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2010s
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21
5-Star Albums
9
1-Star Albums
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Albums
You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Histoire De Melody Nelson | 5 | 2.75 | +2.25 |
| LP1 | 5 | 2.8 | +2.2 |
| A Wizard, A True Star | 5 | 2.83 | +2.17 |
| Nick Of Time | 5 | 2.83 | +2.17 |
| Groovin' | 5 | 3.02 | +1.98 |
| Slanted And Enchanted | 5 | 3.03 | +1.97 |
| Clube Da Esquina | 5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
| First Band On The Moon | 5 | 3.29 | +1.71 |
| Daydream Nation | 5 | 3.3 | +1.7 |
| Surf's Up | 5 | 3.31 | +1.69 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exile On Main Street | 1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
| The Clash | 1 | 3.54 | -2.54 |
| Raising Hell | 1 | 3.51 | -2.51 |
| British Steel | 1 | 3.3 | -2.3 |
| Run-D.M.C. | 1 | 3.13 | -2.13 |
| Wild Gift | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| All Hail the Queen | 1 | 2.86 | -1.86 |
| Among The Living | 1 | 2.85 | -1.85 |
| Let It Bleed | 2 | 3.83 | -1.83 |
| Metallica | 2 | 3.79 | -1.79 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| The Beach Boys | 3 | 4.67 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Run-D.M.C. | 2 | 1 |
| Metallica | 3 | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 2 |
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All Ratings
R.E.M.
2/5
Doves
2/5
John Martyn
4/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
Fats Domino
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Hole
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Cypress Hill
3/5
Dizzee Rascal
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
The Cars
2/5
Gang Of Four
2/5
David Bowie
5/5
Metallica
2/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Def Leppard
4/5
Fleet Foxes
4/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Frank Zappa
3/5
Madonna
3/5
Milton Nascimento
5/5
Tortoise
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Syd Barrett
4/5
UB40
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Ian Dury
4/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Joan Baez
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
3/5
a-ha
3/5
Sonic Youth
5/5
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Foo Fighters
3/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Van Halen
3/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
N.W.A.
2/5
3/5
Cream
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
The Sonics
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Van Morrison
2/5
Living Colour
2/5
Julian Cope
2/5
Chicago
3/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
T. Rex
3/5
Red Snapper
2/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Fugees
3/5
Harry Nilsson
5/5
The Louvin Brothers
4/5
Oasis
3/5
John Lee Hooker
4/5
Suicide
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Frank Black
3/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Funkadelic
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
The Cure
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
4/5
The Mars Volta
3/5
Eagles
2/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Nina Simone
4/5
Bee Gees
4/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
4/5
Germs
3/5
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
Charles Mingus
3/5
JAY Z
4/5
Todd Rundgren
5/5
Joan Armatrading
4/5
Björk
4/5
Morrissey
4/5
Morrissey
4/5
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
Leonard Cohen
5/5
Orange Juice
4/5
2Pac
4/5
Ananda Shankar
3/5
Metallica
2/5
ABBA
4/5
The Doors
4/5
Gotan Project
4/5
The Who
3/5
Pulp
5/5
X-Ray Spex
3/5
Bonnie Raitt
5/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
The Jam
4/5
The National
4/5
The Young Rascals
5/5
The Black Crowes
3/5
Pavement
5/5
King Crimson
5/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Primal Scream
4/5
Richard Hawley
4/5
Ghostface Killah
2/5
De La Soul
2/5
I'm not a big fan of the old school hip hop, but I can see the appeal of this album. They have a pretty clean and fresh take on the genre for the time.
Queen
4/5
10cc did it better
Dire Straits
2/5
I fucking hate classic rock. There are some decent songs though.
Bobby Womack
4/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Cat Stevens
5/5
Afrika Bambaataa
2/5
This would be good for anyone that likes the beastie boys.
Louis Prima
4/5
This album was a lot more fun and free than I thought it was going to be. Pretty innovative for it's time.
R.E.M.
3/5
Decent, but nothing too bold or game changing
Tom Waits
3/5
Good musician and lyricist. It's tough getting used to his raspy voice though.
Fiona Apple
5/5
Great vocals mixed with a great mixing track. Side A has a lot of energy and variety. It gets a little slow towards the end of the album, but the instruments perform CPR to keep it alive to the end.
Magazine
2/5
Swing and a miss. The instrumentation was cluttered and the vocals were drawn out and sloppy.
FKA twigs
5/5
Slow dreaming trap with slick vocals make this an easy listen to get your groove on.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Visions is a dope song. Both production and vocals have strong and weak points. I like the more mellow songs, and the upbeat songs don't hold up as well.
