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Album	You	Global	Diff
Microshift Hookworms	5	3.03	+1.97
The Bones Of What You Believe CHVRCHES	5	3.18	+1.82
Toys In The Attic Aerosmith	5	3.26	+1.74
Homework Daft Punk	5	3.29	+1.71
Achtung Baby U2	5	3.3	+1.7
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.31	+1.69
Pornography The Cure	5	3.31	+1.69
Pretzel Logic Steely Dan	5	3.39	+1.61
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	5	3.39	+1.61
Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen	5	3.42	+1.58

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Heartattack And Vine Tom Waits	1	3.07	-2.07
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	1	2.95	-1.95
Out of Step Minor Threat	1	2.93	-1.93
Mask Bauhaus	1	2.85	-1.85
In Utero Nirvana	2	3.83	-1.83
Medúlla Björk	1	2.72	-1.72
Dr. Octagonecologyst Dr. Octagon	1	2.7	-1.7
Space Ritual Hawkwind	1	2.69	-1.69
Morrison Hotel The Doors	2	3.59	-1.59
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden	2	3.4	-1.4

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Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	5	4.4
Nick Drake	2	5
Steely Dan	2	5
The Police	2	5
The Rolling Stones	4	4.25

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Artist	Albums	Average
Tom Waits	2	1

5-Star Albums (42)

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Popular Reviews

Queen II

Queen

5/5

Freddie Mercury is my hero

2 likes

Yeezus

Kanye West

2/5

gonna just sit with a 2 on this one, i know there are some great ones on here but not sure i can give it a listen front to back at this point

1 likes

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

1/5

1 likes

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

1/5

Hair Pie: Bake 1 made me feel like I was being attacked by geese. I had hope during the intro to Moonlight on Vermont but that hope was promptly smashed when the vocals started. It never got better!

1 likes

1-Star Albums (9)

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Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

First song is awesome! I loved this album best one I have listened to since joining

The College Dropout

Kanye West

3/5

S&M

Metallica

3/5

This is so insanely long. Big fan of the orchestra and had to be pretty sweet to see all of this live. Some good songs but ultimately just kinda heavy for my liking

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

some good stuff - There She Goes, My Beautiful World; Nature Boy; Breathless; Supernaturally but also some not so good stuff - Cannibal's Hymn; Fable of the Brown Ape (what the heck was this) average at best. 3+/5

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

This was a fun one. Makes me want to be on a beach

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Loved this

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

5/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

1/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

3/5

Soul Mining

The The

4/5

Love the British post punk/new wave sound. Good stuff

Iron Maiden

2/5

Didn't dislike this as much as I thought I would. But probably wouldn't listen again.

The La's

4/5

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

3/5

The Blueprint

JAY Z

2/5

This album came out 9/11/01 which makes me feel weird to think about

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

4/5

This one was pretty cool and had to be awesome during the 70s

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Blur

4/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

4/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

2/5

I liked Tides & Nadia. Feel like I've heard Homelands before. Reading the description in global reviews gives me more of an appreciation for what he was trying to do but it just wasn't really for me.

The Rise & Fall

Madness

4/5

1989

Taylor Swift

3/5

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

5/5

White Light

Gene Clark

3/5

Enjoyed the beginning, but got bored after a bit. Not bad 3/5

Ctrl

SZA

3/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Pump

Aerosmith

4/5

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

2/5

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2/5

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

2/5

Decent but not my preferred kind of music

My Generation

The Who

4/5

Miriam Makeba

2/5

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

4/5

Was feeling 3 early on but liked it even more than expected. Good album

Mask

Bauhaus

1/5

I really tried to listen to the whole thing but couldn’t do it - a little much for me

Woodface

Crowded House

4/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

4/5

Such a fun old album. Love this

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

2/5

this is pretty chaotic for me but giving credit where credit is due, these are talented musicians

New York Dolls

3/5

Instruments are great but vocals are a bit much for me. All things considered I’ll call it a 3 overall

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

3/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

The organ on these is pretty cool

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Two days of Bruce in a row! This was much more fun to listen to, much more of the pop rock sound that I know of Springsteen. Giving it a 5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

A handful of really good tracks on here

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

2/5

Tríptoco sounds like the music they play in DSW to make you buy more shoes. Overall kinda eh

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

4/5

Favorite quote off the whole album: “you’ve got to mow the lawn if you wanna get it on with me”. I mean at least he’s honest! For real though this was a fun one

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

3/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

A few of their really great songs, but otherwise not the best

Killing Joke

3/5

Was expecting to really not like it but turned out to be decent!

Achtung Baby

5/5

This is good stuff. Such an easy and enjoyable listen. Had never heard some of these but can’t pick out a bad one

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

2/5

Rhymes are really good and I'd give some individual songs higher ratings, but struggled to get through it because of the skits. A lot of the messages didn't age well but can't deny his talent.

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

3/5

Couldn't understand a word this man said, but I think that made me enjoy it more.

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

Arrested Development

4/5

this album was bangin!!!

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

I have never heard of Harry Nilsson, but what an awesome voice. Not knowing anything of him or his music before listening, I am very pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed.

Shadowland

k.d. lang

4/5

Country roots with a lot of other sounds in here. What a beautiful voice.

The Clash

4/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

4/5

Sounds a lot like Kate Bush and sometimes sounds like Alanis Morissette. Think my fav track is Mother ~ long, kind of haunting, loved the piano. Good, not great, 4/5

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

4/5

Very fun stuff, enjoyable upbeat listen and made me want to learn how to salsa.

