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Album	You	Global	Diff
Leftism Leftfield	5	2.91	+2.09
Dare! The Human League	5	3.06	+1.94
Dig Your Own Hole The Chemical Brothers	5	3.11	+1.89
Here Are the Sonics The Sonics	5	3.16	+1.84
Bongo Rock Incredible Bongo Band	5	3.26	+1.74
Since I Left You The Avalanches	5	3.28	+1.72
Homework Daft Punk	5	3.29	+1.71
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.31	+1.69
The Chronic Dr. Dre	5	3.32	+1.68
xx The xx	5	3.37	+1.63

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	1	3.68	-2.68
Smash The Offspring	1	3.37	-2.37
Ritual De Lo Habitual Jane's Addiction	1	3.19	-2.19
Nothing's Shocking Jane's Addiction	1	3.18	-2.18
White Ladder David Gray	1	3.07	-2.07
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	1	2.95	-1.95
Shadowland k.d. lang	1	2.86	-1.86
The Cars The Cars	2	3.67	-1.67
Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club	2	3.66	-1.66
Van Halen Van Halen	2	3.63	-1.63

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Artist	Albums	Average
Michael Jackson	2	5

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Jane's Addiction	2	1
Tom Waits	2	1.5
k.d. lang	2	1.5

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Artist	Ratings
Beastie Boys	5, 2

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Popular Reviews

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Not a fan of some of the crooning which hasn't aged well but the more upbeat stuff is 🔥

3 likes

Dare!

The Human League

5/5

Right up my street. Catchy melodies, luscious synths, smart lyrics. The 80s in a single album.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (9)

All Ratings

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Aretha on the top of her game. Enough said

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

3/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

5/5

Queen at their imperious best

Boston

3/5

Classic Classic rock. Not fully my cup of tea but can appreciate that's it's a good example of the genre

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

A bit patchy and a little too smooth for my tastes. Not as raw and funky as my favourite Sly & The Family Stone.

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

Only half available on Spotify.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Never listened all the way through before. Quite the historical artefact

Homework

Daft Punk

5/5

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

Slick. Shiny.

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

2/5

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

3/5

Loved this when it first came out. Thought I still would be sounding a little bit dated now tbh. Still passable but maybe not 'classic'

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

5/5

Realised I'd never listened to this all the way through. Really enjoyed it, a pleasant surprise. Top notch cut and paste sampling

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

Weird how I don't think this is that good but it somehow draws you in

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Not a fan of some of the crooning which hasn't aged well but the more upbeat stuff is 🔥

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

3/5

Just OK. Maybe I was just born a few years too late but I feel like a lot of the Madchester stuff is massively overrated.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

4/5

Never really got past Portishead with Triphop. A bit more abrasive than that and this style does sounds a little dated now but I enjoyed it

The Poet

Bobby Womack

3/5

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

2/5

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

2/5

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

4/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

Cross

Justice

3/5

Still OK but hasn't aged that well. There's better examples of the genre.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

Surprisingly enjoyable

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

2/5

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

1/5

Van Halen

2/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

5/5

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Black Metal

Venom

1/5

Not my thing at all

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

1/5

Infected

The The

2/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Twee but loveable.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

2/5

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Femi Kuti

2/5

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

OK but not the best LCD Soundsystem record by a long way

System Of A Down

2/5

I'll give it 2 stars for the production. It's very slickly produced but not my thing at all.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

2/5

Pretty twee. Interesting to listed as historical artefact but can't say I actually enjoyed it.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

The xx

5/5

Smash

The Offspring

1/5

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

3/5

Pump

Aerosmith

2/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Gris Gris

Dr. John

4/5

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

4/5

Turns out twee 1960s folk is something I quite like. Who knew?

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

3/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Somehow knowing the backstory makes this more powerful and poignant but still a great soul album regardless

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

3/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

2/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Achtung Baby

4/5

Is it OK to like the music of U2 if you don't like U2? I hate that this is so slick and well produced and genuinely good...

