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Album	You	Global	Diff
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) Motörhead	5	3.07	+1.93
Close To The Edge Yes	5	3.19	+1.81
The Specials The Specials	5	3.3	+1.7
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	5	3.34	+1.66
Hot Rats Frank Zappa	5	3.36	+1.64
Head Hunters Herbie Hancock	5	3.55	+1.45
Deja Vu Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	5	3.7	+1.3
Phaedra Tangerine Dream	4	2.74	+1.26
Group Sex Circle Jerks	4	2.75	+1.25

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Coat Of Many Colors Dolly Parton	1	3.43	-2.43
The Nightfly Donald Fagen	1	3.02	-2.02
Viva Hate Morrissey	1	2.96	-1.96
What's Going On Marvin Gaye	2	3.94	-1.94
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin	2	3.93	-1.93
Innervisions Stevie Wonder	2	3.87	-1.87
Bad Michael Jackson	2	3.8	-1.8
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman	2	3.79	-1.79
Let's Stay Together Al Green	2	3.76	-1.76
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	2	3.76	-1.76

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Pink Floyd	4	4.75

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Lynyrd Skynyrd · 9 likes

2/5

Music to empty the bar.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead · 3 likes

5/5

lemmy is god

1-Star Albums (3)

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Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

What has not been said about this one? A masterpiece to have in any collection.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

This is just a perfect album. The last couple of songs always give me goosebumps.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

I prefered Slider over that one. Interesting listen but did not quite stick with me.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

2/5

Mellow mellow country. Nothing I like in there.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

3/5

The singles played over so much that I don't like em anymore, I even skipped Paranoid. But that listen made me discover some other songs on that album that flew under the radar and are well worth a listen.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Timeless classic.

Viva Hate

Morrissey

1/5

Not my style at all to say the least. 80s punk vocals mixed with cheesy radio lyrics. No Thanks.

The Slider

T. Rex

3/5

Psych Folk rock, Beatles vibe, some experimental stuff with horns and strings. Great stuff especially considering the era it was made in. Definitely will get back to this I was a nice discovery.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

3/5

Nice discovery for me, title track was quite a trip and the rest of the album was some nice funk.

Raw Power

The Stooges

2/5

You can feel this is the birth of punk. Dirty rock&roll rockabilly kinda stuff. Iggy Pop doing what Iggy does. The bad sound quality kinda ruins the whole thing for me though, I get it, this was the 70s and all, but yeah.

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

1/5

80s pop music at it's worst

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

2/5

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

3/5

art-blues? zappa like sounds on some songs but very bluesy

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

Funk indeed Pretty fun listen, I would buy this record if I stumbled on it

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

3/5

Soundtrack feeling, some nice songs amongst it, didnt dislike it but still not a discovery.

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

Some interesting Sex Pistols vibes in there, Johnny Rotten being equal to himself in terms of his singing. The album feels a bit all over the place though and lacks a direction. Im probably not going back to that one.

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

3/5

Blending reggae with grunge-like guitars then going all easy-listening pop all of a sudden in the first 3 songs.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

As with most PF albums, the hit single is my least favorite song of the album. Nevertheless this is an album that represents everything Pink Floyd did right, the atmosphere, the solos, the songwrinting in general. This one definitely earned its place in the top of all times.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Mama mia, mama mia let me go! Another timeless classic, especially on Bohemian Rapshody (it doesnt have 2 billion plays on spotify for nothing) Though must of the songs on that album were new to me, Im pretty sure I heard "In love with my car" before. It's a nice album but some songs had me faze out a bit. Sometimes it seems like they focused more on studio gimmicks than the actual songs.

Talvin Singh

3/5

Ambiant electronica with an experimental feel. I liked it.

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

3/5

Way out of my comfort zone but interesting none the less. Very militant, revendicative. 100 times better than whatever I heard in that style recently.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

2/5

Generic indie rock, reminds me of some bands I like, but I did not like this one.

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

2/5

80s drums with nice bass lines, but still 80s pop that did not age well... not something im going back to

The Undertones

3/5

Funny 80s pop punk record, nothing ground breaking in there but still an easy listen.

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

3/5

Not my kind of beat, electro-rock something? Decently produced but still not something I enjoy.

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

Some great Young vibes in there. A nice album I would probably revisit.

Bad

Michael Jackson

2/5

Not my style, sound is good and you can tell the production is polished but... ooooof

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

5/5

A jazz rock masterpiece and easily in my top 5 by Frank the great.

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

It does not annoy me, which is a lot to say about an hiphop album. Not my cup of tea but I can understand it's an important piece in the history of hip-hop.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

1/5

Classic country, not for me.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

Blondie was a punk! Aside from the overplayed hit singles this is a pretty fun album.

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

Great sounding but weird at times. Its no OK Computer but it is still something I can enjoy in small doses.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

Great rock album.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

2/5

Iron Maiden

3/5

Adele

2/5

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

A masterpiece in their discography IMO

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

Nice voice and talented guitarist, yet a boring album to me with no real highlights.

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

3/5

Psychedelic Synth

Eagles

3/5

Some nice folk rock, reminded me of Fleetwood Mac often.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Layla and other blues songs. Some nice tracks in there, some fillers...

Faust IV

Faust

2/5

Snivilisation

Orbital

3/5

Interesting listen, got tired of it towards the end, but otherwise interesting sounding electronic music.

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

3/5

Some mellow folk rock, lots of Dylan songs in there. Not my goto but not bad either.

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

Hard to beat this one in the Offspring discography. Almost all bangers, reminds me of my youth.