Dire Straits
4/5
Complete 180 from Brother in Arms. I hated that album, so I went into this one also expecting to hate it, but I am glad to be wrong. It has a lot of Lou Reed vibes and has a good flow throughout the album. Favorite song is probably wild west end.
M.I.A.
2/5
Uninspiring lyrics, whiny vocals over a generic edm beat. Hussel and come around are catchy songs, but overall pretty amateur album.
Black Sabbath
3/5
Changes is a great song. Well done album with big hits and gives breathing room on the off tracks. Just not my cup of tea.
Talk Talk
4/5
Good vibe album, but pretty 1 dimensional. A lot of the songs sound alike, with very slow breaks.
Motörhead
2/5
I can smell the BO of the crowd through my headphones. If you are into a lead singer that sounds like they smoke 3 packs a day and multiple guitars that go full speed non-stop, then this is for you
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Album with the big hit no woman no cry. Overall a nice ragaee album. I don't know the history if this set the bar for ragaee or anything like that, but nothing really stood out to me as being bold and unique. Good background album though.
Anthrax
1/5
I don't like metal.
Fishbone
2/5
They are talented, but it's a mix of Mexican music and classic rock so it's just a double whammy for me.
10cc
4/5
Not as good as the album Original Soundtrack (I own on vinyl), but still a good and fun album with unique themes
The Byrds
2/5
Old doo-woppy classic rock. Nothing peaked my interest.
Jorge Ben Jor
2/5
This is slightly more elevated than a dollar bin album, but not more than a $2 bin album.
Primal Scream
4/5
I do like some primal scream. Fun listen
John Prine
4/5
Close to a 5. Very strong start, but it doesn't stay full steam the whole album.
Steely Dan
4/5
Good groove album. Some sounds have a trippy undertone like monkey in your soul, but some swing and miss.
The Clash
1/5
I found it to be mostly annoying, chanty, mumble classic rock.
ZZ Top
4/5
I thought their would be a 0% chance that I liked this album, but it is actually a really good album... Which makes me want to strangle every radio DJ that plays sharp dressed man 20 times a day, but never plays anything from this album.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Teachers is a smart and strong song. That one song proves Leonard is the real deal. Strong album, but not a strong as you "want it darker" by him before he died.
Elvis Presley
3/5
Interesting hearing the start of the Elvis revolution. Elvis's debut album is mix of slow intimate songs sprinkled with high energy hip shaking songs. Not a cohesive album, but a good listen.
Brian Eno
4/5
I like the ambient synth driven tracks. The album is pretty tame overall.
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Strange, but clever album. I didn't hear anything ground breaking, but it was edgy, flowed good, and didn't have any bad songs.
Queen Latifah
1/5
So bad.
Machito
2/5
Half of it sounded like a football marching band and half sounded like 50s jazz. Could be a good album for anyone into that music.
Eric Clapton
2/5
Has "I shot the sheriff" which is a good song, but overall, much weaker than John Martyn or Cat Stevens.
Supertramp
4/5
I wasn't a fan of breakfast in America, so my bar was low, but it was actually a pretty good album. It's not far off from pink Floyd's the wall.
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
Not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Not quite my vibe, but not far off. I wouldn't judge someone too harshly if they were into this.
Fever Ray
2/5
This album got away with highway robbery getting on to this list. I'm sure this is supposed to be a transformative exotic album, but it's mostly pretty cringy.
The Human League
2/5
80s synth pop that falls short in delivering anything worth relistening to.
Ray Charles
4/5
I enjoyed the minimal jazz approach, solid song structure and writing. Much more enjoyable than I was anticipating.
Iggy Pop
3/5
I heard the name Iggy pop many times but this is the first Iggy pop album I listened to and I was not impressed. At least on this album, he comes off as a try hard David Bowie wannabe and doesn't find his own groove
Donald Fagen
4/5
Solid album with some quality hits. Nothing wowed me too much, but no duds either.
Judas Priest
1/5
Nope. Not for me. This would be good for anyone that likes AC/DC
Amy Winehouse
4/5
I think the production is underappreciated in amy winehouse's music, but her vocal ability adds a nice icing to the mascara running cake
Pretty boring. Mostly feel-good stadium rock that is stale and doesn't go in any direction.
Jerry Lee Lewis
2/5
If you like playing Elvis at 1.5x speed, then you are in luck with this album. This album has "great balls of fire" which I was never a fan of, but I know it's popular so if you like that song, give this a shot.
The Offspring
3/5
I could never get past the dudes voice. Lyrically decent and humorous but a little too on the nose for some songs. Not a fan of the garage band instrumentation.
Kraftwerk
3/5
Synth-tastic. However, it is missing an artistic flair. It would blend in with any synthwave album released today. Technically impressive for the time though.
Serge Gainsbourg
5/5
Banger after banger after banger. The only downside is it is a short album at 30 minutes.
