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Albums you rated higher than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Earthquakes | 5 | 3.22 | +1.78 |
| Urban Hymns | 5 | 3.35 | +1.65 |
| 2112 | 5 | 3.39 | +1.61 |
| Paul's Boutique | 5 | 3.47 | +1.53 |
| Power In Numbers | 5 | 3.48 | +1.52 |
| The Number Of The Beast | 5 | 3.59 | +1.41 |
| Pictures At An Exhibition | 4 | 2.64 | +1.36 |
| Ill Communication | 5 | 3.65 | +1.35 |
| Yank Crime | 4 | 2.69 | +1.31 |
| All Hope Is Gone | 4 | 2.7 | +1.3 |
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Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots | 1 | 3.58 | -2.58 |
| Blackstar | 1 | 3.47 | -2.47 |
| Bossanova | 1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
| Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus | 1 | 3.32 | -2.32 |
| Faith | 1 | 3.27 | -2.27 |
| Like A Prayer | 1 | 3.23 | -2.23 |
| Django Django | 1 | 3.21 | -2.21 |
| The Boatman's Call | 1 | 3.2 | -2.2 |
| Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 | 1 | 3.17 | -2.17 |
| The Sensual World | 1 | 3.17 | -2.17 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beastie Boys | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Metallica | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 4 | 1 | 1.86 |
| George Michael | 2 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Aerosmith | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
5-Star Albums (11)
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Country Joe & The Fish
1/5
Apparently you can judge a book by its cover.
My favourite part was the song that randomly played right after this album finished on Apple Music. Check out “Screamin’” by The Paul Butterfield Blue Band.
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1-Star Albums (32)
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Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Queens of the Stone Age
2/5
Curious choice. Not the most influential QOTSA album but glad they made the list I guess?
Motörhead
3/5
Listened while driving in the car. Felt like one long track. Honestly the first time I’ve listened cover to cover.
My score reflects the respect I have for Lemmy.
Joy Division
3/5
Not the happiest album out there.
Sex Pistols
2/5
The Queen is dead. Are they still angry?
Dire Straits
5/5
Smooth.
Gotan Project
3/5
Reminds me of BGM from video game menus and loading screens.
The Specials
3/5
I really liked the first 3/4’s of this then someone let the air out of the baloon.
Worthy of a 3/5
Coldplay
4/5
Deeper than the popular singles. Amsterdam is legit.
Fats Domino
4/5
Loved it. More jazz please.
The Byrds
1/5
Zzzzzzzzzzz.
I’m sure this is someone’s favourite album. Just not for me.
Al Green
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
This was awesome. Loved the vibe of the album!
George Michael
1/5
Some albums age gracefully over time. Shockingly this isn’t one of them. Truly awful.
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Fantastic way to start a week.
Megadeth
4/5
Radiohead
3/5
Solid Radiohead album. Good tracks are good. The mid range I can take or leave.
R.E.M.
4/5
Very impressed. Holds up well - really enjoyed listening to it walking the dog.
Patti Smith
2/5
Not a real fan of this. But it’s miles better than that George Michael’s album that was on here the other day.
Country Joe & The Fish
1/5
Apparently you can judge a book by its cover.
My favourite part was the song that randomly played right after this album finished on Apple Music. Check out “Screamin’” by The Paul Butterfield Blue Band.
Moby
2/5
Jesus Christ….That’s Jason Bourne
Maxwell
2/5
He’s laying it on pretty thick. I kept imagining Chef from South Park singing vocals to some of the tracks. I wonder how many 26-27 yr olds were conceived to this album.
Still miles better than George Michael’s.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
I’ve taken Free Bird for granted for a very long time. What a track.
U2
3/5
It’s alright.
Khaled
2/5
E’Dir E’Ssba is a jam despite what the critics say.
The Beach Boys
3/5
Did Woody Guthrie get any song writing credit for this album?
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Opening tracks are ok. Album just meanders after that. Nothing of real substance.
Still better than George Michaels however.
Steely Dan
4/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Tito Puente
3/5
Tito has set my soul afire with a slanderous mambo
Amy Winehouse
3/5
I would have never listened to this album if not for this site. Really enjoyed. Incredible voice - shame it ended far too soon.
The Waterboys
3/5
The mix for the fiddles was awful. Made some tracks unlistenable. 3 star for Fisherman’s Blues.
Charles Mingus
4/5
Charlie Brown’s teacher was really laying it down.
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Not my favourite. Fairly pretentious.
Simply Red
3/5
Generic 80’s stuff…blah blah blah…..holy shit I know that song!
Finley Quaye
2/5
Not bad. Odd for it to be on a list such as this but I’m sure there’ll be worse. Like George Michaels for instance.
