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Album	You	Global	Diff
Truth And Soul	5	2.97	+2.03
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...	5	3.15	+1.85
Junkyard	4	2.15	+1.85
Since I Left You	5	3.28	+1.72
The College Dropout	5	3.32	+1.68
Music From Big Pink	5	3.36	+1.64
Cupid & Psyche 85	4	2.38	+1.62
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)	5	3.39	+1.61
Aqualung	5	3.44	+1.56
The ArchAndroid	5	3.46	+1.54

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Albums you rated lower than global average

Album	You	Global	Diff
Aha Shake Heartbreak	1	2.97	-1.97
Automatic For The People	2	3.82	-1.82
Hot Fuss	2	3.74	-1.74
Shalimar	1	2.66	-1.66
Talking Heads 77	2	3.56	-1.56
Foo Fighters	2	3.5	-1.5
The Predator	2	3.26	-1.26
Sweet Baby James	2	3.24	-1.24
Ocean Rain	2	3.22	-1.22
The Blueprint	2	3.22	-1.22

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Artist	Albums	Avg	Score
Led Zeppelin	3	4.33	3.67

5-Star Albums (22)

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Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

2/5

Fine music, but I don't really vibe with it. I think it's a little too mellowed out, and flat. It doesn't really do it for me.

1 likes

OK Computer

Radiohead

3/5

Some absolute bangers, but ultimately not even close to my favorite radiohead album.

1 likes

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The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Some incredible production, great rhymes, but the album does tend to get a bit repetitive. Good vibes, but overstays its welcome for me.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Incredible musical talent, but it just doesn't stay with me. Some absolute bangers, but most of the album just fades into the background. Not abrasive or harsh in the slightest, but that also means it goes down without a second thought. Great licks, great tunes, absolutely gorgeous singing, but it ironically lacks some oomph.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

3/5

I can recognize that there is some incredible craftsmanship in the songs on this album. Xtal didn't really do it for me, but "Tha" is incredible. I think the songs that do more with less work best for my own sensibilities in this particular genre. The beats are incredible though, very good. Pulsewidth has incredible moments, but some lulls stop it from being great. Heliospan has some incredible sections, but also doesn't really manage to stick the landing for me. Overall, good stuff, but not for me.

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

I enjoy some Depeche Mode, but for the most part it just doesn't appeal to me. Some good songs, but ultimately I don't really care for the album.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

My Sweet Lord and What Is Life make this album automatically a banger. The rest of the album is pretty good, but those two songs are just incredible.

Play

Moby

3/5

Great production, some real good songs. A bit repetitive.

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Pretty damn good listen, very enjoyable tunes. Just overall really nice.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

3/5

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

4/5

Good vibes, my kind of music. I enjoy it a lot.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Pretty good album, a bit repetitive, but Born To Run is an amazing song.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

It was alright.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

Nostalgic, but also just really good.

Suede

3/5

Pretty good stuff. Very good composition, love the voice. I need to be in a specific kind of mood for this kind of music though.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

Loved this album. Most of these songs were amazing, and the ones that I didn't really vibe with I could still enjoy enough.

Forever Changes

Love

4/5

Some great songs. Fantastic composition, really enjoyed the vibe. Didn't stick with me too much, though.

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

4/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

Incredible, no notes.

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

5/5

Amazing. Wonderful energy, great composition. Well constructed and with a powerful message.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Listened to this too much already, favorite Led Zeppelin album. 10/10

Sound Affects

The Jam

4/5

It was pretty good.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

The United States Of America

4/5

Very interesting album, really enjoyed the listen, but have a hard time identifying individual songs that stuck with me. Well produced and well crafted.

NEU! 75

Neu!

3/5

Good music, not really feeling it currently though.

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

3/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Great album, incredible disco music.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

2/5

Fine music, but I don't really vibe with it. I think it's a little too mellowed out, and flat. It doesn't really do it for me.

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3/5

Pretty good, enjoyable.

Vespertine

Björk

4/5

Beautiful

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Pretty good

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

Lovely music

The Man Who

Travis

3/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Familiar with it, pretty good album

Pyromania

Def Leppard

2/5

Passable hair rock, nothing amazing.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

Two incredible songs surrounded by some pretty decent but ultimately forgettable material. The album lacks variety in a way that I know the Beach Boys are capable of, and the recording quality leaves some things to be desired.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

Decent album

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

5/5

Really liked this album.

System Of A Down

3/5

It's good.

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Good music, but not my favorite Bowie album.

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

4/5

Very cool, extremely experimental album. Some real good songs, some duds - but always surprising.

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Pretty damn great.

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

3/5

Pretty damn good. Great music, some lulls, but overall lovely music.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Pretty good, but it just reminds me of how incredible Rumours is. Makes me want to listen to that album over this one.

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

1/5

Decent music, absolutely not for me.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

4/5

Awesome album, loved it.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

5/5

Kanye's best album.

