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Album	You	Global	Diff
Queens of the Stone Age Queens of the Stone Age	5	3.3	+1.7
Doolittle Pixies	5	3.75	+1.25
In Rainbows Radiohead	5	3.84	+1.16

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Arrival ABBA	1	3.5	-2.5
Welcome To The Pleasuredome Frankie Goes To Hollywood	1	3.11	-2.11
Kind Of Blue Miles Davis	2	4.06	-2.06
A Short Album About Love The Divine Comedy	1	2.77	-1.77
Yeezus Kanye West	1	2.77	-1.77
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	2	3.7	-1.7
L.A. Woman The Doors	2	3.67	-1.67
A Love Supreme John Coltrane	2	3.63	-1.63
Madman Across The Water Elton John	2	3.59	-1.59
Blonde On Blonde Bob Dylan	2	3.5	-1.5

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Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

1/5

Not good; this is what you'd hear on a network tv show when they need some "edgy" rock music, like in CSI when they go to a seedy club to question someone, or when a main character spins out

13 likes

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

2/5

I can understand using art to express states of mind like extreme frustration or anger. But, to make a huge understatement, I think fantasizing about disposing of your wife's dead body is not entertainment and is a misapplication of creativity and talent. He committed that not only to this record but to the record of his character for all time. And frankly I can't see past it. I acknowledge the importance of this record but I have no appetite for it at all.

5 likes

Play

Moby

2/5

I remember liking this when it came out. I think maybe this album introduced "electronic" music to a lot of people at the time. Just doesn't hold up.

2 likes

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

So many great songs packed into less than 40 minutes!

1 likes

Yeezus

Kanye West

1/5

Kinda dug the industrial electronic feel. Unfortunately the content wasn't for me. It mostly goes on and on about how great Kanye is.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (5)

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Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

Frank Black's yelp is unconventional, and possibly off-putting to some; but Surfer Rosa is noisy and exciting, bright and surprisingly melodic. It was probably a really fresh sound at the time. Hot take: "Where Is My Mind" isn't even the best song on this album... "Gigantic" is.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

2/5

Bored. Very bland. The one inch I'll give this album is that it's not technically bad and it's a major part of the sound of the decade in which it was released. Hot take: if this isn't already considered dad rock, it will be soon.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Her voice soars on every song.

Achtung Baby

2/5

It's not to my taste. Though the sound is iconic, it doesn't excite me, and I find the lyrics overdramatic to the point of being boring. I'm not that familiar with U2 and didn't know this was their SEVENTH album. I guess their previous effort was widely panned. So I do appreciate their ability to be self-critical and challenge each other and come up with something they were proud of.

Closer

Joy Division

3/5

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

3/5

Sometimes groovy, sometimes like a dream sequence, sometimes a little chaotic (yet not in an unpleasant way). The songs are quite long and I had trouble knowing when they began or ended. Soundscapes that shine in headphones. I can appreciate it but I think I personally like a little more structure to things.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

It's fine. Far from an essential listen. Kinda reminds me of Billy Joel (not that I know his work very well, either). I'm surprised they were pretty much a one-hit wonder in the US. Come On Eileen is an earworm but it's probably not the best song on the album.

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

3/5

"as interesting as it is ignorable" -- is an intriguing description. Music that you can drift away from, but it's still rewarding when you return to it. This reminds me a bit of puzzle adventure games; some have great soundtracks that excel at leaving you to focus on the problem at hand.

Sister

Sonic Youth

3/5

I like Sonic Youth's more tuneful stuff, so it's cool to hear this album where they start moving in that direction but still have one foot solidly in the world of noise and discordance.

Eagles

2/5

While I wouldn't go out of my way, I wouldn't be mad to listen to this on vinyl. The vocal harmonies really are what keeps the songs interesting.

Bert Jansch

3/5

I had never heard of Bert Jansch. He has a wonderful voice on this album. I liked how there were some instrumentals - when one loves playing guitar, I assume sometimes one just wants to play, and do their best to express something with the instrument. Glad to have been introduced to this artist.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

The eclectic interludes and influences surprised me. Loved "get it together" with Q-tip.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

2/5

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

4/5

Just cool. It's ambient but rewards active listening. Electronic music with heart.

Paul Simon

4/5

Cross

Justice

3/5

I wore out most of these songs back when the album first came out. But it's a solid album with a distinct sound - which I think is sometimes hard to pull off with electronic music.

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

So many great songs packed into less than 40 minutes!

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

3/5

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

1/5

What a snooze

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

I can dig it!

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

That'll put some hep in your step!

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2/5

Undoubtedly a great piano player; just not very interesting to me.

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

2/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

2/5

Sheet Music

10cc

2/5

Sounds like a potential influence for Of Montreal.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

Iron Maiden

4/5

Uhhh that was awesome.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

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

Devo

3/5

Mostly fun!

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

4/5

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

3/5

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

2/5

The Real Thing

Faith No More

2/5

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

2/5

Phrenology

The Roots

3/5

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

Chelsea Girl

Nico

2/5

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

2/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

3/5

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

Kind of obnoxious, and the hits don't hold up.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Van Halen

3/5

The La's

3/5

Dog Man Star

Suede

3/5

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

3/5

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

3/5

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Bad Company

2/5

NEU! 75

Neu!

2/5

Tracy Chapman

3/5

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

3/5

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

2/5

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

3/5

In It For The Money

Supergrass

3/5

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

3/5

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

3/5

"Time" is a jam

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

2/5

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

3/5

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

2/5

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

2/5

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

2/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

2/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

2/5

I mean, I know it's good. And there's parts I even really like. I think this kind of jazz just isn't for me.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

3/5

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

3/5

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

Initially interesting, but quickly fell off for me. Two stars for good instrumentation.

