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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Dub Housing Pere Ubu	5	2.35	+2.65
We're Only In It For The Money The Mothers Of Invention	5	2.46	+2.54
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room Dwight Yoakam	5	2.6	+2.4
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche Koffi Olomide	5	2.61	+2.39
Sex Packets Digital Underground	5	2.66	+2.34
G. Love And Special Sauce G. Love & Special Sauce	5	2.72	+2.28
Group Sex Circle Jerks	5	2.75	+2.25
Tarkus Emerson, Lake & Palmer	5	2.78	+2.22
Guitar Town Steve Earle	5	2.79	+2.21
The Grand Tour George Jones	5	2.79	+2.21

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	1	3.68	-2.68
Hail To the Thief Radiohead	1	3.45	-2.45
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.4	-2.4
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
Astral Weeks Van Morrison	1	3.26	-2.26
OK Computer Radiohead	2	4.12	-2.12
Nowhere Ride	1	3.02	-2.02
You Are The Quarry Morrissey	1	2.86	-1.86
The Sounds Of India Ravi Shankar	1	2.85	-1.85
Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins	2	3.83	-1.83

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	7	4.86
David Bowie	9	4.67
Led Zeppelin	5	5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	4	5
Pink Floyd	4	5
Steely Dan	4	5
Bruce Springsteen	5	4.8
The Who	5	4.8
Tom Waits	5	4.6
Talking Heads	4	4.75
Miles Davis	4	4.75
Public Enemy	3	5
Johnny Cash	3	5
Jimi Hendrix	3	5
Beastie Boys	3	5
Marvin Gaye	3	5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse	3	5
Joni Mitchell	4	4.5
Stevie Wonder	4	4.5
Queen	3	4.67
Bob Marley & The Wailers	3	4.67
Nirvana	3	4.67
Prince	3	4.67
Black Sabbath	3	4.67
Peter Gabriel	3	4.67
Billy Bragg	2	5
A Tribe Called Quest	2	5
Aretha Franklin	2	5
Rush	2	5
Funkadelic	2	5
The Band	2	5
The Clash	2	5
Elvis Costello	2	5
Adele	2	5
Emmylou Harris	2	5
Amy Winehouse	2	5
Willie Nelson	2	5
King Crimson	2	5
The Pogues	2	5
Sly & The Family Stone	2	5
CHIC	2	5
The Specials	2	5
k.d. lang	2	5
The Mothers Of Invention	2	5
AC/DC	2	5
Dolly Parton	2	5
Metallica	4	4.25
Neil Young	4	4.25
The White Stripes	3	4.33
Pet Shop Boys	3	4.33
Frank Sinatra	3	4.33
The Byrds	5	4

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Kanye West	3	1
Morrissey	4	1.75
The Smashing Pumpkins	2	1.5
Van Morrison	3	2

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Scott Walker	4, 1
Beck	5, 5, 2
Radiohead	4, 2, 3, 2, 5, 1

5-Star Albums (330)

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Popular Reviews

Aren't there more Bob Dylan albums you could have put here?

Is this a Tenacious D album?

420 stars.

Kind of like a very competent Halloween gag. Also, weirdly, I don't think I knew what Alice Cooper sounded like until this.

Not bad for an arrogant dickhead.

1-Star Albums (12)

All Ratings

The master with a cavalcade of extra guests, great stuff.

I am generally not a Radiohead fan, but this album is quite good.

Amazing. From start to finish, this album is funky, rockin' and gets you moving.

Been ages since I listened to this, but it still holds up. Very 80s, and yet still classic Springsteen.

Saw them live once, they were great. RIP Lemmy. Fantastic album.

Couple of tracks were definitely familiar, I had not heard the rest and dang if it isn't a fine album. Steely Dan-ish, of course.

Well done, not really my cuppa but interesting.

Very impressive, more danceable than I was expecting, bouncy good fun.

First side: well, that's pretty interesting and proggy. Second side: What the ... ?

Like both artists, makes sense they would sound good together. This album is lovely, bouncy and clever.

Footy! Really great album all around.

Radio Free Europe remains one of my absolute fave R.E.M. songs, and the rest of the album is equally fantastic.

Really fantastic, these guys are great, clearly they paved the way for a lot of groups who came after. I hear them in De La Soul and even a little in Digital Underground.

Meh. OK, but I like their earlier albums better.

Lovely and haunting, spare and magnificent.

A little uneven, but good and rockin', nice start to the day.

Love these guys, this album is fantastic.

Fun messy punk. A bit of Stooges and Strokes in them.

Early rocking from them, not quite as theatrical as their later work, but definitely great.

Finest band in plastic flowerpot hats ever. Really great album.

Lovely way to start the morning.

Disco folk music, as it were. Bright, shiny and happy, danceable and nostalgic.

Classic sound of SF, couple of massive hits supported by a bunch of fantastic songs.

Classic album from a country legend.

Remind me oddly a little of Fairport Convention. But if they got Jack White to play along.

Meh. Like hot food that's hot for the sake of being hot, not the flavor, this album is a lot of sound looking for a more groovy plan.

Fantastic album, psychedelic new wave, was not familiar with this band at all.

Epic.

Very polished, bouncy album.

Fantastic, groovy, a little clangy at times, reminds me of the "Frantic" soundtrack, a bit of north African trance with the tango.

Super-trippy, like late-stage Beatles but also some very Beach Boys-ish stuff.

Lush, disco relaxation music

1970s French pop is a thing, that's for sure.

Kind of like a very competent Halloween gag. Also, weirdly, I don't think I knew what Alice Cooper sounded like until this.

A sprawling, fantastic classic.

Pretty darn sex funky.

Really great, like Fairport and Flogging Molly made an album. (I know, this predates that, just sayin'...)

wow.

Nice and folky-psychedelic

Such a fantastic album, Ry Cooder is a national treasure.

A whiny discordant mess.

Bouncy, aggro punk awesomeness.

A classic. Raw, powerful, soulful. And that voice.