Germs

4/5

Sick album, love the vibes.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

2/5

Mr. Brightside is great, the rest of the album is serviceable.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

Love this album.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

One of the best Beatles albums, great songs cover to cover. Even the weaker ones are incredible.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

Pretty sick album, some of the best Iron Maiden has to offer.

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

1/5

Not really for me, I don't particularly care for the voice of the singer and the music falls a little flat.

Hms Fable

Shack

3/5

It's alright. Nothing crazy interesting, but competent music.

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

It's alright, but it's a little bland and forgettable.

Phrenology

The Roots

4/5

Really well produced and creative album, loved it.

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

3/5

The Real Thing

Faith No More

2/5

Decent album, great cover of War Pigs. I don't really enjoy the singer's voice.

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

3/5

Sick music, but a bit too noisy for my tastes. I did enjoy it more than I expected.

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

2/5

It's fine, absolutely not my type of music. A lot of the songs follow a similar structure and sound very similar.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

2/5

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

Quiet Life

Japan

3/5

It's pretty good synth-pop. I enjoyed it, but nothing special.

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

4/5

Just an all around fantastic album.

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

One of my favorites. Almost every single song on this album is a banger.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

Pretty fantastic album.

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

Odelay

Beck

3/5

Pretty decent album. I like the general vibe but not really getting into the songs too much.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Pretty great album, some of my all time favorites are on this record.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

One of the best to ever do it. Fantastic album.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

Pretty great album with some fantastic songs.

Timeless

Goldie

3/5

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

Arrested Development

5/5

Really good, just some fantastic music.

Black Monk Time

The Monks

3/5

It's fine.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

2/5

I like some Animal Collective but this album was a bit too abrasive and repetitive for my tastes.

Aja

Steely Dan

5/5

Just an absolute delight of an album. This is my kind of music.

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

4/5

Pretty good. The sound is a bit too dirty for my tastes, but very solid stuff.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Just a fantastic set of songs that is captivating until the end. Some of Pink Floyd's best post Syd Barrett.

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

The Band

3/5

It's alright

The Blueprint

JAY Z

2/5

Don't really care for the production on this album.

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Damaged

Black Flag

4/5

This is my fucking jam.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

4/5

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

Certainly not Radiohead at their best, but a compelling album nonetheless. Some fantastic tracks that really managed to capture my attention, some less than stellar ones that kept me from enjoying this album to the fullest extent. Still a great effort by the band.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

2/5

I just don't care for Talking Heads. I don't get it.

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Good album.

OK Computer

Radiohead

3/5

Some absolute bangers, but ultimately not even close to my favorite radiohead album.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

3/5

Interesting album, but not something that I will be revisiting anytime soon.

Foo Fighters

2/5

I'm really not a fan of the extremely fuzzy and blown out recording quality of the album. I find that the songs all sound very similar in style and substance to me, both in lyrical content and in actual melodies and rhythm. I would prefer to listen to any Nirvana album over this ten times out of ten. I don't mean to disregard the value of this album to Dave, but it's certainly not for me.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

3/5

It's good, it's Johnny Cash. I like how human this album feels.

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

3/5

Good music.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

It's fine.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

It's fine. Doolittle is better.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

4/5

Good music, I dig it.

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

It's good, but it's not close to their Arthur album.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Good shit.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Pretty damn great.

Gorillaz

3/5

Very good debut, strong songs with some definite standouts and a couple of weaker ones.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

I prefer It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold us Back, but this is still a great fucking album.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

5/5

Just a really fun and textured album that gets better with every listen. Not every song sticks, but the whole just works.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

An incredible live album. A great collection of songs and an extremely powerful performance.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

It's fine

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

One of the best albums of all time, 10/10. Such a delicious spread of genre bending tunes that all hit in different yet equally satisfying ways - no notes.

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

2/5

It's good music, but absolutely not for me.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

It's definitely a Beach Boys album. Not as remarkable or musically interesting as Pet Sounds, but still pretty good.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

5/5

Love this album, some really good stuff.

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

3/5

Cool sound, fuzzy, grungy, but a little boring. This must have gone hard in 88 though.

Elastica

4/5

Pretty good.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Tribe doing Tribe things, good beats, fun raps, just a joy to listen to.

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Amazing album, some incredible songs and impeccable composition. Perfectly gloomy.

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Pretty good.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

One of the best albums ever.

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

2/5

Don't really care for it

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

One of the best Green Day albums also happens to be one of the first.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Some banger songs, but ultimately a little one-note.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

5/5

One of the best albums from the 70s, incredible guitar passages, great composition, and pan flute!

The Predator

Ice Cube

2/5

It's a fine album, but only a couple of really good songs. The production is not my favorite. Ice is a great rapper, but I don't really care for a lot of the beats.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Good shit.

The Poet

Bobby Womack

3/5

Extremely groovy music. I dug it enough to listen to it passively for a while, but it didn't really strike me as something I will return to.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

Pretty good.