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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Scum
Napalm Death
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5 | 2.08 | +2.92 |
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They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Liars
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5 | 2.13 | +2.87 |
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Junkyard
The Birthday Party
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5 | 2.15 | +2.85 |
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Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
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5 | 2.74 | +2.26 |
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Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
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5 | 2.76 | +2.24 |
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Damaged
Black Flag
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5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
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Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
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5 | 2.87 | +2.13 |
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Fromohio
fIREHOSE
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5 | 2.88 | +2.12 |
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I Against I
Bad Brains
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5 | 2.93 | +2.07 |
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Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
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5 | 2.94 | +2.06 |
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
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1 | 3.73 | -2.73 |
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Graceland
Paul Simon
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1 | 3.72 | -2.72 |
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L.A. Woman
The Doors
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1 | 3.65 | -2.65 |
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
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1 | 3.6 | -2.6 |
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
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1 | 3.6 | -2.6 |
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1984
Van Halen
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1 | 3.49 | -2.49 |
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Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
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1 | 3.44 | -2.44 |
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Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
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1 | 3.44 | -2.44 |
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
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1 | 3.41 | -2.41 |
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Radiohead | 6 | 4.5 |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 4.67 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.67 |
| Cocteau Twins | 2 | 5 |
| Coldplay | 2 | 5 |
| The Jesus And Mary Chain | 2 | 5 |
| The Flaming Lips | 2 | 5 |
| Dinosaur Jr. | 2 | 5 |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 5 |
| U2 | 4 | 4.25 |
| My Bloody Valentine | 3 | 4.33 |
| The White Stripes | 3 | 4.33 |
| Sonic Youth | 5 | 4 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Elvis Costello & The Attractions | 4 | 1.25 |
| Aerosmith | 3 | 1 |
| Steely Dan | 4 | 1.5 |
| Ali Farka Touré | 2 | 1 |
| Orbital | 2 | 1 |
| Elvis Costello | 2 | 1 |
| Randy Newman | 2 | 1 |
| Big Star | 2 | 1 |
| CHIC | 2 | 1 |
| Robert Wyatt | 2 | 1 |
| Bee Gees | 2 | 1 |
| Tom Waits | 5 | 1.8 |
| The Rolling Stones | 6 | 2 |
| Van Morrison | 3 | 1.67 |
| Barry Adamson | 2 | 1.5 |
| Grateful Dead | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Divine Comedy | 2 | 1.5 |
| Happy Mondays | 2 | 1.5 |
| Pere Ubu | 2 | 1.5 |
| Baaba Maal | 2 | 1.5 |
| Public Image Ltd. | 2 | 1.5 |
| Everything But The Girl | 2 | 1.5 |
| Funkadelic | 2 | 1.5 |
| Eagles | 2 | 1.5 |
| John Martyn | 2 | 1.5 |
| Christina Aguilera | 2 | 1.5 |
| k.d. lang | 2 | 1.5 |
| Rod Stewart | 2 | 1.5 |
| Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | 2 | 1.5 |
| Morrissey | 4 | 2 |
| Neil Young | 4 | 2 |
| Brian Eno | 5 | 2.2 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 2.2 |
| Deep Purple | 3 | 2 |
| Paul Simon | 3 | 2 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 3 | 2 |
| Tim Buckley | 3 | 2 |
| Elvis Presley | 3 | 2 |
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| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Doves | 5, 1 |
| Super Furry Animals | 4, 1 |
| Fleetwood Mac | 5, 2 |
| The The | 1, 4 |
| Joy Division | 2, 5 |
This was way better than a lot of these reviews would lead you to believe. Noisy? Yes. Discordant? Fuck yeah. Off putting? Sort of, but that’s the fucking point. Fuck it, it’s getting a five just to balance out all the fucking Steely Dan and Elvis Costello records I’ve had shoved in my face by this goddamn book.
“The next Nirvana” my ass. This is one of the most flaccid, soulless rock albums I’ve ever listened too.
Nah…I’m good, thanks.
