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Albums you rated higher than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor | 5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
| Honky Tonk Heroes | 5 | 3.14 | +1.86 |
| The Predator | 5 | 3.26 | +1.74 |
| Ready To Die | 5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
| Guero | 5 | 3.46 | +1.54 |
| Dirt | 5 | 3.47 | +1.53 |
| Definitely Maybe | 5 | 3.52 | +1.48 |
| Hotel California | 5 | 3.6 | +1.4 |
| Illmatic | 5 | 3.61 | +1.39 |
| To Pimp A Butterfly | 5 | 3.61 | +1.39 |
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Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Nightfly | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| Kala | 1 | 2.91 | -1.91 |
| Headquarters | 1 | 2.87 | -1.87 |
| Time Out | 2 | 3.84 | -1.84 |
| Abraxas | 2 | 3.72 | -1.72 |
| Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche | 1 | 2.61 | -1.61 |
| In A Silent Way | 2 | 3.61 | -1.61 |
| Bookends | 2 | 3.56 | -1.56 |
| Jazz Samba | 2 | 3.56 | -1.56 |
| The Gershwin Songbook | 2 | 3.54 | -1.54 |
5-Star Albums (21)
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Steely Dan
2/5
Most overrated band in existence in my opinion. Boring and then they are pretentious about it. No favorite track, I'll give it two because it's fine for background music you ignore
5 likes
Kate Bush
3/5
Ok album. Made me lose a lot of respect for Tori Amos as an innovator, she copied this whole aesthetic and style hard
1 likes
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The Strokes
3/5
I've never understood the level of love for this album. It's The Clash going full glam rock but with more basic instrumentals; probably biased because parents played into their media love. That said it's not a bad album, second half is much stronger than the first. Alone, together is probably my favorite track but Barely Legal and Last Night are contenders
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
Good album, I have a hard time differentiating it from other music if this genre. Not sure what makes it stand out. Favorite track is the bottle
Solomon Burke
4/5
I'm a sucker for this type of music, the soul leaving into the blues rather than jazz like Gil Scott-Heron. Really made me want to listen to Sam Cooke and Bill Withers.
Steely Dan
2/5
Most overrated band in existence in my opinion. Boring and then they are pretentious about it. No favorite track, I'll give it two because it's fine for background music you ignore
Deerhunter
2/5
Another boring one to me, better than Steely Dan but not enough for me to bump it to a3. Favorite song: Coronado
The Offspring
4/5
One of my favorites from high school. Aged better than I expected. Favorite track bad habit
Dusty Springfield
2/5
Son of a Preacher Man is almost cool enough to save it on it's own but nah
Slade
3/5
Interesting predecessor to a lot of better bands? Favorite song mama weer crazy or whatever it's called
Liz Phair
4/5
Elton John
5/5
Every song except Jamaica is good if not great. That one is really really bad though lol
a-ha
2/5
I really wanted to find out that they shouldn't have been a 1 hit wonder but everything else was meh. A poppier Joy Division
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Second half was much better than the first.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
2/5
Ella Fitzgerald
2/5
I expected to like this more.
Primal Scream
2/5
Calexico
3/5
Not what I expected in the first half, more what I expected (and like less) in the last half/third
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
Van Halen
4/5
Eagles
5/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
James Brown
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
Motörhead
3/5
Tori Amos
4/5
Koffi Olomide
1/5
Couldn't get through it
OutKast
4/5
Speakerboxxx is better, fight me
Hole
2/5
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Mudhoney
3/5
The Waterboys
4/5
Wire
3/5
The Pretty Things
3/5
Too Beatles-y
Doves
3/5
Pulp
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Blondie
4/5
Surprisingly good
Happy Mondays
2/5
Blur
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Guns N' Roses
5/5
MC Solaar
3/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Sex Pistols
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Le Tigre
3/5
3.5
Meat Puppets
2/5
Musically might be a 4 but I've never been able to tolerate the vocals
Chicago
2/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
Joy Division
3/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
3.5
Skepta
3/5
The Dictators
2/5
Hole
3/5
Green Day
3/5
First half I was going to put a 4 which surprised me a lot. Second half was a little too inspired by Black Parade imo
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
Ice Cube
5/5
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Underworld
3/5
Jack White
4/5
John Grant
3/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Not my thing
JAY Z
4/5
Would have been a 5 for me in college
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
Not country, fine for what it is
Ice Cube
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Janelle Monáe
3/5
4/5
I wouldn't listen to it often but this is nostalgic country to the nth degree.
Funkadelic
3/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
3.5
Bob Dylan
5/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
AC/DC
4/5
Queen
4/5
Def Leppard
3/5
3.5
The Doors
4/5
Prefab Sprout
3/5
De La Soul
3/5
3.75 I just can't give it a 4
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
The Specials
2/5
Just not my thing
James Taylor
3/5
Pixies
3/5
Todd Rundgren
2/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Yeah I know
M.I.A.
