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Album	You	Global	Diff
I See A Darkness Bonnie "Prince" Billy	5	2.97	+2.03
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of... Arrested Development	5	3.15	+1.85
Dear Science TV On The Radio	5	3.16	+1.84
Mama's Gun Erykah Badu	5	3.25	+1.75
The Soft Bulletin The Flaming Lips	5	3.29	+1.71
One Nation Under A Groove Funkadelic	5	3.42	+1.58
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	5	3.5	+1.5
The Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald	5	3.53	+1.47
Funeral Arcade Fire	5	3.56	+1.44
Idlewild Everything But The Girl	4	2.58	+1.42

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Arrival ABBA	2	3.5	-1.5
British Steel Judas Priest	2	3.3	-1.3
Chirping Crickets Buddy Holly & The Crickets	2	3.29	-1.29
Darklands The Jesus And Mary Chain	2	3.22	-1.22
Dig Your Own Hole The Chemical Brothers	2	3.11	-1.11
Billion Dollar Babies Alice Cooper	2	3.11	-1.11
Crazysexycool TLC	2	3.07	-1.07
Lady Soul Aretha Franklin	3	4.05	-1.05

5-Star Albums (13)

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Fun House

The Stooges

4/5

powerful sleaze ballads.

13 likes

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

5/5

a depressing and optimistic ode to survival.

9 likes

Take Me Apart

Kelela

3/5

despite the incredible production, i found the vocals to be generic and bland.

7 likes

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

of its time, of our time, of all time.

7 likes

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

3/5

much better than Odessa imo

5 likes

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Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

4/5

lyrics 5/5 composition 2.5/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

it's a solid record with interesting sounds, particularly for it's time, but the sound just doesn't speak to me like other sounds do. this is perhaps due to it having been incorporated into so many other works which were inspired by it that i've heard over the years that it's brilliance is sort of lost on me. i got dylan's blonde on blonde the day before this one and i gave it a 4/5; i liked listening to blonde on blonde at least a full star more than pet sounds, thus the 3/5. favorite track: Hold on to your ego.

Odessa

Bee Gees

2/5

i thought the 'love theme' strings were played out and the theme of the disappearing ship from 1899 didn't really seem to maintain any through line. some of the lyrics were progressive and they did seem to be a bit adventurous with a track here and there but largely it was boring as hell. i don't have the desire to listen to any of the tracks ever again.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

very fun and progressive

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

dripping with passion

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

4/5

slightly wild and very ambitious. I really liked the quick "zaps" of sounds we get coming from acoustic guitars and synths throughout the record; they get the passion across. sounds something like talking heads crossed with peter Gabriel. reminds me of a precursor to Destroyer. 7/10 rounding up.

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

3/5

Strawberry Letter 23, Sweet Thang, Ice Cold Daydream, and Freedom Flight were tacked onto the end of the album on spotify. Those four aren't actually part of the album. It's a good record and put me in a good mood. if the last four tracks were actually a part of the record i'd have given it a 4/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

3/5

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

3/5

Fun House

The Stooges

4/5

powerful sleaze ballads.

Arrival

ABBA

2/5

i think the production was great for its time but i'm just not a fan of disco at all. probably skews the data but what are ya gonna do.

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

3/5

much better than Odessa imo

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

5/5

SAVORY WHOLESOME HIP HOP

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

4/5

ONE OF THOSE GREAT 90s EXPERIMENTAL ROCK ALBUMS THAT EXTOLLED THE VIRTUES OF FREEDOM.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

one of those pioneering psychedelic electronic records that are kind of hard to really appreciate retroactively given the state of the genre nowadays. i imagine it's hella trippy bro on 300mcgs but pretty fucking annoying sober. shpongle was doing similar stuff around the same time and made masterpieces that stood the test of time way better than this record. chemical brothers have vastly improved since this record.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

Night Life

Ray Price

2/5

of its time i suppose. the music and instrumentation is mostly just a vehicle for the story so composition is largely ignored. on top of that, the stories were sort of plain and predictable. Ween's golden country greats demonstrates that this genre can be something other than boring but Night Life did not do that for me.

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

I'm not a fan of disco but i enjoyed this album quite a bit.

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

4/5

love this old freewheelin experimental shit. can recognize the avalanches / the books in here

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

2/5

that bone thugs verse in breakdown is like straight out of crossroads tf is up with that lmao. she's got impeccable control over her voice, that's for sure, but i'm just not a fan of the 30 bpm R&B love song

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

4/5

awesome psychedelic record with liquid rhythms, expressive synths, and groovy bass lines. love hearing the predecessors to some of my favorite modern psychedelic artists.

Very

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

didn't particularly enjoy this one. feeling like it's in league with the other 2 star albums i've rated.