Better than I remember. Still prefer their early stuff more, but this is pretty good.

Fantastic, truly.

good funky grooves.

Really fantastic, has hits but also the whole album is great.

A god damn classic. "I got a 2-pack habit and a motel tan" is one of the greatest lines in a song.

I mean, you can hear the mullet loud and clear.

A fucking classic.

Pretty great. Solid damn album from the doyenne of Scottish alt-punk.

Pretty fabulous.

Pretty much a modern classic.

Sexy, bossa nova-y, good morning jam on a Friday.

Pretty 70s, pretty fun, good rock to start the day.

Such a fantastic album. Proof that anger makes excellent rock.

Really groovy and excellent.

A sprawling southern classic.

So much sprang up from what these guys did.

Bracing.

Breezy and lovely.

Orchestral rock, and groovy rock it is.

This guy again? Really? Sounds like someone force-fed him Jethro Tull and a lute.

A classic, truly.

A modern classic, much of its time but also timeless.

I tend to prefer Dylan's music covered by other artists, but this album is really great.

lovely.

Very good.

A veritable classic. Even without the Shatner.

Very very good.

Pretty good, earlier stuff is better.

Pretty enjoyable.

clangy and messy

Solid classic.

Lovely.

Oh good, ANOTHER Dylan album.

The 80s were weird, but this is a pretty good album.

lovely and melancholy.

Pretty great. You can really hear the Crosby.

Lovely album.

A pretty solid album all around.

pretty groovy stuff.

Really good, more rocking than I expected.

Pretty stinkin' great.

Crunchy.

Like Rogers & Hammerstein had relations with a jukebox.

Really damn good.

Epic.

Really fantastic, lovely mix of folk and electronica.

pretty uniformly the same, but groovy.

Love this. Great punk rock.

Great, super-funky and groovy.

Pretty good punk.

Oh hells yes, funk-tastic!

So great.

Really excellent album.

A reggae classic

420 stars.

Fantastic, art rock, theatrical majesty

Melancholy and lovely.

Weird but interesting. Like Fairport with a bit of Jethro Tull mixed in.

A modern-day classic.

Really great, interesting, mix of punk, power pop and psychedelia.

Mostly meh with a couple of lovely moments.

lazy disco-y lushness

A true classic. And if 3D Del Naja is Banksy, then even better.

Amazing album, Rundgren is a genius.

Great. More Dylan.

Not bad for an arrogant dickhead.

Good chunky punk.

Music to overdose to.

putting the fun in funky.

Pretty rockin', pretty '90s, pretty great.

Really quite good.

Rockin' and artsy and excellent.

Crunchy punk fun

Pretty good considering the lead singer is a shit racist.

Really excellent stuff.

weird but pretty great. Jamaican Jerk-off?

Sublime

terrifying. but not bad.

tasty electronica

Flat-out classic album. Six stars.

A classic.

so very good.

lovely, spare and weird.

It's Tricky to rock around it's tricky.

Epic. Should be mandatory listening everywhere.

"Gimme a C, a bouncy C."

Makes Monday sound like a Sunday.

pretty good, not super-memorable

Nice version of Hallelelujah.

Pretty darn good stuff here.

Fantastically great stuff.

Pretty darn good. Not sure I can take a whole grime album, but this is good stuff.

Was not familiar with them, this is a lovely album

Really cool, funky stuff.

Love this album.

groovy and ghostly.

Dark and theatrical.

Lovely.

A classic. And it's a classic for a reason.

Pretty funky and rockin'.

chaotic, rebellious energy, motherfuckers!

Nice relaxing album, the anti-MC5.

Nice Friday morning album, ethereal and poppy.

'Tis an OK album.

he's a wanker.

Solid, powerful and dark.

pretty groovy

Great stuff.

Deep and funky. Beyonce might be the Queen, but Solange is amazing.

Really good. punky-arty-country Brit-pop-ish fun

Oh hey, more Bob Dylan...

good, creative, weird, interesting

Chill, smooth, poppy and slick.

five stars

stupendous!

superbly crafted pop music.

funky and soulful.

A definite classic of the AOR rock radio days, pretty much not a bad track on the album.

Super fun psychedelic pop.

Bracing!

groovy and funky pop goodness.

You can really hear the Mike McCready

A modern classic. 6 stars.

Pretty good for a whiney old punk.

Solid, classic electronica, and who makes the single the ninth cut on the album?

Good stuff, more bluesy than I remembered.

A classic, even if Steve Berlin's story gives me pause...

Another classic, even if Stairway is the most overplayed song in history.

Oi!

More Bob? Hurrah. I sure hope there are like 27 more Bob Dylan albums on this list.

6 stars

Fun!

Perhaps their best album, absolutely brilliant. 5 stars.

weird.

Reminds me a bit of the Ting Tings. Good poppy fun.

A modern-day punk classic.

Seminal album from a pioneering band.

smart pop-punk.

swingin'!

Lovely and sleazy in equal measure.

Grooooovy.

Lovely classic.

trippy and groovy and a nice Friday morning album

Pretty darn good stuff, Maynard.

Sounds a lot like Nick Cave... oh. Cool!

Super funky fresh flow and groooooovy

Brilliant! 6 stars.

Like a modern-day Fairport at times. Lovely.

Really good, more going on than I initially expected.

Not at all what I was expecting. More like Elton John at times, and also folkier than I would have thought.

Meh. But like, really meh. Had to listen to Beyonce halfway through.

great stuff!

Phil Spector is a monster, but this album is fantastic!

so good.

A true American icon.

Really rockin'.

Jesse Colin Young's first band, pretty good stuff, was not familiar.

Oh hells yes.

Dylan album #27 is a lot like the others.

Brilliant.

weird but entertaining.

Mope-y, dirge-y and wonderful.

Pretty good despite the presence of a racist, anti-science shitbird.

They evolved more after this, got more aware, but this album remains a classic.

Lovely and grand.

Really fucking good stuff. Cow-punk rocks.

Very good stuff this.

Compellingly good stuff.

