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Album	You	Global	Diff
A Walk Across The Rooftops	5	2.86	+2.14
Reign In Blood	5	2.96	+2.04
Street Life	5	3.09	+1.91
It's A Shame About Ray	5	3.12	+1.88
Femi Kuti	5	3.25	+1.75
System Of A Down	5	3.26	+1.74
S&M	5	3.26	+1.74
My Aim Is True	5	3.35	+1.65
Rio	5	3.49	+1.51
At Newport 1960	5	3.55	+1.45

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Artist	Albums	Avg	Score
Pink Floyd	2	5	3.8
Miles Davis	2	5	3.8
Metallica	2	5	3.8

5-Star Albums (28)

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Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Alternative classic, I enjoy the shit out of this one, peak 90s rock

6 likes

Reign In Blood

Slayer

5/5

Raining BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

5 likes

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Classic metal album, unexpected jazziness on some songs, others are well known

4 likes

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

5/5

Sound like something I would have love when I was 15

3 likes

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

5/5

I loved this album, although I knew about The Flaming Lips I've never listened to them. This album specifically has a lot of experimental electronic and progressive sounds but just enough to be a pleasant experience

3 likes

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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Sinatra being Sinatra

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

A nice album to relax and innovative for its time

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

4/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

A good blues with a great voice is always welcomed

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

A classic of classics

Fred Neil

3/5

Folk rock and a little bit of progressives, did not knew I would ever pair those genres together but it kind of worked

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

4/5

Wordsmanship at its finest with a hint of folk rock

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

Punk rock roots, energetic vibes and interesting sounds for punk genre

Femi Kuti

5/5

I thought this was older, but it still was funky as fuck

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

Might not be everyone’s cup of team but you can definitely see how it was influential for the new wave genre specially by mixing a bunch sounds that you wouldn’t expect

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

5/5

Sound like something I would have love when I was 15

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Underappreciated alternative band from the 00s, the album itself has very different feelings which speaks to the range of this band.

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

3/5

Not my cup of tea but the beats are chill and nice

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

5/5

They don't have the right to be this good for a band that started as a joke

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

I don't particularly enjoy David Bowie but he was a huge impact in rock music

1977

Ash

4/5

This shit is so 90s and I love it, grunge meets pop

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Classic metal album, unexpected jazziness on some songs, others are well known

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

4/5

Not something I will usually listen to but I can appreciate how good it was, it felt like I was listening to a movie or some sort of story in a blues/rock kind of way

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

4/5

Would give 5 if only some of the other songs than Sweet Dreams where as good buy, Sweet Dreams in it of itself carries the whole album, anyways it was very synth pop heavy, as expected

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

4/5

I like the sound, simple and catchy rock, kinda reminds me of The Beatles in a modern way

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

very yacht rock, I'd put this when I'm down to go down

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

Miles Davis is a Jazz classic

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Alternative classic, I enjoy the shit out of this one, peak 90s rock

Clandestino

Manu Chao

4/5

Classic chill music

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

3/5

I know Iggy is a legend but it's not something I enjoy listening on the regular, it does have some nice blues undertones to it, which made it more enjoyable

Out of Step

Minor Threat

4/5

At first I thought it was just a punk album, but seeing that it was one of the first bands to set the trend it gave it a new meaning to it, for what it meant it deserves some kudos

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

5/5

Ambiance jazz music for days

Black Sabbath

4/5

I liked this album but Paranoid was way better

Caetano Veloso

3/5

Sounds like psychedelic version of music my grandma would listen to

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

5/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

Mastapiece, Wings>Beatles

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

I was listening to this album thinking I knew that voice, and that the music was good but nothing special until I heard it, this album is heavily carried by Come On Eileen, if it wasn't for that song the score would be lower, although I did appreciated how varied the instrumentation and the melodies were

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

4/5

Everything I expected from stereolab, instrumental electronica, I like it, specially the few vocal segments

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

The product of seasoned great musicians, rock at its peak

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

3/5

It has some good sounds but nothing really caught my attention

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

4/5

I knew the songs but couldn't tell you their name or the band, they are a classic, nice instrumentation and a powerful voice

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

A little slow in tone but a easy vibe

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

Take me to funk town, I vibed really hard with half of the songs, the more ballad like ones I didn't enjoy as much

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

3/5

It was something different but I did not vibes with it much, cool concept though

The Slider

T. Rex

4/5

I'm not a fan of Glam rock, although the album had a couple of songs I liked, but kudos for what they did to advance the genre

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

3/5

Nice songs but did not stand out for me

Metallica

5/5

Didn't even need to hear it to know how good it is

System Of A Down

5/5

You can hear the middle eastern influence weaved in the rock sounds, I'd never heard this full album but with out a doubt it deserves to be in this list. Not to mention the great amount of activism they do through their platform.

