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Albums you rated higher than global average

Album	You	Global	Diff
Africa Brasil	5	3.37	+1.63
Is This It	5	3.82	+1.18
Os Mutantes	4	2.98	+1.02
Nighthawks At The Diner	4	3.01	+0.99
Done By The Forces Of Nature	4	3.04	+0.96

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Dire Straits	1	3.73	-2.73
Shaft	1	3.24	-2.24
Bone Machine	1	2.86	-1.86
Tres Hombres	2	3.42	-1.42
Parklife	2	3.38	-1.38

Popular Reviews

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

2/5

Unless this is just one person's personal list, i dont understand how this album could be considered an album you HAVE to listen to.

26 likes

Parklife

Blur

2/5

British people act like these guys were legends, but its pretty mediocre stuff.

14 likes

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Massively overrated band overall, this album is decent enough

9 likes

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

2/5

Would just prefer the album cuts

7 likes

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

1/5

I..what..I don't understand. Maybe it was just too sexy for me.

2 likes

1-Star Albums (3)

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Dire Straits

1/5

Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I'll just listen to cheeseburger in paradise instead.

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

4/5

According to wikipedia this was recorded live at a jazz club and the opener was a stripper.

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

I fall asleep and dream an endless 1980's karate movie montage. John Hughes is my dad and Molly Ringwald is doing that thing with her nose. Five Stars.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Bitter Sweet Symphony is the #1 middle school slow dance song. Fun fact, the Verve forgot to clear a sample for this song, and as such had to give all the money made from the song to the Rolling Stones.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

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The United States Of America

2/5

I wanted to like this. I did not. It tries to hard to be inventive but ends up just sounding childish.

The Grand Tour

George Jones

3/5

They don't make em like they used to.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

For 90's rap collectives, Jurassic 5 > ATCQ > Wu-Tang > NWA, but you can't deny this is a great album

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

3/5

Lots of cool ideas, but didn’t feel like it gelled into an album I could relisten to a lot

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

This album feels like it could be released today and be great. An artist I definitely want to explore more of.

Parklife

Blur

2/5

British people act like these guys were legends, but its pretty mediocre stuff.

Bad Company

4/5

Needs just a little bit more to be a 5 star album. Very very good.

The Visitors

ABBA

2/5

Actually liked this more than i thought. Probably wouldnt go back to it though.

Repeater

Fugazi

3/5

Little too much drone influence, but I liked a few songs.

Let It Be

The Replacements

4/5

Finally an album i've listened all the way through before! It's great, and its influence on indie music in general was huge.

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

Closest we have had to a 5 star album so far, some fantastic songs but a little drop in quality in the second half.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Really good album, weirdly Mick's voice is what keeps this from a 5, i feel like he tries a little too hard on some of the deeper cuts to jazz them up.

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

The first of what i assume will be all 11 beatles albums on this list, and probably tied with Let it Be as their weakest. Till there was you and Roll Over Beethoven are the highlights.

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

1/5

I..what..I don't understand. Maybe it was just too sexy for me.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

I dare you to put on Flight of the Foo Birds and not be in a better mood.

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

1/5

As the only person that seemed to like the prior album by him on this list, his voice when he got older makes this almost unlistenable.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Not as good as What's Going On, but nevertheless an incredibly solid album, very underrated.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

Is he fucking the controls of the spaceship? why are his legs up like that? Amazing album

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Pink moon is the 5 star album, but this one is great too.

Roxy Music

3/5

Putting it in the context of 1972 its definitely a cool mix of pop and experimental sounds.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

2/5

I can see what this album is trying to do, and I even liked it for a few songs, but it gets old very quickly.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

2/5

Some solid songs but a lot of filler

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Killer album

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

2/5

Was this list made by Tom waits himself? Better than the last one but still a struggle

Berlin

Lou Reed

2/5

Got bored and just listened to velvet underground instead. Nothing special

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

2/5

A little too generic

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

4/5

New one for me, liked this alot.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

I need to make a playlist of great jazz albums to listen to while I work. Ill call it "getting jazzed to show up to work". these are solid gold puns.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

I didn’t know Bruce made an album like this, big fan.

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

2/5

Hard to listen now, feels dated. Interesting but not something I would come back to

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

2/5

Good background music but i'm not super into it

Virgin Suicides

Air

2/5

Why this album and not Moon Safari??

Os Mutantes

4/5

I liked some of this alot. A little too meandering in the track list but lots of good stuff.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

5/5

Best find of this process so far, loved this from the moment i heard it.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

The best beatles album

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

3/5

I always feel Dylan stays too in his lane with his albums. Some fantastic songs, but listening to full albums make them all feel very same-y.

Risque

CHIC

3/5

Good stuff, not blowing my mind but a fun time.

Real Life

Magazine

2/5

Enjoyed a few songs, but a few too many strayed into cartoonish vibes that I was not digging.

No Other

Gene Clark

2/5

Sorry chris, this was just ok.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

Not as consistent as Doolittle but has some great songs

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

Do i have nostalgia goggles? or is this the best album of the 2000s?

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Metallica

4/5

Even as a non-metal fan this is just a great album. The Unforgiven - Wherever I May Roam - Don't Tread on Me is an underappreciated trio.

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

4/5

Big fan, not an artist I have dug into before.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

This is tough, because i went into this super ready to say everything after IV is weak, but then you hear songs like In My Time of Dying, Houses of the Holy, Kashmir and Ten Years Gone and want to rate it higher. Definitely a good amount of filler in this one though.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Goooood stuff

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

2/5

Unless this is just one person's personal list, i dont understand how this album could be considered an album you HAVE to listen to.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

I prefer big brass Sinatra, but this is still good.