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Album	You	Global	Diff
A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets	5	2.67	+2.33
Your New Favourite Band The Hives	5	3.12	+1.88
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black Public Enemy	5	3.23	+1.77
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	5	3.35	+1.65
Hot Rats Frank Zappa	5	3.36	+1.64
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below OutKast	5	3.46	+1.54
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	5	3.49	+1.51
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	5	3.51	+1.49
Illmatic Nas	5	3.6	+1.4
Band On The Run Paul McCartney and Wings	5	3.66	+1.34

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Thriller Michael Jackson	1	4.22	-3.22
Blue Joni Mitchell	1	3.49	-2.49
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.41	-2.41
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	1	3.35	-2.35
Bongo Rock Incredible Bongo Band	1	3.26	-2.26
Tonight's The Night Neil Young	1	3.23	-2.23
Ragged Glory Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1	3.15	-2.15
Ambient 1/Music For Airports Brian Eno	1	3.07	-2.07
Tanto Tempo Bebel Gilberto	1	3.07	-2.07
Larks' Tongues In Aspic King Crimson	1	3	-2

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Thriller

Michael Jackson

1/5

Good album but unbearable to listen to given what we know about the artist now

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1-Star Albums (18)

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

Great album with an amazing intro. Candle in the wind does not fit too well on this album - rest is amazing though

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

2/5

Interesting album but not really my taste - a bit monotone

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Great songs, not for every mood though

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Not very electronic, but really good

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

Good, but not as good as the first one

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

3/5

I want you to want me and some other good songs

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

Good rock album

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

4/5

Some weird skits but otherwise great album

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

Great collection of songs. Reminded me of Adam Green

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

2/5

Not great - too hippy

Foo Fighters

3/5

Great songs, after a while the muffled sound gets too much for me though

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Great classic

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

5/5

Great tunes. Total flash

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

3/5

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Great music. Only instrumental though

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Dry

PJ Harvey

3/5

Nice music and good songs

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

Great album - band on the run is a great song

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

4/5

Good songs, but sometime too hippy Lanny

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

1/5

Very experimental

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

5/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Great soul classics. Whole album needs to suit the mood though

Faith

George Michael

3/5

Too much George Michael for me

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

1/5

Not on Spotify

The Modern Lovers

3/5

Risque

CHIC

3/5

Good comfort music

Take Me Apart

Kelela

3/5

Good but not overwhelming

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

4/5

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

3/5

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Great album, very balanced and probably one of their best

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

4/5

Great album with feel good music

Pump

Aerosmith

3/5

Good rock n roll. Lyrics are a bit simply, but overall entertaining album

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1/5

Very unmelodic - just noise to me

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

One of the best

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

David Bowie

4/5

Good songs

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Too Bruce Springsteen

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Awesome really new music. Didn't expect that and was pleasantly surprised

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Smashing pumpkins - some songs very good, some just awful

Pretenders

3/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Good old Bob Dylan sound

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

1/5

It's bongos - a lot of bongos

Le Tigre

2/5

Interesting songs, but overall a bit to strange

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

2/5

Bit slow and melancholic

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Awesome mix of songs

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

2/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

Great jazz album

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

Amazing album - always a good choice to listen to

Closer

Joy Division

3/5

Okay. Not bad but also nothing special

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Interesting punk

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

4/5

Great classic rap, meaningful lyrics

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

1/5

Noise

Close To You

Carpenters

2/5

Too sooty

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

3/5

Great classic songs

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Bit crazy, but mostly good songs

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

1/5

Ambient music as advertised - fell asleep after 30seconds

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

Great rock album

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

Great songs overall, some exchangeable - typical killers album

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Bruce as he comes

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

3/5

Interesting music with some cool songs on the album

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

3/5

Nice feel good music

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

2/5

Interesting but a bit melancholic for my taste

Hms Fable

Shack

3/5

Good songs on this album, but nothing special

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

Nothing special but overall good album

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

5/5

Awesome old-school rap

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

1/5

Not available on Spotify

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

1/5

Good music probably but not my taste

Blue

Joni Mitchell

1/5

Not available on Spotify

Virgin Suicides

Air

2/5

Fell asleep, but sounded nice

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

2/5

Track 2 is super weird

Os Mutantes

1/5

Too weird and slow

Adele

4/5

Great album with powerful songs through and through

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

5/5

Absolutely amazing storytelling in a stunning way

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

5/5

One of the best rap albums

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

Great rap album, not as perfect as other albums though

A Northern Soul

The Verve

3/5

Nice music and overall good album

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3/5

Since great songs and some not so great

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

1/5

Probably good instrumental music, but outside of a yoga studio it's hard to listen to

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

3/5

Bad quality but great music - remastered version would be great

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

Great skill. Great music. Great album

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Solid and entertaining album

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

3/5

Not really my music, but this album made me understand it's appeal.

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

1/5

Too much like a yoga retreat

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

Great tunes

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Mixed album as most David Bowie.

