134
Albums Rated
3.75
Average Rating
12%
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2010s
Favorite Decade
Hip-hop
Favorite Genre
US
Top Origin
Cheerleader
Rater Style ?
30
5-Star Albums
4
1-Star Albums
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Albums
You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
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5 | 2.83 | +2.17 |
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Before And After Science
Brian Eno
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5 | 3.08 | +1.92 |
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Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
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5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
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Dear Science
TV On The Radio
|
5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
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Close To The Edge
Yes
|
5 | 3.19 | +1.81 |
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The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
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5 | 3.25 | +1.75 |
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Entertainment
Gang Of Four
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5 | 3.25 | +1.75 |
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The Predator
Ice Cube
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5 | 3.26 | +1.74 |
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
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5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
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Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
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5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Close To You
Carpenters
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1 | 3.11 | -2.11 |
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Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
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1 | 2.97 | -1.97 |
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Scott 4
Scott Walker
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1 | 2.8 | -1.8 |
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Grace
Jeff Buckley
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2 | 3.72 | -1.72 |
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Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
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2 | 3.22 | -1.22 |
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The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
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1 | 2.15 | -1.15 |
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Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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2 | 3.09 | -1.09 |
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Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
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2 | 3.05 | -1.05 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Radiohead | 2 | 5 |
5-Star Albums (30)
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This album is super important for what it is and also what it isn't. What it is is one of the most pure distillations of prog rock and rock's musical excesses (if not necessarily the chemical excesses). But its overwritten, ornate Baroqueness helped to inspire punk music as a reaction against this brand of complex-for-the-sake-of-complex tryhard bullshit. Prog and punk happen to be my two favorite subgenres, so this one is extra meaningful to me.
Beloved for three perfect songs (out of a possible three, hah!), if not any semblance of brevity. One more thing before I hit submit: early on in the title track there is a happy, sweet guitar melody that could have been a lead on a Queen song. Much later the same motif returns as a more sinister and dissonant version with ugly-sounding harmonics from a ring modulator. It's fuckin sick and it demonstrates my favorite joke about prog rock. If you don't like what you're hearing, wait five minutes.
35 likes
Carpenters
This album is where that "why do birds suddenly appear" song comes from. It's not a half-bad song if you're okay with cheesy over-commercial schlock.
Yeah, she had a pleasant enough voice and it's very sad that her eating disorder ended up killing her, but this album genuinely sucks, right?
1 likes
1-Star Albums (4)
