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Album	You	Global	Diff
No Other Gene Clark	5	3.18	+1.82
Sweet Baby James James Taylor	5	3.24	+1.76
Every Picture Tells A Story Rod Stewart	5	3.24	+1.76
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	5	3.3	+1.7
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	5	3.32	+1.68
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk	5	3.33	+1.67
Home Is Where The Music Is Hugh Masekela	5	3.35	+1.65
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	5	3.39	+1.61
Odessey And Oracle The Zombies	5	3.42	+1.58
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young & Crazy Horse	5	3.54	+1.46

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	1	3.45	-2.45
Debut Björk	1	3.37	-2.37
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	1	3.32	-2.32
Clandestino Manu Chao	1	3.22	-2.22
Vivid Living Colour	1	3.2	-2.2
Loveless My Bloody Valentine	1	3.17	-2.17
Another Music In A Different Kitchen Buzzcocks	1	3.09	-2.09
Modern Kosmology Jane Weaver	1	3.08	-2.08
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) Motörhead	1	3.07	-2.07
Tanto Tempo Bebel Gilberto	1	3.07	-2.07

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Artist	Albums	Average
Miles Davis	3	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Motörhead	2	1.5

5-Star Albums (20)

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Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto · 14 likes

1/5

Weird french music

Maxinquaye

Tricky · 12 likes

1/5

Weirdly sexual and bad to listen to

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson · 10 likes

1/5

I don’t understand how people can enjoy this music.

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu · 3 likes

1/5

FUCKING HORRIBLE

Out of Step

Minor Threat · 2 likes

1/5

Just yelling drums and guitar.

1-Star Albums (29)

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

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Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

5/5

Awesome jazz album. Great for active or passive listening.

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

Not usually my bag, but not bad for something different.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

A good listen. Classic 70s folk sounds.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

4/5

I have heard all (or most) of the songs before, but this was my first time listening to the album as a whole. Good stuff. I get the hype.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

5/5

Great sound. My fist experience knowing what I was listening to was music by the Zombies. I like it.

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

4/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

5/5

Phenomenal.

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

1/5

Did not understand this at all. Not listenable through and through. My first big miss with this service.

Among The Living

Anthrax

1/5

Bad. Unlistenable.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

3/5

Very listenable, but forgettable.

The Only Ones

2/5

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

3/5

Middle of the road, no “likable” songs for my Spotify catalogue, but a very listenable album.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

Being There

Wilco

3/5

Very listenable. Almost hit the like button a time or two. Check back on this one

Chelsea Girl

Nico

2/5

Started off good then proceeded to get very repetitive and I got bored.

Vivid

Living Colour

1/5

I do not like this music. The first track was a song I remember from GTA San Andreas. I found it annoying then, and I find it annoying now.

Copper Blue

Sugar

1/5

Did not enjoy. Not my vibe.

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Like the soundtrack to the most quintessentially 80’s movie ever. I love it.

Debut

Björk

1/5

A little too obscure for me

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

1/5

An album where every chorus of is the the song title repeated. How is this worth my time? Did not listen through, gave up after like 4 songs. I don’t like her voice, and the chorus’s are far too simplistic for me. Maybe there’s something I’m missing? Who cares.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

3/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

Manassas

Stephen Stills

4/5

Good folk rock album. Good chillin music.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

1/5

I just can’t. This is not enjoyable for me. Did not listen for more than a minute or so.

Garbage

2/5

Meh

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

1/5

Listened to one song. Just metal. Trash.

Germs

1/5

Fucking awful punk rock. I will never understand.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

2/5

It’s Beastie Boys.... it is what it is.

The Joshua Tree

3/5

You know, not a big U2 fan but this album does have like all of their hits. It’s a good album with good songs, I just am not a huge fan of the U2 sound.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

2/5

90’s. I don’t dislike Alanis, but I have never considered any of her songs to be “ear worms”

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

Once I gave it a chance, its actually not that bad. A very aptly named album.

