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1950
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179
5-Star Albums
2
1-Star Albums

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AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Scum
Napalm Death
 5 2.08 +2.92
Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
 5 2.3 +2.7
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
 5 2.46 +2.54
Suicide
Suicide
 5 2.46 +2.54
Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
 5 2.58 +2.42
Slipknot
Slipknot
 5 2.68 +2.32
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
 5 2.69 +2.31
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
 5 2.74 +2.26
Ys
Joanna Newsom
 5 2.79 +2.21
Night Life
Ray Price
 5 2.81 +2.19

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
 1 3.4 -2.4
The College Dropout
Kanye West
 1 3.31 -2.31
Parachutes
Coldplay
 2 3.46 -1.46
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
 2 3.38 -1.38
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
 2 3.37 -1.37
xx
The xx
 2 3.35 -1.35
Melodrama
Lorde
 2 3.32 -1.32
Feast of Wire
Calexico
 2 3.29 -1.29
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
 2 3.14 -1.14
Woodface
Crowded House
 2 3.1 -1.1

Artists

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ArtistAlbumsAverage
Beatles 7 5
Miles Davis 4 5
Bruce Springsteen 5 4.8
Bob Dylan 7 4.43
The Rolling Stones 6 4.5
Tom Waits 5 4.6
Led Zeppelin 5 4.6
Neil Young 4 4.75
Public Enemy 3 5
David Bowie 9 4.22
Leonard Cohen 5 4.4
Pink Floyd 4 4.5
Talking Heads 4 4.5
Metallica 4 4.5
Joni Mitchell 4 4.5
Michael Jackson 3 4.67
Van Morrison 3 4.67
Arcade Fire 3 4.67
Black Sabbath 3 4.67
Nirvana 3 4.67
The Stooges 3 4.67
Willie Nelson 2 5
Fleetwood Mac 2 5
The Police 2 5
Ice Cube 2 5
The Kinks 4 4.25
Radiohead 6 4
Paul Simon 3 4.33
The Doors 3 4.33
Frank Sinatra 3 4.33
Kraftwerk 3 4.33
Simon & Garfunkel 3 4.33
Johnny Cash 3 4.33
Prince 3 4.33
Nick Drake 3 4.33
The Beach Boys 3 4.33
My Bloody Valentine 3 4.33
The Byrds 5 4

Least Favorites

ArtistAlbumsAverage
Kanye West 3 1.33

5-Star Albums (179)

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Bitches Brew Thriller Songs Of Leonard Cohen Let It Be Astral Weeks Arrival The Slim Shady LP Kind Of Blue Dirt Sunday At The Village Vanguard Talking Heads 77 The Queen Is Dead We're Only In It For The Money The Downward Spiral In The Wee Small Hours In The Court Of The Crimson King The Dark Side Of The Moon Siembra Exile On Main Street Born To Run The Man Machine Highway 61 Revisited Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Illmatic A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Superfly Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables The Chronic Yank Crime Red Headed Stranger A Hard Day's Night All Things Must Pass Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Let It Bleed Rain Dogs The Village Green Preservation Society (What's The Story) Morning Glory Bringing It All Back Home The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Master Of Puppets Purple Rain London Calling Off The Wall Tragic Songs of Life Black Sabbath Only Built 4 Cuban Linx At Folsom Prison Smile Blood On The Tracks A Love Supreme Court And Spark Rumours Paul's Boutique Doggystyle The White Album Nilsson Schmilsson Birth Of The Cool Sticky Fingers The Soft Bulletin The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Neon Bible Endtroducing..... Synchronicity Nebraska Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Dr. Octagonecologyst Raw Power Coat Of Many Colors Grace Blue Ys Sail Away Stardust The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Darkness on the Edge of Town Led Zeppelin IV Moondance Hunky Dory Fear Of Music OK Computer Led Zeppelin II Chirping Crickets Trout Mask Replica Band On The Run Harvest The Doors Eagles Tusk Abbey Road Ready To Die Appetite For Destruction Forever Changes It's A Shame About Ray Illinois I See A Darkness Graceland After The Gold Rush Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space MTV Unplugged In New York Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Swordfishtrombones Rust In Peace Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Nighthawks At The Diner The Suburbs Pet Sounds At San Quentin AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Fishscale Live At The Harlem Square Club Ten Buena Vista Social Club Reggatta De Blanc Paranoid The Blueprint Brown Sugar Gris Gris Scum Black Monk Time Ramones Born In The U.S.A. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Let's Stay Together The Predator Suicide Lady In Satin Fun House Liquid Swords Revolver Electric Warrior Five Leaves Left Blonde On Blonde Shaka Zulu Something/Anything? Brilliant Corners Slipknot Aladdin Sane John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band Beggars Banquet Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black The Beach Boys Today! Night Life Wish You Were Here Reign In Blood With The Beatles In A Silent Way Tonight's The Night Fear Of A Black Planet Zombie 1989 Ace of Spades Here Are the Sonics Damaged Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Vulgar Display Of Power What's Going On ...And Justice For All Honky Tonk Heroes Os Mutantes Time Out Dusty In Memphis Sweetheart Of The Rodeo The Wall Nevermind good kid, m.A.A.d city Songs Of Love And Hate Back To Black Rum Sodomy & The Lash Bridge Over Troubled Water Loveless Led Zeppelin Odessey And Oracle The Bends Bug Transformer Rubber Soul The Stranger The Score