1999

Prince

3/5

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

2/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

Fun!

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

I enjoyed it. At times it feels like a bridge between big band and cool jazz, like the former is melting and the latter is emerging.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

It was solid. The harp on some songs was unexpected and not unwelcome. Otherwise, there's nothing particularly attention-grabbing about it. I like when the band has a quirk or something weird I can latch on to and Manic Street Preachers doesn't have that, at least on this album.

Blur

3/5

Song 2 is super tired at this point, it was a huge hit in the U.S. Doesn't quite have that edge that it used to have. But luckily the rest of the album is much weirder and more interesting than I remembered. Beetlebum seems like the strongest, though, and since it's the album opener, there's less to look forward to later.

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

Even though this isn't an album I'd pop on any day of the week, I think the raw power on display is worthy of 4 stars. Also didn't realize how influential this album is in rock history.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

2/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Listened to this a fair bit in college for some reason. I mean, some of these songs are totally iconic. I just have no urge to come back to them now.

Connected

Stereo MC's

2/5

Production quality is very high, but this didn't really stick to me.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

2/5

Undoubtedly creative, and undoubtedly not for me.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

1/5

I would describe this record as truly avoidable.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

3/5

Not a fan of the guy, almost didn't listen, but I did like the album.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

I appreciated the lyrical content and themes, just not into Bruce's style.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

2/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

3/5

Fairly energetic, in terms of movement rather than tempo, yet it's still background music for me.

The Clash

4/5

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

3/5

It's a rather pretty album, and I like the subtle electronic touches.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

2/5

It was fine.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

2/5

There isn't anything I don't particularly like, but it's not connecting with me for some reason. Not compelled to re-listen or seek out more.

Parklife

Blur

2/5

Album is all over the place, with a handful of excellent songs.

1989

Taylor Swift

2/5

Forgettable, except I gotta say I love "Shake It Off."

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

2/5

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

Repeater

Fugazi

4/5

That sound, that energy. Love it

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Was prepared to dislike it, ended up enjoying it. I liked the use of synths and thought I could hear a number of sounds that probably ended up influencing a lot of bands I like.

The Cars

3/5

Common

3/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

2/5

It's fine. Listenable.

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

3/5

Sounds surprisingly current. A little same-y for its length.

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

3/5

Definitely a headphones album. I think I expected something higher energy. It's nice though.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

2/5

Not my favorite by the Doors. Doesn't have the same feeling of excitement or any sense of pushing the boundaries. I guess my hot take is the more they lean into a blues style the less interested I am, and it's not because of the blues, it's because of the Doors doing the blues.

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

2/5

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

2/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Risque

CHIC

2/5

At least it has a sense of fun, unlike a lot of the dreck on this list

Play

Moby

2/5

I remember liking this when it came out. I think maybe this album introduced "electronic" music to a lot of people at the time. Just doesn't hold up.

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

1/5

Not good; this is what you'd hear on a network tv show when they need some "edgy" rock music, like in CSI when they go to a seedy club to question someone, or when a main character spins out

Being There

Wilco

3/5

It's good stuff!

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

2/5

Got the idea after a couple of songs.

Orbital 2

Orbital

3/5

Halycon + On + On + On +On

Yeezus

Kanye West

1/5

Kinda dug the industrial electronic feel. Unfortunately the content wasn't for me. It mostly goes on and on about how great Kanye is.

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

2/5

Pretenders

2/5

Street Signs

Ozomatli

2/5

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

3/5

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

I like Elvis Costello, though I tire easily of him... yet I found this album to be an easy listen.

A Northern Soul

The Verve

3/5

A great album save for the fact that it drags in the second half.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

4/5

Laid back!

Teen Dream

Beach House

4/5

Drunk

Thundercat

3/5

I like the relaxed vibe. I think the album should be half as long as it is, though.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

En-Tact

The Shamen

2/5

Production quality seems high, but it's boring. Low effort techno

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Foo Fighters

4/5

It's good rock, and it's fun. I admit I'm having some nostalgia bias here. I love the unpolished sound. This is the kind of debut that makes you excited for what's to come. For me, Foo Fighters ended up in a direction I don't care for, but there's always this album to take me back.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

2/5

Not for me.

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

2/5

Not bad at all, just not for me. I was surprised by all the horn samples (in a good way).

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

2/5

It sounds pretty good, I dunno, ol' Elton just never struck a chord with me. My brain processes all the song as ballads which is a little unfair. But what can I say? I'm not excited by his work.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

Arrival

ABBA

1/5

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Faust IV

Faust

3/5

Weird, fun, not unpleasant, but probably not revisiting this.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

3/5

"Had a Dad" was a big song for me back in high school. One of the rockingest songs that ever rocked. There are other great songs on this record, and I can appreciate it as a pivot point in rock history, but it doesn't hit me the same way now... it's been many years since I listened to it in full, and will probably be many years until I do it again.

The Slider

T. Rex

2/5

It's fun, playful. Something about the songs just sound same-y to me.

Queens of the Stone Age

5/5

Contains two of my favorite rock songs of all time, "If Only" and "You Can't Quit Me Baby." When the album came out, it was more accessible than Kyuss, far less cheesy/repetitive than Fu Manchu, and just odd enough - sonically and lyrically - to be cooler than mainstream hard rock.

GREY Area

Little Simz

3/5