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Album	You	Global	Diff
Seventeen Seconds The Cure	5	3.38	+1.62
Beauty And The Beat The Go-Go's	5	3.39	+1.61
Frank Amy Winehouse	5	3.45	+1.55
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters	5	3.5	+1.5
The Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald	5	3.53	+1.47
Ramones Ramones	5	3.58	+1.42
21 Adele	5	3.69	+1.31
A Short Album About Love The Divine Comedy	4	2.77	+1.23
Off The Wall Michael Jackson	5	3.78	+1.22
Back In Black AC/DC	5	3.86	+1.14

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	1	3.61	-2.61
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	1	3.61	-2.61
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	1	3.49	-2.49
Debut Björk	1	3.37	-2.37
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	1	3.3	-2.3
Exit Planet Dust The Chemical Brothers	1	3.16	-2.16
Vespertine Björk	1	3.16	-2.16
Sunshine Superman Donovan	1	3.09	-2.09
Music For The Jilted Generation The Prodigy	1	3.07	-2.07
Kimono My House Sparks	1	3.06	-2.06

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Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

1/5

Worst one yet! My horizons are expanding but I don't want them to.

54 likes

Frank

Amy Winehouse

5/5

Not usually into jazz but honestly it doesn't matter when you hear Amy's voice.

11 likes

Odessa

Bee Gees

1/5

Very weird coincidence to get this album on the day Russia invades Ukraine. Anyway, utter crap.

10 likes

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

1/5

I haven't finished listening to this yet (and I will, I am no quitter) but I already know my rating will be 1/5 because the whole of the 45 mins I've listened to so far has sounded exactly the same to me.

9 likes

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

2/5

He was obviously extraordinarily talented, but god this album felt like it would never end.

5 likes

1-Star Albums (29)

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Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Kind of chill, kind of vibey.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Good background music

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

I feel like I'm on drugs

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

1/5

Not really my thing. Makes me quite uncomfortable listening to it. I guess that might have been the point, but really not for me.

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

Nothing stuck out too much to me. Felt very country.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

5/5

Not usually into jazz but honestly it doesn't matter when you hear Amy's voice.

Dummy

Portishead

2/5

Bit weird, wouldn't have listened to it otherwise.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Fine!

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

5/5

A lovely listening experience :) What a voice!

Kenya

Machito

3/5

Very jazzy, felt like I was in a Bond film.

World Clique

Deee-Lite

2/5

Groove is in the Heart - top banger. The rest kind of blurred into one.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

Better than Eminem.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Good album! Felt like a classic.

Me Against The World

2Pac

3/5

Okay. Not my cup of tea. Better than Eminem.

Adele

4/5

It is a modern classic!

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Nice listening, what a great singer!

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

Jazzy. Easy listening!

Debut

Björk

1/5

Did not really get this album.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

2/5

Bit boring.

Risque

CHIC

4/5

Party time!

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Jazzy, enjoyed a few songs a lot. Good music to listen to while a rail replacement.

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Great album, full of bangers. Not Green Day's best though, I think!

Soul Mining

The The

4/5

Good 80s vibe, long songs put me off a little! Exactly the sort of album I was hoping to find with this project.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

classic rock and roll!

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

2/5

stealth Bjork. Bit weird.

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

3/5

Perfectly fine!

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

2/5

He was obviously extraordinarily talented, but god this album felt like it would never end.

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

2/5

Experience marred by listening to it on Youtube with ads. Bit background-music-y, not that engaging.

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

1/5

I am just not that into rap, the songs all sounded very similar to me.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

I had fun listening to this, nothing too sticking though.

The Last Broadcast

Doves

4/5

Enjoyed! Good music to vibe to.

Kimono My House

Sparks

1/5

Mostly a bunch of noise.

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

1/5

Worst one yet! My horizons are expanding but I don't want them to.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

5/5

great stuff, nice to get a good album

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

Stone cold classic!

The Visitors

ABBA

4/5

Not got all the bangers but a couple!

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

Smooooooooth operator

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Made me sleepy, also, I thought he could sing more in tune than this.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

3/5

Actually quite enjoyed this, but there's only so long you can listen to bongos for.

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

2/5

Should be called 'Music for falling asleep'. Pros: Good to fall asleep to. Cons: fell asleep.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

3/5

Pretty fun! Bopped my head a few times.

Real Life

Magazine

3/5

Pretty fun. Not sure if I'll listen again.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2/5

A relaxing listen, talented pianist, but not particularly engaging.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

COME ON EILEEN

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

3/5

Pretty fun listen!

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

3/5

quite fun! Might try and listen to more of this band

Odessa

Bee Gees

1/5

Very weird coincidence to get this album on the day Russia invades Ukraine. Anyway, utter crap.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

3/5

First song - banger though even that goes on a bit at times. Rest, good but honestly goes on a bit too long.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

1/5

There was a lot going on here.

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

1/5

Absolutely bizarre.

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

Fun listen! Look forward to other Bowie albums.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Very 90s, I thought this was going to be folk after googling the band so that was a surprise. Meh.

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

4/5

Pleasantly surprised! I'll listen to more of this band.

