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Album	You	Global	Diff
Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves	5	3.09	+1.91
Dust Screaming Trees	5	3.16	+1.84
Parachutes Coldplay	5	3.46	+1.54
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters	5	3.5	+1.5
Gorillaz Gorillaz	5	3.53	+1.47
Head Hunters Herbie Hancock	5	3.55	+1.45
Pink Moon Nick Drake	5	3.65	+1.35
Highway to Hell AC/DC	5	3.66	+1.34
Superfly Curtis Mayfield	5	3.7	+1.3
Metallica Metallica	5	3.79	+1.21

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Snivilisation Orbital	1	2.71	-1.71
Disraeli Gears Cream	2	3.47	-1.47
My Generation The Who	2	3.43	-1.43
The Beach Boys Today! The Beach Boys	2	3.27	-1.27
Little Earthquakes Tori Amos	2	3.23	-1.23
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman John Zorn	1	2.22	-1.22
Rain Dogs Tom Waits	2	3.2	-1.2
The Boatman's Call Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	3.2	-1.2
Nothing's Shocking Jane's Addiction	2	3.18	-1.18
Actually Pet Shop Boys	2	3.18	-1.18

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Artist	Albums	Average
AC/DC	2	5
Nirvana	2	5

5-Star Albums (15)

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Popular Reviews

Dust

Screaming Trees

5/5

YES GRUNGE THANK GOD i was beginning to lose hope. I adore this album, and basically all of Screaming Trees. Just the perfect music for me, and Lanegan is a fantastic singer for the music they produced.

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The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

It's fun to listen to an album that had an explicit purpose that nails it. This isn't something I'd listen to regularly (I'm not in that phase of my life anymore, thankfully) but there was a time that it would've been on loop. Hurt hits a lot harder within the context of a full listen.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (2)

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

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The Stone Roses

4/5

Loved it. Sonically thick, lush sounds throughout, easily danceable and relistenable. Sounded like the precursor to Oasis' Wall of Sound.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

I get why other people like Neil Young. And if I started writing music, it'd probably sound a lot like Neil Young. And it's not bad! But it's catch-and-release fishing. Hooks are good, but the songs meander, solos don't have direction, and they lose me 3 minutes into a ten minute(!) song.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Just a beautiful, funky album. Nothing more to say, it can't be improved.

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

2/5

This'll hit a whole lot better in October... weird spooky vibes. Not sure if I really HAD to hear this before I died, but whatevs. Okay it's getting more normal (Hang Down Your Head and Time) NEVERMIND WE BACK This isn't a bad album at all. I like the more regular songs. As a whole album, it doesn't resonate with me though, and I don't imagine I'll revisit it a whole lot in the future.

Metallica

5/5

God this album is so consistently good. 5/5 no notes.

No Other

Gene Clark

3/5

It's a nice album! Nothing blew me away, but it was pleasant to listen to. I don't think I'll come back to it a lot, but if it was already playing I wouldn't mind.

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

2/5

It’s fine. Jane’s Addiction never does anything for me, something about their sound gets on my nerve. Except for Mountain Song. Absolutely sick.

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

God, this album's sick. The interludes drag a little, and I could personally do without every song from Toilet Tisha onward, but it's so solid otherwise. Such a deep and complex piece of work, I'm really glad I got to revisit it for this.

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

2/5

I like it! A really solid first album, but nothing more than that for me. I wouldn't skip any of these songs if they showed up on shuffle, but I'm not sure I'll be seeking them out anytime soon either.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

2/5

Honestly, it's a little all over the place. Just a bunch of blues riffs, a drinking song (Mother's Lament), and none of them are particularly catching except Sunshine. Clapton sucks as a human. His music and blues jams are still overrated.

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

4/5

I get some Siamese Dream vibes, self-title Foo Fighters as well. Vocals sound like Rivers Cuomo out of breath. That's not a compliment. It feels like something I could've created on my own. I guess that's the point though.

Parachutes

Coldplay

5/5

It's like a musical weighted blanket.

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

4/5

Yo, this album's weird. I have no idea why it's famous or needs to be listened to (other than being a good Byrds album), but I like it!