Lauryn Hill
3/5
I bet this was on a lot of high school girls cd players, but it's not on my cd player
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
I am a big Nick Caves fan and he has some albums that are 4s and 5s, but this album didn't jump out from the background.
Janelle Monáe
3/5
If her album dirty computer is also on this list, I will probably give that a 4, but this one is a 3 for me.
Thundercat
4/5
Fun and funky album with some solid tracks. On the other hand, there are some stale tracks in there as well.
Ride
2/5
Even listening to the remastered version, it sounds like there was 1 microphone next to the hi-hat. Even looking past that, nothing from this album impressed me.
The Mamas & The Papas
5/5
Each track evolves into it's own character while maintaining a dark and solemn theme throughout the album. It's haunting, it's beautiful, it's lonesome, it's wholesome.
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Since I am a sucker for post-punk music I was excited to listen to this. I looked at the cover art and thought it was meh, and sure enough the music was pretty meh.
Kate Bush
5/5
What's ironic is the song on stranger things is the least strange song on this album. Very forward thinking and adventurous album that takes some big swings and makes contact more than misses. I hope this opened up the eyes of some young bucks discovering this album into the wonderful world of art rock.
Run-D.M.C.
1/5
Really lame album. I never got the hype for this album. They are literally rapping nursery rhymes. Very edgy
Guns N' Roses
2/5
I am not a fan of classic rock, and a lot of the songs on the album are pretty lame.
Public Enemy
2/5
There was a song about different milk shake flavors and I'm like what the fuck is this shit and I looked closely at the album cover and noticed the big clock chain. Is that flavor Flav! From flavor of love?! Terminator x and the production were decent, but flavor Flav made it dumb
Suzanne Vega
4/5
Whimsical and soft. Album doesn't go too bold anywhere in the album and the mixing is super quiet. It's hard to latch on to the vocals.
Herbie Hancock
3/5
The synth integration blended in well, but the song development felt forced on many of the songs.
The xx
4/5
This barely scrapes by with getting my seal of approval, but it got it. It has good a good ambient punk rock backbone with strong tracks, but as an album it felt hollow.
The Byrds
3/5
A decent take on classic country, but nothing jumped out to me.
The Magnetic Fields
4/5
Solid song arrangement that spans several genres with creative songwriting that doesn't get stale throughout the 69 songs
Willie Nelson
4/5
I prefer this much more than the Byrd's sweetheart of the rodeo. Solid country to have going in the background.
The Police
2/5
Hollow, bland, repetitive lyrics. I like the groundwork of the song mother but that was way too repetitive for me to like it.
Van Morrison
4/5
Started out strong, but dips pretty low on a lot of the tracks. This album gets crushed when put up against John Martyn solid air, hall and oates luncheonette, or cat Steven tillerman
James Brown
4/5
Oozing swagger from top to bottom. Good energy and flow throughout the songs. James brown exudes confidence and has great crowd interactions
Dr. Octagon
2/5
Stupid album. There are some fun doctor lines on the song intros, but the raps and production are lame.
New Order
3/5
Lots of nu wave vibes with mediocre midi tracks.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
There is no doubt that he is a skilled musician and knows to create songs that will get people out on the Big Joe's Tavern dance floor. However, I would not be one of those people on the dance floor.
Mariah Carey
3/5
It is a solid R&B album, but I didn't hear anything timeless or unique from any other good R&B album.
Blur
3/5
There were some decent tunes, but the lyrics were pretty clique and it was a stagnant album. There are lots of good synth pads and tiffs though. It deserves to be on the list, but just not my list.
Paul Revere & The Raiders
2/5
Mostly lame as fuck. Uninspiring overall. Might be just a few years ahead of it's time because it's like they are almost getting to a good groove.
Spiritualized
2/5
Boring. Dull. There are plenty of good ambient albums and this is not one of them.
The Stone Roses
3/5
Bland, but decent if it is playing in the background.
Deep Purple
3/5
Definitely more pleasant to listen to than most classic rock albums. However, I still don't think I will be seeking this out for another listen in the future
The Rolling Stones
2/5
I didn't know there were so many blues heavy tracks on this album and that intrigued me. However, they are all literal filler tracks sandwiched between the two radio hits at each end of the album.
Aerosmith
2/5
The official album of Nascar tailgate parties. This might be a hot take, but I think this is almost as trashy as kid rock.
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
Great album. Groovy, funky, lots of hard and fast tracks with catchy hooks, and smooth transitions into strong instrumental ballads throughout the album. Superfly!
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
"I've been here, I've been there, I've been everywhere". Was this written by a 12 year old?! Every song follows the same boring recipe with the exception of some interesting riffs and hooks. However, that is not enough for me to recommend this album.