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

4/5

Aside from Free Form Guitar that was a little irritating, this is a solid album. Set the basis for the band and what it would become. Their second album is stronger than this one but this is still some fantastic music IMO.

The Specials

5/5

The perfect 2-tone album. This started the 2nd wave and lots of good things would've never existed if it wasnt for The Specials.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

Great sound for a live album, I really enjoyed the jam feel to this blues record. I would buy a copy if I stumble upon it.

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

3/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

2/5

Pretty bland stuff, not my bag.

Live Through This

Hole

3/5

A fun grunge punk album, I can see where the Distillers took their sound though.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

Take Me Apart

Kelela

2/5

Good sounding record, but did not like it

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

2/5

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

2/5

Music to empty the bar.

Pyromania

Def Leppard

2/5

Granddad rock

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

2/5

Def not my style

Close To The Edge

Yes

5/5

One strong Yes album, easily in my top 5.

Tapestry

Carole King

3/5

Some classic tunes in there, a bunch of them I heard before but didnt know who sang them. Overall a nice rock-pop mellow album, very late 60s vibe.

Ctrl

SZA

2/5

I can't get into it, gave up midway.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Great album. listened to it twice and it is now on my wantlist. This sounds like a lot of things, jazz, funk, latin music, reggae, etc. I don't know the first thing on afrobeat but if this is it I want more.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

Great album by the Pixies, a lot of classics in there. Removed a star because the last couple songs (after Where is my mind) are a bit weak in comparison.

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Feels like generic radio rock to me. Nothing I enjoy in there, I did not finish the album.

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

4/5

A true classic of the HC-Punk wave. A fun listen too. A bit short though, and the sound is pretty bad, but thats to be expected.

New Forms

Roni Size

3/5

Interesting sounds, though it is not my style at all I did enjoy what I heard for the most part. Nice discovery.

Blur

3/5

Song 2 was great, but the rest of the album is quite meh

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

3/5

While I understand the significance, I cannot get much into this. The sound is quite odd, the obvious 'it's live' things get old at some point. Id prefer 'cleaner' Cash albums personally.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

I forgot how fun that album was, listened to it a bunch back in the day. Enjoyed my listen.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

4/5

"Hate To Say I Told You So" is an instant nostalgia hit for me. "Main offender" also rings a bell Overall a quite fun album.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

2/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

The one and only, an album one cannot ommit. Paranoid Android remains one of my favorite songs of all times. This album sounds so great, most the songs are spotless. I removed a star because it gets a tad bit long towards the end of the record.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Not the best sounding of their albums but still a masterpiece of the prog era.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

4/5

While this is a bit different from where they were headed, you can still see the shape of things to come. An essential album for anyone interested in PF.

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

3/5

Quite a fun listen, I know nothing when it comes to that style so I'll keep my analysis to myself. Nonetheless I had a good time listening to that album.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

Aside from the biggest songs this is fairly bland rock IMO

Tracy Chapman

2/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

2/5

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

4/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

I knew them already, a great sound but a bit repetitive

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

3/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Kinda fun

Infected

The The

2/5

80s synth rock, not my bag

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

3/5

Some of his best work and a nice record even though its not something I listen to on the daily. Interesting listen especially the less known songs.

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

Melancolic but quite nice at places. Will probably return to this one at some point

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

4/5

Very low-fi (and actually old I get it) rock&roll. Enjoyable. Kinda aggressive for its time

Real Life

Magazine

4/5

The punkier songs were good but I dont enjoy the post punk bits as much

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

I had heard Tightrope on the radio or whatever. Quite pop-ish to me but there was some good moments in the album.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

Le Tigre

4/5

quite punk, reminds me of the Coathangers

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

2/5

Just a little bit! Just a little bit! Even just a litle bit was a bit too much...

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Whos never heard "Take me out" nowadays? The other songs were alright, reminded me of my alt rock era but a bit more dancey.

Tommy

The Who

4/5

Enjoyed that a lot, way more proggier than I tought they were. Ill try and find a copy one of these days.

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

3/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

3/5

Funny

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

2/5

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

5/5

lemmy is god

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

2/5

interesting in a scholar way, headache inducing after a while

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

3/5

Interesting stuff, noisy rock.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

2/5

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

3/5

ok I guess, not my style, too lyrical

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Female fronted brit indie rock, pretty standard but pretty enjoyable still.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Great stuff, Clapton and friends

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

A true funk masterpiece!

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

4/5

Its like Blood Incantation without the good parts. (Calm down it's a joke)

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

Kinda Beatles like. I did not dislike but I doubt Ill get back to this.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

2/5

I tried

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

2/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

3/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

ES with a more sophisticated sound than earlier records, it's good melancholic music, though I still prefer his earlier work.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

3/5

Slow stuff, female vocals, I did not think I would enjoy this since this is so out of my usual listens. But lots of it was enjoyable.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

great blues rock, might actually get that one

Foo Fighters

4/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

Interresting to hear both the other songs and the entirety of the title song. It was however kinda bland and I dont think I will get back to this very much.

The Only Ones

3/5

Enjoyable listen, sometimes almost punk

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

Pretty sure ive listened to that one a few times before. The awful sound distracts me quite a bit. But A boy named Sue alone is worth it.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

Interesting stuff, not my usual type of music but i enjoyed the listen a lot.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

2/5

meh

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

2/5

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

3/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Odelay

Beck

2/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

The big hit single 'Without You' is indeed the worst song of the album, as is often the case with those. Nice listen otherwise, I was unaware of this artist.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

The king of the blues!

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

2/5

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5

Not my kinda stuff

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