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

4/5

Beautiful. The groaning is a little weird, but it's so obvious he's in a deeply personal groove that it's hard not to get sucked into the composition.

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

4/5

THIS IS WHERE POOR LENO CAME FROM my heart is happy Pretty fun album! Interesting melodies and synth beats, kinda reminds me of Entroducing and early Daft Punk (Homework/Discovery). 4/5 cause it brought me back to SSX3. Miss that game.

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

1/5

Yeah, this ain't it, chief.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

Little on the nose, getting this the day after the Queen's passing... It's a nice album, but I've never been a huge fan of The Smiths. Mostly has to do with Morrissey's voice and crooning, it just doesn't do a lot for me. Still a good album though!

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

Awesome album, really enjoyable. I only recognized L.A., but sonically it flows well and there wasn't a bad song in it. Great vignette of early 2000's indie music.

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

It’s… fine, I guess. There’s not a lot here that catches my attention. The lyrics aren’t that deep, the hooks are present but not earworms. It’s fine. Not great, not terrible.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Classics, enjoyable, but personally I definitely have to be in the right mood to seek it out.

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

4/5

Really great, enjoyable psych rock. I’d never heard of this but would absolutely revisit it.

Trio

Dolly Parton

3/5

Solid country classics. Not my jam, but very listenable.

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

4/5

Cheers to Neil for making an album I enjoy. Didn't think that was possible. His vocal performance conveys the trauma he's dealing with really well. I'd absolutely listen to this regularly, or at least when I'm working through my own stuff. This gives me hope I'll find other albums of his to enjoy. Much better than whatever other album of his I listened to.

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

This is just awesome, incredible rhythms and melodies, an amazing sound and beautifully cohesive. I could listen to Let's Start on repeat.

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

3/5

I've definitely got a soft spot for electronic music like this, that comes straight from early-2000's video game soundtracks. I'd never listen to this based on the cover art. The music is pretty good. If I was in the right mood I'd definitely listen to it more.

I Against I

Bad Brains

4/5

Pretty solid hardcore! It's fun listening to records like this and noticing how it's sounds matriculated into other, more mainstream albums I've heard.

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

3/5

Really solid R&B, but I'm not a huge fan. Not sure if I just wasn't in the right mood or what, but this one didn't do it for me. Still good though!

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Why had I never listened to this?? Great album, easy and fun to listen to. Apparently I'd never really listened to Iggy Pop, and I have no idea why.

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

2/5

It's... fine? Not too interesting, quite frankly. I don't remember anything about it, and I listened to it maybe four hours ago? Strange how that works.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

5/5

It sounds like every other AC/DC record, but damn does it sound good.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

Solid hip hop, not a bad track on the album really. Hard to say more, other than that it’s enjoyable.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Born in the U.S.A. (the song) is overrated. Bruce, in general, is overrated. Now that that's out of the way, I'm pleasantly surprised with this album. It's better than I previously remembered, and while it certainly isn't groundbreaking or original, it's easy to listen to. The deep cuts are better than the hits

Joan Armatrading

3/5

A surprise album that I didn’t expect much from, but was packed with nuance and thoughtfully done throughout. Water with the Wine was my standout.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

One of a couple perfect jazz/funk records. Could loop it endlessly without issue.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Fantastic. Simple, effective, really enjoyable.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

I loved it. Short, loopable, haunting, and beautiful. The album art is weird but I don't even care, I'm gonna be listening to this one a lot, and for a while.

Shadowland

k.d. lang

3/5

That was more fun than I thought it'd be. Simple, enjoyable country. Holy hell k.d. has pipes.

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

I swear to god this was playing over the airport intercom last month. Good shit!

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

It's not perfection, but it's pretty damn close.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Dust

Screaming Trees

5/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Awesome, awesome jazz record. Way more enjoyable than I was expecting it to be.

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

5/5

One of my favorite new country albums. A classic already.

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

3/5

Really solid indie album. Foreground is living in my head at the moment and it refuses to budge, but the rest wasn't extremely memorable to me for whatever reason. Still enjoyed it though.