Violent Femmes

4/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

3/5

not bad, but too long and I got bored.

Real Life

Magazine

3/5

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Was between 4 and 5... I liked Rust Never Sleeps more

Yeezus

Kanye West

2/5

gonna just sit with a 2 on this one, i know there are some great ones on here but not sure i can give it a listen front to back at this point

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

3/5

aggressive, but they do rock

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Pretty eh. Didn't love his voice but the album is cool in the sense that you can tell which are songs of love and which are songs of hate. Tells a decent story.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

1/5

No thank you

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

3/5

I definitely like their sound but maybe just one or two songs at a time, not an entire album. Got a bit bored

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Neil Young made his way around over the years

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

3/5

I learned that I really don't love the harmonica. Other than that, the album front to back is good just not great in my opinion

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

Sharp Dressed Man reminds me of Duck Dynasty

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

Have been meaning to listen to this for a long time and just can't say I'm overly impressed

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Definitely some good songs, but overall just average

Dare!

The Human League

4/5

I wish I was born in the 80s

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

Admittedly have never been too big of a fan of Frank Ocean but this album grows on me every time I listen

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

4/5

I liked this. Come back to this album at some point for another listen

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

3/5

Some songs are better than others - confused by the punk vocals and the fiddle at the same time? 2.8/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

The beginning and end of Watermelon Man give White Lotus theme vibes!! All in all this is awesome. This is musical talent and I feel like he just really enjoys what he does.

Brothers

The Black Keys

5/5

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

For some reason I didn't like the other Chemical Brothers album we had earlier in the list, but really enjoyed this one. May have to give Dig Your Own Hole another listen...

Close To The Edge

Yes

4/5

Very

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Fun and upbeat, cool album backstory as well. Would listen again

A Northern Soul

The Verve

3/5

Honestly thought these guys were kind of a one hit wonder... Not bad though 3/5

Femi Kuti

3/5

Boston

4/5

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

2/5

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

4/5

This is the kind of country that I can get into. What a beautiful voice

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

2/5

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

4/5

Easy listen, good album. Never listened to them before but enjoyed this

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

17th studio album?! This was so different from all of the Beach Boys I had heard before, but so great. 4/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

4/5

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

1/5

Out of Step

Minor Threat

1/5

808 State

2/5

Listened to Out of Step and this right after... I have a headache

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

I knew she was talented but never really listened to her. This blew me away!

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

4/5

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

2/5

At some points I thought this was a joke... is it?

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Picturing myself in a dimly lit jazz cocktail lounge with a dirty martini in my hand......

The Poet

Bobby Womack

4/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

I so badly wanted to love this but was admittedly kinda bored. Felt repetitive

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

4/5

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

5/5

The transition from The Suburbs to Ready To Start had me sold from the beginning.

Technique

New Order

4/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

In Utero

Nirvana

2/5

All Apologies and Heart-Shaped Box are great, but they are the singles. I didn't relate to this as an album and found it kind of difficult to listen to overall so I guess it's just not my taste.

Drunk

Thundercat

4/5

This is an album that gets better towards the end and I think will get better the more I listen to it. I also really like that there are a lot of short, fast-paced songs which makes for a fun listen. Will definitely get this in the rotation. fav song - Friend Zone

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

I don’t think a lot of those words were even real

Pink Flag

Wire

2/5

Mannequin was good, but other than that the album is not for me

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

1/5

Hair Pie: Bake 1 made me feel like I was being attacked by geese. I had hope during the intro to Moonlight on Vermont but that hope was promptly smashed when the vocals started. It never got better!

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

I used to listen to Odelay in the car with my parents but never listened to anything else. between 3.5-4

Gold

Ryan Adams

3/5

When I was watch One Tree Hill in high school I think I listened to various covers of When The Stars Go Blue for months straight... never knew this guy had the original. Some songs are pretty boring but others were very good. 3.5, closer to 3

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

2/5

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

4/5

Like this a lot more than Ritual De Lo Habitual

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

4/5

I feel like maybe this is an album you have to be in the mood for… I was in the mood for it

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

Lots of very very different stuff in here. Really loved it

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

4/5

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

4/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

2/5

Hard to get through this whole album

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

2/5

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

1/5

Can't do it

Homework

Daft Punk

5/5

RIP Daft Punk :'(

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Fantastic

High Violet

The National

4/5

I like The National but never really listened to them a whole lot. Definitely worth the listen all the way through. Good for a nice relaxing, quiet mood.

NEU! 75

Neu!

3/5

Microshift

Hookworms

5/5

Singer sounds a little like Brandon Flowers on some songs… and I love Brandon Flowers. This was very good. I’ve never heard of Hookworms but will dive deeper into them now.

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

5/5

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

4/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

5/5

4.5/5

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

4/5

I wish Lola was on this album

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Adele

5/5

Unreal. Had no idea Adele had a cover of Lovesong.

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

4/5

Taking this from some reviews that I read - but it is hard to find an album you enjoy in a genre that you typically do not.

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

4/5

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

5/5

One of my favorite albums of all time

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

5/5

One of my favorites from this list so far I think… this indie electro pop sound is kinda what made me fall in love with music in general. Makes me feel like I’m 14-15 shuffling my iPod library.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Queen II

Queen

5/5

Freddie Mercury is my hero

OK Computer

Radiohead