Violent Femmes

4/5

treads the line between lackluster and intensely passionate.

New Wave

The Auteurs

3/5

pretty unremarkable for the genre but implemented some interesting musical ideas.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

of its time, of our time, of all time.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

she captures a cuteness with this album that i don't think i've heard anywhere else.

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

4/5

pleasantly surprised. didn't think i would enjoy listening to Elvis but this record proved me wrong. Loved the track Fever.

Soul Mining

The The

4/5

loved it. some really interesting composition stuff and the dark introspective lyrics were delightful. well, maybe delightful isn't the word...

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

not my favorite strokes album but an incredibly strong debut.

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

3/5

some really good songs on here. i'd never really got Syd's style but after listening this time it became more clear to me why he's considered to be such a raving genius.

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

I really liked the long and flowy instrumentation. Hadn't listened to an entire The Cure album prior to this; I expected it to be good and it was. Must be a precursor to shoegaze, right?

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

5/5

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

4/5

lot of adventurous stuff going on and manage to make it sound good. respect.

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

interesting fusion of salsa and jazz. the pianist and guitarist are virtuosos to boot. i heuristically don't like salsa rhythms but this put me in a great move and i was groovin to it wooooohooo

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

3/5

B-52's

The B-52's

4/5

free spirited and adventurous.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

2/5

some cool vocal flourishes and good guitar playing but very boring and uniform songwriting. i imagine in the 50s it was interesting. maybe i'm just ill-equipped to appreciate this album. can't lump it in with my 3s; sorry buddy.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

came on really strong but got stale over the entirety of the record

Crazysexycool

TLC

2/5

there were like 2 or 3 songs that were dope but the rest of it felt like some drawn out blubbery orgasm

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

3/5

i think they broke ground with some of the lyrics and the instrumentation was usually interesting. southern grunge vibes.

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

4/5

Forever Changes

Love

3/5

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

4/5

such a solid, groovy record. george clinton caliber funk.

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

3/5

awesome instrumentation, super interesting phrases. the vocals were about as formulaic as they come, though she has a nice voice.

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

3/5

a little more innovative than some of the other albums that came out in the late 60s that sound more or less exactly like this

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

4/5

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

5/5

the boldness and creativity from the flaming lips never ceases to amaze me. what a fun and fearless group. the wry innovation within their compositions should be an industry standard.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

Repeater

Fugazi

4/5

crunchy grooves, expressive guitar riffs, and some genuinely solid lyrics. for any fans of The Knife out there: i noticed in the song Blueprint he says "what a difference a little difference would make." which is a lyric in Raging Lung off shaking the habitual... i have to imagine karin got it from this album; pretty cool source to pull from.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

3/5

this one really straddles the line between a 2 and a 4. it was electronically innovative, especially for its time and the lyrics really spoke to me but i don't think you could write more sterile melodies if you tried. i guess my scale suggests a 3.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

2/5

underwhelming

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

so angus young's voice is iconic and awesome and bon scott can shred, but man is the song structure ever basic. it seems like they maybe wrote 3 unique songs for this album and then like changed up the lyrics and tempo slightly of highway to hell 6 times and called it an lp. despite all that it still rocks hard.

Common

3/5

in terms of prominent early 2000s hip hop i think it's pretty average. some of the tracks were dope and the whole "be" theme was kinda neat. i thought a lot of the word play was tacky. beats were tight enough.

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

3/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

2/5

Kenza

Khaled

3/5

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

4/5

Among The Living

Anthrax

3/5

A Northern Soul

The Verve

4/5

Country Life

Roxy Music

4/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

Take Me Apart

Kelela

3/5

despite the incredible production, i found the vocals to be generic and bland.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

4/5

This one convinced me a lot more than the other album of theirs on here. Not sure why and not willing to investigate.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

5/5

was not expecting to be so intrigued by this. the lyrics function really well with the tones.

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

5/5

a depressing and optimistic ode to survival.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Quiet Life

Japan

3/5

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Tapestry

Carole King

3/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

4/5

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

5/5

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

jarvis cocker comes off as a weird fragile pervert but he writes some good songs.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

coldplay at their best.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

5/5

really smart and evocative. these guys know how to put a record together.

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

2/5

One thing I really liked about this record was the lead guitar tone. Perfectly dialed in. That being said, I think the whole Alice Cooper "spooky" angle is more remniscent of Party City than rock and roll.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

I was surprised by how much I liked this album. The one issue I have with these disco/funk albums from the 70s is that the god damn strings always sound like shit. Dunno how they caught on. Despite that, it's a great record with some good performances and exceptional songwriting.

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

My favorite Pixies album.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5