The La's

3/5

Pretty good! Tailed off at the end. Some bangers.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

Alright, every song was a bit too long

The Grand Tour

George Jones

1/5

Not my favourite genre.

Closer

Joy Division

4/5

Lot of bangers! Fun painting music.

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

1/5

Bit noisy. Not my thing.

Horses

Patti Smith

2/5

Alright, not sure I was a fan of her voice but some good rocking songs.

Opus Dei

Laibach

1/5

Weird. Definitely woke me up. Not in a good way.

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

3/5

Alright! Started weird but improved after a few songs.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Some classics! Not managed the full album yet but enjoyed most of what I heard

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

2/5

Alright. Probably would have enjoyed it more if some of the songs were a bit shorter.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

3/5

Quite interesting to begin with then blurred into background noise. Okay!

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Quite gentle and relaxing, Son of a Preacher Man is a classic!

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

2/5

Listened to it while doing stuff and didn't really notice it in the background. Thought it would be punkier.

Vespertine

Björk

1/5

Weird. Why does Bjork feature on this list so much. I almost fell asleep.

Foo Fighters

5/5

A classic! I think there are better Foos albums that aren't on this list, but what a banger.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

1/5

blurs into all the other weird 60s albums on this list.

En-Tact

The Shamen

1/5

Managed to be simultaneously noisy and sleepy-making. Did have a nap.

Caetano Veloso

2/5

Jazzy though a bit samey.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

2/5

Pretty jazzy and bluesy. Seemed like a talented chap.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

4/5

A classic! Sang along while cooking dinner.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

Not quite as fun as the Bon Jovi but still pretty good!

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

Great album!

Adele

5/5

Adele at her best!

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

3/5

Some good songs but can’t see myself listening to it again

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Pretty good soul stuff!

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

2/5

bit nothingy

Take Me Apart

Kelela

3/5

Bit spacy, didn't make a huge impression, but thought quite nice.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

1/5

why are all the rap albums so long

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Pretty good again! Weird to have two Smiths albums in one week

Cross

Justice

2/5

Like shit Daft Punk

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

2/5

Alright, went on a bit.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Okay, fairly chill vibes, good background music.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

It's got all the bangers! Great album.

Doolittle

Pixies

3/5

Pretty good, couple of really great songs.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

Slightly weird in places

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

Pretty fun! Didn't realise they had done some of those songs.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

FA FA FA FA FA FA FA FA FAR

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Pretty fun!

Roots

Sepultura

1/5

Didn't get very far in. I really struggle with this genre, can't really differentiate one band from another.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Fairly chill but it is no Rumours.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

2/5

kind of blurred into the other 70s stuff, but listenable

The Rise & Fall

Madness

3/5

A lot of similar sounding songs but still pretty fun.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

2/5

Jazzy. Took ages to listen to.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

3/5

Interesting, not an unpleasant listening experience.

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

2/5

Thought I would hate this more than I did. Not sure I could have listened to more than 15 minutes though.

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

2/5

Again, not my favourite genre.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Pretty good. Not sure why they left the best song for last.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

HOLD ME CLOSER, TINY DAAAANCER

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

1/5

Just a load of noise.

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

2/5

Alright, seemed like classic 90s rock but with a particularly off singer.

evermore

Taylor Swift

4/5

I do love this album, but not her best one.

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

1/5

mehhhh

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

2/5

An experience. Don't know if it was a good one or not.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

mehhh

Phrenology

The Roots

2/5

I should have changed my settings to avoid rap as a genre! I do not get it! Why have I had four rap albums in the last week! Why are they all over an hour long! ^I wrote this at the start. It got better. ^^Changed my mind again. Too long. Got fed up.

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

2/5

Okay. Not amazing.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

A classic but nothing stood out to me too much (perhaps wasn't listening closely enough)

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Was expecting this to be better.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

Was interesting even when it was weird. Think I enjoyed!

Ingenue

k.d. lang

4/5

Very nice! Chill. Think she's a good songwriter.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Liked this one! Pretty fun songs.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Pretty boring.

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

1/5

Bit shouty. Exactly what you'd expect from the album name/art.

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

Bit weird, not uninteresting.

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

I mean, it's a classic for a reason. Not chock full of bangers though.

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

3/5

Definitely a worse singer than I thought he was, but Tainted Love is always a banger.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Bit weird. Better than the other one on the list.

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

4/5

Ahhhhh yeah I love 80s synth

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Fun listen! Would have been higher if the songs weren't so long

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

1/5

when will it end

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

3/5

Alright, punky

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

4/5

Great album! And Spotify led me on an incredible genre path after this. Had a good day.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

3/5

Some bops! But not full of them.

Crazysexycool

TLC

4/5

Enjoyed this and immediately listened to their next album too :)

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Okay, I didn't like it as much as I like Teardrops.

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

2/5

Okay, not the worst 70s album on this list

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

Pretty fun!

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Pretty good, pleasant listening experience

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

I mean, Janis Joplin is an icon for a reason. Little bit too on the psychedelic side for me, though.

Being There

Wilco

2/5

Alright, quite easy listening but Disc 2 was a bit much.

