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Album	You	Global	Diff
Pyromania Def Leppard	5	3.13	+1.87
Kenya Machito	5	3.27	+1.73
Queen II Queen	5	3.49	+1.51
California American Music Club	4	2.68	+1.32
Boston Boston	5	3.71	+1.29
Dookie Green Day	5	3.79	+1.21
Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins	5	3.83	+1.17

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	1	3.61	-2.61
Amnesiac Radiohead	1	3.41	-2.41
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	1	3.37	-2.37
Goo Sonic Youth	1	3.24	-2.24
Fetch The Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple	1	3.2	-2.2
Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	3.08	-2.08
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	2	4	-2
Kick Out The Jams (Live) MC5	1	2.91	-1.91
Arular M.I.A.	1	2.83	-1.83
Roots Sepultura	1	2.78	-1.78

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	5	4.2

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	1.5
Radiohead	3	2

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Artist	Ratings
The Smashing Pumpkins	2, 5

5-Star Albums (10)

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Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

great old time jazz that actually carries themes throughout most of the piece.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

not sure about this album art. I've heard Pink Moon many times but never realized that was what he was saying...

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

White Ladder

David Gray

4/5

Does anyone else in the group even use these?

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

Music almost as strange as the album art. Good for work on TTT.... :P

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Good voice, I enjoyed Fascinating Rhythm. Overall this album keeps reminding me of her far-to-often-replayed christmas albums though. Not quite what I wanted in September.

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

2/5

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

3/5

I like the beats under this but I could do without many of the vocals. "A Secret Life" and "Come with Us" could make good muzak for a budget haunted house. "New feet" might be the strangest song on the album.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

My Generation

The Who

4/5

Protection

Massive Attack

4/5

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

Born To Be With You

Dion

3/5

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

not a big fan of the vocals but I enjoy the instrumentals.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

4/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

S&M

Metallica

4/5

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

The Man Who

Travis

3/5

Night Life

Ray Price

2/5

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

Very slow, almost all vocals. Not sure I can pay enough attention to keep track of the lyrics.

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

3/5

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

3/5

Enjoy the uptempo pace of Mandela. Not so much enjoying Sameeda, a bit to much of "true jazz" style and I am so lost as to where this melody is going.

Dry

PJ Harvey

2/5

This sounds more like noise than anything else to me.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Solid Air

John Martyn

3/5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

The Stone Roses

3/5

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

3/5

I enjoy Birdland, some of the others were a bit strange

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

4/5

Rage Against The Machine

2/5

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

2/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

2/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

3/5

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

3/5

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

Kind of an eclectic album. I feel like I would have enjoyed it better if I was sitting at home in the 80's playing it on a record player. But at work it was hard to follow and enjoy

Faust IV

Faust

2/5

Low-Life

New Order

4/5

I liked a lot of the vibes going with this album

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

1/5

I thought it was kind of bland and couldn't really focus on it.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Album was fine. Seemed kind of generic in some places, but there were a few that I enjoyed.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

I liked a lot of the upbeat happier songs. Some of the slow stuff was hard for me to enjoy at work.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

4/5

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

not a big fan of the first few. The lyrics do rhyme and there is a story line through at least some of the songs. "Where the wild roses grow" and "Curse of Millhaven" are better. The latter being more upbeat.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

2/5

Meh? I barely remember listening to this album

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

4/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

3/5

All Directions

The Temptations

2/5

fine background music.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

2/5

should play this as background to the lava lamp

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Pyromania

Def Leppard

5/5

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

I somehow always forget how strange the Talking Heads can be

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

The xx

3/5

Couple good songs, but a lot of the rest was really slow and kind of sad

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

3/5

Fun House

The Stooges

2/5

Meh. Started alright and then seemed to descend into random noise.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

3/5

Very

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Upbeat, easy to listen too. Kind of ended up in the background. Not enough cowbell for a group called the "Pet Shop Boys" though.

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

Eagles

4/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

Yikes, 2 full hours. It contains a few good tunes, but there are a lot that seem more like the lead singer needs to stop smoking before he loses his voice.

Sail Away

Randy Newman

2/5

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Hysteria

Def Leppard

4/5

John Prine

4/5

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

2/5

I was OK with this initially, but as it went along the songs just didn't sit well.

Black Monk Time

The Monks

2/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

I forgot how long some of these are.

2112

Rush

4/5

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

4/5

Strange music, but also kind of fun.

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

3/5

The Clash

2/5

I didn't find it very memorable even on the second listen.

4/5

2/5

4/5

4/5

3/5

Pixies

3/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

2/5

Sex Machine may be the last song I listen to on this album.

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

3/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

The Band

4/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

started out really strong. Actually don't mind the fact that it is live, harder to tell than many "live" albums.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

1/5

I still don't get it...

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

Meh, why?

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

3/5

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

3/5

I enjoyed this way more than expected.