No Other

Gene Clark

5/5

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

3/5

Feels like That 70’s Show

Technique

New Order

2/5

Miscellaneous 80s techno. Listenable, but not crazy good.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

Can’t not give this 5 stars.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

First time listening through this one. Usually not a huge Elton John album fan, though I love listening to his hits. This one has some great deep tracks between the hits that make for a very good listening experience. Would love it on vinyl.

The Bends

Radiohead

3/5

Radiohead is still kind of weird for me. Very listenable stuff, but wouldn’t seek it out. Like, not love.

Queen II

Queen

4/5

Queen. What else can I say?

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Actually very good to listen through. Had already “liked” some of the songs on this album. Always a good sign.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Also a good listen. 2 Joni’s in a row. I prefer Blue.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Actually enjoyed this quite a bit. Nothing to compare it to though. Couple catchy songs.

Out of Step

Minor Threat

1/5

Just yelling drums and guitar.

Faith

George Michael

3/5

First half of this album is gold. Second half is meh.

London Calling

The Clash

2/5

Like tiki bar/surfer vibes of the 60s? Idk.

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

60s sound, with some pop songs that you never knew the artist of, until now.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

2/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

1/5

Weirdly sexual and bad to listen to

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

2/5

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

1/5

Weird french music

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Lotta good tracks, and a lot of fun to listen to through and through

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

3/5

This is blues through and through. Great guitar and electric organ. Blues is great in person, but just is not my bag for headphones listening. I did enjoy the presence of Clapton.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

1/5

I certainly do not like the weird deep voiced man (Leonard Cohen) speaking at me. If this is what the whole thing is, I will be disappointed because the music happening actually has some potential. The words also have potential as a brief google search has informed me that this is poetry or spoken word or something. This is not what I’m looking for in “music” so I’m giving it a bad review.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

3/5

Incredibly funky. Some crazy weird druggy funk lyrics, a pretty great closing track with a Hendrixesque guitar solo.

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

A very good album to listen through. Not so much actual ear worms, but just good listening.

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

2/5

Now what in the hell would I do with this? Seems okay if you’re looking for Indian music 101, because they literally explain what is going on.

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

2/5

I swear I have listened to this album already on here. It’s hard rock. Idk. Ace of Spades etc.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

4/5

This was very good folk. Take a listen again sometime with a cup of coffee and really listen.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

I may be more of a Black Sabbath fan than I had ever considered... I’d love to have this on vinyl.

En-Tact

The Shamen

1/5

Another odd techno electric 90’s album, that feels like what I imagine being in an early 90’s club would be like, and I am thankful I did not have to live through that.

Soul Mining

The The

2/5

A group doing their best Bowie. Other groups doing Bowie, does not equal Bowie quality. Not bad, but not inspired enough to listen again. Will probably listen to the whole thing tho. I think I “liked” one song.

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

2/5

Very not my thing

Clandestino

Manu Chao

1/5

Latin music. Idk.

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

1/5

Strange dreamy music that feels like I’ve smoked too much weed in an unfamiliar place with strange people, but in a not completely terrifying way...

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

1/5

Okay, so this is exactly what it says it is. Not sure why this is included in 1001 albums I should listen to before I die. Just straight spa music. I guess if I were in an airport and this were happening I would be pleasantly surprised. I would’ve named this album, “Ambient music for an expensive rub and tug.” I’m talking the type of spa with infused water, and oil diffusers that somehow don’t make the whirring noise.

Femi Kuti

3/5

Afro Jazz I think? Kind of fun!

Dummy

Portishead

3/5

Started off a bit spooky, ended with a few very listenable songs. Would consider going back for another listen through.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

5/5

TP and the Hb will never not be great.

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

4/5

So this is definitely like the album that made Alice Cooper an icon. It’s very good. Should revisit for the tracks that are really really good.

My Generation

The Who

2/5

Just not the biggest The Who fan.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Absolutely wonderful. A very ownable album that people would enjoy as background music. Feels like a rainy Sunday with coffee type of album.

Ten

Pearl Jam

2/5

Very Pearl Jamy... idk not really my bag. Don’t like his voice. Sounds like the 90s. Which despite having lived in, I cannot relate to at all.

