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AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
4 2.26 +1.74
Achtung Baby
U2
5 3.29 +1.71
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
5 3.59 +1.41
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
5 3.81 +1.19
Ten
Pearl Jam
5 3.91 +1.09
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
4 2.95 +1.05
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
4 2.98 +1.02
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
3 1.99 +1.01
A Seat at the Table
Solange
4 3 +1

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
1 3.6 -2.6
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
1 3.26 -2.26
Rubber Soul
Beatles
2 4.11 -2.11
Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
1 3 -2
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
1 2.94 -1.94
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
2 3.92 -1.92
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
2 3.52 -1.52
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
2 3.32 -1.32
McCartney
Paul McCartney
2 3.25 -1.25
The Visitors
ABBA
2 3.22 -1.22

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Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp

Another case where I do not understand what this album has of extraordinary.

1-Star Albums (4)

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Murmur by R.E.M.
May 18 2022

I have R.E.M.'s "Out of time" and "Automatic for the people" as two of the great albums I enjoyed when I was a teenager. I had not listened Murmur before. It is nice to find in this album some features that continued to be part of my favorites ones. 40 years later I found Murmur really "fresh" and shinny. And, making the imagination exercise of travelling back to 1983, it is disruptive album. A one that was giving to the world the clue of what a new musical era would be. However, I do not find any song that "touches" me, any emotional connection.

Moon Safari by Air
May 19 2022

I loved this album. I only have listened \"Sexy Boy\". I think is fine and elegant, game changer for the time it was released. On the cons side, the last couple of songs resulted monotone to me.

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi
May 20 2022

Great album! With a couple of all time hymns like "You give love a bad name" and "Livin' on a prayer". It was an important piece in the stadiums rock boom during and after the 80's.

Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis
May 22 2022

Amazing album. Considering the time it was recorded, it is a ground breaker. Opening the jazz to new sounds and styles. It really transport me to an incredible peace on mind.

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
May 23 2022

I like this album very much. I have been listening it for years. I was the way a learned to appreciate the Arkade Fire's work. For moments, I find it disturbing. But always I find it melancholic, with a touch of sadness.

May 24 2022

I should start declaring that Rap is not my kind of music. Having said that, the album does not like me. I just appreciate positively some rhythmic basses.

May 25 2022

First time ever that I listen Laura Nyro. Sweet voice, nice melodies, styles fusion. It sounds to me like a precursor of some others more modern artists like Sade and Norah Jones

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas
May 26 2022

I like this album. Great fusion of multiple styles, perfectly mixed. Songs like Aisha are really disturbing.

Suede by Suede
May 27 2022

Great album. Pillar of 90's brit pop. I like it in general, starting with the clean and shinny guitars of "So young" and ending with the choral "The next life", including a beautiful keyboard session.

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder
May 28 2022

It is hard to believe that this album was recorded in the early 70s. Guitar sound is original and typical of Wander's trajectory. I do not like much the more melodical songs

Phrenology by The Roots
May 29 2022

Interesting album. Well done fusion of multiple sources. Love the song The Seed.

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney
May 30 2022

It is really interesting to find this album with raw grunge sound, even before it was called in this way. I acknowledge the artistic value of having influenced a generation with this way of tuning guitars, singing, etc.

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub
May 31 2022

I did not know this band. Maybe it deserves a second change, but I did not like too much.

Ten by Pearl Jam
Jun 01 2022

Amazing album, in the dawn of grunge! Great songs like Alive, Black and Jeremy. All in this album is solid, harmonic in its own chaos.

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles
Jun 03 2022

Marvelous album. Great jazz in general. A couple of amazing songs, like "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'" and the opening with "Let the Good Times Roll"

Jun 04 2022

Extraordinary album, from Take a bow to Glorious. I got to know Muse for The Resistance. Nowadays, I dont which one is my favourite. The artistic concepts generated by Bellamy's band are perfectly executed in this album.

Urban Hymns by The Verve
Jun 05 2022

The album starts with two great songs. But then it dilute in mediocre songs, with some exceptions. However, the album it is a good selection of brit pop of the end of the 90s.

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention
Jun 06 2022

Clearly, I do not have the musical taste to appreciate this album. Doing some research I found that most of the songs were written by Bob Dylan. IMHO, only "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" likes me.

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jun 07 2022

A great reggae album. I'd say an iconic album for this genre, plagued of all time hits. I like it!