Christine and the Queens
3/5
Had a good sound - appreciated the English version.
Doves
2/5
Didn't really captivate.
Alice In Chains
3/5
Solid album.
The Flaming Lips
1/5
“This track sounds like a rip of Cat Stevens Father & Son”……sure enough Yusuf Islam has a writing credit - not because he was in the room but they ripped off his song and didn’t bother seeking permission.
Album is unique but repetitive. 1 star for doing Cat dirty like that.
Billy Bragg
4/5
Im torn. Billy Bragg is insufferable but he had the idea & support from Woody Guthrie’s family to start this project. It also gave us Wilco’s California Stars, which is an all timer.
U2
3/5
Portishead
2/5
Not an album for a sunny day.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Great parts but was pretty disjointed as an album.
Roxy Music
2/5
Sounded ahead of it’s time.
Mylo
2/5
Ol’Mylo here won’t be destroying much Rock and Roll with this limp wristed effort.
Kate Bush
1/5
Couldn’t make it through this one
The Stranglers
2/5
Violent Femmes
3/5
Very cool. I never gave them much thought past Blister in the sun.
The Auteurs
3/5
Very reminiscent of Sloan, which isn’t a bad thing.
Suicide
2/5
Sounds like a Prestige Worldwide album
Tom Waits
2/5
Plenty to unpack here. Speaking of packs - how many heaters did Tom rip through on this album?
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Awesome
Duke Ellington
4/5
Fantastic. More Jazz please!
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Great album. Still holds up
Stereo MC's
2/5
Meh
Fela Kuti
4/5
Fantastic
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Equal parts gentile and aggressive. Muzzle has become my go to track from this album over the years.
Black Sabbath
4/5
What a f#cking start to the week.
David Bowie
3/5
Well produced. Studio band were tight. Not a big enough Bowie fan to get the references to his earlier work but I didn’t mind this over all.
Frank Sinatra
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Not a huge Bowie fan but I appreciate his work.
Django Django
1/5
Could have done without this snooze fest.
Todd Rundgren
2/5
Album starts great with I saw the light. A few other good tracks sprinkled but no where near enough to counter the the pretentious noises he made on the rest of the record.
Supertramp
4/5
Solid from start to finish.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
Get this guy some Prozac.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
Couple of decent tracks. Off key vocals get repetitive after a while.
Beastie Boys
5/5
Legendary.
Ryan Adams
2/5
Decent. Nothing ground breaking IMO. Vanilla is a good way to describe it.
3/5
R.E.M.
2/5
60ish albums into the list and it feels like 1/2 have been REM or Bowie.
Tom Waits
2/5
What kind of gravel is he chewing on for this one? Class A? Clear?
Beck
3/5
Some cool tracks. Bummer he’s a scientologist.
Pentangle
3/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Great album. Loved the variety of sounds and the cub overall.
Stevie Wonder
2/5
TIL that there’s a song called “Pastime Paradise”….
Nothing really jumped out aside from the popular tracks
Peter Tosh
3/5
Pretty groovy.
Ice T
2/5
Life was simpler on the early 90’s.
Paul McCartney
2/5
Did nothing for me.
The Jam
2/5
This sounds like British surfing music.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Near masterpiece
R.E.M.
2/5
Oh look another REM album
The 13th Floor Elevators
2/5
Eminem
3/5
Some high school classics. Sketches are gimmicky and don’t really age well.
Metallica
3/5
Quirky album. Some great renditions of historically weak Metallica tracks from Load/Reload.
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
A solid ‘meh’
Jamiroquai
3/5
Pretty ground breaking for the early nineties.
Jack White
3/5
Always have time for jack white
Nirvana
2/5
Few Nirvana songs age well in my opinion. In Utero is no different.
The White Stripes
4/5
Love it
Sleater-Kinney
2/5
Not a fan.
The Magnetic Fields
1/5
3+ hours? no thanks.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
4 for IV. Only fair.
Radiohead
2/5
Blah. Can’t even call this middle of the road Radiohead.
The Doors
3/5
Decent
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4/5
Really didn’t know what to expect but came away impressed
Dire Straits
4/5
So far away is such a brilliantly subtle track.
ZZ Top
3/5
Better than expected.
Steely Dan
4/5
Smooth
Nirvana
4/5
Some great tracks. Some total noise.
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
So many awesome tracks. Has been in rotation for me since ‘06.
Gil Scott-Heron
4/5
Couldn’t find the full album but I really enjoyed the tracks available in Canada.
The Doors
4/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
Can leave this more than I can take it.
Cat Stevens
4/5
Father and son is all timer for me.
