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Album	You	Global	Diff
Remedy Basement Jaxx	5	2.68	+2.32
Call of the Valley Shivkumar Sharma	5	2.94	+2.06
Clube Da Esquina Milton Nascimento	5	3.13	+1.87
If You're Feeling Sinister Belle & Sebastian	5	3.18	+1.82
Astral Weeks Van Morrison	5	3.26	+1.74
Beautiful Freak Eels	5	3.27	+1.73
Beautiful Freak Eels	5	3.27	+1.73
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.3	+1.7
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	5	3.34	+1.66
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	5	3.35	+1.65

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	1	3.7	-2.7
Aftermath The Rolling Stones	1	3.37	-2.37
xx The xx	1	3.36	-2.36
Hard Again Muddy Waters	2	3.61	-1.61
Machine Head Deep Purple	2	3.58	-1.58
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	2	3.38	-1.38
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	2	3.38	-1.38
Bluesbreakers John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers	2	3.16	-1.16
Younger Than Yesterday The Byrds	2	3.14	-1.14
Pump Aerosmith	2	3.11	-1.11

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Artist	Albums	Average
DJ Shadow	2	5
Eels	2	5
Radiohead	4	4.25

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Nevermind

Nirvana · 1 likes

5/5

It's a 5, maybe still overrated, but whatever, it's still a 5

1-Star Albums (3)

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Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

Amazing album

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

Great album

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

3/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Really enjoyed this, full of way more tunes than I expected and some great synth sounds.

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Simple but very very effective

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

4/5

The Poet

Bobby Womack

4/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

Like a not as interesting Throbbing Gristle.

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

Lots of bouncy tunes I enjoyed. It's hard to separate London Calling the track from the rest of the album when it's so well known from indie nights and such.

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

3/5

Drum machines that slap

Joan Armatrading

3/5

Enjoyable listen 6.9

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

LP1

FKA twigs

4/5

Interesting soundscaping on track one. Love the metallic soundsm

Moby Grape

3/5

Good energy, didn't blow me away but was a nice vibe for the morning. 6.7

Pump

Aerosmith

2/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

4/5

More albums need a directors commentary like the opening track of this. Absolute banger of an album. Great samples, great flow. Loved it 4.5

Elastica

4/5

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

4/5

A bit lo-fi at times but a brilliant record all round.

Play

Moby

4/5

A bit bloated but the highs are very high.

Beautiful Freak

Eels

5/5

One of my favourites, rock/indie but keeps it interesting with blends of other genres.

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

5/5

Elvis Presley

2/5

Clearly a classic and important and such but so many of the tracks on it I much prefer other versions like Ray Charles' I Got A Woman or Little Richard's Tutti Frutti. Elvis versions all just seems so flat. I think I like him best when his vocal style really comes out.

The World is a Ghetto

War

5/5

Really enjoyed this, funky, psychedelic goodness.

Tical

Method Man

3/5

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

5/5

So good

Machine Head

Deep Purple

2/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

5/5

Track two with the heavy panning is an odd move. Maybe makes sense in context of the lyrics. First track was great though

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

The Kinks

3/5

I'd probably give it a 3.5 rather than a 3 but halves are not possible. Enjoyed a lot but not as much as other Kinks stuff I know.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Yep, good, I liked it.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

2/5

I really really want to love this album. At the time it was raved about and as a band they're adjacent to so much stuff I like. But there's just something meh about it to me. I don't dislike it but it just literally washes over me. Which makes it above a 1, but not sure it's a 2.

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

5/5

Finally something that isn't dad rock. Great stuff.

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

2/5

Some good moments but generally couldn't care less

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

4/5

Moon Safari

Air

5/5

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

4/5

Beautiful Freak

Eels

5/5

One of my favourites, rock/indie but keeps it interesting with blends of other genres.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

1/5

Had to skip the first track half way, not a good sign. Parallel Universe was alright actually, similarly the others didn't already know were all more enjoyable. The famous ones just have seeped into my skin too much over the years of exposure

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

3/5

Sun always shines on TV is a banger. Overall great sound and had me bopping.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Mostly kinda boring, but Bad Moon Rising is a tune.

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

2/5

A bit boring, some fine tracks.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Might be the nostalgia speaking but this is a 5

Repeater

Fugazi

3/5

Femi Kuti

4/5

Can't go wrong with this, really strong - great grooves.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

This was great - just excellent vibes all the way through.

Mott

Mott The Hoople

3/5

Nothing new here, but a good, easy listen.

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

A couple of standout songs but didn't do loads for me.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Short but good.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

It's really a 4.5 but I couldn't give it a 5

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

4/5

Not my favourite B&S album but still pretty great. Some amazing songs on it for a debut album

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

1/5

Absolutely pants start. Got bored about halfway through so not gonna finish this one.

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

It's gotta be a 5. Only thing I struggled with was that the well known songs are so well known and iconic it becomes hard to judge the album as a whole.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

4.5 if I could give it. So many great tracks on this album including some of my favourite S&G (and all time) songs. Yet as a whole it's not my favourite of theirs - but damn it's good.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

Clandestino

Manu Chao

4/5

Enjoyed this, feels more like a 3.5 than a 4 but really good vibes. I was expecting overly cheesy/silly stuff based on knowing Bongo Bong, but the rest of the album is enjoyable.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

The xx

1/5

It's been years since I last listened to this, but my opinion on them basically remains the same. They sound so so good for one song then I just get bored.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5/5

Debut

Björk

5/5

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Elvis Presley

2/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

5/5

Black Sabbath

5/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Can't go wrong

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

4/5

Feel like TVOTR are heavily underrated. Great album with some leftfield sounds and Staring at the Sun is an all timer.

The Bends

Radiohead

3/5

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

3/5

I feel like this album has so much potential and I love the sound of it, but not quite an all timer. There's some stunning tracks on there but generally pulled out to a 3.5ish.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

5/5

Blur

3/5

Some bangers but as a whole I don't love it. 3.5 realistically but landing on a 3

Orbital 2

Orbital

4/5

great stuff, enjoyed a lot.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

One of my favourite albums of all time, perfect blend of folk with Steve Reich esque layered instrumentation. Perfect.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

Probably needs more listens to fully appreciate - but enjoyed a lot. Knew the singles which are killer but needs more time. 3.5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

It's a 5, maybe still overrated, but whatever, it's still a 5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

This was new to me, obviously heard of Steely Dan but never bothered to listen before as I'd written it off. How wrong I was. I did recognise a couple of tunes I didn't realise they were them and loved this and have been back to it a few times since. Great tunes.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

4/5

This is how you do chilled jazzy ambient tunes. Great stuff.

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

2/5

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

Favourite Radiohead album, easy 5

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

4/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

We all wish it wasn't, but it is a 5.

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

2/5

Really want to like this, but outside of a couple of songs, it's kinda dull.

Roxy Music

3/5

Snivilisation

Orbital

3/5

It's fine and i enjoyed it but probably doesn't need to be on this list.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

I'm not sure why there's so many albums from every act on this thing. This album is decent with some good tunes, but does it really need to be on this list?

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

Realistically it's a 4.5 as it's not my favourite of theirs but in the rating of this site it's a 5.