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Album	You	Global	Diff
Vulgar Display Of Power Pantera	5	2.97	+2.03
Emergency On Planet Earth Jamiroquai	5	3.27	+1.73
2112 Rush	5	3.39	+1.61
Dirt Alice In Chains	5	3.47	+1.53
Raising Hell Run-D.M.C.	5	3.51	+1.49
Machine Head Deep Purple	5	3.59	+1.41
Mothership Connection Parliament	5	3.61	+1.39
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.62	+1.38
Young Americans David Bowie	5	3.62	+1.38
With The Beatles Beatles	5	3.66	+1.34

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Virgin Suicides Air	1	3.24	-2.24
Can't Buy A Thrill Steely Dan	2	3.72	-1.72
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	2	3.52	-1.52
She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper	2	3.48	-1.48
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	2	3.47	-1.47
Diamond Life Sade	2	3.42	-1.42
Metal Box Public Image Ltd.	1	2.42	-1.42
Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt	1	2.39	-1.39
Bossanova Pixies	2	3.38	-1.38
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	2	3.31	-1.31

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	3	5

5-Star Albums (25)

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With The Beatles

Beatles

5/5

Imagine if we could have pop music this good now

4 likes

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

4/5

This was a good punk album. I could hear The Police, Fugazi and others in their songs. Enjoyed it

3 likes

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

5/5

Groovy, funky and I was literally listening to this two days before it came up in the list. Great musicians playing great songs

2 likes

Diamond Life

Sade

2/5

Yawn with a layer of cheese

1 likes

1-Star Albums (3)

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In Rainbows

Radiohead

3/5

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

3/5

Surprised Fear of a Black Planet wasn’t in the list instead of this album. But this is good none the less

The Predator

Ice Cube

3/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

What can I say, this is a classic grunge album but not my favorite grunge album

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

This is a pop album?? Complex, challenging and very different from the big single Every Breath You Take.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Great album, the harmonies and song writing are sublime

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Hits from start to finish

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Great Latin fusion, groovy and soulful. Classic Santana guitar work

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

2/5

I struggled with this one, just not my cup of tea.

Chris

Christine and the Queens

3/5

It’s not a bad pop album. Only listened to the French versions

Foo Fighters

4/5

Not their best album (that would be The Colour and the Shape) but the first and the one that got me in to the Foos. The lyrics are pretty obscure and you can tell from the way the vocals are mixed that Dave is not used to being the front man yet.

The Blueprint

JAY Z

4/5

I’m no hip hop aficionado but it’s a good album.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

2/5

Not sure why this is included in the list of albums you must listen to before you die. It’s ok 90’s hip hop but not that great and most of the songs are at least 2 minutes too long.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

5/5

Groovy, funky and I was literally listening to this two days before it came up in the list. Great musicians playing great songs

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

2/5

Background music

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

3/5

Classic 80’s synth pop. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

There’s a joyful innocence about ABBA that you don’t hear these days. I enjoyed this album

Tommy

The Who

3/5

Ambitious but overly long and overblown. Quite dark at times with songs like Cousin Kevin and Fiddle About is literally about Tommy getting molested by his uncle, wtf? Anyway, there are some good tunes on here, Pinball Wizard being the highlight but overall it does drag on a bit and I think would benefit from some visuals on stage or film.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

Dylan at his poetic best. It’s live, loose and janglely. Sounds like it was recorded all in the same room together playing which just works. A classic for sure

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Smooth, sexy and soulful. I enjoyed this album a lot more than I thought I would. Is that enough was my favorite track

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

Good, but not great

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

I guess “art rock” means a total lack of anything resembling some kind of song structure, you know like a verse or chorus or even an enjoyable melody. I struggled to get through this

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

3/5

Good pop album. I’m not a big Beyoncé fan but you can’t deny she has a great voice.

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

2/5

2 1/2 stars. It’s ok but I don’t see why it makes this list

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

I prefer The Slider personally but perhaps this album is more influential.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

5/5

Now we have a classic rock album! Every song is great, Maybe I’m a Leo is probably my favorite.

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

3/5

This was cool, punkabilly country punk or whatever you call it.