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

3/5

bit overprocessed in places but still a good album

Achtung Baby

3/5

Pretty good, I think not U2's best though.

The Real Thing

Faith No More

2/5

mmmmm bit shouty but started promising

Blue

Joni Mitchell

2/5

She's obviously very talented, not 100% my thing though

Black Sabbath

2/5

Went on for a while...

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

3/5

Jazzy

Buena Vista Social Club

2/5

Jazzy, went on a bit.

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Seemed like classic Bowie? I dunno

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

2/5

Mingus schmingus Got quite noisy near the end. Kept thinking it would get better.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

2/5

Bit more listenable than some of the jazz

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Good stuff!

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

3/5

Pretty fun!

Technique

New Order

3/5

Not as good as some of their other ones, but quite boppy.

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

Couple of absolute classics but the rest was kinda meh

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

2/5

Now I know what that Simpsons joke is about.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

Couple of true classics on this one.

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

2/5

Fine as an album. Didn't pay much attention to it.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

2/5

The run of 60s/70s albums I've had is unfortunately blurring them all into one, this one being no exception.

Timeless

Goldie

1/5

So very long

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

2/5

Did not stand out to me.

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

2/5

Bit trippy. Don't think enjoyable.

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

1/5

Hmmmmmmmmmmm

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

As rap albums go, it's not too bad! Really liked Dawn of the Dreads

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

1/5

Not hugely listenable.

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

3/5

Got more into this as it went on!

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

Beautiful!

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5

Fine enough!

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

2/5

Bit slushy.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

2/5

Alright, the 13 minute song was a bit much.

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

4/5

Yeah! Rockin'.

Kenza

Khaled

2/5

Kind of odd, I guess not the sort of music I listen to usually. Some bits were nice.

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

David Bowie

4/5

Pretty fun!

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Extremely jazzy. Shame the whole album wasn't on Spotify.

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

Some bits were okay. Don't remember any of it now. :D

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

Better than expected!

Metallica

2/5

Couple of bangers but couldn't get into the rest.

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

I think I enjoyed the other Cure album that we've already had a bit more.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

2/5

Bit weird. Wasn't surprised to see that they've collaborated with Bjork.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

I could get into some of it, but other parts were a bit too shouty for me

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Quite odd. Was not really expecting.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

2/5

Hm.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

I thought this would be better. Some good beats and riffs but couldn't get past the singing. Think their other album was better.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

1/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Pretty good rock. Songs went on a little too long.

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

4/5

This was fun! And great name.

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

Not particularly memorable.

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

Noodly doodly doo

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

Quite nice

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Good album! Fun tunes.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

Think I preferred the other Talking Heads album on this list.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

1/5

Nnnnnnnot my thing

A Northern Soul

The Verve

3/5

Felt like classic 90s.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

Shame only half the album is on Spotify, because I definitely enjoyed what was there!

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

Pretty good! Think I will listen to some more of them.

Ramones

5/5

Great stuff! Short and sweet.

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

2/5

Not super exciting.

Yeezus

Kanye West

1/5

Obviously not to my taste, but almost aggressively bad.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

Pretty good! She has a great voice

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

Undecided. Think a little strange but maybe will reconsider after listening to Dark Side of the Moon (assuming that's on this list)

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

Pretty fun!

Violent Femmes

2/5

okay, bit mindless.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

1/5

pretty dull

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

5/5

Loved it!

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

4/5

I was ready to rate this low, but just got better as the album went on!

Clandestino

Manu Chao

2/5

Not really my thing

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

2/5

Very country

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

2/5

Better than I thought it would be from the first two songs. Still not great.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

okay

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Pretty chock full of bangers, but a little slow for my tastes

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

2/5

bit boring.

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Absolute banger of an album.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Immigrant Song one of my favourites ever. Rest was a little less exciting.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

Funky, bit too long.

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

2/5

Took a while to listen properly but it grew on me a little. Not enough.

Signing Off

UB40

2/5

Bit repetitive, particularly the 13 minute long song, but parts alright.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Man with a harmonica! Thought this was good.

The Band

2/5

Sure is a band.

Os Mutantes

2/5

Felt extremely 60s

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

What a performer!

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Pretty great!

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

2/5

I don't really vibe with Joni.

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

I could get into it. Listened to their first album after this and thought that was much better.

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

2/5

blurred into all the other 70s stuff

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Pretty good!

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

2/5

not sure if this album was supposed to have 25 songs. Bit too much.

Iron Maiden

3/5

very noodly doodly

Hysteria

Def Leppard

3/5

Pretty classic rock!

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

2/5

Felt a bit disjointed to me. Not sure if that was the point. If so, I didn't get it.

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

3/5

Classic shouty punk :)

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

4/5

Pretty good!

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

1/5

Not my thing.

New York Dolls

3/5

Punky!

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

2/5

mmmmmmmm bit loud I feel old

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

First Beatles album of the generator! Actually found it pretty good.

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

2/5

Started pretty good and then went weird and long and repetitive.

Palo Congo

Sabu

2/5

Found this more repetitive than some others in the genre.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

2/5

Not particularly memorable, but not horrible.