The Poet by Bobby Womack
Jun 08 2022

Shame on me that I haven't listened Bobby Womack before! A delicious album plenty of nice songs. Great suggestion .

Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp
Jun 11 2022

Another case where I do not understand what this album has of extraordinary.

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton
Jun 12 2022

I am not so familiar with country music but I liked it.

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys
Jun 13 2022

Interesting album. I had never listened Waterboys before. It is a good music to listen.

Jun 14 2022

Essential album within the 70's symphonic rock landscape. A master piece of this genre. Musically complex, hard to digest.

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp
Jun 15 2022

Another case where I do not understand what this album has of extraordinary

Technique by New Order
Jun 16 2022

I love New Order! But I had not payed too much attention to Technique. I listened it twice I really liked it. It sounds authentic for the end of the 80s. A perfect mix of synthesizers with delicious melodies.

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers
Jun 17 2022

As it always happens to me with Chemical Brothers, I like to listen a couple of songs, and then it becomes repetitive, monotonous. However, I liked it

Jun 18 2022

Truly, an album you have to listen before you die! The lyrics, the guitar, his voice, all perfectly combined in this piece of art.

Jun 19 2022

Great punk band in the apotheosis of this movement. To the usual punk energy and craziness, The Adverts adds a touch of nice melodies that makes the album attractive.

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon
Jun 20 2022

I appreciatte the idea of doing something artistically original. However, I dont like the result.

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
Jun 21 2022

I always wonder in which moment an artist realizes that have created something great. In which moment did Ozzi and Tommy realize they created a new artistic movement within the rock? This album is the definion of something new. Sounds, rithms, ways of singing and playing guitar that we then listened in many other bands. This is truly an album that worth to listen. I liked it.

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith
Jun 22 2022

Good album in the dawn of Aerosmith career. I like its rock style, in the rise of hard rock, there combined energy with certain balance.

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra
Jun 23 2022

I like Frank Sinatra. He sings amazing songs. But this album is depressing, boring and I dont find a reason to be included in this list.

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes
Jun 24 2022

Super interesting combination of punk with folk influences. Great guitar sound. I did not know the band. I liked this album.

Destroyer by KISS
Jun 26 2022

Good KISS album. Incredible, Bob Ezrin participated in the writing of all songs. The inclusion of some arrangements for New York philarmonic orchestra makes this album even better

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd.
Jun 27 2022

PIL plays a music hard of swallow. This album is fundamental to understand the transition between punk and post punk eras. Kevin Levene's guitars are like knives. Lydon singing in a very particular way. Definetelly, album to listen before dying.

Jun 28 2022

I never liked Elton John music since I was a teenager. I gave him another chance now and the result was the same. A couple of all time hits, neat pop, but I dont liket it too much.

The Rise & Fall by Madness
Jun 29 2022

Interesting post-punk / new age album with a hit like "Our house". I liked it.

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Jun 30 2022

I liked. Nice and relaxing. No idea of what is the art value to be in this list.

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf
Jul 02 2022

Interesting album, with different styles combined.

Mask by Bauhaus
Jul 03 2022

An artist taking risks. A collection of experimental songs. Creative sound all over the album. Post punk at the top. It worth to be in the list.

Another Green World by Brian Eno
Jul 15 2022

I am hesitating in which would be my rating for this album. On one side, I found very interesting songs, with creatives ways of incorporating sounds, that you note left a legacy in future bands. On the other hand, I found part of the album really boring.

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake
Jul 16 2022

The album is as pleasant as boring. I can not find an attribute to be included in this list.

Jul 17 2022

Tremendous concert recorded. Pure energy and electricity. I am not a great lover of Motorhead music, but I appreciate this work.

Live At Leeds by The Who
Jul 19 2022

Thanks to these list I discovered a fantastic performance by The Who. I have never payed enough attention to them, and that is a big miss. It is incredible to listen in their music the influence they had in 100s of bands.

Nevermind by Nirvana
Jul 27 2022

One of my favorites albums. Ground breaker at its time. Synthetized the grunge movement and gave it international impact. It was the inflection point between the 80s and 90s.

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Jul 28 2022
Bad Company by Bad Company
Jul 29 2022

Great finding. I liked this album. Rock, hard rock, ballads, etc. It has a little bit of everything, very well executed.

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton
Jul 30 2022

Really interesting album! "Show me the way" is a great song.

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen
Jul 31 2022

Fine and delicious Cohen's disk. "Famous Blue Raincoat" is the song I liked most.

