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Album	You	Global	Diff
Wonderful Rainbow Lightning Bolt	5	2.28	+2.72
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson	5	3.35	+1.65
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	5	3.39	+1.61
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden	5	3.41	+1.59
Stand! Sly & The Family Stone	5	3.43	+1.57
Low David Bowie	5	3.55	+1.45
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	5	3.63	+1.37
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	5	3.68	+1.32
Kid A Radiohead	5	3.71	+1.29
Alien Lanes Guided By Voices	4	2.75	+1.25

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	1	3.28	-2.28
Countdown To Ecstasy Steely Dan	1	3.28	-2.28
Close To You Carpenters	1	3.11	-2.11
Smokers Delight Nightmares On Wax	1	2.91	-1.91
Giant Steps The Boo Radleys	1	2.88	-1.88
Headquarters The Monkees	1	2.87	-1.87
Is This It The Strokes	2	3.82	-1.82
Night Life Ray Price	1	2.81	-1.81
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman	2	3.79	-1.79
Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette	2	3.72	-1.72

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Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	5	4.4
Nirvana	3	4.33

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Artist	Albums	Average
Steely Dan	2	1.5

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Tracy Chapman

2/5

Not a big fan of her voice

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Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

Highlights: New style Girls Rhymin and stealin Brass monkey

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

Highlights: 21st century schizoid man Guitar break in moonchcild

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Beautiful 8/10

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Highlights: Frances Heart shaped Very ape Tourette’s Radio friendly

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Territorial pissings On a plain In bloom Drain you 7/10

Is This It

The Strokes

2/5

Bad blend of the white stripes and the smiths. His vocals are good in the gritty moments otherwise annoying. Very good at writing catchy songs not my style.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

2/5

Luna was ok. So was fooled again. American girl is good. Breakdown is by far the best song on the album. Doesn’t do much to fight the negative stereotypes of dad rock 4/10

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

2/5

Way too long. The only measure for rating each song is how catchy it is because their is not much else to say. Obviously it’s very influential. Mine was the best song and superpower was second. 2.5/10

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

Not bad given it was made by someone in arctic monkeys. Not a huge fan of his voice.

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

3/5

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

2/5

Some fun catchy songs but too long and a little outdated. 3.8/10

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Surprisingly tasteful drums some songs feel undeveloped but some good songs and overall nice feeling to the album. Sister of the moon is best song 6/10

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

A few good songs otherwise standard reggae nothing wrong with that

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

2/5

Interesting cool sounds didn’t quite live up to the potential on the songwriting side got kind of boring

Tracy Chapman

2/5

Not a big fan of her voice

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

3/5

Very interesting and cool not my style of music. Maybe has a time and place though

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Super high pitched voice but some good songwriting

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

2/5

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

3/5

Enjoyed a couple songs and very ahead of it’s time and uniqur

Killing Joke

3/5

Another album ahead of it’s time and underdeveloped but had some cool stuff

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

5/5

Checks every box possible for a country album. It’s a concept album, underrated and beautiful guitar, good production, nostalgic, influential, album length fits the style of music, tells a story, there’s a flow to song order, great album cover, beautiful ending.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

The hits are obviously great (in my life, Michelle, Norwegian wood) but some of the deeper cuts don’t really interest me

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

2/5

The pop hits are effective but I don’t like this kind of music

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

2/5

Unique don’t love her voice

Follow The Leader

Korn

2/5

Good production and drums but what are the vocals

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Fun, consistent, you can hear their influences and who they influenced, maggot brain,

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

Definitely has some good songs, maybe if I was in a better mood I’d give it a 4

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

3/5

Nice album not quite good as some other albums of that style

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Fucking amazing album everything hits perfectly also one of my favorite album covers

Sincere

Mj Cole

1/5

Very boring and bland electronic music

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

It’s a classic but not something I would likely turn to and I prefer bon scott

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

3/5

Better than I thought there’s some good song writing even though it’s very 80s pop

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

3/5

B-52's

The B-52's

2/5

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

4/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

Similar level as the last talking heads album

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Probably not my favorite Hendrix album but it is great

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

4/5

Pretty cool female nick cave+mazzy star+bjork 7/10

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Classic

American Idiot

Green Day

3/5

Nostalgic but not my favorite Green Day although I like that it’s a concept album

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Not even Pink Floyd’s best Production, feel, mood, memorable, innovative, lyrics, theme, consistency

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

2/5

Would’ve been good in middle school

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

2/5

Not horrible just uninspiring

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Not my favorite Stevie but good

Hysteria

Def Leppard

2/5

I would probably never listen to it again but it was fun at the time 2.5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

Some decent songs

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Quality popular music

Headquarters

The Monkees

1/5

I’m kinda bored of this kinda music

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

3/5

Second half is infinitely better than the watered down blue in the first half he was 73 when this was recorded!

