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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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| Scum | 5 | 2.07 | +2.93 |
| Suicide | 5 | 2.46 | +2.54 |
| Scott 2 | 5 | 2.64 | +2.36 |
| Histoire De Melody Nelson | 5 | 2.76 | +2.24 |
| Happy Sad | 5 | 2.78 | +2.22 |
| Tago Mago | 5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
| Planet Rock: The Album | 5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
| The Only Ones | 5 | 2.91 | +2.09 |
| Lazer Guided Melodies | 5 | 2.92 | +2.08 |
| Psychocandy | 5 | 2.93 | +2.07 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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| A Night At The Opera | 1 | 3.96 | -2.96 |
| Out Of The Blue | 1 | 3.64 | -2.64 |
| Blood Sugar Sex Magik | 1 | 3.5 | -2.5 |
| Foo Fighters | 1 | 3.5 | -2.5 |
| A Rush Of Blood To The Head | 1 | 3.44 | -2.44 |
| Hybrid Theory | 1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
| 25 | 1 | 3.36 | -2.36 |
| The Real Thing | 1 | 3.2 | -2.2 |
| Pyromania | 1 | 3.13 | -2.13 |
| Everything Must Go | 1 | 3.11 | -2.11 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| Beatles | 5 | 4.6 | 4 |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4.75 | 4 |
| David Bowie | 5 | 4.4 | 3.88 |
| Can | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Aretha Franklin | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Belle & Sebastian | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Public Enemy | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Brian Eno | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| U2 | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
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The Rolling Stones
2/5
Just a few covers of black musicians which did it better
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The Beach Boys
5/5
The melodies on this thing are amazing. Layers of sound. Harmonics. God only knows is obviously fantastic but all the songs except maybe John Sloop B hit. Love the melancholic mood that fills this album.
The Smashing Pumpkins
2/5
Coming in pretty blind. Heard a few songs at bars and the like but never got round to listening to them despite it being the seminal album of many of my university friends.
Album starts well enough with an instrumental but I have always found the vocals a little off putting.
The album is long. Very very long. It's filled with lighter numbers but it's generally pretty heavy. The riffs very in quality. There is a good song or bit here and there but I found it largely a total drag.
Public Enemy
4/5
Due to copyright law changes albums like this are hard to find. Massive amount of samples with great beats and energy. A classic for sure. Would get a 5 but it suffers from a few too many tracks breaking up the tempo a bit.
Eagles
2/5
Twangling guitars mid tempo tracks. Easy listening and inoffensive. Bit boring tho. Not my type of music.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Loads of jams in this. Very stonery. This opens up great. Blues influenced. Janis stretched vocals hit hard but are quite stretched. This can't be good for her throat. Riffs are top. Was a fun time capsule.
Songhoy Blues
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
Previously not knew of my favourite Radiohead albums but on revisiting I have come to love the ambient interludes. The whole thing works perfectly as a tonal piece. Lovely
Butthole Surfers
3/5
Well what an opening crazy energy. Crushing hellish messy aesthetic. Overall the album mixes fantastic freak outs with decent thrashy/sludgy music and then nauseating experiments and jokes.
The Strokes
3/5
Poppy and a fun album.
Faith No More
1/5
Annoying stretched vocals. Very clean tracks. There is some funk and rap like parts. Something that 90s bands would later perfect. After the first 3 tracks that were really hard to get through the record becomes less cringe. But it's still drap and it dips into cringe.
The album feels so long.
Bon Jovi
2/5
Christ this is cringe rock. Perfectly fun after a couple of cans at a bar and some interesting and the production is good at points. Never knew how straight cheese rock lots of their songs are. Didn't have fun with this one.
Laura Nyro
3/5
Machito
3/5
Fine easy going jazz. Smooth and fun.
Gang Starr
4/5
Very enjoyable chill album. Very easy to listen to the lyrics.
3/5
There's some great songs here. Particularly in the latter half. But I find this reasonably boring compared to her later stuff. Just instrumentally less fun and less space.