It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads
Aug 02 2022

Nice album with a tremendous version of "Mrs Robinson". Classical 90's rock sound.

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix
Aug 03 2022

Extraordinary album with a powerful influence in the rock music of upcoming decades.

Aug 04 2022

It is a positive surprise for me. I did not know this project. And I really liked. A solid rhythm base, with combinations of multiple styles. Lyrics that complains about the racism, use of guns and keep alive the memory of African's countries.

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock
Aug 05 2022

Very interesting album from late 90s. Great mix of multiple styles with rap as main characteristic.

Blackstar by David Bowie
Aug 06 2022

Last Bowie's musical legacy composed during his last days before passing away. Full of sadness, and melancholy. A beautiful final gift from David to his followers.

Either Or by Elliott Smith
Sep 01 2022

This album sound like out of time. Its sound reminds me records from the 60's. I liked it, but I do not appreciate why it is in this list.

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
Sep 03 2022

Great album. I liked the combination of multiple styles, with dance, pop and rock as the most remarkable ones. Enjoyable. Nice.

Achtung Baby by U2
Sep 04 2022

In my opinion, one of the greatest's U2 albums. I love it since the first song until the last one. "The fly" is my favorite. The sound of Achtung Baby is the opening of the 90´s for U2, leaving behind their 80's style.

Killing Joke by Killing Joke
Mar 02 2023

Raw post-punk stripped to its bare essence. The drums hit with a direct, unembellished punch, while the guitars slice through with a sharp, angular edge. There are flashes of glam rock swagger—echoes of Alice Cooper’s theatrical grit—blending seamlessly with the detached, experimental spirit of John Lydon’s PiL. “Complications” stands out, evoking the moody textures and urgency of early The Cure records.

The Stranger by Billy Joel
Mar 04 2023

Nice album with some delitious songs. "Just the way you are" is wanderful.

I like this album very much. I bought it as soon as it was released in CD, discovering that U2 was leaving behind its techno-90s, coming back to an style they have paused in The Joshua Tree.

Palo Congo by Sabu
Aug 21 2024

Well. Sounds really different to most of the albums in this list. But I liked it. Great rithmical base.

Stardust by Willie Nelson
Aug 22 2024

Very nice album with some great songs.

Doolittle by Pixies
Aug 24 2024

Extraordinary album from Pixies. Many bands that came after sounds like this album: i.e. The Strokes

L.A. Woman by The Doors
Jun 11 2025

Amazing disk, that end with my Door's favorite song: Riders on The Storm

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow
Jun 24 2025

Great suggestion from 1001 Albums Generator! I should have listened most of the songs of this album in a separated way never paying attention to the album itself. And it is a really good one, fresh, vivid, eclectic, plenty of nice songs opening the 90's.

Pieces Of The Sky by Emmylou Harris
Jun 26 2025

Nice and very well singed and played album.

Caetano Veloso by Caetano Veloso
Jun 27 2025

Interesting album. I liked it.

Raw Power by The Stooges
Aug 08 2025

I think the album's name is a perfect summary of what you listen there. I liked the song Gimme danger.

Rubber Soul by Beatles
Aug 20 2025

WTF this Beatles album is listed here? There are much much beter ones like Revolver, White album, St Pepper, Abbey Road, etc.

Aug 21 2025

I write these notes in aug 2025. 66 years after this album was released it still sounds fresh and vibrant. Very good.

Savane by Ali Farka Touré
Aug 25 2025
McCartney by Paul McCartney
Aug 29 2025

I haven't heard this album before. Only Maybe I'm Amazed, the most known song here. It is hard to avoid the comparison with Beatles's Let it be, released in parallel. The quality of this one is much lower.

Garbage by Garbage
Oct 14 2025

Great album, typical 90s sound.

Dance Mania by Tito Puente
Oct 15 2025

I am not a great fan of Salsa and other "tropical rhytms" but I liked this album.

The White Album by Beatles
Oct 21 2025

One of my favorite Beatle's album. It has a lot of great songs. Including experimental ones. But While my guitar gently weeps, Blackbird, and Helter Skelter are amazing. Someday, someone should explain to my why people like Obladi...

The White Room by The KLF
Oct 23 2025

Great album! I have only listened to some songs, but never the entire album. Good recommendation.

Bad by Michael Jackson
Oct 28 2025

Good album. The problem is comparing it with Thriller :).

Very by Pet Shop Boys
Nov 05 2025

Good album. Not the most successful and know from PSB. I liked it.

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