Pop punk excellence, their first step toward being a stadium band.

80s majesty

Sultry country blues torch singing

Quality album, shame there was no more.

Really excellent album, she has great flow and great beats.

Beautiful, incandescent, glorious.

Meh. It was OK.

most excellent.

Kinda like if Enigma and Bauhaus had a child.

One of their best. Classic Peart storytelling, side one is ONE song. Fantastic all across the board.

Stupendous. Should have nine of his albums on here instead of Dylan.

Really good rock. Solid album.

Pretty darn great, classic rock

They are fantastic, this album is transcendental.

Classic. Maybe their most perfect album after 2112.

Aren't there more Bob Dylan albums you could have put here?

Is this a Tenacious D album?

Brilliant.

Fantastic! Engaging and stirring.

An American treasure.

A modern-day classic

Pretty darn good, although they leaned HARD into the "remastered" nonsense.

I just don't get it, but I know people love them.

Meh. But nice.

Seriously good stuff.

relaxing.

So very good.

What a treasure, great music.

Such a fantastic album. 6 stars.

hmm... never heard of him. (kidding, of course this is a classic)

Pretty darn good.

Transcendental psychedelic madness in the best way.

Fuck yeah. Keep it moving, ya punk.

Fantastic stuff, Young in fine form.

Brilliant.

OK.

Ranges from electronica to folk/country, quite nice all around.

Nope.

Really fantastic stuff here.

really great stuff.

This album is like Kind of Blue (the first Wu-Tang is too) in that so much talent appears on the album and almost everything AFTER this album from the people on it is great.

pretty damned good.

Wild, interesting album from someone I knew nothing about.

Loungey and weird but nice.

Pretty good, and the 7pm News song is powerful.

fascinating stuff, really interesting.

Brilliant

Shame that Clapton is such a shitbird, otherwise this album is fine.

Sounds like Bauhaus.

Brilliant. An American classic.

Not just super fly: Super-duper fly. 6 stars

Quite excellent stuff there.

Really great. A punk band becomes a stadium rock powerhouse.

One of their best and a fine rock album.

Pretty darn good.

Super-heavy. Hilarious how the "slow song" just drops from 150mph to, like, 90.

For Canadians, they are quite the American treasure.

properly good.

Rocking good time.

While it makes no sense that they won an award for metal, this is a pretty rocking album.

Sublimely entertaining.

Really fantastic, ethereal and rocking at the same times occasionally.

Super-groovy and awesome.

interesting.

A classic rock triumph.

Smooth disco classic.

Broad, sprawling epic album.

A scintillating and engaging soundtrack.

Should be mandatory listening in schools.

A new disco classic

Interstellar

meh

Always a good time.

Amazingly good, Costello doing what he does best

Hells yes. great stuff. very groovin.

8 fucking stars. This album is a sonic attack on assholes and sitting still.

Maybe his best. Great beats, he can definitely spit it (but taking on Nas? Sheesh...) And a nice Em guest spot.

Groovy tunes.

Pretty good. Not compelling, but I'm not really a Cure guy.

Shame Clapton is such a massive wanker, but the album is pretty good.

Lovely, weird and entertaining.

Shame he's such a shitbird and anti-science. 1 sad little star.

Another gem of a classsic

interesting, spare lilting pop rock.

Pretty good stuff.

Pretty groovy. One song really wanted to be "What's New, Pussycat?" but couldn't quite get there.

Brilliant stuff here.

Bracing and aggressive, well crafted and weirdly bouncy at times.

good stuff here.

Hot! In the Hot Tub!

Good dog.

Classic walk through the 80s musically.

rocking. free.

meh.

Lovely -- and how have I not heard this before?

Pretty fun and funky. Hard to characterize, like the band, but solidly entertaining. Plus Battlestar Scralatchtica is absurdly good entertainment.

weird and funky.

2.5 stars

Bracingly good stuff to start the day.

syrupy sweet and very "discount sexy" -- breathy hooks and moans, Donna Summer did it better. But Puffy does know what he's doing, it's a solid album.

Good rocking stuff, Really fun and punky.

More Spinal Tap than I expected.

Fantastic. Great punk.

Lovely and weird, but also engaging and poppy.

Groovy.

Fucking awesome!

Fantastic stuff as always from The Dr.

A classic.

Truly a lovely album. National guitarists and one of the best country-pop songwriters equals a stunning classic, even if it wasn't created during the pandemic.

5 stars

Mighty damn white.

funk-tastic!

Fantastic album, one of their best.

Groovy and funktastic.

A sprawling epic pop rock adventure. Silly, engaging, rocking, light, heavy and more.

Smooth and soulful.

A modern classic.

lovely and spare

Pretty good for stealing music from black musicians.

California Classic.

Excellent stuff, country crooner of the highest order.

Pretty solid album.

An album of fucking bangers. Maiden is a great hard rock band kind of disguised as a novelty act.

pretty groovy

Really good rockin' stuff here.

Really great as always from Emmylou.

Like being thrown in a cold pool to start the day.

Really good, groovey, new wavey pop.

Really excellent, forgot about their "Route 66" cover.

The rock and/or roll.

A perfect Sunday morning album.

Lovely, and all jokes aside he makes a fine album.

Very very very good. actually.

This is a sold 3.5 star album.

Not sure what I was expecting, but this is excellent. Jefferson Airplane and the Moody Blues had a trippy kid.

OK, not bad.

weird and meh.

Another excellent Sunday album.

A classic of quiet breathy englishness.

Elegant, folky, rocky and wry.

Oi! Oi! It's great! Oi! Oi! It's great!

Zut alors.

Pretty groovy stuff.

Really good stuff.

Wild, fantastic rock and roll.

Really good stuff, Britpop and better than Oasis.

pretty good, not stellar

very fun, punky rock and roll

Nice and mopey, but also groovin'.

So very good.

swinging!

Pretty compelling, I must admit it is not my jam but I see why folks dig it.