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
This album took up most of the 64MB my RCA Lyra MP3 player had to offer back in the summer of 2003 when I was working for my local town council mowing municipal properties. It got me through some long days, well until the AA batteries gave out.
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
They should have went back to the spice rack for some more flavour for this one. Pretty bland.
David Bowie
2/5
Oh look - more Bowie.
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Didn’t love but didn’t mind having it on. A solid 3
Nightmares On Wax
1/5
Not sure what this is doing on the list.
Pink Floyd
4/5
4 seems about right.
Joanna Newsom
1/5
Wish.com Bjork.
Possibly the worst album I’ve ever heard.
TLC
2/5
Not my jam
Pixies
1/5
That’s a no for me, boss.
4/5
Can’t go wrong with Sgt. Pepper now can you?
T. Rex
3/5
Pretty ahead of it’s time for 1971.
Miles Davis
4/5
God Damn.
Björk
3/5
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Didn’t know those songs were his. Cool.
Gorillaz
4/5
Clint Eastwood. C’mon.
John Martyn
2/5
This guy should have stuck to playing the guitar and left the singing to someone else.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Basically a greatest hits album. Ramble Tamble has become a newer favourite.
Fogarty’s vocals on Long As I Can See the Light. Wow.
Public Enemy
4/5
Great album. Chuck D. is a force.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
Oh Christ this guy again.
Elton John
3/5
Hits carried this. B sides sounded similar. Sturdy 3
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Still wrapping my head around this. Lots to unpack. Not all of it good.
James Brown
3/5
Mix was off but it’s early 60’s but can live with it. His band were killer. Awesome performance by the hardest working man in showbiz.
OutKast
3/5
Hits still hold up. I’m glad Interludes have gone the way of the dodo.
Scott Walker
2/5
The bass was out for a walk during The Old Mans Back again. Pretty much the highlight for me on this.
Rocket From The Crypt
2/5
Pretty solid “meh”. Back half of the album grew on me a bit. Don’t think it warrants a second play through to find out.
3/5
Probably warrants a second play through. Has the feel of an album that grows on you over time. Animal Zoo & Morning Will Come were the standout tracks IMO.
The Stone Roses
3/5
Decent album but not great for me. Would listen again.
The Who
2/5
Garbage.
Billy Bragg
1/5
Billy Bragg. Auto 1 star.
Doves
2/5
It’s ok as background noise when you’re trying work but I need someone to explain why it’s on this 1001 list.
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
Not my favourite Chemical Brothers album but far from the worst thing this list has thrown at me so far.
Beatles
3/5
I get the significance it’s just that the Beatles aren’t my jam.
The Specials
3/5
Good but very repetitive
Mekons
2/5
Oh look another 80s British band.
Bebel Gilberto
2/5
I would not be mad if this played in the waiting room of my dentist office
Rush
5/5
Worth it and more.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Great hits. B sides are ok - not as strong as previous albums.
Def Leppard
3/5
Strippers worldwide owe Def Leppard points for all the cash they’ve made while working to Pour Some Sugar
Wilco
4/5
Love the early sound from Wilco. Touches multiple genres. A can’t miss album.
David Bowie
1/5
We may as well rename this the “26 David Bowie and 975 other albums….” project.
JAY Z
3/5
+1 for not being a Bowie album.
Jurassic 5
5/5
Love me some J5. Let’s hope it’s a start of an awesome 1001 week.
Randy Newman
2/5
I don’t like or hate this.
Prince
2/5
Meh
The Band
4/5
Album takes off after The Weight. 4 stars.
Oasis
2/5
Maybe a definite pass?
Luke warm fan and their best stuff is on later albums.
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
They best keep moving on.
Jane Weaver
2/5
Another to file under “what is this doing here?”
The Who
3/5
Big cup of meh.
The Black Keys
3/5
This may be their commercial breakout but man their earlier albums were the dankest, most bluesy sounds going.
Os Mutantes
1/5
What the fuck is this?
Traffic
3/5
This gets a 3 simply for the jazz flute on “Freedom Rider”
The La's
2/5
Another I could do without
The Verve
5/5
One of the few suggestions to date that I’ve played a second time. Fantastic album.
N.W.A.
2/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
She’s been touted as your favourite musicians favourite musician. Can see the appeal. Should 3.5
Motörhead
4/5
Apparently the working title for this album was originally “Secondhand Smoke & Tinnitis”
It doesn’t get much heavier or louder than this.
The Temptations
3/5
The Boo Radleys
1/5
Should I expect to see Treble Charger on this list?
Slint
1/5
Trash.
Earth, Wind & Fire
2/5
It’s ok.