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

5/5

Always Great. JT is wonderful in every way.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

4/5

A really great album for listening through and through. Without singles, but just good stuff. A copy on vinyl would possibly be desirable. Certainly return back for another listen.

Berlin

Lou Reed

2/5

Lou Reed is one of those guys who just talks in a sing songy voice over some occasionally catchy music. Not terrible, but not entirely my bag.

Spiderland

Slint

1/5

I hate it. Makes me feel sick and sad inside.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

5/5

Needs no description. It’s just so fucking good through and through.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

2/5

June Carters voice makes me want to burn my ears off. Music isn’t all bad tho.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

Not sure what this services deal with the 90s is, but one thing we clearly disagree on is the importance of 90s music in the grand scheme of all music.

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

1/5

FUCKING HORRIBLE

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

This is the band that sings “Get it on” and I think some of the other songs on this album are better than that one.

Kenya

Machito

4/5

Excellent Afro-Cuban Jazz Album. Would listen again. Great for active or passive listening. Great album to toss on to impress people with some jazz thats fun.

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

1/5

Early 90’s was an awful time to appreciate music. Thank God I was either not alive, or a baby for most of this.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

1/5

Turns out I don’t like the Sex Pistols. A little too grungy, a little too repeaty, a little too gravely.

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

1/5

I have never heard of these people and there is a reason why. Just bad rock and roll. I hate it.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

If I were a big blues fan, this would be it. But I’m not. So take that as you may.

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

2/5

Straight up country music. I’m baffled.

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

1/5

Bad rock music.

The Rise & Fall

Madness

4/5

Pretty good listen! Our House is on this album, was not expecting that, but that sound is consistent throughout the album.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

2/5

Meh

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

Okay so it’s not bad. It’s weird but listenable. Mix between 90s pop and house music?

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

3/5

A bit of David Bowie vibes, but not bad! A decent listen.

Low

David Bowie

5/5

This is great. It’s like if Bon Iver wrote 22, a million in 1977.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Very good. Chill. Pretty good soundtrack for packing up in Omaha.

Crazysexycool

TLC

4/5

TLC is good. Definitely didn’t expect to listen to this all the way through. That’s probably on me though because many people seem to like them.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

I have listened to this one a few times, and it is good. Would listen a few more times.

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

2/5

More 90s music that may mean something to somebody, but certainly not me.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

2/5

I don’t know, I didn’t need that much GoGos in one sitting

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

2/5

Sounds like this is going to be some more strange French whisper music.... what’s the point of this. Some cool stuff happening musically, but still when the Frenchman comes in and whispers into my ear it fills me with confusion.

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

1/5

I don’t understand how people can enjoy this music.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

10 out of 10. Just a wonderful album. Need on vinyl.

Fragile

Yes

3/5

Pretty good classic rock album. A little out there at times, but a good listen. First track was a familiar one.

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

1/5

Actually, quite scary.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

5/5

This will always be a great album. Would be a nice one to have on vinyl.

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

2/5

Nothing special, soft vocal jazz type thing.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Not memorable in the slightest. Like a less good Joni Mitchell.

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

A fair album. Not really worth coming back to for another listen. Folk rock but just not that exceptionally good.

Bert Jansch

4/5

Not bad! Folksy, with some Gordon Lightfoot vibes.

Live Through This

Hole

2/5

I don’t know, punk 90s music?

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

You already know

I Against I

Bad Brains

1/5

Pretty fucking bad. Didn’t make it through more than 2 tracks. Just yelling rock.

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

2/5

Just okay. Nothing to really go nuts over. Likely won’t listen again.

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

3/5

Pretty fucking wild 2 hour long Deep Purple concert recording. It’s good to listen to for sure, but like its a whole ass concert. I listened passively and it was solid, but I could not have actively listened to this for that long. So, I guess plan accordingly.

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

2/5

I did not like it very much. No further comment.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

A collection of not my favorite CCR songs, but still pretty listenable.

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

1/5

Could’ve gone without this one also. 90’s movie soundtrack vibes. I do not like 90’s music. Why does this website suggest that I do?