Ironically, enough, I like this more than most of the Beatles albums. I’ve listened to. Really fantastic early psychedelic rock.
I was surprised for two reasons. One, that I haven’t heard of this album before. And two, just how exceptional it really is. Some of the production reminds me of early Coldplay (i.e. fantastic and multilayered), but it has a really unique sound and an overall orchestral feel. Highly recommended.
I already knew this one, but a fantastic album nevertheless.
One of my favorite albums of all time.
I really don’t get the appeal.
One of the greatest albums of all time… If you’re not a sour old grinch that hates a little bit of whimsy.
I was surprised by how much I really liked this. A truly unique punk album.
“The next Nirvana” my ass. This is one of the most flaccid, soulless rock albums I’ve ever listened too.
The mix sounds terrible, and the music itself is super uninspired. Their other albums aren’t really my cup of tea either, but the at least feel like they were competently recorded.
It’s pleasant enough, but it feels vacant..empty. Devoid of an animating force. Almost like they were conceived in a board room.
What a delightful little album.
This shit is ass.
This feels like a prank. Like… it’s really bad? I have a hard time seeing how this ends up on a list of best of anything. Most off-putting maybe.
I hate to agree with the naysayers, but this really hasn’t aged very well. One or two pretty good songs and that’s about it.
Huh…turns out I really like Guided by Voices.
If you had told me a year ago that I would be an Alice Cooper fan, I probably would’ve thought you were nuts. And yet here we are. Not a perfect album, but really solid.
Really fantastic, unique indie album. Great acoustic tracks too.
Fantastic, really unexpected album.
Man I just do not like Elvis Costello.
I’ve come to enjoy hardcore music more and more as I’ve aged (the reverse of many people) and I actually really enjoyed this album. On a separate note, I can definitely see why conservatives hate this now that I’ve read the lyrics. Some SUPER pointed language at consumerism, imperialism, capitalism, and modern laziness and greed. ESPECIALLY considering it came out in the 80’s.
It’s not actually that great, but it was important to me when it came out as a 17-year-old
This shit is terrible. Big no from me.
I liked this more than I thought I would, I’ll give it that. This one may grow on me.
I know it’s cool to hate on Coldplay, and post-this album I’m right there with you. Their past 20 years of output has been almost universally mid to bad, and I’m sure their mediocrity must haunt their dreams as they sleep on piles of money. But this album is a genuine high point. Admittedly, I am biased if for no other reason than I was 21 and in college when it came out. But I argue that it stands proud as a indie pop/rock masterpiece.
If there’s one thing, this serious has taught me, it’s that I’m a way bigger fan of punk, and post-punk than I ever thought I was before. It’s easy to see why so many other bands were cribbing from this template in the years that followed. What a fantastic album.
I actually liked this quite a bit. Might be my favorite Wilco album.
Honestly one of my most pleasant surprises on here. Very theatrical, very glam, very hooky, with some lovely proggy influences sprinkled in there.
I thought this would be higher, as I really like TVOTR and Return to Cookie Mountain (the follow up to this album) is one of my favorite albums of the 2000’s. There are some good songs on this (The Wrong Way, King Eternal, Wear You Out) but a lot of the songs lack the dynamism and complexity of their subsequent works.
This gets three stars because one, it’s Bjork; two, she’s trying something genuinely different and unexpected; and three, there are bits of it that I like and it’s overall inoffensive. That being said, this really isn’t my cup of tea. The incessant beatboxing also makes it sound very “early 2000’s” and not in a good way.
I like country that feels like country. This has not aged well.
What a fascinating, forward thinking album. Really unexpected and deeply satisfying.
Not to be controversial, but I think there’s a bit too much 90’s British electronica on this list.
I can see why my evangelical family spent so much energy keeping my generation from listening to “secular” music, let alone Megadeth, suspect #1 in Americas descent into satanism. This album whips ass, full stop. It probably would have made 8 year old me into a metal head on the spot.
I loved this album when it came out. I still like it, but it does feel very of the time/dated over a decade later.