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

4/5

This was a good punk album. I could hear The Police, Fugazi and others in their songs. Enjoyed it

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

3/5

Good relaxing background music.

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

4/5

Great flow, good beats. 90’s hip hop is the best.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Not their best album. At this stage in their career you can see that the Stones don’t have the songwriting level of the Beatles but there is some good tunes on this one.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

There aren’t enough stars for this album. Beautiful, haunting, powerful soaring melodies over intricate guitar lines and driving rhythms. There’s not a bad song here, Lilac Wine & So Real are my favs

Garbage

3/5

Probably 3.5 stars. There is something quintessentially 90’s about Garbage and that’s not a bad thing. With Butch Vig both in the band and behind the boards they couldn’t really wrong but there is a dark sultry-ness to these songs that make them stand out from the crowd.

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Imagine, the song, is not only one of John Lennon’s most iconic tunes, it’s one of the most iconic tunes of the 20th century. The album however, doesn’t back it up. It’s good but not great. Some tracks remind me of Rolling Stones b-sides.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Really enjoyed this album. Great songs and writing. Didn’t realize how many classics were on here.

No Other

Gene Clark

3/5

3.5 stars. I’d never heard of Gene Clark before and this album gave me some nice CSN&Y vibes. I would call this early alt-country and as a guitar player I enjoyed the solos.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Jazz/prog folk. It’s just not really my thing

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

Cool vibes, funky and chill at times too.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

2/5

Got this on Boxing Day, so the theme fit. Other than that, why is this on the list?

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Great old school RnB. Wonderful voice

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

Some Brit pop goodness, but not the best Brit pop

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

Cross

Justice

2/5

In the late 90’s I was into The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk and Fatboy Slim quite a bit. This seems like a second tier act to them. The Party song is woeful and some of the samples actually pull you out of the song rather than add to it.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

The problem with this list is there is no context as to why a particular album is on here. I was looking forward to the Cure but there were none of the hits I knew.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

Oh man, this is five stars straight up. In my opinion the greatest funk album ever! Psychedelic, sci-fi and seriously funky.

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

2/5

Death of a clown sounds like a Dylan cover. It’s ok

Diamond Life

Sade

2/5

Yawn with a layer of cheese

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3/5

Has some classic songs but some do drag on a bit too long. It’s raw, live and has that classic Dylan feel.

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

The Who are obviously more of a live band. This was better than Tommy, but I realized I’m just not much of a fan.

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

2/5

Who let the rednecks out? Second question, why is this here? Frat boy rock at its worst. Don’t give this guy credit for nu metal/rap rock. That goes to Beasties, FNM RATM

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

3.5 stars I enjoyed this more than the previous Nick Drake album listed. This sounds more contemporary to me and has an alt folk feel.

Pretenders

3/5

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

3/5

3.5 stars. Just good tunes

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

2/5

It’s ok alt rock

Repeater

Fugazi

4/5

Post punk brilliance.

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

It’s ok. Take me out is way over played on the radio but it not a bad song

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

3/5

Ramones meets AC/DC but with some silly lyrics. Good rockin fun thought with some good riffs.

Shadowland

k.d. lang

3/5

Great voice, just not really my thing

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

2/5

Yacht rock. Some cool guitar licks and harmonies but this is the kind of rock I hated growing up.

Destroyer

KISS

4/5

This is the classic lineup and their best album by far.

Virgin Suicides

Air

1/5

If I died and hadn’t listened to this album I’d be perfectly fine with that. Boring

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

3/5

Cool vibes

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

Cool latin vibes

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

2/5

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

5/5

Quite possibly the best metal album of the 90’s. Definitely Pantera’s best album

Dirt

Alice In Chains

5/5

The best grunge album. Period.

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

Irreverent, funny and the beginning of what would become a brilliant career. 4 stars

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

Hadn’t heard of these guys and really enjoyed the ska punk type vibe

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

2/5

2.5 stars. I’m not a big fan of her voice but the songs are ok

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

The Stones best album of the 60’s

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Great modern soul/R&B album

System Of A Down

4/5

I’m surprised that this album is on the list and not Toxicity. That was the album that really broke the band in to the mainstream.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

4/5

At the height of the pop punk trend along comes an actual punk rock band. With more in common with The Clash and Minor Threat to anything the pretend punk bands had, the Hives fast, thrashy jangly guitar is a breath of fresh air.

