justin Timberlake
4/5
No real standout tracks but consistent throughout
Ms. Dynamite
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
Not sure how a Bollywood soundtrack snuck on the list, but it wasn't terrible
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5/5
I was going to give it a 4 but after compulsively listening to it another three times throughout the day, decided it has an undeniable appeal and deserves that extra star.
Joanna Newsom
2/5
pretentious, artsy nonsense
John Cale
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Certainly was noisy
Violent Femmes
3/5
Erykah Badu
4/5
Mellow and long but not bad
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Thelonious Monk
5/5
Burning Spear
4/5
Country Joe & The Fish
4/5
dreamy, trippy, I imagine it pairs well with being high
Iggy Pop
2/5
China Girl almost pulls it up to a 3
Bobby Womack
4/5
KISS
3/5
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
The Cars
5/5
Nightmares On Wax
4/5
Jacques Brel
4/5
All French, all live, all highlighting Brel's voice and musicality
Songhoy Blues
4/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
Emmylou Harris
5/5
Haircut 100
4/5
Dizzee Rascal
3/5
Skepta
3/5
Christine and the Queens
5/5
Grateful Dead
4/5
2Pac
4/5
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Not bad but nothing to really write home about
Hole
3/5
Elastica
4/5
I could see myself throwing this album on when working in the yard or garage
Taylor Swift
5/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Blondie
4/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
The Vines
3/5
M.I.A.
3/5
Stephen Stills
4/5
Adele
5/5
Fred Neil
3/5
Tricky
3/5
Carpenters
4/5
Such a lovely voice, highlighted by the arrangements. You can hear the raw potential. I wonder how much further she would have risen had her brother not held her back.
FKA twigs
3/5
Turbonegro
3/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
5/5
The Beta Band
4/5
Small Faces
3/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Sebadoh
2/5
Big Star
4/5
The Slits
3/5
Lou Reed
3/5
The Who
3/5
The Zutons
4/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
5/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
The Beau Brummels
3/5
The Young Rascals
3/5
Tom Tom Club
4/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Jane's Addiction
4/5
Bert Jansch
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Barry Adamson
2/5
U2
4/5
Korn
3/5
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Destiny's Child
4/5