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Album	You	Global	Diff
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	5	2.28	+2.72
Snivilisation Orbital	5	2.7	+2.3
Yeezus Kanye West	5	2.76	+2.24
Tago Mago Can	5	2.79	+2.21
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Raekwon	5	2.85	+2.15
Slayed? Slade	5	2.88	+2.12
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) Simple Minds	5	2.95	+2.05
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen The Residents	4	2.02	+1.98
Floodland Sisters Of Mercy	5	3.04	+1.96
Music For The Jilted Generation The Prodigy	5	3.07	+1.93

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Colour Of Spring Talk Talk	1	3.07	-2.07
Tellin’ Stories The Charlatans	1	2.95	-1.95
The United States Of America The United States Of America	1	2.61	-1.61
Brothers The Black Keys	2	3.57	-1.57
Surrealistic Pillow Jefferson Airplane	2	3.52	-1.52
War U2	2	3.47	-1.47
Parachutes Coldplay	2	3.46	-1.46
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears The Mamas & The Papas	2	3.43	-1.43
Cheap Thrills Big Brother & The Holding Company	2	3.42	-1.42
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) The Kinks	2	3.39	-1.39

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Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	3	4.67
Kanye West	2	5
Arcade Fire	2	5
Led Zeppelin	2	5
Public Enemy	3	4.33

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U2	2, 5

5-Star Albums (44)

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

Popular Reviews

Sea Change

Beck · 2 likes

5/5

A perfect album, the last truly high height from Beck’s discography. Good stuff is still to follow, but this one is stunning.

1-Star Albums (3)

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Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Definitely free on me the further in I got. Probably need to revisit a couple of her albums. The stream went straight from this into Son of a Preacher Man, reminding me of how much I have loved her musi before.

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Elvis Presley

3/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

Scum

Napalm Death

2/5

Phrenology

The Roots

3/5

Probably more like a 3.5, but at the moment it feels closer to a 3 than a 4. I’ve heard this album a lot, and its pretty good, but its fairly far down the list of releases from the Roots that I’d choose when listening to them.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

2/5

Forever Changes

Love

4/5

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Rocks

Aerosmith

4/5

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Paris 1919

John Cale

4/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

3/5

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

5/5

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

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

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Sea Change

Beck

5/5

A perfect album, the last truly high height from Beck’s discography. Good stuff is still to follow, but this one is stunning.

Risque

CHIC

3/5

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

3/5

Mott

Mott The Hoople

3/5

It might be the sort of thing where it could grow into a 4/5 with repeated listens, but the first listen left me fairly lukewarm on the album.

Eagles

4/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

This is a 4 when I’m in the right mood, but it feels like the sort of thing where i forget that I l enjoyed it as much as I did, and each time I hear it again, I’ll remember “that’s right, this is a 4 star experience!”

Yeezus

Kanye West

5/5

Man, it was so much easier to swallow Kanye when his rabid ego-mania seemed charming rather than disruptive and slightly terrifying. But this album is fantastic. The production really holds up. Its aggressive nature makes it feel outside of time and trend for me.

Ingenue

k.d. lang

2/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

1989

Taylor Swift

3/5

I think this is the first time I’m hearing her music. Probably heard it in the background before, as popular as she is, but this is the first time I’ve paid any attention. Well produced, and I can see the appeal, but not really up my alley.

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

David Bowie

5/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

4/5

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

2/5

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

2/5

So hard for me to get into psych rock from this era. It essentially has to wear me down a bit before I can get past the dated sound. White Rabbit is an all time classic, though.

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

2112

Rush

5/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

2/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

2/5

Future Days

Can

4/5

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

Among The Living

Anthrax

4/5

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

4/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

5/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

3/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Out of Step

Minor Threat

3/5

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

3/5

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

2/5

Paul Simon

3/5

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Clandestino

Manu Chao

5/5

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

4/5

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

2/5

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

1/5

Like A Prayer

Madonna

4/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

1/5

High Violet

The National

3/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

Slayed?

Slade

5/5

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

2/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

This is an album which I’ve listened to probably a dozen times s year or more for every year since it was released. Easily one of my desert island discs. It’s as emotional and moving of an experience now as it was back in 97. Rare are the truly perfect albums, but this is one of them.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

5/5

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

2/5

There are moments here and there on this album where I can understand why people hold this band in high regard, but every time I’ve listened to them, I largely feel bored by the music.

Bad

Michael Jackson

3/5

Kenya

Machito

3/5

New York Dolls

2/5

I am so underwhelmed by this album, but I can only recall how I felt about other albums which redefined music during that era, such as the Stooges or Velvet Underground. Today, this is a 2. After a couple more listens, I could see that improving.

Ramones

4/5

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

4/5

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

4/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

3/5

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

This has never been one of my favorite Zappa albums. It’s probably the one I’ve listened to the least over the years, but this listen was a bit of a surprise for me. I’ve warmed to it a bit. It’s still hard for me to imagine this finding it’s way onto my stereo more than a couple more times before I die, but it’s more of a possibility today than it would have been before the latest listen.