80s metal in a perfectly distilled package. I saw this tour, it was as glitzy and flashy and hairy as you can imagine. But this album absolutely rocks. Even manages to pull off the metal ballad, not always a sure thing at all.

weird and wonderful.

Really damn good.

Classic. CLASSIC. So good.

Spare and wondrous, rocking and reeling.

oh so very lovely

ok.

A solid 3.5 stars, maybe 4

Wild story about the guy. Dolphins? Still, pretty good album.

Like a lost U2 album.

Really soulful, lovely stuff.

Super-dope tunes.

six stars

Good shit, man.

weird but good

A rock classic.

Pretty good, and the Cheech & Chong cover is epic.

Maybe my favorite album of theirs.

OK, OK, OK, look: some of their stuff is really great, some of it is unlistenable. This is a good mix of those two extremes.

A bit flash, but pretty tight and rocking.

Soulful and clangy, like jazz should be.

A modern classic. 5 stars.

A classic song, plus a bunch of other bonkers stuff.

Always funky, always groovy.

meh.

2 stars

Pretty rocking stuff, sounds pop-sludge-y in a good way.

Solid stuff. Super creative, great beats, compelling raps.

Wonderful album, he's got a great voice as always and the band is incredible.

Wild, weird, fascinating and clangy.

Not terribly memorable, sadly.

Six stars. So good. So many good songs.

Brilliant.

super-plus good

Not really my bag.

6 stars out of 5

So. Bloody. Good. Eight stars.

Really fantastic, like Mr. Bungle with less porn and more LSD.

An extremely lovely album.

Lovely.

Brilliant.

A southern classic.

Pretty wonderful, reminds me a bit of Peter and the Wolf.

Disco space funktastic!

Amazingly good. and the only Bowie album to not have him on the cover.

Rocking and rolling

A modern classic

Stunning. Beautiful and spare and amazing.

classic stones

Wonderfully 80s album.

great stuff.

Lovely music to do other things to.

This band made something new happen in a super-funky and rocking way. 6 stars.

meh, but nice.

five stars, for a brother man

Brilliant album, not the least because her backing band is the Dap-Tones, they combine to make a magical album.

Could not find it to listen to, but later albums are great.

Wonderful spacey and rocking.

Wild 80s stuff, kinda sounds at times like Queen, surprisingly.

Punky pop-rock goodness.

A fantastic rock-tronica album.

Smooth funky goodness

Varied and interesting.

Astounding! Great stuff.

Stunningly good stuff (and not at all surprising, this better not be the only Prince album, especially as we get 12 Dylan albums)

Sprawling hip-hop classic

Stunning, lovely stuff. Solsbury HIll is a modern classic.

new shit

brilliant

really good britrock

The king.

the best one and only one that should be on the list

Probably pretty great.

Fantastic stuff, a groove-a-licious gem.

Brit-rock-y goodness from Arctic Monkeys bloke.

weird, spacey and spare, good morning album

It was very Kate Bush-y.

Wonderful stuff! That breezy, sensual Brazil sound.

Seminal classic, should be taught in schools.

Love. It. Makes. Me. Boop. And. Beep.

The queen. five stars.

Great Moody Blues album!

Maybe their best album.

I mean, dayum.

Quality boop.

rock-tastic!

Fantastic debut rock album

New wave excellence

Good early stuff.

Stupendous as always.

Really good spacey drum-and-bass.

Classic and hippie-ish.

Sounds like Seattle, in a good way.

weird.

So many good songs on this album. Shane at his best (the band always was).

So good, still, after all these years.

Boop. But also, and I am quite serious in this: Beep.

Lovely and comforting.

This album is super-duper fly.

Hells to tha yeah, this is the shiznit. Six stars.

Better than I was expecting, honestly.

It was OK.

Rock-punk-tastic. 4 stars

Pretty darn good. 4 stars.

Even without the wizard of oz, it's an amazing abum.

Super-fun album!

Classic, rock owes a lot to these guys.

Cool stuff, Algerian singer with a great voice.

wildly meh, quite entertaining but unrememberable.

Fantastic as always.

Pretty darn good. 4 stars.

Very rocking and much like At The Drive-in. Not at all like 30 Seconds to Mars.

Really fantastic stuff. 5 stars.

Love this, love them, spare atmospheric longing...

Louvley. 3 stars.

Industrial icons, a little bracing for a Sunday morning but really good.

Jammy!

Fantastic stuff, really great old folk-country

A damn modern classic. 6 stars.

Excellent stuff here, four stars at least.

EIGHT STARS! This is a modern classic, maybe their finest album and the "Only Band That Matters."

really interesting idea, very good and entertaining.

Ethereal, driving, brilliant, haunting.

Sounds like unscientific trash. Knopfler is a much better guitarist.

Stupendously funky and awesome.

folky and very nice. 4 stars.

Croony and wonderful, nice morning album.

Sounds like a lot of other bands. Not bad, just not unique, really.

Pretty great, bracing, some sounds like Pink Floyd, some like Bowie, all entertaining.

Fantastic classic punk.

Oontz Oontz Oontz.... 3 stars

Kind of insane, but REALLY well done. 4 stars.

Very very very good.

Fascinating musicianship.

Really like what they do, this album is a great example.

Very fantastic. 4 stars!

Classic and powerful, she was.

A modern-day sleazy classic.

Epic goodness. 5 stars.

Pretty darn good rawk. 4 stars.

Really darned good.

Sublime beauty infused with raw power.

As usual, his albums are interesting, inventive and fun to listen to.

weird.

Solid album as always from them.

Groovy and fantastic. 4 stars.

Lovely and spritely

Lovely spare folk rocky goodness

Hells yeah! 8 stars!

She is so talented.

Fucking amazing!

3 stars! Rawk!

Not really my bag, but it IS a tremendously well-made album and it sounds lovely.

Fuzzy and warm.

Saucy, salsa, envigorating music.

Ethereal, dancy and grooving.

BritRock at its absolute toniest, great album, 4 stars.

Good groves and danceable tunes

Hippie lovely folkiness. 4 stars

Brilliant as always/.

