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Album	You	Global	Diff
Pieces Of The Sky Emmylou Harris	5	3.11	+1.89
Drunk Thundercat	5	3.11	+1.89
Exit Planet Dust The Chemical Brothers	5	3.16	+1.84
A Girl Called Dusty Dusty Springfield	5	3.33	+1.67
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	5	3.34	+1.66
The Village Green Preservation Society The Kinks	5	3.4	+1.6
Dusty In Memphis Dusty Springfield	5	3.47	+1.53
1984 Van Halen	5	3.51	+1.49
All Hail the Queen Queen Latifah	4	2.86	+1.14
Rip It Up Orange Juice	4	2.9	+1.1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	1	3.76	-2.76
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys	1	3.73	-2.73
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	1	3.63	-2.63
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	1	3.37	-2.37
Let It Be The Replacements	1	3.25	-2.25
Goo Sonic Youth	1	3.23	-2.23
Here, My Dear Marvin Gaye	1	3.21	-2.21
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) Bob Dylan	1	3.15	-2.15
Truth And Soul Fishbone	1	2.97	-1.97
In Rainbows Radiohead	2	3.84	-1.84

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Dusty Springfield	2	5

5-Star Albums (9)

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The Blueprint

JAY Z

2/5

Good beats, bad lyrics

9 likes

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

2/5

Turns out Liz Phair isn't a great singer. I assume this album was chosen because of it's writing...but it's hard to pay attention to the lyrics when the singing is so bad.

8 likes

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

5/5

It's cool to hear electronic music that isn't just club music. This works just as well for simply setting a mood.

7 likes

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

Pretty good if this is a high school garage band. Only 33 minutes long, so that's good.

7 likes

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

1/5

Reasonable songs length, reasonable album length. Seemed promising...However, the very first noise you hear on this album is screaming. Not cool. Couldn't listen to the whole thing. It made my ears hurt.

6 likes

1-Star Albums (11)

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

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If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

5/5

Rage Against The Machine

3/5

It's like listening to the same song ten times in a row. The first one or two tracks were good, but very boring toward the end.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

1/5

Tough listen. Not for me. Used an interesting framing device that played along with the education/classroom theme.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

This creates a mood. I'd call it an early 2000s indie movie nostalgia mood. Not bad, probably best to use as background or driving music. No one song stands out from the album as a whole.

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

4/5

Better than expected. I liked that it only lasted 43 minutes.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

2/5

Basically just background noise.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

2/5

Unremarkable for the most part. "Kilo" is kind of good. N-word is used a lot throughout the album.

Risque

CHIC

2/5

This is disco music. Be ready to dance.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

I like the title of this album. Apparently there's some kind of storyline, so need to pay attention more than I did.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

This album doesn't have any of my best-remembered Talking Heads songs. Still pretty good.

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

Nice listening experience

In Utero

Nirvana

2/5

Lots of screaming. I like "Heart-Shaped Box"...other than the songs I know as singles, way too much screaming...awful

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

At less than 40 minutes, this album is mercifully short. Not that I'm saying it's otherwise a bad album. I bet some people love it.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

The album title pretty much says it all. Would sound great in an elevator, maybe at a grocery store too

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

3/5

Pretty much what you'd expect from Tom Waits. Intense singing, quirky instrumentation. Not pleasant, but interesting.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

Kind of boring, but not bad

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

1/5

Two strikes before I even started listening to this albums: 1) it's two hours long and 2) it's a live album. Uh oh. The best part was when it was over.

My Generation

The Who

4/5

Pretty good. Especially if you consider the album's context in rock history (which I had to read about on Wikipedia)

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

This singer kind of sounds like Bono. I wonder if they influenced U2 at all.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

4/5

It might be my 90s nostalgia talking, but I liked this one.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

This music made me shake my booty

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

5/5

This album was a treat. It contains all of the Dusty Springfield songs I already knew, plus some additional gems.

Skylarking

XTC

4/5

Quite pleasant. Would listen again.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

It was fun to hear a different version of Stir It Up. Otherwise unremarkable

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

Pretty good if this is a high school garage band. Only 33 minutes long, so that's good.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

3/5

Very sad. Her voice sets the mood. I don't even know what any of the lyrics are, just sounds sad.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

Nice pick. I liked it just fine.

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

3/5

Easy to listen to. Some words are unintelligible. Gets boring toward the end.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Great vocals. Well-produced. Did not feel like a chore to listen to this.

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Teen Dream

Beach House

3/5

I've never hear of this artist or album before. It's not bad. Could be nice to fall asleep to.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

5/5

Songs are nice and short, so we're off to a good start. No songs stick out as obvious singles. But overall really good. I actually started listening again after it ended.

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

2/5

Too many tracks. Album lasts over an hour, which is way too long. Also, too much foul language. Ice-T is a good rapper though.

Forever Changes

Love

3/5

Mostly easy to listen to.