Roxy Music

3/5

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Dare!

The Human League

3/5

Enjoyed the energy of some of the songs. But lots of synth isn't my favorite.

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

2/5

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

3/5

Enjoy the upbeat vibes

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

Debating between a 3 or 4. Enjoy the beats but it tends to fade into the background

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Common

3/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

3/5

Kind of sleepy for work listening

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

2/5

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

1/5

why.....? Sure it's got flow and rhythm, but still, Why?

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

Faces

3/5

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

3/5

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

2/5

Not a fan of this album.

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

2/5

Meh, rock? I guess some of them. To me this is country with a bit of pep and a few less dogs dying. Hard to concentrate on the entire thing.

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

2/5

slow and sad. Ya, not worth my time to finish this.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

I enjoyed this album. A refreshing difference with instrumentals compared to a lot of the recent vocal heavy tracks.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Berlin

Lou Reed

3/5

A few strange songs and often sad. But the lyrics are well written

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Music is much better than the album art.

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

I always forget how long this album is. And how strange some of these songs get.

The Grand Tour

George Jones

3/5

Drunk

Thundercat

3/5

Ok, strange. Not unpleasant to listen to, but the album art provides a good first impression.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

3/5

Joan Armatrading

2/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Kenya

Machito

5/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

2/5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

1/5

Not a big fan of this. But the lyrics are kind of interesting to listen to.

All Mod Cons

The Jam

2/5

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

2/5

Is this anything other than someone yelling over very generic guitar riffs? Oh wait, it included a long drum solo. Now I'm definitely totally impressed.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

Amnesiac

Radiohead

1/5

Radiohead is just not my vibe. I feel like I only ever hear about 1 or 2 of their songs and whenever I try another song, I just loose interest immediately. I can get behind the jazzy bit in "Life In a Glasshouse" because it's not just a solo whinefest.

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

3/5

Destroyer

KISS

3/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

2/5

Started promising, but now I realize why I haven't heard their version of No satisfaction....

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

I still enjoy this album, although not to quite the same extent as when it first came out.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

I like Neil Young's work, but this wasn't my favorite of his albums

Tom Tom Club

4/5

I am very amused but also confused. This sounds like something Ian would listen too. Overall it was fun background music, but I don't think I would play it with anyone around.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

2/5

Hms Fable

Shack

2/5

Cross

Justice

3/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

I enjoy the high energy.

Virgin Suicides

Air

3/5

I enjoyed the music but that last summary song is dark. Probably would help if I watched the movie.

Goo

Sonic Youth

1/5

This is just noise with some smokers rasping over it.

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

2/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Quite a trip but overall a lot of fun.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

Smooth jazz. But hard to pay attention for 20 minute songs.

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

2/5

Ehh, not for me

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

3/5

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

2/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Risque

CHIC

4/5

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

3/5

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

4/5

I liked this a lot more than expected.

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

Yup, Sean hit it on the nose. Not a big fan, don't really see the point.

Crazysexycool

TLC

2/5

meh.

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

3/5

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

2/5

Cut

The Slits

1/5

So far I like the cover art more than the music...

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

2/5

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

I guess for influential, this is an influential album because it lead to the next one. But considering how successful "Out of Time" was, I'm surprised this one is selected.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

1/5

Why is this on here?

Boston

5/5

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

2/5

He sings well, but it is hard to listen to this much dramatic music.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

Enjoyed a few of the songs, most of them were just good background music. Surprised that I haven't heard the entire album before.

Timeless

Goldie

2/5

with enough green stuff, maybe. At work, probably best to avoid for TP employees.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Decent easy listening, but not terribly memorable

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

I like listening to these as a complete album so I can hear the different styles and methods they use.

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

A bit abrasive for me

The World is a Ghetto

War

3/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

2/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Cohen sings well and puts a lot of complex metaphors in his songs; therefore, I can't follow what I'm listening to.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

4/5

I love how polarizing the reviews are

California

American Music Club

4/5

Blood, Sweat & Tears

3/5

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

Enjoying the mix of instruments and vocals.

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

2/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

1/5

nah, I don't get this one. Maybe if I listened more carefully I could enjoy the themes, but right now, this isn't worth finishing.

Queen II

Queen

5/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Roots

Sepultura

1/5

I can't finish this.

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

3/5

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

Loretta Lynn

2/5

Meh, it was relaxing, I could see listening to it in my grandparnets house while sipping tea and it would be better than the alternative. But it's kind of a downer.

The Blueprint

JAY Z

2/5

decent for rap

Kid A

Radiohead

2/5

"Where'd you park the car? Where'd youuuuu paaaarkkk the caaaaaar...." I don't know, why are you asking me?? Gahh!

Picture Book

Simply Red

3/5

I enjoyed this more than expected for reading the reviews. Upbeat vibes were a nice break.