Snoop Dogg
4/5
It's got dem skiz-its. Does a pretty good job of transitioning from skit to song and dre did a good job with production. Some of the lyrics are a little weak and old school, but not bad for 93.
Run-D.M.C.
1/5
Nope. Still not a fan of run DMC and old school hip hop in general. These raps sound like something you would hear in a d.a.r.e. program to try to be relatable to kids
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Nope. Still not a fan of classic rock. However this was better than I was expecting.
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
Close to a 4. I can tell there was a lot of influences from Jefferson airplane and Brian Wilson. However, I don't think this one was a sum of it's parts.
Sebadoh
2/5
Bummed out because it is so close to be a really good band/album. The vibe is great, but the song writing is garbage and the song album flow is weak.
Paul Weller
2/5
Everyone and their grandpa has an acoustic album, so I believe to have an acoustic driven album on this list, you have to be a fantastic songwriter and very creative with the instruments, and I thought this album has neither
Simply Red
2/5
Fairly simple jazz that doesn't make any progressive moves
Metallica
2/5
Mediocre rock opera
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
I was thinking a 3, but wooden ships bumped it up to a 4.
The Strokes
3/5
Solid album, but overall on the dull side
1/5
I like the raw energy, but the recording is so bad it's hard to hear anything and what I was able to hear wasn't anything novel.
The Cardigans
5/5
Fun catchy songs that stick with you. The mixing is weak, and some songwriting is meh, but as a whole it stands out as an album worthy of a 5.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2/5
Doesn't hold up, but a good effort.
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Mostly obscure, noisy, unpleasant electronic music, but there are glimpses of tasteful bass lines and synth plucks
Queen
4/5
Lots of solid tracks with character and energy this is lacking from most rock albums at that time.
Nirvana
3/5
I thought this would be a 4 or 5, but something in the way. I like some of the song choices that were made, especially the Vaselines, but the poor mix, poor vocal performance, poor lyrical dimension all made for a pretty poor album
Pentangle
2/5
Fairly static folk music with gospel undertones. A lack in lyrical content made for a majority of the song writing content just being "la la la ooh ooh ooh la la la"
David Bowie
3/5
Not my favorite Bowie. Some bangers and some duds
The Beach Boys
5/5
One of the best. Listened to this on shrooms in Thailand and still remains as a very fond memory. Incredible amount of detail and effort went into this album, and it paid off.
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Has some clever songwriting and some moderately catchy tunes.
Yes
3/5
Pretty solid with good ballads
Beatles
3/5
I don't know where this lands on their timeline but it felt like they had one foot into the psychedelic chapter and one foot in the doo-whop chapter
Christine and the Queens
4/5
Actually has a lot of solid groovy bangers.
John Coltrane
2/5
To me, the improved scramble of instruments trying to find a groove just felt lazy. There were a few interesting peaks in the album and the piano player was pretty good, but overall, overrated and sloppy.
Deep Purple
2/5
I find the vocalist constantly trying to reach high notes with his raspy voice to be obnoxious. However there are some cool riffs throughout the album and overall it's not terrible.
Paul Simon
2/5
There are some tracks that are fine, but for most of tracks it's like "cars are cars?!" What the fuck is this bullshit
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
Pretty decent background music
Eminem
4/5
Some bangers out the gate. Gets a little weak on side b.
Songhoy Blues
2/5
Just couldn't really get into it
Gorillaz
4/5
A good vibe overall. I wish there were more artists like this
Tears For Fears
4/5
If I was turning 30 in 1985 I definitely would be down with them. It's a shame they have some poppy songs because songs like "listen" is where it's at.
A Tribe Called Quest
2/5
Not a fan of old school rap. Cheesy writing and ok production.
Beatles
4/5
Good album? For sure. One of best of all time? I disagree
Khaled
3/5
Eh
Ryan Adams
4/5
Pretty solid with some clever songs
Nirvana
4/5
It's a good album with a few very good songs
Mercury Rev
4/5
Actually pretty solid stoner album. Big fan
Orbital
1/5
Lame
Roxy Music
3/5
I'm not a Roxy music fan, but this isn't too bad.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Laurie Anderson and Kate bush are the highlights, but peter plays along nicely with them
Van Morrison
4/5
Better than I thought it would be.
Talking Heads
3/5
Not nearly as good as 77
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
2/5
Old school rap
Rush
2/5
I think if it wasn't for rushes unique voice, rush would not be as big as they are
The Rolling Stones
1/5
Flip flop flipity flop? So fucking stupid
Green Day
2/5
Was never a big green day fan. Overall pretty bland
Lambchop
3/5
Not bad, but nothing stood out
Faust
2/5
Nothing special
Television
3/5
Not bad, bad definitely in the classic rock era