1/5
I am biased against her as a person but aI funny see how this isn't generic dancehall
Michael Jackson
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Radiohead
3/5
3.5 it is great for what it is but I struggled with droning
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
3.5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
The Who
3/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
The Triffids
3/5
Marilyn Manson
3/5
3.5
Fela Kuti
2/5
Just not my genre
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The Smiths
4/5
The Monkees
1/5
This is literally the album where the people who were too garbage at music to make songs managed to wrest control and make an album. It's bland soulless garbage and whoever says it was a must listen is beholden to nostalgia and definitely should not be reviewing music
Jungle Brothers
3/5
Great example of old school hip hop. Unfortunately that just doesn't often age well
Miles Davis
2/5
Just not my thing, especially in very long doses. I'm sure it's technically amazing
Youssou N'Dour
2/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Cee Lo Green
3/5
Ray Charles
3/5
Pixies
3/5
Björk
2/5
2.5
Cocteau Twins
2/5
Oasis
5/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Elton John
4/5
Stan Getz
2/5
Just sounds like boring video game background music to me. It's not my genre
Frank Zappa
3/5
Barry Adamson
3/5
Waylon Jennings
5/5
Slayer
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
3.5
Beck
4/5
I'm shocked
Suede
3/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Liked it a lot more than I expected but not enough for a 4
Miles Davis
3/5
SAULT
3/5
3.5
John Prine
3/5
Lyrics are some of the best I just can't get into his voice
Aerosmith
3/5
Primal Scream
2/5
Santana
2/5
Kanye West
4/5
Fela Kuti
2/5
Just not for me
The War On Drugs
3/5
"Mom can I have Bruce Springsteen?" "We have Bruce Springsteen at home"
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Jacques Brel
3/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
3.5
Incredible Bongo Band
2/5
Yes it's the birth of a ton of samples...ok
Metallica
4/5
Jimmy Smith
2/5
AC/DC
4/5
The Verve
3/5
TLC
3/5
3.5, too much filler
The Adverts
3/5
The Temptations
3/5
Wilco
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Ok album. Made me lose a lot of respect for Tori Amos as an innovator, she copied this whole aesthetic and style hard
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Aerosmith
3/5
3.5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
DJ Shadow
3/5
The Cardigans
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
3.5, love them but this album isn't my favorite
The Temptations
3/5
The Yardbirds
2/5
2.5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Wilco
2/5
2.5 just can't get into them
The Libertines
3/5
John Martyn
2/5
The Stooges
3/5
The Cars
3/5
Sabu
2/5
Just not my music
The Hives
4/5
4.5
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
Parliament
3/5
The Go-Go's
3/5
The Stone Roses
3/5
Sister Sledge
2/5
Not my thing
Van Halen
3/5
I want to give it a 4 but there's just something off-putting about Dave's voice to me
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
4.5
Radiohead
3/5
3.5... Yeah I know
Crosby, Stills & Nash
2/5
Morrissey
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
4.5
Spiritualized
3/5
fIREHOSE
3/5
The Smiths
4/5
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Beck
5/5
Always thought this was his best album by a mile but even in surprised at this rating
The Coral
3/5
3.5 but I'm interested in this band I didn't know
The Clash
3/5
3.5
Morrissey
3/5
Elbow
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Carole King
3/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Steve Earle
2/5
CHIC
2/5
Janet Jackson
3/5
Too many interludes for a 4
Fiona Apple
4/5
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
Nas
5/5
The Stooges
4/5
I preferred the Iggy mix version of the ones available
Kid Rock
2/5
Ugh
Brian Eno
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
3.5
Donald Fagen
1/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
Prince
5/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
3.5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
The Who
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Another shocker, I didn't care for this much then
New York Dolls
3/5
I love glam punk live, it just didn't translate to albums for me
Roxy Music
2/5
Really dislike the vocals
Alice In Chains
5/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Mekons
3/5
The Band
3/5
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
3.5 not what I expected
Incubus
4/5
I almost gave it a 5 but too many of the songs sound similar
Björk
2/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
I was excited about this one because the singles are so good but the fluff was extra fluffy. Evens out at a 3
Boston
4/5
Beatles
4/5
I'm not gonna give them all 5s
Fleet Foxes
3/5
Britney Spears
2/5
Surprisingly bad. 2 good songs and ouch
The Cult
3/5
3.5 would be a4 if I liked 80s Rick more
Michael Jackson
4/5
3/5
Björk
3/5
Honestly me giving Bjork a 3 is a bigger deal than other albums getting a 5
Talking Heads
3/5
George Harrison
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Red Snapper
2/5
Too repetitive to be background music and not my style for active listening
Deep Purple
3/5
Lucinda Williams
3/5
The Shamen
1/5
Edm style I don't like combined with hippie pseudoreligion happy place bullshit. It's like a nightmare come to life
Kraftwerk
3/5
Thundercat
3/5
Slipknot
4/5
Considered a 5 but a little too edgelord and dated
Steely Dan
3/5
Metallica
3/5
3.5 probably should be a 4 but I'm not huge into thrash
Nirvana
4/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Would have been an easy 4 if not a 5 but I have issues when people refuse to be actually repentant for actions
Lou Reed
3/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
I could see me liking it more if I was in a certain mood but usually nah
Butthole Surfers
3/5
Soul II Soul
2/5
Scott Walker
2/5
Fats Domino
3/5
T. Rex
3/5
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
The Crusaders
2/5
The Fall
3/5
George Michael
4/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
I'm just not a fan of his vocals
Screaming Trees
2/5
Kate Bush
2/5
Songhoy Blues
3/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Mike Ladd
2/5
Beatles
5/5
God I despise Octopus's Garden
Sonic Youth
3/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
Lauryn Hill
4/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
2/5
George Jones
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
3.5
Tom Waits
3/5
Sebadoh
3/5
David Holmes
3/5
Tangerine Dream
2/5
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
Lupe Fiasco
5/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Al Green
5/5
Adele
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Queen
4/5
New Order
3/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
5/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Bill Callahan
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Alanis Morissette
4/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
The definition of whelming. Basic blues combined with basic rock. Rolling Stones did the same thing way better at the same time
Cream
4/5
Randy Newman
4/5
King Crimson
3/5
Ramones
4/5
Jeff Buckley
3/5
Almost a 4 there's still just a few things that don't vibe with me
The The
3/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
The Undertones
3/5
CHIC
3/5
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Kelela
3/5
Lana Del Rey
2/5
I'm gonna spare the rant but was really considering a 1