The Cramps
3/5
A low 3 for me. Filled with gothy r&r takes never quite goes beyond appearing like a bit of a novelty act for me.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
The last three tracks are amazing. Never listened to blue and was quietly impressed. A strong 4 this.
Ice Cube
3/5
Beats on the thing are fun and good. Lyrics mixed. Fun enjoyable listen.
OutKast
3/5
Really inventive and creative with some great songs. But seems a bit bloated for me.
The Waterboys
3/5
Like the folks stuff and the opening track was very promising. The clean production takes away a lot however. Ok. Fun.
Pixies
4/5
Pixies first. Where is my mind is a classic. Very spacious production on the full album. They go on to make better things.
Tim Buckley
5/5
Endlessly relaxed jazz infused singersongwriting. Songs ebb and flow creating his own magical world
Brian Wilson
4/5
Complex and ambitious. Lovely layers and motifs connecting the album. Maybe a touch bloated/overbearing but the ambitious vision and good vibrations makes this a strong 4.
Shuggie Otis
3/5
I can see this as a mid way point between contemporary and old school r&b. Very interesting.
Pulp
5/5
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
This was a fun funky fee number. With bongos.
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Very fun. Some great jams on this. Fun album goes so quickly
The Triffids
2/5
Getting go-betweens ad less flattering Crowded house vibes. Maybe a bit a the the. Super clean but poorly dated production. Some good bits but far too clean for my liking. Mehh not for me!
Motörhead
3/5
Jailbait is er questionable. Generally the songs are listenable with good sonic textures.
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Scrappy lofi indie rock. Starts strongly but drops. Not my favourite of them.
R.E.M.
3/5
So good tracks. Some dull tracks.
Jeff Beck
3/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Most tracks have a really nice groove going. Enjoyed this one.
Nirvana
5/5
Love the raw production on the album. Was a treat.
Kanye West
5/5
Runaway is perfection. Samples from all over the place. Love a bit of king crimson in there. Annoyingly good from a personality who is often insufferable.
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
Needs to be played loud. Raw and distinctive. Unique Tearz and Cream are fantastic. There are a few songs where O drift. But clearly a classic
The Cardigans
3/5
Fun little album.
Jethro Tull
3/5
2 stars but wind Up is a banger so 3.
Lou Reed
3/5
Mixed bag. Some twee weird stuff and some bangers. OK. Was expecting more as a fan of the velvet and the singles.
Queens of the Stone Age
2/5
Some bright moments otherwise long and a bit drab
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Bit cheesy but good fun!
2/5
For tomorrow and blue jeans are good. Not sure about the rest.
JAY Z
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
The Black Keys
3/5
Some good tracks on here. Butoverstays it's welcome. Loved it at the time but in retrospect its not a memorable experience.
Alice In Chains
3/5
Some good tracks in this. But not generally my vibe.
Eurythmics
3/5
Went down nice and easy. Decent.
Depeche Mode
4/5
Behind the wheel and other bangers. A more low key affir then some of their stuff.
The Band
2/5
3/5
The songs are layered buzzing pieces. The production on the other hand has aged poorly. Still this is a very fun listen if you can get beyond the dated production.
David Holmes
4/5
Chill thinking Qunatic maybe a bit better. This clips with relaxing 'electronica' nice!
Garbage
2/5
Morrissey
3/5
Michael Jackson
2/5
While some if his singles are decent never got into Micheal Jackson and this hasn't done it either.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
1/5
Way to long bunch if funk rock infused jams. Which has been done better before and since. The album was just long tedious and repetitive.
The Crusaders
2/5
In offensive soft jazzy flourishes. Unmemorable.
Beatles
5/5
All bangers no real filler in it. If I needed someone, I'm looking through you are highlights.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Chill music that makes you relax and enjoy your day and work. A classic
Isaac Hayes
2/5
Title track good. Otherwise.. well its a soundtrack.