Completely insane. Compelling, true, but almost unlistenable. 2 stars.

Maybe my all-time favorite of his. Low-hi funkiness and sleazy folk rock-y dance music. DJ Funkypants.

Maximum R&B. Surprising number of great covers.

Hell no. 0 stars.

6 stars. A true visionary.

Nice dancey album, good grooves. 4 stars.

Solidly good album, she's got a great voice and the grooves are excellent. 4 stars.

A modern pop-rock classic. Every song rocks. 5 stars.

Billy is such a whiney wanker. 2 stars.

Charming bossonova tunes

Except for the appalling racism, a fine album.

really really great. tight, poppy and clever, dry sense of humor. 5 stars.

Very clever, great flow, funny, good beats. 4 stars.

I mean, DAMN! 5 stars.

Explosive awesomeness. Didn't expect to like this as much as I did. 4 stars.

One of the best albums from a couple of guys who can't stand each other.

Quirky and bold

Lively, lovely and groovy, in equal measures. Latin-country-blues-rock-LA sound-etc...

If seven stars was possible, this album woulkd get 7 stars.

Pretty good for an old punk.

Really a great, spunky album.

Nicely boopy.

Pretty groovy, nice Kendrick guest spot

One of their best, very much the hippie country band on this one. 5 stars.

Pretty darn good. Pixies before there were Pixies, kinda. 3 stars.

Stunning! Brilliant! Even kinda proggy!

So bloody good. One of their best and one of of the best. 5 stars.

Really great, nice mix of styles.

As always, I am torn. Great album, but sheesh.

Morose and spare and lovely. 4 stars.

Much deeper and more interesting than I expected, pretty great version of that 80s sound.

Well now that you mention it, that album WAS pretty incredible. 4 stars.

Great album! Really good pop-punk-rock LA sound, six stars.

Great punk/post-punk album, nice dub stuff too. 4 stars.

Pretty groovy dub stuff.

Stupendous. 5 stars.

A classic band, a really rocking album. 4 stars.

They're not bad, they're not offensive, they're just boooooring. Whole album played and it was fine background music.

One generation had Bob Dylan, this generation had Prince Rogers Nelson. 5 stars ALL DAY LONG.

5 stars. so good.

Pretty good, not great but more interesting than I expected.

Pretty good, but I sure they'll never make a dime. 4 stars.

Yes Yes Y'all! 4 stars

Wasn't even sure they called music "alternative" back in 1977. This was bracing and challenging and interesting. Can see how and why it is considered a seminal album. 2 stars for me dawg.

kind of meh.

Like Chuck Mangione and a prog band decided to record an album. 3 stars for being weird af.

Pretty good rawk from some LA punks. 3 stars.

Rawks. 4 stars.

Wild, aggro and fun. 3 stars.

Really great, far groovier at times than I was expecting. Anger makes for great music. 4 stars.

not too shabby for borrowing a lot of other folks’ music.

pretty great. He made fun music before Toy Story. 4 stars.

pretty good, really, but I am not a BB fan, so...

ALL THE STARS.

Pretty good, 3 stars, didn't stun me but didn't turn me off, either.

Uhh... weird stuff, written by other folks. Toonerville Trolley? Yeah... 2 stars.

The VW ad guy! What a sad story, but a really nice album, spare and dark and moody. 4 stars.

OK.

moody and beautiful. 4 stars.

boop beep boop oontz oontz oontz 4 stars

3 stars.

Pretty flippin' great. Nice U2 cover. 4 stars.

It's a classic for a reason. 4 stars.

It's just weird that back in the 60s so many bands' first albums were just cover tunes. 3 stars.

brilliant!

Pretty interesting stuff, 3 stars

Very good album, they do earnestly sleazy French country rock better than most. 4 stars.

Quite the debut album. 3 solid stars.

Crunchy, grungey goodness. 4 stars.

meh/

Really really really really groovy. Like 4 stars groovy.

Classic early rock and roll, very much of its time and pretty darn good. 4 stars.

Bloody hell no. No more of this terrible band. 1 star unless I can give it zero stars.

MORE OF THIS AND LESS RADIOHEAD. 5 stars.

Pretty interesting stuff. 3 solid stars.

Really compelling and good, fresh and creative.

Post-punk as fuck. Pretty damn great. 4 stars.

Rocking good stuff from Jack and Meg. 4 stars.

moody and lovely, gravely and dark.

Not a bad album, shame he's such a shit. 2 stars.

Astounding. 5 stars. His dad weould be proud.

Fucking great rock and roll.

rocking grungey goodness. 4 stars.

Brilliant. So good. 5 stars.

awesome sauce

crap

spare and lovely

Groove-tastic, fat beats, some cool stuff the Beasties stole and a great Doobie Brothers cover! 5 stars.

Nice. Not stupendous, but nice.

Hells yes. 5 stars.

groovy danceable stuff. 4 stars.

A genuine classic, wonderful album, 6 stars!

3 stars

A modern-day classic like White Album or Dark Side. Nirvana could have been huge, but even the band's minimal discography is solid. 5 stars.

Weird and good, rocking fun.

4 stars, good grooves.

wild album, mostly voice-based but sounds like electronica. 4 stars. weird.

Pretty damn good, seriously thought about turning it off during the first track, then it got better. 3 stars.

weird but entertaining. 2 stars.

4 stars all day long.

5 stars all day long.

A modern rock classic. 5 stars.

more soulful than I was expecting, really lovely album. 4 stars.

4 stars, groovy and funky, good guest spots

hyper funk? Groovy post punk dance music? Whatever you call it, much more interesting than I was expecting. 4 stars.

kinda like randy newman

Super-fly and funky fresh

interesting and fun

Legendary. Shame about the Puritanical US version cover, but the rock is indisputable. 4 stars.

A rocking good album, 4 stars.

weird. Not bad, just weird.

bloop. I said BLOOP. bloop stars.

