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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Ys
Joanna Newsom
|
5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
|
I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
|
5 | 2.84 | +2.16 |
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Bone Machine
Tom Waits
|
5 | 2.85 | +2.15 |
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Gris Gris
Dr. John
|
5 | 2.88 | +2.12 |
|
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
|
5 | 2.94 | +2.06 |
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Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
|
5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
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The Dreaming
Kate Bush
|
5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
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Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
|
5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
|
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
|
5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
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...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
The Dandy Warhols
|
5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Violator
Depeche Mode
|
1 | 3.7 | -2.7 |
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Highway to Hell
AC/DC
|
1 | 3.65 | -2.65 |
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Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
|
1 | 3.63 | -2.63 |
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Hotel California
Eagles
|
1 | 3.59 | -2.59 |
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Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
|
1 | 3.43 | -2.43 |
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
|
1 | 3.41 | -2.41 |
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Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
|
1 | 3.41 | -2.41 |
|
Eliminator
ZZ Top
|
1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
|
1 | 3.33 | -2.33 |
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre
|
1 | 3.32 | -2.32 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Radiohead | 5 | 5 |
| Tom Waits | 5 | 4.6 |
| Bob Dylan | 6 | 4.33 |
| Beatles | 5 | 4.4 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.4 |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 4.67 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 4.67 |
| The White Stripes | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Cure | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 5 |
| Björk | 4 | 4.25 |
| The Doors | 3 | 4.33 |
| David Bowie | 8 | 3.88 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 1.6 |
| Madonna | 2 | 1 |
| ZZ Top | 2 | 1 |
| Sepultura | 2 | 1 |
| Aerosmith | 2 | 1 |
| Bee Gees | 2 | 1 |
| Elvis Costello & The Attractions | 2 | 1.5 |
| Pet Shop Boys | 2 | 1.5 |
| Mudhoney | 2 | 1.5 |
| Everything But The Girl | 2 | 1.5 |
| k.d. lang | 2 | 1.5 |
| Eminem | 2 | 1.5 |
| Eagles | 2 | 1.5 |
| Orbital | 2 | 1.5 |
| AC/DC | 2 | 1.5 |
5-Star Albums (65)
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Popular Reviews
Bruce Springsteen · 6 likes
2/5
I gave the other Springsteen's 1. So I guess this is my favourite Springsteen album
Joanna Newsom · 2 likes
5/5
Surprised by the low ratings. This thing is a journey, a sublime masterpiece. Full marks
Run-D.M.C. · 1 likes
2/5
a trailblazer but perhaps hasn't aged super well - feels kinda robotic, forced to my 2023 ears
The Triffids · 1 likes
1/5
Is this album meant to be on here
4-Star Albums (185)
1-Star Albums (65)
All Ratings
King Crimson
3/5
Nina Simone
3/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Massive Attack
4/5
Highlights: Protection, Karma Coma, Sly. Top-heavy album but still consistent.
⭐⭐⭐⭐
The War On Drugs
4/5
The Verve
2/5
Bittersweet Symphony is the masterpiece on the album and the rest is solid but just not on the same level. Lucky Man comes close, but have never been a fan of Drugs don't work or Sonnet. Space and Time, Weeping Willow are fine. A good album. Not one I return to.
Dire Straits
2/5
This some white people shit. Not my bag. Sultans is Hella lame. Water of love ok
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
great to listen to with ya nan. a christmas album for the ages
not in my top 5 cave albums, but solid
⭐⭐⭐
Dr. Dre
1/5
The Pogues
1/5
i hate it
just not my thing, i guess
makes me regret all one-star ratings thus far, as i enjoyed all of them more than this
⭐
Elvis Presley
2/5
Pixies
3/5
Some real bangers but way too inconsistent to give top marks
⭐⭐⭐
The Rolling Stones
3/5
is good
⭐⭐⭐
Kraftwerk
2/5
Sister Sledge
2/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
if the rest of the album was as good as the title track it'd be a five-star
⭐⭐⭐
Chicago
2/5
technically solid but just not for me. horny yawny dad-rock?