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

Lots of distortion on this one. Meh.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

3/5

Sounds like a party. Fun, but definitely need to be in the right mood to truly enjoy. Might be good hype music getting ready for something. Album drags a little toward the end (like most albums do).

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

1/5

Too long. Miserable. Don't listen to this on a sunny day, will ruin your mood.

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

2/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

Some songs are longer than I realized. Still mostly fun; it's Michael Jackson afterall

Close To You

Carpenters

3/5

Good vocal performance. Easy to listen to, not special.

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

2/5

Mostly sounds like a jazzy score for an 80s movie. But there's at least one live track, and I hate that.

Fragile

Yes

3/5

I liked the first song, but it was too long.

1984

Van Halen

5/5

Woohoo! Only 33 minutes long and has the best Van Halen songs.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

Inferior versions of 'Respect' and ' My Girl'. This album feels like it's trying too hard to be soulful... whatever that even means.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Piano-based and sad

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Sounds like Frank Sinatra, exactly what you'd expect. If you already like Sinatra, you'll like this.

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

2/5

Lots of high pitched squealing/whistling noises. Very annoying.

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

Interesting. Thought-provoking in that it made me think about how many different genres there are and how artists can be successful in genres without me ever hearing of them or hearing their songs.

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

It's fine

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

I like this

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

Album is over an hour long and most songs have long, zany titles.

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

3/5

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

Another prog rock album. Not bad

The Blueprint

JAY Z

2/5

Good beats, bad lyrics

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Most of these tracks are too long for my taste. Songs are mostly enjoyable, just last too long.

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

I'm a sucker for this Spanish language music. Album is mostly just good background noise.

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

2/5

Turns out Liz Phair isn't a great singer. I assume this album was chosen because of it's writing...but it's hard to pay attention to the lyrics when the singing is so bad.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Good singing. Raitt is often praised for her vocal interpretation, and I agree with that.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Some nice soft rock

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

3/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Leftism

Leftfield

3/5

It's house music. Not too intense though. Could be good music to have while trying to concentrate on something.

Metallica

4/5

808 State

2/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

3/5

Album too long, songs too long. Enjoyable otherwise

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

This guy sings like Stevie Wonder

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

Really not bad

Orbital 2

Orbital

2/5

White Ladder

David Gray

3/5

The Undertones

3/5

Short album. Short songs. I enjoyed it and it didn't wear out it's welcome.

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

5/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Stankonia

OutKast

3/5

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

3/5

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

3/5

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

1/5

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

1/5

This is pretty awful

Let It Be

The Replacements

1/5

Another stinker

Bummed

Happy Mondays

2/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

White Light

Gene Clark

3/5

Very mellow and Nice

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

Solid punk album

The Modern Lovers

3/5

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

2/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

This album is a little too long in my opinion. But otherwise very good. I'm glad I'm revisiting it after all these years.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3/5

Mostly nice singing. Songs are a reasonable length.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Elvis Presley

4/5

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

4/5

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

2/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

1/5

Nope

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

3/5

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

4/5

Pretty good

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

4/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

5/5

Dusty is just a great singer. This album was well-produced too. Nailed it.

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

4/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Is This It

The Strokes

2/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

Great work from the Beastie Boys. Perhaps a few too many tracks; they could have left a couple out. Overall very good though.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

2/5

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

1/5

Drunk

Thundercat

5/5

I had never heard of this artist or album...but I enjoyed it. Goofy lyrics, my jam.

Scott 2

Scott Walker

2/5

Weird. Not great singing, very dramatic music.

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

Fine album. Just not really my taste.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

3/5

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Not a lot of songs, but some very long songs.

Goo

Sonic Youth

1/5

This is bad. Maybe this would have been a fun late 80s/ early 90s concert to attend...?

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

4/5

Album is longer than I like, but also better than expected. I think I had the wrong expectations going into this one. Ultimately I enjoyed this, but it's very context-specific. Should be enjoyed in a club, and not while just sitting around on a lazy Saturday.

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

4/5

Fun energy here.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

4/5

Good collaborations. Some good tracks on here, mostly toward the beginning of the album. It definitely drops off.

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

5/5

It's cool to hear electronic music that isn't just club music. This works just as well for simply setting a mood.

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

72 minutes is too long. The songs themselves are a mix of passable and bad. There was one toward the beginning where I thought "this is kind of catchy"

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

I could see myself listening to this again and enjoying it. It's a little bit moody at times.

Dummy

Portishead

3/5

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

3/5

Blur

3/5

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

3/5

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

3/5

Primitive punk. Three decently good tracks save this one

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

1/5

Ugh. A live album. I like Sam Cooke, but this is still just a live album.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

1/5

Not particularly interesting. But it's non-offensive to keep as background music only.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Pelican West

Haircut 100

4/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2/5

Joyless. Perhaps the album title is meant to be ironic.

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

2/5

American Idiot

Green Day

2/5

Though this album marked a bad turning point for this band, the album as a whole was better than I remembered. Could be nostalgia talking, but I thought it ages well.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5