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Album	You	Global	Diff
Phrenology The Roots	5	3.25	+1.75
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Public Enemy	5	3.36	+1.64
Bossanova Pixies	5	3.38	+1.62
Surfer Rosa Pixies	5	3.5	+1.5
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips	5	3.57	+1.43
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room Dwight Yoakam	4	2.6	+1.4
Exile On Main Street The Rolling Stones	5	3.61	+1.39
Aladdin Sane David Bowie	5	3.61	+1.39
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.61	+1.39
Pictures At An Exhibition Emerson, Lake & Palmer	4	2.64	+1.36

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Dummy Portishead	2	3.71	-1.71
A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets	1	2.67	-1.67
Legalize It Peter Tosh	2	3.07	-1.07

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Artist	Albums	Average
Pixies	2	5
Beatles	2	5
David Bowie	2	5
A Tribe Called Quest	2	5

5-Star Albums (17)

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Popular Reviews

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

4/5

Love me some Yoakam...Streets of Bakersfield always makes me smile

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Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Always loved this album...gritty new orleans feel...Torn and Frayed + Loving Cup are absolutely solid

Phrenology

The Roots

5/5

Seed 2.0 is always solid...love this album cover...the lyrics are powerful, but the beats make me long for the times when more rap sounded this way - powerful lyrics + a unique beat

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

Bossanova

Pixies

5/5

It's like listening to an alt punk version of the Beatles...quick songs that hit and then move you on to the next...my wife love Velouria and its quickly become one of my favs on this album as well

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

I remember the first time listening to this album. I just purchased it in a stack of old records from a flea market in Tuscaloosa, AL. The fella I meet was a DJ in NY back in the 70s, and gave me the vast majority of Pink Floyd, Beatles, Led Zep, and Rolling Stones vinyls I have today. Going home to clean the albums, I selected this as the first to play as I had never heard it before even at the age of 26. I remember being floored by how modern it sounded and some of the bass lines in the background. Was a huge musical awakening for me.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

5/5

I hate to say this is my first time listening to this album cover to cover. Of course like ever other Bowie album I've listened to, its terrific.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

I love this stage of Beck's progression. Looking back through his discography, I fee like I notice more and more of the sounds developing that you hear in Guero. This is one of his sadder feeling albums to me, little slow for a Monday morning.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

This album renewed my faith in rap music and made me start exploring true artists instead of pop rap.

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

Radio Free Europe sets the bar high for the rest of the album...Catapult brought my attention back to the album after things slowed down a bit

The Doors

5/5

Just solid from cover to cover...generation altering lyrics + great, pulsating, engaging musical accompaniment

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Being recommended this album is one of the reasons I'm already a fan of 1001albumsgenerator...love how this album switched up my day

Real Life

Magazine

4/5

Way better sound than some of the other recent recs...love this type of punk sound as a switch-up to what I'm used to

The Band

4/5

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

First time ever listening this album but genuinely impressed...really cool punk sound and very smart lyrics to match...pretty surprised how much I ended up enjoying this album

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

4/5

totally wasn't expecting this...solid album with a really cool sound

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

4/5

Had no clue what to expect - loved the jazzy vibe of this album

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

1/5

Already sounds meh to me, hope it gets better...jesus its fine when he is rapping , but it is hard to listen to when he tries to actually sing...maybe the lyrics are smart but I literally can't listen to this album...garbage

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

Seriously miss the grudge sound...solid album from a time when I was just discovering "my own" music as opposed to just what my parents had on the radio

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

It was solid, just not my fav Talking Heads album

The United States Of America

3/5

Of the experimental sounds of the 60s, this one didn't grab me at the same level

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

It's soulful and all, but not my thing

Eagles

4/5

Peaceful easy feeling always makes me feel good an want to sing, even if my voice sucks...Eagles are always a welcome addition on the playlist

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

5/5

this was the album that made me like the flaming lips...starts out so beautiful with fight test

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Tribe is one of the shining examples of what rap can be...love this album

Close To The Edge

Yes

3/5

Its not that it isn't good - just not the biggest fan of progressive rock...I appreciate the album though

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

2/5

Its lofi which is cool but really blended into the background for me at the beginning

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

4/5

Yeah its powerful for sure...with that said, I have to separate the artist from the art...with that said as well, at least its better than a lot of the generic rap out there...maybe given time I'll appreciate the message more.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Incredible concept album...this is my second listen and I completely appreciate more this time around

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

ELO is a solid band to get me in a happier mood or feeling more energized...I might not have a clue what they are talking about half the time, but the vibe is solid

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

2/5

It's not bad, but I prefer his work with the Wailers...meh - strong lyrics with a repetitive sound

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

3/5

Irish punk...who knew it could be cool

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

My biggest takeaway from the album was learning more about Linda McCartney and how The Band formed in the wake of the Beatles ending. Band on the Run and Jet are entertaining songs, but the album as a whole isn't that exciting for me.

Fleet Foxes

3/5

I can appreciate it but doesn't have a high replay value for me

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Actually dig it - pretty relaxing

Dummy

Portishead

2/5

We'll see, but so far might not be my thing...its fine for the background

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

4/5

Clearly he is a strong singer songwriter

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

4/5

Love me some Yoakam...Streets of Bakersfield always makes me smile

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

I mean Pets Sounds is one of the greatest albums of time...did as much or more to change music than the Beatles accomplished at the same time

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Love how this album opens - one of my favorite talking heads albums

Black Metal

Venom

3/5

I can understand why this is influential, but I think I'm all set

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

5/5

Solid album with plenty of bangers

Being There

Wilco

4/5

There is nothing wrong with Wilco - just it blends into the background on certain songs for me

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

its a cool yet very different sound for sure

Goo

Sonic Youth

4/5

Love listening to Sonic Youth when I just need some noise to throw around my energy...solid album

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

4/5

Like so many albums from this time, you can feel the beginnings of psychedelic music

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

3/5

Its a cool sound for sure...good for the background

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

3/5

solid punk album

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

4/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

Dug the sound

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Come on, it's thriller baby

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

3/5

cool vibe - like it for background music

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

Just a solid album and loved all the music videos back in the day

Drunk

Thundercat

4/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

5/5

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

4/5

Definitely liked this way more than a lot of dance music I hear

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

it was fine, just that yacht rock sound to me

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

solid album

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Revolver is where they made the turn to hitting a next level stride, but Rubber Soul is still my favorite album of their early period

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

4/5

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

5/5

Let It Be

The Replacements

4/5

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

4/5

really really cool listen

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Its good but a little too moody for my taste

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

3/5

A Trent Reznor produced album can't be ignored, but MM goes get old for me on a cover to cover listen

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

REM always satisfies just not always my go to

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

3/5

interesting listen but just okay for me

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

3/5

this is really really cool - never heard anything like it

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

surprised how much I enjoyed this

Violent Femmes

3/5

I love how unique and jittery their sound it

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3/5

Its okay but not my fav

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

3/5

It was cool and I do love ATL rappers, but this didn't make me a CeeLo follower - it was average

System Of A Down

3/5

While this is not where I gravitate to, I do love the vibe and the lead singers voice

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

3/5

very cool sound...surprised I haven't listened to more Tom Waits in my time

Queen II

Queen

4/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5