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Album	You	Global	Diff
Wonderful Rainbow Lightning Bolt	5	2.28	+2.72
Suicide Suicide	5	2.46	+2.54
Club Classics Vol. One Soul II Soul	5	2.82	+2.18
Freak Out! The Mothers Of Invention	5	2.84	+2.16
Kick Out The Jams (Live) MC5	5	2.91	+2.09
Joan Baez Joan Baez	5	2.96	+2.04
O.G. Original Gangster Ice T	5	2.97	+2.03
Truth Jeff Beck	5	3.16	+1.84
Screamadelica Primal Scream	5	3.17	+1.83
Selling England By The Pound Genesis	5	3.18	+1.82

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Cross Justice	1	3.28	-2.28
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail Buck Owens	1	2.81	-1.81
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles	2	3.49	-1.49
Queen II Queen	2	3.49	-1.49
Green Onions Booker T. & The MG's	2	3.41	-1.41
The Next Day David Bowie	2	3.3	-1.3
The Pleasure Principle Gary Numan	2	3.14	-1.14
Halcyon Digest Deerhunter	2	3.05	-1.05

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Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	2	5
Eminem	2	5

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Artist	Ratings
Queen	5, 2

5-Star Albums (43)

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Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

5/5

Actually a very approachable album.

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Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

Metallica

5/5

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

4/5

The potential on what could be forthcoming is clear.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Classic.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

2/5

While the record may have been reflective of its era, its era lacked.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

2/5

Not sure why this is on the list. Fine but not ground breaking.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

3/5

Better than expected

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

3/5

okay.

Ingenue

k.d. lang

4/5

Very good album.

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

5/5

Actually a very approachable album.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Excellent and timely album

All Mod Cons

The Jam

3/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

5/5

So underappreciated.

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

Great music.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Great sounding album.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

Ray Of Light

Madonna

4/5

solid album

Queens of the Stone Age

4/5

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

1/5

all that I do not like in music on a single disc.

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

very smooth and enjoyable

Truth

Jeff Beck

5/5

Excellent album, still holds up well.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

One of the best records, ever.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Surprisingly fun. Had no idea of their background or music.

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

While it continues bowie's growth, is it his best, I do not think so.

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

4/5

Very solid record and great introduction to his talents.

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Two great songs and filler. The trade mark of the 60’s band!

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Classic rock

Suicide

5/5

Stunning photo-punk.

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

5/5

Very good early Prog.

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

4/5

Nice album representing the return to British Folk music in the lake 60's.

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

2/5

This is one of those albums that you rush out to buy only to play it once and say, why.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

A trip back to the midish 70's.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Very nice album to listen too.

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

5/5

Pure rock!

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

Fine though nothing ground breaking

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

4/5

Nice record to listen too. Truly reflects its era.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

3/5

Good album, never heard it before, will not likely again.

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

4/5

Very underrated album. God music

Vivid

Living Colour

4/5

Good album, solid songs that rock.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3/5

first time listening, likely be the only time listening.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

Was not one that I had heard before, just not in my listening lane.

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

4/5

Not sure what I was listening to but it was very good. Johnny Cash at times, 80's at times. Overall a lot of good songs among the 69.

NEU! 75

Neu!

3/5

First and likely only listen. Nothing I would recommend.

The Blueprint

JAY Z

3/5

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

This is an interesting album. Yes, it is Elvis, but clearly one that is trying to find a fan base that has moved on.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Solid work of music, show much of Young's talents.

Goo

Sonic Youth

4/5

Very nice album. Takes you back to the moment.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Very nice piece of music

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

5/5

One of the best Live albums ever. Shows the band with all of their muscle.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Good not great.

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

3/5

Solid wanna be blues album.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

5/5

Very good album.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

2/5

hate to see a legend down this path. Does he really make any of these songs his own?

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

5/5

Beautiful music. Very well done.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Couple of good songs. Not my favorite.

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

4/5

Good solid album

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

5/5

Strap on your seatbelts, this one rocks!

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

Nothing special

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

Good, not great album.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Excellent album. Holds up great over time.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

4/5

Fine album

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

Very solid album. Too bad the Stones screwed them

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

4/5

Much deeper album then I would have thought. Very good music.

White Light

Gene Clark

3/5

Solid Effort

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Very solid album.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Excellent album, fine production values for its time.

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Excellent album.

With The Beatles

Beatles

5/5

Classic, still works.

Play

Moby

4/5

Good album. Solid performance.

Adele

3/5

Fine, not one that I would buy, but fine.

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Excellent album

Eagles

4/5

Fine debut a few great songs.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Beautiful album with some amazing songs.

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5

Fine, not my music

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

5/5

Never heard of the album or the band, sorry to say. very good music.

Bad Company

4/5

Solid debut

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

Excellent Album.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

4/5

Solid album.

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

4/5

Actually a very good album.

Blur

3/5

Fine album

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

3/5

Not my type of music.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

4/5

Nice music. Nice discovery.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Excellent album. A must introduction/

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

5/5

Excellent album. Still stands tall.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

His best work. Not a weak song from start to finish.

The Next Day

David Bowie

2/5

Eh, listened, really did not hear something that stood out.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

Solid record.

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

5/5

Powerful record. Excellent from the start.

Sincere

Mj Cole

3/5

Fine, but not my favorite genre.

The Doors

5/5

Excellent debut.

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

4/5

Very nice album.

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

4/5

Very good album. Nice listening experience

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

Excellent album. Pure blues.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

5/5

Stuuningly beautiful album. From start to finish.

Cypress Hill

4/5

Stuningly beautiful album. From start to finish.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

4/5

Post Punk at its finest.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

A developing Beach Boy album. Harmonies are there and, in retrospect, you see where they are going.

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

3/5

Fine album, not sure why it is on the list.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Excellent, but short album.

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

3/5

Pleasant album. Certainly the end of an era in music.

Common

3/5

Fine album.

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Excellent album.

Document

R.E.M.

5/5

Excellent

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Excellent album. Q seen at its best demonstrating a variety of musical styles.

Foo Fighters

4/5

Solid Rock album.

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Excelent album, a must for every collector.

The Visitors

ABBA

3/5

Not my style but typical of Abba.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Very nice 70's vibe.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Fine album.

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

5/5

Pure Pre-Punk, Detroit style. Power rock at its finest.

Joan Baez

5/5

Such a beautiful voice. A must listen to.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Very nice album, beautiful music

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Fine Progressive album

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

Solid album, not as strong as I thought it was.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

Fina album, nothing stood out however.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

5/5

Excellent album. Shows the diversity of Zappa at his best.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

Excellent album.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Very nice album.

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

3/5

Good, not great album.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Can't buy a thrill with this album.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Excellent!

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

4/5

Very good album. Well representative of her work.

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

4/5

Very nice background music. Nice beats, catchy rhythms.

Queen II

Queen

2/5

I am surprised they let them have a third album. This did absolutely nothing for me.

Cross

Justice

1/5

Nope, techo dance

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Good world music album.

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

3/5

Eh, not the best, certainly not the worst.

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

3/5

Fine album, nothing stood out however.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

Good representation of their work.

Van Halen

5/5

Excellent debut. Show the range they have in their talents.

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

Great songs do not an album make. The songs are all easily listen to able, but just lacks for me.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Very nice album

Street Life

The Crusaders

4/5

Very nice album.

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

Arrested Development

4/5

Very good album. Fine songs, enjoyable beats

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

Very nice introduction to the Dogg world.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Outstanding album.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

Great representation of rock in the late 80's. Raw and disciplined at the same time.

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

4/5

Fine debut

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

5/5

A great LP