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Walk On the Wild Side always freaks me out a bit for some reason, but within the album and with a little more context it makes more sense. Solid album from top to bottom, and really enjoyable.

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

3/5

Is it cheesy 90's pop? Absolutely. Honestly the second half is pretty forgettable, and it's hard to listen to without thinking of Britney's mistreatment at the hands of, everyone, basically. Still a great 90's pop album.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

4/5

Love this album. I'm absolutely biased, since I was a kid when this released and Linkin Park was the first CD I owned, but this was an awesome nostalgia trip.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Why's Nick Cave sound like a poor man's Lou Reed? The first two songs on this album had me really excited, they were deep and thoughtful and the sound was truly distinct. And then, it just kept going, and going, and going. There's absolutely no way this album is less than two hours. It dragged endlessly, and I can't explain why I listened to it's entirety.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

Okay, gotta say it; I don't get the hype. It's a good album! Every song sounds great, but the songs themselves just aren't that interesting, in lyrical or musical depth. I'm sure I'm missing something here, since this is supposed to be one of the best albums ever. Maybe it's the historical context? Cultural significance? Not sure, but I expected this album to be much, much better than it was.

Drunk

Thundercat

4/5

Well that's quite the transition from Pet Sounds... Loved it even more. Loved Thundercat pushing the envelope of funk music, loved his singing and his playing, the ensemble is never not locked in, just a fantastic album.

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

4/5

Way better than I expected, actually. The title track is fantastic alone, and the rest of the album holds up.

Gorillaz

5/5

Oh man, childhood. It's been so, so long. Old heads will hate this, probably complaining that it's all electronic and the beeps and boops aren't that interesting to listen to. You're more than welcome to hold that opinion, much like how I hold that Neil Young isn't Good or Interesting. The entire album is endlessly creative, especially for the early 2000's. Damon and Jamie are ruthlessly interesting with novel hooks, beats, and sounds, creating whatever the hell they like and making it all sound good. Such a phenomenal album, such a great debut. Love.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

It's a great album. Well produced, fantastic lyricism, enjoyable to listen to. But it's over 2 hours, and it's almost impossible for an album that long to not overstay it's welcome.

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

This was way better than I expected it to be. S/o my dad who told me Duran Duran sucks, for years. Not so sure anymore, pops!

Scott 2

Scott Walker

2/5

Really nice string and horn arrangements. Scott has a nice voice as well, but there's nothing on this album that I'm gonna have an itch to return to.

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5

I can hear the influences this album would eventually create. Doesn't mean it's good, or worth listening to itself. 1.5/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Loved it. Such a fun album, and a great debut. Tina Weymouth is incredible.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

I wish we knew exactly what Jason played. Otherwise, it's great! Drags on longer than it needs to, but then it wouldn't be a Metallica album, would it?

Foo Fighters

5/5

A classic, one of my favorite bands and a great stepping stone between grunge and alternative rock. Big Me sucks.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

Happy 20th anniversary! I should listen to this more often than I do. I should listen to the White Stripes more often than I do. That's on me.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

2/5

It's fine. The Beach Boys aren't my thing, and I don't think I'll ever willingly come back to them. But their vocal harmonies are nice.

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

David Bowie

5/5

Having never listened to a full Bowie album before, I feel like I get it now. It makes immediate sense why this one's a classic, and I love it.

Snivilisation

Orbital

1/5

I love the Metroid Prime Soundtrack.

Queens of the Stone Age

4/5

My first ever vinyl record. A classic of the stoner rock genre

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

The best comeback album after your lead singer died? Probably. It shreds. Don't think too hard about it, it's not meant to be dissected. 4.5/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

Long live the Prince, and long live Black Sabbath.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

Perfectly enjoyable, nothing that offensive or bad. ZZ Top might be American AC/DC. Nothing wrong with that, but it's the parallel I'm noticing.

My Generation

The Who

2/5

It's completely fine. Revolutionary at the time, classic and certainly less interesting than it once was now. Entwistle's still one of the best bassists to bass

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

One of the greatest musical performances of all time.