Being There

Wilco

4/5

Alt rock pioneers

The Joshua Tree

5/5

5 stars. Classic album with brilliant songs.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

5 stars. Not because I love this album, in fact I’m not a big fan of the Clash. 5 stars because I can hear the influence on bands I love and grew up with and that deserves recognition. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rancid and the Living End are all here in these songs.

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3/5

Good harmonies

Dummy

Portishead

3/5

Cool

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

2/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

Simply brilliant

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

5/5

As the songs says, Perfection.

Young Americans

David Bowie

5/5

Bowie is brilliant

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

No idea why this Madonna album made the list

Adele

4/5

Adele is a breath of fresh air. Real songs and a real voice with no auto tune

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

A metal masterpiece. RIP Cliff Burton

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

3/5

It’s really not my thing but I can see this would have been massive in the clubs at the time. 80’s synth pop at its best

Tical

Method Man

4/5

I don’t have enough background and knowledge to know how to really rate this but 4 stars seems right

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

4/5

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

I’m not the biggest Clapton fan and I’m a guitar player

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

4/5

Great album. Real Americana style, Dylan-esque at times

With The Beatles

Beatles

5/5

Imagine if we could have pop music this good now

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Wait, this isn’t the album with She Don’t Use Jelly??

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Viva Hate

Morrissey

4/5

Dark, morose and beautiful

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

3/5

I’m not sure Primal Scream get enough credit for what they did with rock and electronic music

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

This sounds like the flaming lips

The Doors

5/5

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

4/5

Great soulful music

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

2/5

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

3/5

All That You Can't Leave Behind

3/5

This album is ok, but is it even in U2’s top 5?

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

Had never heard of this artist before and it’s not my typical genre but the music was funky and had great swagger

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

This was a cool indie/alternative album.

Solid Air

John Martyn

4/5

This was a cool, light jazz album

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

In my opinion their second best album after the Scientist. Modern version of U2 with some good songs

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

It has Superstition on it so that’s two days by itself

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

2/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

How Sheryl Crow is the same list as this album I’ll never know

Picture Book

Simply Red

3/5

Classic 80s pop with some funk and soul

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Is this considered Americana? It’s a good album

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Great 90s punk

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Chaotic genius

Drunk

Thundercat

4/5

Funky

The Undertones

3/5

I’d never heard of this Irish punk band before but this is a great record

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

Bluesy rock at its finest

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

2/5

Suzanne Vega

3/5

Introspective music like this sadly doesn’t seem to exist these days in the mainstream

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

2/5

I tried, just not my thing

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

3/5

A couple of bangers raised to 3 stars. But if there’s going to be a nu metal album it should be White Pony by Deftones.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

3/5

Frankie says relax

The Clash

4/5

Great punk rock

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

A band I was aware of but never listened to.

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

I didn’t know this was the original Without You

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Beautiful melancholic pop

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Cool afro blues

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

4/5

The Knot at their finest

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Bossanova

Pixies

2/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Among The Living

Anthrax

4/5

Anthrax classic tongue in cheek approach to thrash metal

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

2/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

The King of pop

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Banger after banger, an album so good Free Bird is the last track

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

Borderline unlistenable

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

2/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

The first half of the album are all bangers but there is some filler on the second half

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Brilliant, quirky and The Beatles

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

3/5

A cool jam band album

Faust IV

Faust

3/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

3/5

I’m not a country music fan but this was way better than the typical modern hokey hip hop type country

Common

3/5

Good album

Orbital 2

Orbital

2/5

2112

Rush

5/5

A masterpiece

In It For The Money

Supergrass

4/5

Fun Brit rock album with some catchy tunes

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

3/5

This is a hard one to rate. Confronting, chaotic at times but with brilliant musicianship and hardcore energy. But, would I listen to it again? Probably not.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

Good but didn’t knock my socks off

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5