Underworld
3/5
Mumble core underworld with another album with a mixture of good instrumental driven and not so good vocal driven tracks.
X-Ray Spex
4/5
First half is a bit meh but wow they put it together I the second half. Love Platic Bag, Warrior in Woolworths, I can't do anything.
Ramones
3/5
A foundational band to the bands I like and to many of the peoples who music opinions I trust most. So disappointed to just find this OK.
2Pac
3/5
The Incredible String Band
3/5
John Grant
3/5
King Crimson
5/5
Amazing drumming awesome opening track. Other songs also hold up. Amazing album.
Judas Priest
3/5
Steelers and Grinder are enough to save a bordering on boring album.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Some poddling bluesy tracks mixed with some really good rock tracks.
The Jam
3/5
As always some great tracks some OK tracks.
4/5
Unstoppable energy, scrappy jumpy live album. Good fun.
Eels
5/5
Perfect 90s indie pop album
Yes
2/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Nice closing track. Decent chill listen.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
4/5
Great fun this
Patti Smith
5/5
The longer tracks are great.
Al Green
3/5
Very competent. High 3.
The Stone Roses
3/5
The tunes are banging. The album tracks drift a bit ok.
Adele
3/5
Very well produced and preformed pastiche
The Byrds
4/5
Unexpectedly enjoyed this. Very much a continuation of Rubber Soul era beatles.
Baaba Maal
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
The Who
3/5
Fishbone
4/5
Surprisingly good fun
The Byrds
3/5
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
The Offspring
2/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
The The
4/5
Burning Spear
5/5
The Only Ones
5/5
Surprised with the Libertines vibes. I mean these are all bangers. Really good fun
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Joan Baez
4/5
The Doors
3/5
The magic is not there as much as I remember it
The Sabres Of Paradise
3/5
Iron Butterfly
4/5
Tina Turner
3/5
Todd Rundgren
2/5
First few tracks are good but by the end this is actively annoying.
David Bowie
4/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Jungle Brothers
4/5
Funky fun dance rythems clean rap.
Napalm Death
5/5
Yeah this rocks. Wild.
Public Enemy
5/5
Paul Weller
2/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
The worst of Arcades Fire early run. No Cars Go is fantastic. The rest is quite mixed.
Sonic Youth
2/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Bit bloated but the highlights are special l. Loving Cup, Shine a Light, Let It Loose.
Paul Revere & The Raiders
2/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Cyndi Lauper
5/5
Bit front loaded but so many bangers. Was a joy.
The Temptations
4/5
The funky rhythmic first half is fantastic. The falsetto tear jerkers not so much.
Heaven 17
3/5
Very playful and expermental. But inconsistent
Parliament
5/5
Adam & The Ants
1/5
In appricate the playfulness and stuff but no this was annoying
Weather Report
2/5
4/5
Good, deep, pleasant downtempo album.
Taylor Swift
3/5
Mix of qecent quality writing with poor production choices. Enjoyable.
Soul II Soul
3/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
It's fine. The dead head thing has never got me? What draws people to this band over other folky rock bands like the byrids or the band. Dunno was fine.
5/5
Elis Regina
2/5
90s production on "World music" is bad si clean.
Gary Numan
4/5
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
The Smiths
5/5
George Jones
3/5
Electric Light Orchestra
1/5
I'm sorry I can not do these. Its obnoxious
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
Lovely fun. Best of this clean lyric folk rock style i have seen
The Undertones
2/5
The Magnetic Fields
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
Funkadelic
5/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Q-Tip
2/5
Björk
4/5
Probably my least favourite album of Bjorks golden run. More to Life and violently happy are highlights
Joni Mitchell
3/5
3/5
CHIC
4/5
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Chill plodding along Jazz
Air
4/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
Lovely. You can see everyone is having a good time
The La's
2/5
ABBA
3/5
John Lee Hooker
2/5
Supergrass
2/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
The Police
3/5
Interesting stylistically. Mixed in quality.