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1-Star Albums (2)

The College Dropout My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

All Ratings (1089)

In Rainbows by Radiohead
Jul 11 2022

Some really good songs, some sound like filler

Country Life by Roxy Music
Jul 15 2022

Great early Roxy, delightful and off beat

1984 by Van Halen
Jul 19 2022

Solid

Thriller by Michael Jackson
Jul 22 2022
xx by The xx
Jul 25 2022

It's chill, but not anything I'd reach for over similar albums

Brothers by The Black Keys
Jul 27 2022
Dry by PJ Harvey
Jul 28 2022

She gets much better later, but this is a strong debut.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen
Aug 01 2022

Perfect. Soulful, Erudite, Introspective. A true poet with a strong voice and beautiful melodies.

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Aug 02 2022

Swampy

Parklife by Blur
Aug 08 2022

I liked this better than modern life is rubbish

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Aug 09 2022
Arrival by ABBA
Aug 18 2022

Best ABBA album

Sister by Sonic Youth
Aug 25 2022
Dirt by Alice In Chains
Aug 29 2022

Grunge classic

I Should Coco by Supergrass
Aug 30 2022

A lot of fun. A real find for doing this project.

Bummed by Happy Mondays
Sep 14 2022
B-52's by The B-52's
Oct 06 2022
KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka
Oct 26 2022
Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
Oct 31 2022
Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman
Nov 24 2022
Like A Prayer by Madonna
Nov 29 2022

Really carried by the strength of Like a Prayer and Express yourself, the rest is not good or vital.

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Dec 05 2022
Faith by George Michael
Dec 09 2022

Propped up by great singles, slows down toward the end.

Boston by Boston
Jan 03 2023
Superfly by Curtis Mayfield
Jan 04 2023
Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company
Feb 07 2023

Nice loose grooves and Janis + a bonus point for the R. Crumb album cover.

LP1 by FKA twigs
Feb 09 2023
Savane by Ali Farka Touré
Feb 17 2023
Life Thru A Lens by Robbie Williams
Feb 23 2023

Not essential, but some good pop tunes. He's like Oasis without the balls, but he takes himself less seriously.

Shaft by Isaac Hayes
Feb 27 2023
90 by 808 State
Mar 08 2023
Kid A by Radiohead
Mar 16 2023
Technique by New Order
Mar 19 2023

Catchy but definitely not 'must listen'

Movies by Holger Czukay
Apr 01 2023
Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain
Apr 02 2023
Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Apr 10 2023
Funeral by Arcade Fire
Apr 11 2023
Yeezus by Kanye West
Apr 12 2023

I can't rate Kanye objectively anymore. It's a shame and I hope he gets help.

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
Apr 24 2023
Scott 4 by Scott Walker
Apr 28 2023
Very by Pet Shop Boys
May 12 2023
Junkyard by The Birthday Party
May 17 2023
Casanova by The Divine Comedy
May 22 2023
Manassas by Stephen Stills
May 25 2023
Elephant by The White Stripes
May 26 2023
Smile by Brian Wilson
Jun 14 2023
The Scream by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Jun 22 2023
Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
Jun 24 2023
Live! by Fela Kuti
Jul 04 2023
Rio by Duran Duran
Jul 08 2023
Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Jul 15 2023
Imagine by John Lennon
Jul 19 2023
Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Jul 28 2023
Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jul 30 2023
Bad by Michael Jackson
Aug 05 2023
Dummy by Portishead
Aug 07 2023
En-Tact by The Shamen
Aug 11 2023
Debut by Björk
Aug 16 2023
So by Peter Gabriel
Aug 22 2023
Dookie by Green Day
Aug 24 2023
Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
Aug 27 2023
Music by Madonna
Sep 11 2023
Nixon by Lambchop
Sep 14 2023
Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath
Sep 22 2023
Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Sep 25 2023
Grace by Jeff Buckley
Sep 26 2023
The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Sep 27 2023
Blue by Joni Mitchell
Oct 06 2023
Ys by Joanna Newsom
Oct 09 2023
Groovin' by The Young Rascals
Oct 12 2023
Suede by Suede
Oct 16 2023
Sulk by The Associates
Oct 18 2023
Murmur by R.E.M.
Oct 23 2023
Dirty by Sonic Youth
Oct 30 2023
Kenya by Machito
Nov 05 2023
Ray Of Light by Madonna
Nov 18 2023

66 minutes of boring self indulgence. Released to universal acclaim? They can keep it.