Turns out this is exactly the kinda shit I’m into. Black Thought is one of the best MC’s ever, full stop. Fantastic musicality and instrumentation too.
Look. I was 17 when this album came out. He placed an indelible mark on the soundscape of my youth, and it is very catchy and well produced. It is also way too long, very repetitive, and outside of the well-known songs. There’s nothing really great about it.
Couple of good singles… But I just really don’t care for Billy Joel that much
Yeah…not a big Paul Simon fan it turns out.
This was way better than a lot of these reviews would lead you to believe. Noisy? Yes. Discordant? Fuck yeah. Off putting? Sort of, but that’s the fucking point. Fuck it, it’s getting a five just to balance out all the fucking Steely Dan and Elvis Costello records I’ve had shoved in my face by this goddamn book.
Nah…I’m good, thanks.
Ironically, enough, I like this more than most of the Beatles albums. I’ve listened to. Really fantastic early psychedelic rock.
Janis Joplin, for me, is a prime example of a supremely talented artist that does literally nothing for me. Clearly an incredible voice, but in a style and wedded to music that I couldn’t wait to stop listening to. Sorry Janis, I wish your life could have been an easier one.
Fantastic, unexpected album.
Did not care for this.
I don’t much care for pedos.
Well I didn’t see that coming. Very fun.
I’ve never been a huge Madonna fan, but even taking that consideration this just hasn’t really aged well. I was in high school when this came out, and even the nostalgia isn’t doing it for me.
Fantastic surprise. 100% my shit.
It’s pleasant enough, and she is certainly talented. But it’s kind of a snooze fest. Not a lot of dynamism or energy.
Clearly very good…I just still don’t really like the blues.
2 stars for Tiny Dancer. But the rest is just not my style.
Hey they made that song you hear at basketball games…
Huh…turns out I kinda like Genesis.
This shit is so ass
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The first song is real strong. Everything else is just not my cup o’ tea.
Exceptional album. Incredible musicianship, vocal performance, orchestration, the whole package. I would put Janelle Monáe up against any of the other great performers of the 20th and 21st-century, any day.
Boxer is my favorite National album by far, but this is definitely a solid second place entry.
Boxer is my favorite my far, but this is
Another fantastic early punk album I likely would have never heard of without this list. Super fun.
Big fan of Gang Starr.
Not really sure what everybody sees in this. He can be as authentic as he wants, but that doesn’t make his music good.
The Smiths made some good music. This is not that. This shit is not good. Why is he growling so much?
Led Zepplin’s reheated nachos.
I should like this. But I did not. Pretty boring if I’m being honest.
Fuck this carpetbagging anal wart AND his dogshit music. Only reason I liked any of his music is because I grew up rural and ignorant in the 90’s, and didn’t know better. Now I do. You have better things to do with your life than listen to “ Songs to be a Pedophile To: Fake Southern Boogaloo.” Do them.
Fantastic surprise. Not nearly as off putting or challenging as some of the pearl-clutchers in here would have you believe. Reminds me of a more experimental Radiohead in places, and that’s a good thing.
Look, Tainted Love is an all time 80’s banger. But other than that? This shit is so corny, bro. Like…really? Everybody giving this 5’s? Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.
We have Wilco at home, but they all took Ambien.
I wish I could tell young me what he was missing out on. But he would have thought this was demonic, so what does he know. Anyway, this album rips. Clearly super influential on grunge, shoegaze, and 90’s rock in general.
Can’t believe I missed this one until today. What a fantastic album.
Three absolute classics, and the rest are just fine.
This is a hell of an album, and my first by Mr. Jennings. Short, sweet, outlaw as hell, somehow kind of modern? Great melodic hooks, great storytelling. Fantastic stuff and I’m glad I finally listened to it.
It’s really good. Just very samey.
Exceptional album. It’s clear from the first song why it is so influential and beloved.
You can’t make me like Steely Dan. No matter how many of their albums you shove in my face.
Average rating: 2.79 (0.39 below global average).
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