Duran Duran
3/5
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
Def Leppard
1/5
Really dull
The Kinks
3/5
XTC
2/5
Dated production bubbling pop
The Blue Nile
2/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
2/5
Leonard Cohen
5/5
Highlights: The Partisan, the butcher, the old revolution
The Velvet Underground
5/5
The murder mystery is basically pavement/ parquet courts mo.
Brian Eno
4/5
Travis
1/5
Radiohead if they were really annoying
AC/DC
3/5
There is a lot of 70s/80s hard Rock this is an decent exampl
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Like the last few tracks. I WISH I WAS YOUR MOTHER is Dylanesque and fun. Won't be revisiting though
Can
5/5
Very free from, chill, playful
Otis Redding
5/5
A romp through a bunch of excellent covers and a massive track (respect) which would later become a huge hit when covered by someone else
5/5
This might be another 5. I mean it's the most beatles sounding kinks album but it's very sharp fresh, with some great jams and tunes
Basement Jaxx
3/5
Fiona Apple
2/5
Astor Piazzolla
4/5
Fun, jazzy, playful
Radiohead
5/5
808 State
4/5
An acid house release.. elements of it have dated but there are still some bangers in here
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Fun R&B instrumentals some classics in here
The Shamen
3/5
Bit dated byt good fun
David Bowie
5/5
Ray Charles
3/5
The Yardbirds
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Interesting concert in a jail
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Soundgarden
2/5
New Order
3/5
Bright spots
Peter Tosh
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
The hits are very good still thing its one kf bobs weakest albhms
Rush
3/5
Mike Ladd
4/5
Cool Keith vibes. Fun existential lyrics playful instrumentations
Leftfield
4/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Pretenders
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Madonna
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5/5
GZA
2/5
Find this pretty dull wu tang without the edge
Gene Clark
5/5
Lovely mix of country Baroque and so much else an unexpected gem
The Human League
4/5
Stereolab
5/5
Eric Clapton
2/5
Erykah Badu
4/5
Lovely at points a touch long but a good find
Michael Jackson
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
Nah nah nahs
Boston
2/5
Ride
3/5
The Undertones
4/5
Cheap Trick
2/5
PJ Harvey
5/5
Suicide
5/5
The Lemonheads
3/5
Le Tigre
5/5
Very fun nice suprise.
The National
3/5
One if the nationals weaker albums some good stuff but mixed
Manic Street Preachers
1/5
2/5
Frank Ocean
4/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Elbow
2/5
TLC
2/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
A non essential led zeppelin album. Lots of self indulgent guitar tangling and Kashmir
Can
5/5
Paperhouse and Oh Yeah so good. Just such good fun psych freakouts
Sheryl Crow
3/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Jane's Addiction
4/5
Linkin Park
1/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
5/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Ice T
3/5
Beck
2/5
Moby
3/5
Kelela
3/5
Adele
1/5
21 was a lovely album of well constructed songs with a lot of soul influences. Nice suprise.
This is a bunch over the top songs where Adele is straining her voice. I really did not enjoy this. Shame as 21 was a nice suprise
Blur
2/5
Ghostface Killah
4/5
Bars are shap beats are varied
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
Blondie
4/5
The Streets
4/5
Not as good as Orginal Pirate Material
Kate Bush
5/5
Megadeth
5/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Sufjan Stevens
5/5
Sufjan always plays a fine line between being actively irritating and brilliant. The sheer ambition and scale of some of these songs wins the day here. Some very complex harmonic arrangements in the more orchestral songs are spell binding.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Its highs are high
Jane Weaver
4/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
Beatles
5/5
All bangers really. Early Beatles get way less attention then it deserves
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
James Brown
4/5
Dr. Octagon
3/5
Janis Joplin
2/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Green Day
2/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
Primal Scream
5/5
The United States Of America
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Frank Sinatra
5/5
Really good
Sisters Of Mercy
2/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Spiritualized
5/5
Serge Gainsbourg
5/5
Beatles
5/5
N.W.A.