The La's

4/5

Hypnotised

The Undertones

4/5

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

4/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

4/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Pump

Aerosmith

3/5

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

3/5

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

5/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

5/5

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

4/5

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

2/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Tago Mago

Can

5/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

Black Metal

Venom

4/5

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

3/5

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

3/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

2/5

Arise

Sepultura

4/5

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

4/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Hysteria

Def Leppard

4/5

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

4/5

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

4/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

Beautiful Freak

Eels

3/5

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

4/5

War

2/5

Basket of Light

Pentangle

3/5

No Other

Gene Clark

3/5

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

5/5

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

4/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

2/5

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

3/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

4/5

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

2/5

Guero

Beck

4/5

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

5/5

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

3/5

Very

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

Tical

Method Man

3/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

5/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

3/5

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

5/5

Sure, I get it. 5 stars for that?!?! Am I saying that out of some sense that this is the “correct” answer? Is this a case of the emperor’s new clothes? Am I on drugs? Am I mentally well? A 5 for an album that I wouldn’t want to listen to more often than not? It just doesn’t make sense. I promise you, it is sincere. Many years ago I heard Frank Zappa for the first time and my musical world grew quickly. I found that I was drawn to things that stood in stark contrast to the kinds of music that was familiar. I wouldn’t always enjoy it, but I didn’t need to. My fascination with its uniqueness was enough. Of course, the less I enjoyed it, the less likely I was to return for another listen. Zappa’s album Hot Rats was my introduction to Captain Beefheart, and I loved his vocals on that album. When I found out that Trout Mask Replica existed, I immediately sought it out, and was truly fascinated by what I found. It was awful, and a strange musical mess, but damned interesting. I walked away thinking it was something I never needed to hear again, and thought I was done. A short time later, I tried to describe the experience of listening to the album to a friend, and decided to short cut things by just playing some of it for him. Some time later I repeated this with another friend. Over and over again, I’d find myself coming back to the album and playing it again, and before long the curiosity had been replaced by appreciation. More and more of it had started to click, until one day I realized that I actually enjoyed the thing. It’s still not an album that I can throw on any old time. It’s an experience that can only happen under the uncommon ideal circumstances, But when those elements come together, it’s electric.

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

5/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Quiet Life

Japan

3/5

The Joshua Tree

5/5

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

2/5

Damaged

Black Flag

3/5

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

5/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

2/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

4/5

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

5/5

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

4/5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

3/5

Heroes

David Bowie

5/5

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

3/5

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

2/5

Snivilisation

Orbital

5/5

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

2/5

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

2/5

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

4/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

4/5

The United States Of America

1/5

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

3/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Mask

Bauhaus

3/5

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

4/5

Van Halen

4/5

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

2/5

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

The Kinks

2/5

Protection

Massive Attack

5/5

Garbage

3/5

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

S&M

Metallica

4/5

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

4/5

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

2/5

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

3/5

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

4/5

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

Virgin Suicides

Air

3/5

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

Shadowland

k.d. lang

3/5

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

4/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

5/5

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

Opus Dei

Laibach

3/5

The Specials

5/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

3/5

Celebrity Skin

Hole

2/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

Cut

The Slits

3/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

4/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

3/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

4/5

This was the first I’ve heard of this artist, but there is definitely some overlap with some of the more experimental music that I find intriguing. It caught my ear in a way that has me curious to revisit it again in the near future. I’m going to give it the benefit of the doubt and bump up my rating a point to a 4. It fits the pattern of the kind of thing that will grow on me a good bit over time.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Take Me Apart

Kelela

3/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

4/5

Permission to Land

The Darkness

2/5

This album seems to nail the sound it’s aiming for. Unfortunately, that sound isn’t something that fits with my taste. Justin Hawkins is clearly a very talented singer, but the falsetto flourishes are too pervasive. This has always been an album that feels so close to a good fit and yet so far away.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

2/5

Orbital 2

Orbital

4/5

This was a foundational album in my burgeoning interest in electronic music back in the mid 90s. Their Green album was a good start, but it almost sounded too dated when I first heard it way back then. This Brown album, however, is still as excellent as I remember finding it then. This is not their pinnacle. That would come a few years later with In/Sides and Middle of Nowhere. But this is still an album that I pull out every few months.

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

4/5

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

2/5

I don’t listen to Industrial music as much as I did in my younger days back in the 90s, but it’s still in the rotation. When this album came up, I was excited to finally check out Throbbing Gristle. Unfortunately, however influential and ground breaking this was in the 70s, I just couldn’t connect with it. Happy with the music that was birthed from it, but this is not for me.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

2/5

I do not get the appeal.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

4/5

This is a band that I discovered 23 years ago and felt immediately drawn to their unique approach and sound. But their sound is something that I’m interested in exploring, but I have to be in a specific mood to enjoy the sound (and even then its very particular albums or songs in their catalog). This is an album that I hadn’t visited in almost 20 years, and I was surprised how well I remembered it, and how much I enjoyed this listen. 4 stars might be a bit too high, but 3 doesn’t really capture my feelings or reaction to this relisten.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

The Visitors

ABBA

2/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5