Truth by Jeff Beck
Nov 25 2023
Frank by Amy Winehouse
Dec 22 2023
Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Dec 29 2023

The site links to a combo album and the listed album is the second half of the combo. It really slaps!

Arise by Sepultura
Jan 08 2024
Low by David Bowie
Jan 09 2024
Harvest by Neil Young
Jan 10 2024
Survivor by Destiny's Child
Jan 17 2024
Eagles by Eagles
Jan 23 2024
Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Jan 24 2024
Drunk by Thundercat
Jan 25 2024
Tidal by Fiona Apple
Jan 31 2024
Pump by Aerosmith
Feb 13 2024
Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris
Feb 17 2024

Are the lyrics good? The music doesn't compel me to care.

Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention
Feb 21 2024
Third by Portishead
Feb 24 2024
Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Feb 27 2024
Cross by Justice
Feb 28 2024
Phaedra by Tangerine Dream
Mar 11 2024
Trio by Dolly Parton
Mar 25 2024
Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen
Mar 26 2024
1999 by Prince
Apr 09 2024
Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Apr 19 2024
Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Apr 23 2024
Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners
Apr 24 2024
Closer by Joy Division
May 01 2024
Idlewild by Everything But The Girl
May 15 2024
Vivid by Living Colour
Jun 15 2024
Goo by Sonic Youth
Jun 29 2024
21 by Adele
Jul 08 2024
Rocks by Aerosmith
Jul 15 2024
War by U2
Aug 06 2024
Kenza by Khaled
Aug 15 2024
Ten by Pearl Jam
Aug 20 2024
Want Two by Rufus Wainwright
Aug 25 2024
Shleep by Robert Wyatt
Sep 04 2024
Tical by Method Man
Sep 10 2024
Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
Sep 11 2024
OK by Talvin Singh
Sep 13 2024
Be by Common
Sep 14 2024
Heroes by David Bowie
Sep 15 2024
S&M by Metallica
Sep 18 2024

The music is a 5, but James' vocals are too polished

Ctrl by SZA
Sep 19 2024
Woodface by Crowded House
Sep 22 2024

:/

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone
Sep 27 2024
Scum by Napalm Death
Sep 29 2024

This one isn't for everyone

Pearl by Janis Joplin
Oct 05 2024
Roots by Sepultura
Oct 10 2024
Want One by Rufus Wainwright
Oct 16 2024
Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo
Oct 20 2024
Rapture by Anita Baker
Oct 25 2024
Stripped by Christina Aguilera
Oct 29 2024

Some bangers but also some filler

D by White Denim
Nov 12 2024
2112 by Rush
Nov 13 2024
Dare! by The Human League
Nov 26 2024
Arular by M.I.A.
Dec 02 2024
Hot Rats by Frank Zappa
Dec 13 2024

Good, but not as great as they'd become.

Hotel California by Eagles
Dec 14 2024

Good, but not as great as they'd become.

Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Jan 03 2025
Guero by Beck
Jan 04 2025
Chris by Christine and the Queens
Jan 17 2025
Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Feb 08 2025
Third by Soft Machine
Feb 19 2025
GI by Germs
Feb 26 2025
Tommy by The Who
Mar 04 2025
Odessa by Bee Gees
Mar 10 2025
Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Mar 26 2025
Zombie by Fela Kuti
Mar 28 2025
John Prine by John Prine
Apr 03 2025

RIP Mr Prine

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead
Apr 06 2025

This ain't it

Scott 2 by Scott Walker
Apr 07 2025
1989 by Taylor Swift
Apr 09 2025
Damaged by Black Flag
Apr 18 2025
Gold by Ryan Adams
May 01 2025
Triangle by The Beau Brummels
May 09 2025
Cut by The Slits
May 19 2025
25 by Adele
May 21 2025
Smash by The Offspring
May 25 2025
Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Jun 01 2025
Hejira by Joni Mitchell
Jun 04 2025
Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten
Jun 05 2025
Aja by Steely Dan
Jun 06 2025
Berlin by Lou Reed
Jun 08 2025
Remedy by Basement Jaxx
Jun 17 2025
1977 by Ash
Jun 18 2025
Play by Moby
Jul 06 2025
Blur by Blur
Jul 08 2025
Mask by Bauhaus
Jul 26 2025
m b v by My Bloody Valentine
Aug 09 2025
Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Aug 14 2025
Horses by Patti Smith
Aug 23 2025
Dust by Screaming Trees
Aug 24 2025
Kala by M.I.A.
Aug 30 2025
Green by R.E.M.
Sep 05 2025
Bug by Dinosaur Jr.
Sep 07 2025
3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers
Sep 09 2025
Mott by Mott The Hoople
Sep 11 2025
Queen II by Queen
Sep 19 2025

A subdued effort compared to the later albums

Cheerleader

Average rating: 3.70 (0.51 above global average).

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