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

1/5

Not my music.

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

2/5

Very relaxed. But a bit too "artsy"

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5

Varies between interesting songs and plain noise

Phrenology

The Roots

4/5

Genius of the roots sometimes ends up being a bit too much (Water with 8min of noise)

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Great feel good music

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

4/5

Pretty good album

Country Life

Roxy Music

4/5

Great feel good album

Thriller

Michael Jackson

1/5

Good album but unbearable to listen to given what we know about the artist now

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

3/5

Interesting and different. Like the mix of styles. Overall good album.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Classic goldies - entire album is a bit too much though

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

Great ACDC album - a whole album is just too much for me.

Fleet Foxes

2/5

Nice calm music.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

4/5

One of the great classics

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

1/5

Not on Spotify

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Great sound, unique vocals - good listening experience throughout the entire album

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Entertaining but nothing extraordinary

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Good albums with great inspiring classics

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

Great music throughout entire album. Awesome guitar solos.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

Interesting album, some songs getting weird at the end though

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

3/5

Overall good albums with entertaining version of Mrs Robinson

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

Faces

4/5

Good mix of songs, very good easy listening album

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

3/5

Good album when in Jazz mood

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

3/5

Great songs, great music - just feel good vibes

Violator

Depeche Mode

2/5

Too depressing for me

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

Classic. Mostly good songs

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

2/5

Nothing special and bit of a strange mix across the album.

Hysteria

Def Leppard

4/5

Great rock classics, some unexpected hits on this. Overall an entertaining album.

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Many great classics on the album. Listening to the entire album is a bit too much old school the Who rock for me though

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

5/5

Just pure awesomeness - one of the best albums out there.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

Probably a good album, but not really my music

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

3/5

It has brimful of asha - Rest is okay and sometimes a little bit strange

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Long album, well curated with good slow rock songs (feels a bit like 2 albums with faster and slower songs)

Dirty

Sonic Youth

4/5

Good grunge album - right mood required for entire album, but overall good listening experience

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

2/5

Some good songs, but only when in Christmas mood

Van Halen

3/5

Great songs in this album. Overall most songs sound very similar to me, though.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

Not like Elvis at all - great music, good vocals and lyrics. Awesome feel-good vibes

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

Great The Who songs. I like this album more than other The Who albums, but an entire album is still too much for me

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

Easy listening and good stories. Sometimes a bit too slow

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Great album, well curated selection of songs incl fantastic instrumental songs

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

3/5

Interesting album with some weird but overall great songs

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Early boy band vibes. Pop but with interesting messages / quite political

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

5/5

Not the best Outkast album but still so much better than the rest

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Mostly entertaining songs.

Queen II

Queen

4/5

Great band, great album - always a good listening experience

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

Nice and entertaining

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Just great reggae album from one of the best

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

Arrested Development

3/5

Interesting mix

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

Couldn't do the entire album. Some good music but the screaming is hard to listen to for me

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

Good album with easy listening songs, very 80 style. Not completely my taste of music though

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

Great funk, quality could be a bit better but enjoyed it quite a lot

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

Great rock album

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Great album from one of the great hands

Infected

The The

3/5

Good 80s vibe

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

Good album, Nice to listen to but also nothing too special

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

2/5

Bit too winey at times, but good music - just not an entire album

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Too much Bruce Springsteen

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Good vibe, great sound - from groovy to rocky. Loved it.

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

Classic REM. Great album, but provide not their best.

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

3/5

Great album. Didn't expect it, but really liked listening to these very well performed songs.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Great album, probably one of my favourite Pink Floyd albums

Sea Change

Beck

2/5

Not so good

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

3/5

Good album but nothing special. Easy listening experience

Da Capo

Love

2/5

Very 60 / hippy style music. Overall not bad, bit entire album too much for me.

Let It Be

The Replacements

4/5

Pretty good album with a nice mix of styles and very entertaining songs

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

1/5

Not available on Spotify

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

Some good songs on this one

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

4/5

Slow and mellow album, but really liked it

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

4/5

Good album from one of the great.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Shredded

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

3/5

Entertaining

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Good, but a whole album is a bit too much S&G for me

2112

Rush

4/5

Great rock album. Entertaining all the way through.

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

3/5

Good 80s album, but nothing special

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

2/5

Bit boring over all

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

2/5

Nice guitar performance, but overall to similar across the entire album for my taste

S&M

Metallica

4/5

Great version and well curated album. Really enjoyed it

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

4/5

Great guitar riffs. Very great rock album

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

Nice old-school shift rock album

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Typical Bruce Springsteen album - sounds like every other one

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

Might be a good album, but unfortunately from an artist with personal views that can't be justified and therefore don't allow to support his music in any way

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

4/5

Good rock album - reminded me of good old bad religion punk rock

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Great sound, good vocals. Not the biggest R&B fan but found it to be a good album

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Love muddy waters. Great music, amazing vocals and just an awesome album (fortunately in good quality despite being a live album)