Earlier ZZ Top is also really good, but this is a darn fine album in its own right. 4 stars.

great stuff

stupendous

Second Dexys album in a couple weeks, and for the second time I am genuinely enjoying this album. 4 stars.

Like a lovely interesting nap. 3 stars.

Great rawk, 4 stars.

not bad.

a rock classic. 6 stars

4 stars. Great EDM.

Mopey folk Beck is fine if you are into that sort of thing. For my money the real entertainment is DJ Funkypants Beck. 2 stars.

Nope. 2 stars.

4 stars. Not really my bag but extremely well done.

Taken too soon, he's a country rock genius and this album is fantastic. Great Emmylou Harris vocals as well. 5 stars.

weird. 3 stars.

A usual Flaming Lips album. 3 stars.

Classic AOR rock

More Nick Drake.

pretty weird

Stark, brutish and British. 4 stars.

Oh that's right, Kate's weird. 3 stars.

According to the Apple music blurb: "The Dolls were a sleazier Stones in eye liner." Sounds about right. 5 stars.

A haunting American classic. 5 stars

hells yes!

wonderful album from america's troubador. 5 stars.

A sonic adventure. 4 stars

beep bloop oontz oontz bleep boop. 3 stars.

Ruuuude boy! 5 stars.

The musical equivalent of a quad espresso. Solid punk rock. 4 stars.

So good. 5 stars.

meh. 3 stars

pretty good 4-star rock right here.

what the hell did I just listen to? 4 stars

Sounds like a cardigan sweater and some penny loafers. 4 stars.

fantastic. 5 stars.

Brilliant album, start to finish.

Such a very good album. An underrated singer, Stewart makes great music.

Sounds like band called Scritti Politti. 3 stars.

More entertaining than i initially expected, still 3 stars but a fun 3 stars.

weird bloopy background music. Nice, tho.

weird and interesting, 3 stars.

Brilliant stuff, engaging and poppy. 5 stars

Quality stuff here, R&B royalty in the making. 5 stars.

Groovy and weird.

So fucking good. 5 stars.

Stellar album, 5 stars

fantastic album, great rock and roll.

4 stars

Not a terrible album considering he is a giant asshole. 2 stars.

five brilliant stars

Eight stars. This is a jazz classic, brilliant and beautiful, everyone on it is fantastic.

Brilliant, 4 stars

Solid rock album. 4 stars.

Genius, 5 stars, no notes.

weird but interesting. 3 stars.

really fun and criminal. 4 stars.

Fantastic stuff, great album, 5 stars.

Lovely classic. 5 stars.

wild and wonderful. 4 stars.

Operatic wonderment, 4 stars.

weird but good? 3 stars.

A classic from a guy who turned out to be a shithead. 4 stars.

veeerry interesting. 3 stars.

would be six stars if I could.

Pretty damned good stuff from these guys, another killer classic. 5 stars.

5 stars. When they were a great band.

Pretty interesting. 3 stars.

stupendous, 5 stars.

pretty good stuff, 4 stars methinks.

Stupendous. 5 stars.

Wild and entertaining. 4 sitars.

They are better than a "made for TV" band from the 60s should be. 4 stars.

stupendous!

More interesting and talented than I was expecting, which is, of course, totally on me. 4 stars.

Soulful and awesome.

A classic

Lovely stuff.

Solid soul, jazz and funk. 4 stars.

3 solid stars.

Glorious, beautiful, soaring. 5 stars.

stupendous. dreadlocks and mohawks! 5 stars.

3 stars

completely meh. 2 stars.

Wild French rock, pretty good stuff there. 4 stars.

weird. 3 stars.

tasty new wave pop. 4 stars.

Not bad for the guy who threw Janet Jackson under the sexy bus. 4 stars.

5 one-armed stars!

weird

jazzy but could not find whole album

Brilliant. 5 stars.

Lizard-y. 4 stars.

A modern pop classic. 7 stars.

weird, punky goodness.

Great rock album. 5 stars.

Solid classic rock album, maybe their best. 4 stars.

Darn fine album.

Good for a wanker. 4 stars.

Really fucking good album. 5 stars for sure.

lovely and weird. 3 stars.

Really enjoyable, dug it more than I thought I would. 4 stars.

Amazing, one of the best Canadian bands.

Buckaroo gettin' busy. 4 stars for the sexy time.

fun punky rock.

Made it through about 5 songs, that was enough. 2 stars.

Bloody good stuff, 5 stars.

Fucking epic! Oi! 5 stars.

Brilliant. 6 stars.

it was OK. 4 stars.

Stupendous.

Great album. 4 stars.

Weird and wonderful.

Stupendous.

wonderful album. Shame he's an anti-science wanker tho.

good stuff

bloop.

Pretty rawkin'. 4 stars/

weird and interesting. 3 stars.

Tellingly, the Crystal Method Remix is the best song on the album. 2 stars.

pretty good rock. 4 stars.

Really really good stuff. 5 stars/

Lovely and weird. 69 stars!

meh.

Truly a classic pop-punk-new-wave-whatever album. 4 stars.

5 stars at LEAST. So good.

4 stars

Stupendous album, very excellent. all five stars to Gryffendor.

Lovely, lyrical and lush. 5 stars.

Sexy-time!

Vaudeville folk? Not bad, not really my jam. 3 stars.

Really good rocking album. 4 stars.

Not her best, but pretty good. 3 stars.

punky goodness! or, well, post-punky goodness.

Like Kanye, he's an awful shitbird who makes darn good music. 2 stars.

oontz oontz oontz punjab oontz

solid, melancholy and driven.

Phenomenal music, brilliant melding of new and old technology by a master. 5 stars.

Love me some XX. 5 stars.

Very good, very groovy, 5 stars.

Hard to find, easy to listen to. 4 stars/

stupid good. 5 stars.

SuperFunkyDanceAlicious! Elebenty stars.

3 stars.

3 stars. would be 3.5 but there we go.

smooth and tan and easy and classy. 4 stars.

She has a great voice, not really my bag, but a real talent. 3 stars.

CrazyDanceyCool, 4 stars.