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

Chill reggae, focused too much on weed but had nice sounds.

Real Life

Magazine

3/5

A punk rock with little psychedelic touch, good but did not stand out for me

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

A classic, not much to say that you need to listen to it at least once regardless if you think you won't like it.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

4/5

Rock roots in its fines expression, a little bit of doo wop and classic rock lineup. Just for the historic value this is worth a listen.

The Undertones

3/5

Punk rock standard music, had some bangers but nothing out of the ordinary within the genre

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

One of the best electronic pop albums ever made, it has a very clean sound and ambiance. It will definitely make you feel things.

Faust IV

Faust

2/5

Too simple and kind of boring, it may have had some impact but as a listening experience I did not liked it

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

4/5

A great band, underappreciated. Never heard the full album but I enjoyed it all the way, especially the blues.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

A nice ambiance chill album, I dug it

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

Muddy being muddy

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

This sounds so much like the 90s, I can see how this is the roots of rap and how at the time had a very street sound and lyrics. Has some interesting bars.

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

4/5

Awesome quality for a live album that old, plus Cheap Trick is a great band

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Songs are ok, guitar is great as you would expect from Hendrix

Hotel California

Eagles

5/5

One song carries the album, but it is a great album nonetheless

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

It reminded me of R&B when I was 5 y/o, interesting but nothing remarkable

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

Clean jazz is always appreciated

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

4/5

Some nice classic rock, solos were jamming.

Wild Gift

3/5

Hard rock with punk vibes, not my jam but it was ok

Street Life

The Crusaders

5/5

Some Saturday night fever kind of jazz, loved it

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Awesome album, already knew it from before

Moby Grape

4/5

Old classic rock, I liked it

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

Interesting electronic sounds nothing out of this world but not bad

S&M

Metallica

5/5

Ground breaking mixing of genres one of the best albums ever

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

4/5

Wildboyz, cool album and interesting themes punk as hell

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

You need to be living in a bunk if you dont know at least 1 song of this album, its nearly perfect

Os Mutantes

2/5

It was pretty interesting but I did not liked it

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

The singer has a very unique voice and I think its one of the best 90s band, this album I did not knew well but a couple of songs but it didn't matter I still enjoyed it.

Rio

Duran Duran

5/5

Got some classics and all around a pretty good album

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

5/5

The natural progression of rockabilly, loved it

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

4/5

A nice country folk rock album better than expected

Reign In Blood

Slayer

5/5

Raining BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

3/5

Didnt really liked it that much it has spirit but musically I dont see much

Da Capo

Love

4/5

I liked it but I dont get it, there were too many sounds and genres mixed in this album, and the last song was longer than the rest of the albm, like why?

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

2/5

It is simple which makes sense because of the folk genre but I don't see what is special about this album

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

Super underrated grunge album, one of the trendsetters of it's time. Plus Chris Cornell's voice is in another level

Ananda Shankar

3/5

Interesting sound but nothing transcendental

Berlin

Lou Reed

3/5

Chill rock vibes, I liked it but I don't see the mass appeal

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

2/5

It probably was of some cultural significance but did not enjoyed this one

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

4/5

Take on Me is the GOAT of the album, and for it being a "pop" album it doesn't stick to a general formula, props on that

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

This is very different to common music, I really loved the atmospheric vibes of the music and the instrumentation is pretty good

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

4/5

One for one what you would expect a country album to sound like and themed after, enjoyed it despite the genre

School's Out

Alice Cooper

4/5

Rock and blues plus a theme that ties everything together what more could you ask for?

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Blues for my soul, RnB for my body

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Really great folk-rock-country album, although the whole album is overshadowed by Free Bird

Hypnotised

The Undertones

3/5

Simple punk rock and a little bit of pop album, liked it but nothing special, only the vocals stood out

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

5/5

Awesome ambiance music I really did not expect it and loved it

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

Good album, not the best they've put out, you can definitely hear the experimentation in this which makes for some hits but more importantly misses

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

You get pretty much what the title of the album says, although I liked Autobahn way more