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Fun album

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Less experimental than the last pj Harvey But just as enjoyable

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

4/5

Not as good as carnival but very well constructed pop with some very tasty licks

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

2/5

It’s alright I probably won’t listen to them again

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

3/5

Some songs were better than other and the vocals were generally good

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Not as good as paranoid but still great album with cool riffs, drum, bass and some of Ozzys better vocals

The Predator

Ice Cube

4/5

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

Definitely pioneering in shoegaze but can get boring if your not in the mood

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

2/5

Kinda boring some of the songs were cool but the sad was over powering the organ

Metallica

4/5

Some great tracks some eh tracks very cohesive though

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

2/5

Sweet dreams is great but there were also some very bad songs I would give it a 1.5/5 stars but I’m rounding it to 2

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

2/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Great songs amazing debut Oceans and black are highlights 9/10

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

3/5

Not quite as good as her other aLbums but descent

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Not my favorite David Bowie stuff the middle instrumental part was cool heroes is obviously great and sons of the silent age was prett good definitely ahead of it’s time as well

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Classic nostalgia catchy songs

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

I would listen again but there’s nothing mind blowing about it

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

4/5

Fun House

The Stooges

4/5

Perfect length great mood

Roxy Music

2/5

Won’t complain if it’s on but nothing stood out

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

1/5

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

Very Nostalgic but don’t find myself listening very often

Talvin Singh

3/5

Album started really good and got progressively worse

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

3/5

Better than I was expecting cool sounds I don’t like the indie singing

Pink Flag

Wire

4/5

Surprising production fun album

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

2/5

The major third gets old but fairly interesting and cool mood

Being There

Wilco

4/5

8/10

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Pleasant

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

2/5

People love this album but I think it’s kinda dated and get annoying after a while the first two tracks are great though

Bad Company

2/5

Nothing really bad about or good about it

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Great cool album title track is epic so far my third favorite Bowie album I’ve listened too behind hunky, ziggy

Rapture

Anita Baker

2/5

It’s very good at its job

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

3/5

Inconsistent songs, odd but effective lyrical consistency

The United States Of America

1/5

Extremely dated couldn’t finish the whole thing

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

2/5

It did get dry after a while I didn’t the lyrics were anything special white dress was very cool

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

4/5

Nice

Close To You

Carpenters

1/5

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Surprisingly solid and fun

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

3/5

Not on Spotify so it was hard listening to the entire thing but what heard was

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

3rd best Beatles album

Foo Fighters

2/5

Pretty uninteresting but at the same time fun?

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Pretty good listen graded on how much I enjoyed it I would give it 3 but including impact on music it would be close to a five the fact that it came out in 1967 is pretty amazing

Aja

Steely Dan

2/5

Technically good with good production and interesting harmonies but the songwriting is uninteresting and feels soulless

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

4/5

A little cheesy but not a bad listen or waste of time

Blur

2/5

why is it so long?? if they had cut it to the best 11 songs it might have been a 4 because its a fun album with some fun songs but it kept dragging on with the same songs so 2

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Better than expected the voice grew on my and there are some great songs (pyramids??)

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

5/5

A very light five out of five very cool

Night Life

Ray Price

1/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

Much more musically interesting than I was expecting

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

Apparently the essential salsa album the 70s twists were cool but that’s not what made the album good

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

2/5

Couldn’t get through the whole thing some of the songs were cool and interesting some were extremely weird (the first song) it’s a light two

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

2/5

There’s some good moments with catchy Melodies it was perfectly fine on a Saturday morning

Faith

George Michael

3/5

Lots of hits never got annoyed by it

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

2/5

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

The Cars

2/5

Somewhat boring at times although I love just what I needed

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

With a stronger ending this would be a five but the energy starts to fade in the last few songs

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

Wasn’t a thorough listen but enjoyable and promising for a second listen

Street Life

The Crusaders

2/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Not as quite good as his other albums but their were some good songs definitely

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

2/5

Low

David Bowie

5/5

its a toss up between low, station to station, im leaning low right now. light 5 to compensate for the missed 5s on other albums

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

Strong 3 light 4

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

1/5

If I was in a bad mood this would piss me off so bad i gave aja a two because it is "good" on paper. To balance it out ill give this a strong 1

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

I, II, Houses of holy>

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

Pretty nice blues

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

Eagles

2/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Perfectly acceptable

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

2/5

Kinda boring even though it was short it felt like it dragged

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

1/5

couldnt listen all the way extremely bland and long

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Some good songs some not as good but very solid

The Joshua Tree

3/5

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

4/5

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

3/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

2/5

not for me but definitely influential

Take Me Apart

Kelela

2/5

An occasional dose of this won’t hurt

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

John Prine

4/5

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

4/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

I would get a lot of hate for saying her voice is a little overrated. She is great though

Leftism

Leftfield

2/5

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

4/5

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

Amazing this is shit is so good

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

1/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

The hits are solid there were a couple descent deep cuts (silent night, the dylan one, patterns) "your mom is so unhip that when you say dylan she thinks youre talking about dylan thomas" - Paul Simon

The Only Ones

3/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

Great album could be a five if it was more nostalgic but I always listened to paranoid

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Hotel California