Rocking eternally. 4 stars.

lazy shoe gazey. 4 stars.

It's Tommy. It's a classic. 5 stars.

pretty dope, tasty Brit-pop with snarky lyrics. 4 stars.

Oontz oontz oontz... 4 stars.

weird and wild and wooly. 3 stars.

weird and wonderful. "Don't do it that way, you'll never make a dime." 3 stars

dreamy and abba-rific. 3 stars.

Sublime and smokey. 5 stars.

Nope. too crunchy.

Nice and un-assuming.

Pretty good stuff maynard. 3 stars.

Brutal and insane. 5 stars.

Brilliant! 11 stars!

4 stars!

It's no Valerie, but a darn good album. 4 stars.

2 stars.

Fantasticly funky and brilliant. 5 stars.

gloriously weird. 5 stars.

smushy goodness.

Boss album. 5 stars.

Glorious and groovy. 5 stars.

Darn good rock. 4 stars.

An 80s classic in all the good ways.

Probably my second-favorite REM album. 4 stars.

weird and captivating. 4 stars.

Nope. weird and far too long with the same weirdness. 2 stars.

oontz. repeat. 3 stars.

That's a bit nope for me dawg. Fuck him and Clapton.

Awesome, like a punk jam band. 5 stars.

pretty fun and dancey. 4 stars.

groovy AF. 4 stars.

Meh. OK for a wanker. 3 stars.

Damnfinestuff. 5stars.

Fantastic stvff, trvly, always a great band. 5 stars.

Smokin' hot. 5 stars.

Splendid stuff that.

whoa. 3 stars.

oontz PLUS/ 3 stars.

Darn fine album, 4 stars.

A classic California country rock album, with possibly their biggest hit. Darn fine record. 4 stars.

Good stuff! 4 stars.

FUCK YES. This album is what RAWK shoud be. Hawkins is great, the band is solid as fuck, 6 stars.

Pretty good for a goddamn car wreck of a band. 4 stars.

Not bad for a wanker

A right classic. 4 stars.

Pretty great stuff here. 5 stars.

Very darned good stuff. 5 stars.

wild and weird. 4 stars.

Pretty weird but interesting. 3.5 stars (OK, OK: 3 stars)

rawkin' good time. 4 stars.

Saucy and sultry

wild and crazy, but darn good. 4 stars.

5 sitars.

Damn fine album. Fuck Justin Timerlake. 5 stars.

Funkay. 4 stars.

Groovy funky jazzy hippie rock at its finest. 4 stars.

Kinda like a Rammstein parody band. I can see the appeal but it's hard to get into. 2 stars.

better than expected, 4 stars

maybe their best

lovely and weird

weird and interesting. 3 stars.

groovy and weird, 4 stars.

pretty good 3.5 star album, but since I am feeling generous, 4 stars.

Brilliant. 5 stars.

that was ... weird. 3 stars.

Soulful and smooth. 4 stars.

Really good. Not their best, but their most popular. 4 stars.

A sonic masterpiece. 5 stars.

Groovy, impactful and 4 stars.

Pretty darn good. 4 stars.

Piggy piggy piggy piggy. 5 pigs. piggy.

Solid rock album from the piano guy.

very weird. 3 sitars.

mild and lovely, kind of like a more hippie James Taylor. 3 stars.

Funky and fun. 3 stars.

Glorious. 5 stars.

Groovy, a little Vampire Weekendy, 4 stars.

Bang a gong, get it on. 4 stars.

Very groovy album

brilliant.

4 stars.

Funk Yeah! 5 stars.

pretty smooth in a good way. 4 stars.

groovy. 3 stars.

Stupendous album. 4 stars.

Lovely stuff. 5 stars.

2 clangy, atonal stars.

groovy

awesome stuff

LEGENDARY SHIT RIGHT HERE. 5 stars.

Such brilliance. Man (and the band) are a cultural touchstone and a musical force. 5 stars.

She is an American treasure. 5 stars.

Truly lovely album, 4 stars.

Motivational and inspirational. 4 stars.

Glorious/Gwonderful. 5 stars.

Lovely. 4 stars.

weird but nice, kinda like Fairport at times. 3 stars.

Smack my 3 stars up.

Interesting stuff, not a huge grime fan but the roots are there. 3 stars.

It's a great album. He's problematic. Music is really good. It's complicated. 3 stars.

Glorious. 5 stars.

Solid as fuck. 4 stars.

5 stars. Great stuff.

I am not her target audience, and this is pretty "hip." That said, I'll give it 3 stars. Too much autotune.

Not bad but a bit repetitive. Not bad but a bit repetitive. Not bad but a bit repetitive. Not bad but a bit repetitive. Not bad but a bit repetitive. 3 stars.

Really good stuff. 4 solid stars.

weird and repetitive but fun.

pretty OK.

Great BritPop, the originators. 4 stars.

Groovy. 3 stars.

weird but entertaining. 3 stars.

Pretty groovy, 4 stars

7 stars. Glorious punk from a glorious band.

gloriously weird. Score: 3 pineapples

2 stars

Bloody rocking good fun. 4 stars.

weird and wonderful, 4 stars.

Rawk and rolle. 5 motherfuckin' stars.

Quite good, one of my favorites. 5 stars.

Pretty darned lovely. 4.5 stars... Oh. what the heck, give him 5.

4 stars, groovy and soulful, she has a great voice.

Heavy, not exactly breakfast music but good. 4 stars.

smooth-listening, 3 stars.

pretty wild stuff. gonna go 4 stars but depending on the song could be 1.

kinda ... throbby... 3 stars.

fine. 2 stars. maybe 3.

Keep on chooglin', I guess? 4 stars.

wonderful album

3 sgtars.

the same song over and over and over. Nice song tho. 2 stars.

weird and wonderful and Waits-y. 5 stars.

very mellow. 3 stars.

8 motherfucking stars!

5 stars. 6 maybe.

Pretty damn good. Not really my jam but she has an amazing voice. 5 stars.

nope.

Punky and fun. 4 stars.