4/5
First half os great second half average.
Derek & The Dominos
2/5
Dr. Dre
3/5
Julian Cope
1/5
The Cars
3/5
The Pogues
4/5
Sex Pistols
2/5
Nas
3/5
Sugar
2/5
Everything But The Girl
3/5
The Specials
5/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
Lorde
4/5
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Queen
1/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Pearl Jam
3/5
Devendra Banhart
3/5
Randy Newman
4/5
4/5
Pixies
5/5
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
Thoroughly odd record
Bob Dylan
5/5
Thelonious Monk
5/5
Meat Puppets
5/5
The Temptations
4/5
Björk
4/5
Arrested Development
3/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Just a few covers of black musicians which did it better
Hole
2/5
Dire Straits
2/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
The Band
2/5
Dead Kennedys
3/5
The Avalanches
4/5
3/5
Mudhoney
4/5
The Who
4/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
One of velvets more experimental less approachable records. Can see a lot of sucide on here.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Probably the weakest of the Hendrix releases. But this is far from weak. There are a few editions. The original didn't have Hey Joe and purple haze but does have red house and is moderatly better.
On listening the production seems a little flat compared to how I remember. Still the songs are good and Hendrix is a unique guitarist enjoyed it.
D'Angelo
3/5
The Doors
3/5
Daft Punk
5/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Beach House
4/5
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
David Bowie
5/5
The KLF
3/5
System Of A Down
3/5
The Cure
5/5
Finley Quaye
3/5
Barry Adamson
3/5
B.B. King
4/5
Franz Ferdinand
5/5
David Bowie
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Carpenters
4/5
Queen
3/5
Decent glam album. Brighton Rock Is great and enjoyed more then any other Queen album.
Incubus
1/5
John Lennon
2/5
Aside from the hits (imagine/jealous guy) this is not a great effort and a huge drop off from Plastic Ono Band
Madonna
4/5
Metallica
2/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Afrika Bambaataa
5/5
Neu!
4/5
Radiohead
5/5
Rush
2/5
George Harrison
4/5
Some great cuts overlong
Beatles
3/5
Ms. Dynamite
2/5
Belle & Sebastian
5/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Supertramp
3/5
Coldplay
1/5
Dizzee Rascal
4/5
David Bowie
5/5
Nitin Sawhney
4/5
Soft Machine
4/5
Very jazzy prog second half better then the first
Gotan Project
2/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
Gorillaz
4/5
Justice
5/5
Just unpretentious fun. It goes hard.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
2/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Skunk Anansie
3/5
The Who
4/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
4/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Liz Phair
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Kid Rock
2/5
Brian Eno
5/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3/5
Ray Charles
5/5
Television
5/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
Pavement
5/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
2/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
5/5
Violent Femmes
5/5
Talking Heads
3/5
ZZ Top
2/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
5/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Scott Walker
4/5
Sister Sledge
3/5
Portishead
2/5
Morrissey
3/5
Foo Fighters
1/5
Small Faces
4/5
Slipknot
1/5
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Aphex Twin
5/5
Pentangle
4/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Van Halen
3/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
1/5
Hawkwind
2/5
The Electric Prunes
3/5
Kraftwerk
5/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Janelle Monáe
5/5
Scott Walker
5/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
The The
5/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
Can’t give it a bad review because it was perfectly enjoyable. But I can not understand why this is on here. Like at all. There is nothing about this album in 1995 which makes it particularly noteworthy
Koffi Olomide
2/5
Youssou N'Dour
2/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Oasis
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
Roxy Music
1/5
Queen Latifah
4/5
Kings of Leon
1/5
Scritti Politti
1/5
Joe Ely
3/5
Girls Against Boys
3/5
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Love
3/5
R.E.M.
2/5
The Damned
4/5
Grizzly Bear
5/5
The Monks
4/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
Lenny Kravitz
2/5
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5