Janis Joplin
3/5
I liked this more than I thought I would. Expedited Joplin’s voice to turn into nails on a chalkboard but it wasn’t the case. 3.5/5
Gene Clark
3/5
I didn’t mind it. Would probably like it more if I grew up in that era.
Nitin Sawhney
1/5
Brutal.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Cinnamon Girl as as opening track. What a way to introduce yourself as an act.
Nick Drake
2/5
More than that in my yard right now.
2Pac
4/5
No gimmicks or filler. 4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Such a weird album. 3.5 just for Solsbury Hill.
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Great album. Opening 4 tracks are fire as the kids say.
Miles Davis
4/5
Give me more stuff like this please.
Bad Company
4/5
A band, album and song with the same name? Sign me up.
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4/5
The 60’s & 70’s were a hell of a time to be a horn player. Some fluff here but overall a great album. 4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Not bad. Some funk is better than none. 3/5
Blur
3/5
At least I’ve heard of this Brit group before.
B.B. King
4/5
Marty Robbins
4/5
Definitely don’t make them like this anymore
Frank Black
2/5
Just noise. Not a fan.
Gang Of Four
3/5
Decent.
The Clash
3/5
Solid
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Standard fare from Neil. 3.5/5
Elastica
2/5
Another disappointment.
2/5
1/5
1/5 for making me scour the internet to find this pile of sh!t.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
A Columbia House staple.
Ministry
2/5
What a racket
Prince
2/5
Meh
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Amazing Franz Ferdinand recorded this album before his death. The audio quality is astounding for something so old!
The Prodigy
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
“Nick Cave presents: all of his albums plus a few more you need to hear before you die”
Les Rythmes Digitales
1/5
Blah
Johnny Cash
3/5
Add Hurt to the list of songs where the cover is better than the original.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
Unique
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
CHIC
2/5
Not my jam
The Sonics
3/5
Definitely not the sound I was expecting. 3/5
Ray Charles
3/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
Bass riff on the opening track was cool. Pretty middle of the road after that
Paul Simon
4/5
Foo Fighters
4/5
Great album. Still holds up today.
Black Sabbath
5/5
Bauhaus
1/5
Another garbage album
Eagles
2/5
Traumatic memories of my youth spent driving to family vacations with the Eagles, Dan Hill and Trooper as the soundtrack.
The Kinks
3/5
Beck
4/5
4/5
I don’t look back angrily at this
Wu-Tang Clan
3/5
RIP ODB
Van Halen
4/5
Jimmy Smith
4/5
Iron Maiden
5/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
Van Morrison
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
DJ Shadow
2/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
Green Day
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
Guns N' Roses
3/5
Slipknot
4/5
Antony and the Johnsons
2/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
3/5
Magazine
2/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Metallica
5/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Fugees
4/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
Judas Priest
3/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
About as safe as old milk
Funkadelic
2/5
Fleet Foxes
2/5
Ozomatli
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
The Prodigy
4/5
The Who
3/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
2/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Justin Timberlake
1/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Sheryl Crow
2/5
George Michael
1/5
OutKast
4/5
MGMT
3/5
Soundgarden
4/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
Kanye West
3/5
The Strokes
4/5
Drive Like Jehu
4/5
Immediately picked up on their influence of At the Drive-In. Definitely surprised and impressed.
Beatles
3/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Cream
2/5
Giant Sand
2/5
Missy Elliott
2/5
The Stooges
3/5
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
Pearl Jam
4/5
Carpenters
4/5
Goldfrapp
2/5
Lauryn Hill
2/5
10cc
2/5
Bill Callahan
4/5
Slipknot
2/5
Green Day
3/5
Madonna
1/5
AC/DC
4/5
Marilyn Manson
2/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
fIREHOSE
3/5
Coldplay
3/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
Tori Amos
5/5
Van Halen
4/5
Boards of Canada
2/5
Eagles
3/5
The Who
3/5
Screaming Trees
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
Meat Loaf
2/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
The Doors
3/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
Chicago
4/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Small Faces
2/5
Destiny's Child
1/5
Adele
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
James Taylor
4/5
Common
3/5
The Lemonheads
3/5
Beyoncé
1/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Justice
4/5
Waylon Jennings
2/5
k.d. lang
2/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Jane's Addiction
1/5
AC/DC
3/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
The Avalanches
2/5
Michael Jackson
2/5
Aerosmith
1/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Mariah Carey
1/5
George Harrison
4/5
Dirty Projectors
2/5
Beck
3/5
Wilco
4/5
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Gillian Welch
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Turbonegro
2/5
808 State
1/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Garbage
3/5
Incubus
4/5
The Human League
2/5
The Beau Brummels
2/5
Metallica
5/5
3/5