5 stars. Great fucking album.

Brilliant, of course. 5 stars.

Explodey. 3 stars.

She was a national treasure. 5 stars.

A classic, really great album, loads of hits and lesser-known gems. 5 stars.

Really lovely, great stuff, American treasure. 4 stars.

Kind of all over the place, but all good. 4 stars.

Really damn good. She reminds me, at times, of Lady Sov. 4 stars.

Another fine Madge album. 4 stars. 5 stars for "Express Yourself"

So much fun! And great fucking songs. 5 stars album. Great old-school Brit rock.

what... did I just listen to? 3 stars? Or perhaps a rhombus.

tasty

four stars, great stuff, good country songs performed very well.

Groovy and rocking. 4 stars.

nah. 2 stars.

Three stars, great stuff. Maybe 4.

4 stars. good rock.

Pretty ethereal and spare. 3 stars.

5 wonderful weird stars.

groovy goodness.

3 stars. same thing repeatedly, mostly.

5 mutherfucking stars.

meh. 2 stars.

it was OK

Sounds like Dizzee Rascal. cool. 3 stars.

freaky and fun, late-60s psychedalia. 3 stars.

Stupendous! 5 stars.

a damn classic. 5 stars.

expansive, wonderful and weird, spacey and 4 stars.

BEEP BOOP STARS.

Solid stuff. 4 stars.

He's fucking great. 5 stars.

Brilliant, glorious, wonderful. Roots, Americana, bluegrass, whatever you call it, it's so good. 12 stars.

All the way to the stars. Just a fantastic, funky, danceable album with banger after banger and some major hits. 5 stars.

5 stars. So good.

crampy goodness. 4 stars.

rocking and rolling. 4 stars.

Funktastic! 5 stars.

2 stars. Not bad for an anti-vax jerk.

Pretty darn good

Solid American classic, up there with The Chronic. 5 stars.

great stuff! 4 stars.

noodly appendage. 3 stars.

Really sparky! 4 stars!

Some groovy indie rock, 4 stars.

So good. The whole album is great groovy dance music. 5 stars.

Not their best, but darn good. 4 stars.

Pretty good for Morrisey being a shit. 4 stars.

meh. 2 stars for technobabble nonsense.

Meh. pretty good, I guess. 3 stars.

lovely album, kinda groovy but not too heavy. 3 stars.

3 stars. Pretty good music but some problematic ideas.

Not bad, they clearly stole "Werewolves of London" for one song. 3 stars.

As always, a brilliant album. 5 stars.

pretty solid dance music.

A damn classic. 12 stars.

solid shit, dawg. 5 stars.

3 stars. Did not hold my attention.

rockin'. 4 stars.

So damn good. 5 stars.

Really groovy and exciting. 5 stars.

3 stars

4 stars, classic stuff here.

Classic as always. 5 stars.

So very good. 4 stars.

4 stars, grooviness.

solid album

pretty weird and interesting

Darned fun rock and roll

Smooth and groovy, really good stuff, 4 stars.

The loveliest taboo. 3 stars.

Pretty fly for some white guys. 4 stars.

A damn classic. 4 stars.

Sublime. 5 stars.

pre-fab, no doubt, kind of a blur? 3 stars.

Fantastic!

So damn good. 5 stars.

Glorious. 5 stars. should still be on the list, imho.

Lovely 4 stars.

four fun and funky stars

Fantastic rock and roll, did not know they were the "There She Goes" band.

Pretty good Brit synthpop, tends a bit clangy sometimes.

5 stars, funky and fresh.

Solid if unmemorable.

4 stars, rocking good time.

five stars, fantastic album. More bob mould!

good stuff. 4 stars.

5 swords.

Groovin and rockin. 4 stars.

4 stars, needs a Lap Dance/

2 stars. maybe.

Roxy-tastic. 4 stars.

Glorious and groovy. 5 stars.

Pretty rocking stuff. 4 stars.

4 spacey stars.

Meh. 2 stars.

brilliant, should still be on the list.

4 lovely stars.

3 stars

Pretty groovy. 4 stars.

Greta album. 5 stars.

pretty rocking, really. 4 stars.

Such great harmonies, really fantastic stuff, they are all legends. 15 stars.

Bloody boring and tedious, terrible. Showgaze is the perfefct name for this terrible style of music. 0 stars if I could.

punky goodness. 4 stars.

circle pit of stars!

5 beards!

Very good as one would expect. Should still be on the list, imho.

4 stars. Funk Scottish soul.

Solid album, good songs, 4 stars.

2 stars, weird.

3 stars.

Pretty darned good U2 album.

Classic cowpunk, really good stuff. 4 stars.

meh. 2 stars.

Glorious and lush. 5 stars.

Wild and lovely and entertaining, experimental folk-tronica, but with live musicians. 4 stars.

weird but groovy.

entertaining. 3 stars.

umm...

Really good, not what I was expecting, 4 stars.

Pretty darn good, feel like we listened to it before? 4 stars.

fun and rocking. 3 stars.

Fucking brilliant. 5 stars.

solidly good rocking album. 4 stars.

Really fucking good. 4 stars.

5 lovely, nostalgic stars.

4 stars, pretty damn good stuff.

Another damn classic. Dolly is a national treasure. 5 stars.

5 doobies.

rock and fucking roll. He was a maniac but a great rock 'n' roll man. 5 stars.

5 stars. maybe 6.

5 stars, should still be on the list.

3 stars of confusion

glorious

tremendously good album

pretty good stuff maynard. 4 stars.

4 rocking stars.

meh? 3 stars

could not find. 3 stars on principle.

wild and crazy and all over the map. 4 stars.

so darned good. 5 stars.

really good rock album. 4 stars

honky classic.

groovin.

it was ok.

glorious. 4 stars.

softly awesome. 4 soft cells.

pretty OK stuff.

wild and interesting album. 4 stars.

Damn fine album

Super good stuff!

nope. 2 stars.

like a modern fairport convention. 4 stars.

Pretty OK.