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Album	You	Global	Diff
Colour By Numbers Culture Club	5	2.84	+2.16
The Real Thing Faith No More	5	3.2	+1.8
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.28	+1.72
One Nation Under A Groove Funkadelic	5	3.42	+1.58
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	5	3.46	+1.54
The Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald	5	3.53	+1.47
Hard Again Muddy Waters	5	3.62	+1.38
Birth Of The Cool Miles Davis	5	3.65	+1.35
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	5	3.66	+1.34
Superfly Curtis Mayfield	5	3.7	+1.3

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Music From Big Pink The Band	1	3.36	-2.36
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	1	3.35	-2.35
Surf's Up The Beach Boys	1	3.31	-2.31
Modern Kosmology Jane Weaver	1	3.08	-2.08
Veckatimest Grizzly Bear	1	3.05	-2.05
Something/Anything? Todd Rundgren	1	3.03	-2.03
Is This It The Strokes	2	3.81	-1.81
Strange Cargo III William Orbit	1	2.77	-1.77
Yeezus Kanye West	1	2.77	-1.77
Hot Fuss The Killers	2	3.74	-1.74

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Popular Reviews

Yeezus

Kanye West

1/5

No thanks.

1 likes

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

5/5

Love this album so much! I used to steal it from my mom's collection all the time so I could listen to it in my room.

1 likes

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

I like metal but yeah.....this was not that great.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (9)

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Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

3/5

I honestly haven't ever really spent much time on the music of Van Morrison. Other than having the unpopular opinion of hating Brown Eyed Girl. I guess I'm going to continue to have the unpopular opinions because I kind of just tuned it out while working and hadn't realized that first off I was on track 5, and two that I thought I was still on track one. Sorry gang, he just doesn't do much for me.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

Always down for some rockin' blues. I don't think I've ever heard this album from start to finish, though I know most people should be familiar with at least 3 or 4 of these tracks. Definitely my first exposure to their music back in the day.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

Was not familiar with Harry Nilsson until Russian Doll. Or so I thought. Several tracks on here I was familiar with. All round a fun listen with lots of cool tracks.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

2/5

Been familiar with them for ages, but never really much of a fan. Recognized several of the songs but never really paid attention to who was playing them. Definitely not what I'd purposefully select to listen to ever, but I didn't hate it.

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

3/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

Fun way to groove right into a Friday morning. Some smokin' organ playing going on here which definitely kept me interested throughout.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

One of my father's favourite bands when i was growing up. Though he didn't ever really play much music in the house, if he did, Supertramp would be played at some point.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

It's been easily a decade since I've listened to this album from front to back but the summer of '95 is was on perpetual repeat. That year I was a theater projectionist, but also for extra cash I cleaned three of the theaters in that six plex 3 mornings a week. Those audiences were absolute pigs. Endless popcorn spills, sitting on top of endless streams of sticky gross pop spills. SO. MUCH. MOPPING. This album helped me through that time, blasting it through the speakers. I can honestly say this album is as solid as it gets from start to finish with great songs to empower you through a time when for me things were not great. She was going through some shit. I was going through some shit of my own. She was a great shoulder to lean on. Great nostalgia trip going through this one again.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

Not a week goes by where I don't hear something from this album I'm sure. This album gets off to a great start with Welcome To The Working Week. And who doesn't love Alison? Top to bottom a great album.

American Pie

Don McLean

3/5

My unpopular opinion: I hate the song American Pie. I was more interested in how the rest of the album went. He's a good songwriter. I enjoyed it though it was a little more mellow than I was in the mood for today.

Achtung Baby

4/5

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

I really do need to sit down with more albums by some of these great jazz musicians. This album was such a fantastic listen. I will definitely circle back to this one someday and really listen deeply. There's so much subtlety in there that there's a lot you can miss.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

3/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Blur

3/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

3/5

Had no idea what to expect when I popped this one, and the first track grabbed me right away! I fell right into the groove as they replicate some 70s soul sort of vibes. That changed and it all just sort of faded into the background. Not a bad listen when you just want something in the background.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

5/5

I mean, what can you say about Gershwin that hasn't been said a million times before. His songs are timeless classics and to listen to an album of them sung by Ella Fitzgerald is a huge treat for the ears.

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

Not my favourite Bowie album by any stretch of the imagination, but let's face it. Even a bad Bowie album is a fantastic album. I think I found a few new favourites in this one as this album has none of my regular "go to" songs.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

The Rolling Stones never disappoint with some great blues tinged Rock and Roll. This album has two of my favourite Stones' songs (Sympathy For The Devil and Street Fighting Man) So I knew there were going to be a few fun tracks in this journey. All in all I liked the rest of the album as well.

Os Mutantes

4/5

I had no idea what to expect with this one. But I must say I generally liked it. There were a few patches were I wasn't really there for it, but then the next song would come on and I'd be right back into it.

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

What can I say. It's R.E.M. You pretty much get what you're expecting. This album has a few of my favourite R.E.M. songs on it so that was good listening.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

1/5

Fat Boy NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE!

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

4/5

Some fantastic rockin' blues from a true legend.

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

1/5

This didn't do much for me. Not bad as background music, but not really memorable either.

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Enjoyed sitting down with some Booker T. Great album start to finish though the organ was starting to get to me near the end.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

It really doesn't get any better than Black Sabbath, really. Listen to this album and put that up against anything Ozzy has done lately and you'll see that the Ozzy of today hasn't lost a single step. I really need to listen to this album a lot more often. I loved the cover of Supernaut that 1000 Homo DJs did ages ago. The original is just as hard hitting.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

Nope. Could not hold my attention at all. Gave up half way through. Just not my style.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Yeezus

Kanye West

1/5

No thanks.

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

3/5

Not exactly my favourite Tom Waits album, but a good listen nonetheless. Downtown Train is definitely the best this album has to offer.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

The first Smiths album I ever heard or owned. So many great songs that I play often even today.

S&M

Metallica

3/5

A whole new way to listen to Metallica. I really haven't listened to them much since the Black Album so there was much in here I was unfamiliar with. A fun listen, but 2.25 hours worth was a bit more than I could take.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

I don't care what anyone says, without the Sex Pistols, there are a huge number of bands that would not exist. It's amazing how influential a band can be when only one actual album was ever recorded. Rarely does a day go by that I don't listen to some Pistols.

Gorillaz

3/5

I think I'm just one of those people that just doesn't GET Gorillaz.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

You'll never have to twist my arm to sit down and listen to an Elvis Costello album. This one is solid. I don't think I've ever sat down and listened to this album from start to finish, as most of the songs were new to me. I've found a few new favourites here.

Woodface

Crowded House

4/5

I had forgotten how much I enjoy the music of Crowded House. Thanks for the reminder.

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

3/5

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Classic album that my father would play all the time in the car on long road trips. I know this one well.

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

3/5

Never thought I'd see Fishbone on here. Just the right music to get someone into the groove.

Is This It

The Strokes

2/5

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

The Stooges

4/5

Love me some Stooges. Very rough. Very raw.

Reign In Blood

Slayer

4/5

Classic Thrash metal. Never got into Slayer though. But I was definitely a fan of the others in the "Big 4".

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

1/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

1/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

4/5

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

2/5

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

2/5

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

4/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

I will be ever thankful to my Grade 12 teacher for introducing me to the music of Kate Bush.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

5/5

Love this album so much! I used to steal it from my mom's collection all the time so I could listen to it in my room.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Dry

PJ Harvey

2/5

Paris 1919

John Cale

2/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Love me some Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

I like metal but yeah.....this was not that great.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

808 State

2/5

Felt like I was trapped in a video game. Fun to work to, but I'd never put any of this into a playlist.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3/5

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Never heard this entire album before. I like it a lot.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Classic Album.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

1/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Perhaps my favourite Hendrix album. I was always more of a fan of his blues influenced stuff.

Homework

Daft Punk

3/5

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

2/5

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

Dire Straits

3/5

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

4/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

The Real Thing

Faith No More

5/5

I mean, this album is near perfect. It was a major part of my musical listening at that time. At that time it was like nothing I'd ever heard before. So fun to go back and listen to this one.

Queen II

Queen

3/5

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

One of the better Beatles albums in my opinion.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

1/5

BORING.

Rio