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

1/5

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

4/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

Ignoring the questionable personality of the man involved this is one of the greatest Chirstmas albums of all time.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

5/5

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

2/5

Wild Gift

3/5

The first album I've got where I had genuinely NEVER heard of them before. Grungy and crunchy and surprisingly enjoyable.

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

2/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Just couldn't stop thinking "This really sounds like the Rolling Stones". Which is good I suppose.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

3/5

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

3/5

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Trip hop that still holds up nearly 30 years later

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

I was dreading relistening to this having been quite into J5 when I was a teenager but this actually stood up better than I'd feared. Still pretty derivative but enjoyable nonetheless

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

The Stooges

4/5

Never fully listened to a Stooges album before. Love the drones mixed in with tight songwriting. Ahead of its time.

Close To The Edge

Yes

2/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

White Ladder

David Gray

1/5

Dire Straits

4/5

Only really familiar with Brothers in Arms from my Dad's record collection. Sultans of Swing the obvious highlight but it hangs togehter really well and passed the time much quicker than an album of 4-6 minute fairly self indulgent guitar noodling tracks has any right to. Recommended background listening for a chilled evening.

Dare!

The Human League

5/5

Right up my street. Catchy melodies, luscious synths, smart lyrics. The 80s in a single album.

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

OK but feels like it's here because it was his last rather than his greatest

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Kind of washed over me Good production, Heroes obviously a classic, the rest was good, but not amazing? Maybe I've just got very high expectations for Bowie.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

The Undertones

4/5

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

2/5

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

4/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

4/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

2/5

I can't quite pinpoint why but Ray charles just leaves me cold. I can appreciate that technically everything's very impressive and in the right place but for some reason it doesn't hit the spot emotionally. Weird.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

2/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

5/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

2/5

Coincidentally got this the day after Paul's boutique. Nowhere near as good is it?

Calenture

The Triffids

1/5

Landfill 80s jangly guitars. Couldn't finish it.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Odelay

Beck

5/5

I'm biased because this is my teens but I love this mash up cut and paste style

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

2/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

4/5

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

5/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

3/5

Follow The Leader

Korn

2/5

Despite growing up in the 90s/00s I realised I'd never actually listened to Korn properly before. I liked it more than I thought I would, appreciate the tight production but it's still not really my thing.

2112

Rush

3/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Liquid Swords

GZA

3/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

3/5

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

2/5

Le Tigre

4/5

NEU! 75

Neu!

4/5

The Cars

2/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

2/5

Gorillaz

3/5

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

1/5

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

2/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

Suede

3/5

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

5/5

Shadowland

k.d. lang

1/5

I gave it a go but it turns out I'm severely allergic to country music ballads like this.

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

4/5

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

4/5

Teen Dream

Beach House

2/5

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

4/5

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

2/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

2/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

2/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Hysteria

Def Leppard

2/5

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

3/5

Closer

Joy Division

4/5

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

4/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

This was truly the sound of my teens. I completely wore this CD out back in the late 90s. Sadly it's showing its age now. Maybe it's because some of these tunes are still so ubiquitous. Still, I guess it's still the most pure embodiment of the genre of big beat. Enjoyed it but didn't blow me away like it did 25 years ago

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

2/5

Nope, still allergic to country music.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

4/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

3/5

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

5/5

Yeah I knew about Apache and Bongo Rock but wasn't expecting to spot a famous sample in almost every single track on the whole album! An essential history lesson that also happens to be a great album in its own right.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Common

3/5

Roots

Sepultura

2/5

I just can't relate to this sort of stuff. No idea if it's 'good' or not for the genre. For that reason it gets 2 instead of 1 stars but nope, sorry, not my cup of tea.

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

80s synth pop is my jam and this is a great example. Pass me the white sports jacket with the sleeves rolled up please!

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

4/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex