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Album	You	Global	Diff
Nick Of Time Bonnie Raitt	5	2.83	+2.17
Bluesbreakers John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers	5	3.16	+1.84
No Other Gene Clark	5	3.19	+1.81
Sound Affects The Jam	5	3.26	+1.74
Moss Side Story Barry Adamson	4	2.53	+1.47
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	5	3.57	+1.43
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	5	3.66	+1.34
Triangle The Beau Brummels	4	2.71	+1.29
Brothers In Arms Dire Straits	5	3.74	+1.26
The Stranger Billy Joel	5	3.86	+1.14

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Bends Radiohead	2	4.01	-2.01
Southern Rock Opera Drive-By Truckers	1	2.82	-1.82
Faust IV Faust	1	2.78	-1.78
Kid A Radiohead	2	3.71	-1.71
Cut The Slits	1	2.71	-1.71
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	2	3.64	-1.64
We Are Family Sister Sledge	2	3.48	-1.48
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	2	3.38	-1.38
Chirping Crickets Buddy Holly & The Crickets	2	3.29	-1.29
The Slim Shady LP Eminem	2	3.29	-1.29

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Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

5/5

Excellent album, great singing, great instrumentals. Great all around.

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1-Star Albums (4)

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The Joshua Tree

4/5

Starts off very strong, falls off a bit but still overall solid album. Some surprising folksy stuff in there.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

2/5

Not bad, probably wouldn't relisten. Can hear some of the early development of rock guitar sounds coming through.

Common

4/5

Starts strong, ends strong. Great flow and beats. Lyrics are decent. It's Your World and Love Is are favorites.

In It For The Money

Supergrass

4/5

Surprisingly good rock music. Lots of great tracks.

Franz Ferdinand

5/5

Excellent album. So many good tracks.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

5/5

British Punk Rock with some psychadelic/surf rock and probably better descriptions deep in there. GREAT ALBUM.

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

1/5

Southern Rock for people who already like Southern Rock. Bland lyrics, bad singing, bad mix, okay guitar, bland drums. Not a good album at all.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Solid album, not much overly standout but good sound overall

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

5/5

Excellent album, great singing, great instrumentals. Great all around.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Country Life

Roxy Music

2/5

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

3/5

Solid album. Not well versed in this style so it sounds a bit the same but good to just have on.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

2/5

Doesn't hold up over the years. A product of its time. Some of the lyrics are good but somewhat repetitive and most of the beats are fairly simple.

Street Signs

Ozomatli

3/5

Very fun album. Got great rhythm and lots of variety of songs.

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

3/5

Okay album. All songs sound good but don't really standout.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

4/5

Very British 60's rock and I love it. Of course its not anywhere near as tight as Dark Side of the Moon or Wish You Were Here (my personal favorite), but it brings a full experience of psychadelic sounds and lyrics. This won't be for everyone, but it's definitely for me.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

2/5

Okay album. Songs are repetitive throughout each song and most of the songs sound similar to each other so it gets kind of boring. I'm sure some people like it, but not really for me.

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

2/5

Okay background noise. Maybe I need to listen to more to gain a better appreciation but it all blends for me. I WANT to like it but ehhh.

Paul Simon

4/5

Solid album. It doesn't hit Graceland levels but Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard is an absolute smash.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Great album. Dusty has a great voice, the songs are engaging and fun.

Night Life

Ray Price

3/5

An album that I can say is probably a very good album that just isn't for me. Really good voice, decent songs but just doesn't do a lot for me.

Phrenology

The Roots

4/5

Excellent album. Haven't heard much of The Roots before but really enjoyed it.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

2/5

So so album. Okay background music, doesn't do much otherwise.

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

3/5

Thought I would like it more than I did. Overall meh.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Okay album. Solid, just mostly not for me.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

3/5

Okay album. Good individual songs but as a whole gets very similar. Would be great to have seen live.

Pelican West

Haircut 100

3/5

Okay album. More up-tempo than most in this genre but still just not for me.

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

3/5

Solid album. Many very good songs. Didn't realize that the 2nd album linked on Spotify wasn't originally apart of the Ocean Blue release and felt the album didn't deserve to be a double but it was still enjoyable.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Really awesome album. Solid all the way through. The last song is probably the weakest lyrically but overall great.

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Solid album overall. Can see why she became a star. No song on it's own stands out to me but I did enjoy it all.

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

2/5

Ehhhh....

The Stone Roses

3/5

Okay. Nothing really stood out. Might have to give a second listen

Miriam Makeba

3/5

Kid A

Radiohead

2/5

I'm just not a radiohead fan. Oh well. No hate given.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Awesome album. Last song on the album is incredible.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

3/5

You know the hits, other than that its okay. Lyrics are pretty bad at times but instruments are decent at least.

Violent Femmes

3/5

Not a bad album. Confessions was the most interesting to me. The style is interesting in one or two song bursts but gets a little stale over a full album.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

Very good album. Some great tracks but every one was at least good.

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5

After being surprised by how much I liked "Be", I was hoping to enjoy this one more than I did. Not bad but nothing stood out.

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

I LOVE RATM and I love this album. Morello's lyrics are excellent even if they can be repetitive (to invoke protest chants but still). The guitar playing and energy though bring everything up to great.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

Love talking heads songs but their albums are mostly okay. Solid album. But nothing spectacular.

Elvis Presley

2/5

I can see why he was big for his time. But it doesn't do much for me overall. Thankfully its a short album.

Dry

PJ Harvey

3/5

Solid grunge album. Strong voice. Need to give a relisten later

One World

John Martyn

2/5

Gave up after a few songs. It's not that it's awful. It's just the worst of background music. It's like a bad music soundtrack.

Faust IV

Faust

1/5

I'm on a rough streak of albums. I'm not sure how this is a good album. Does being German make you a different genre?

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

3/5

The Bends

Radiohead

2/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Great album. Really enjoyed it.

Cut

The Slits

1/5

Good if you like noise or terrible audio levels and bad vocals. Why is this in here?

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

Solid album. Can see why it was popular. Don't love it personally

New York Dolls

3/5

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

As a fuzzy person, I don't need this much extra fuzz in my life. It would be nice to at least understand some of the lyrics because the melody was okay at times. But no just more fuzz.

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

2/5

Okay I guess.

High Violet

The National

4/5

Enjoyable. Would listen again

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

3/5

Mehhh. Better than the last Byrds album I had to listen to but not much. Instrumentals are good but the vocals are so boring. I feel like most songs sound the same.

Ramones

3/5

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

5/5

Excellent album

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

Hit or miss for me. First song started off real strong. Karmacoma seemed weird and boring. Three was okay. Spyglass was enjoyable.

Metallica

4/5

Great album as a whole. Holier than Thou is the weakest by far as it sounds like Weird Al doing a Metallica cover

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Okay album. Not great though.

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

Okay album. Not really my style though

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

Such an amazing album.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

4/5

Not a bad album overall. Not my favorite but solid. Feels very 90s.

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

2/5

Okay I guess

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

1/5

Horrendous.

No Other

Gene Clark

5/5

Surprisingly good album overall. Lots of different styles and good songs.

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

4/5

I like it but don't love it. Solid but missing something.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Decent. Half the album is sadly missing from spotify but it was okay.

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

4/5

Not bad. The voice feels genuine rather than a straight Bob Dylan rip-off but it is very close. Magic Hollow is definitely the star of the album

The Last Broadcast

Doves

3/5

Okay album. Nothing standout.

American Pie

Don McLean

4/5

Solid album. American Pie is obviously the standout song but many others were pleasant if not wholly memorable.

Achtung Baby

3/5

Okay I guess.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

4/5

More enjoyable than I expected

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Excellent album

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

Not bad. Obviously has two massive hits on it. The rest isn't bad but such big drop offs.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Solid but not sure what it really brings to the table. Willie has a great voice but I'd like to get more from him.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Ehhh. Not bad, but not very engaging.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

Very good album with some great songs.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Okay album. Its CCR so you get CCR

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Some great playing but overall some interesting choices. Sex Machine felt like the high point.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

4/5

Took me by surprise as a solid album. Is it deserving of being on this list? I'm doubtful but I'm glad to have listened to it and so I'm happy with it.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Risque

CHIC

2/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

Decent album. Everybody wants to rule the world is one of my favorite songs. Most of the rest of the album doesn't hit as strong though

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

3/5