⭐⭐
Meat Loaf
1/5
blegh! meatloaf schmeatloaf
⭐
The Smiths
3/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Buzzcocks
3/5
Mariah Carey
1/5
Carpenters
3/5
Highlight: (They Long To Be) Close to you
Lowlight: Help
Somewhere in between: the rest
⭐⭐⭐
Bob Dylan
5/5
That's what I'm talkin' bout
Pulp
3/5
i enjoyed it, but also forgot everything about it minutes after listening. except common people. common people gets a whole star just for itself
Super Furry Animals
2/5
maybe i'm just generally pretty lukewarm on britpop but this kinda reminded me of a worst-of blur album
⭐⭐
James Taylor
2/5
was really enjoying this at first, but the back half is a real dud. sorry james
⭐⭐
Gang Of Four
2/5
i don't regret my time listening to this, but would not listen again willingly
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
The Mars Volta
3/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
The Clash
3/5
Pavement
4/5
The Kinks
4/5
who the heck is david watts anyway. worst song on the album, david watts is a jerk
Radiohead
5/5
a monumental point of inflection for their creative direction, a quintessential early-2000s album
Madonna
1/5
why ya gotta make me listen to this right after radiohead
Beatles
4/5
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Kelela
2/5
Richard Hawley
3/5
The Waterboys
2/5
David Bowie
4/5
Slade
1/5
no
George Michael
2/5
Pet Shop Boys
1/5
Mudhoney
1/5
why is this album like 1000 years long
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Buena Vista Social Club
5/5
Beyoncé
3/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
a trailblazer but perhaps hasn't aged super well - feels kinda robotic, forced to my 2023 ears
Tom Waits
5/5
Soundgarden
5/5
Wire
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2/5
Fatboy Slim
5/5
At least one of these stars is for Angela Bassett
Santana
3/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
1/5
Minor Threat
2/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
Jeff Buckley
5/5
The Hives
3/5
Hate To Say I Told You So is a banger, but diminishing returns as the album goes on, pretty one-note
Beastie Boys
3/5
The Pretty Things
3/5
Genesis
3/5
B.B. King
4/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Five stars, why not. As tempting as it was to deduct stars for Octopus's Garden
2/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Weather Report
2/5
Blue Cheer
2/5
John Coltrane
5/5
Air
4/5
Grateful Dead
2/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
Keith Jarrett
2/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Digital Underground
1/5
Massive Attack
4/5
The Go-Betweens
3/5
The Only Ones
3/5
Neil Young
4/5
Might have considered a 5 if not for the truly terrible A Man Needs A Maid and the fact that I've heard Heart of Gold so many times while browsing the dairy aisle in supermarkets that now it just makes me think of milk
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Aimee Mann
2/5
I didn't really enjoy the album but it gets points for reminding me to rewatch Magnolia
Erykah Badu
3/5
Elton John
4/5
Would be a 5, but wow there are a few terrible songs on this thing. But on the other hand, Benny
Kanye West
4/5
Magazine
3/5
Portishead
5/5
T. Rex
3/5
Alice Cooper
2/5
Supertramp
4/5
ZZ Top
1/5
Fishbone
1/5
Khaled
1/5
David Bowie
3/5
Hated it when it came out. It grew on me I guess?
Sufjan Stevens
5/5
Still Sufjan's best, I think. An album I keep coming back to
Deee-Lite
2/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
The Who
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
De La Soul
3/5
Fairport Convention
4/5
Slipknot
1/5
No thank you
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
Prince
3/5
The Police
2/5
Mylo
1/5
GZA
4/5
Bebel Gilberto
2/5
Jack White
3/5
Dr. Octagon
4/5
Wax in your inner ear, doodoo in your outer ear
Two cows a zebra will jump through your atmosphere
Four stars
White Denim
3/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
James Brown
3/5
MGMT
3/5
look, it's a good album, probably better than a 3, but so help me god if I hear time to pretend or kids or electric feel one more time
Johnny Cash
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
The Who
3/5
Little Richard
3/5
Deep Purple
2/5
Television
3/5
Kinda wish the rest of the album was as great as the title track
CHIC
2/5
disco shmisco
Finley Quaye
3/5
Enjoyed more than expected
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Almost gave this a 5. Not sure if I genuinely really rate this album or my brain is still a bit broken from the time it was the only CD we had on a roadtrip
Nick Drake
5/5
Billy Bragg
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
5/5
Machito
4/5
I dig it
Lana Del Rey
3/5
It's fine
The The
3/5
Pretty solid. This is the day an easy stand-out
The Jam
2/5
Adele
2/5
k.d. lang
1/5
I hate it
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
I hate it
Manu Chao
2/5
Thin Lizzy
1/5
I hate it
Talk Talk
3/5
I didn't hate it!
The Offspring
2/5
It's a 2 from me but a 5 from sixteen-year-old me. Self Esteem & Come Out And Play are fun
The Doors
4/5
The Who
3/5
Eminem
1/5
one star, for being a too-visceral reminder of the cultural hellscape that was the late 90s
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
So long, Marianne is the easy standout, the rest blurs together a bit
John Lennon
4/5
Imagine is butts but the rest of the album is great
Foo Fighters
3/5
Slint
3/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Beck
3/5
Faust
2/5
Soft Cell
1/5
I hate it
Os Mutantes
2/5
all over the place. kinda fun, and given time it might grow on me, but aint nobody got time for that
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
I hate it (sorry chris)
Hookworms
2/5
I dig the album art. The album itself is okay, but sounds too much like other better bands to me 🤷♂️
Fiona Apple
3/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
I don't hate it
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Eagles
1/5
I hate it
Frank Zappa
3/5
MC Solaar
3/5
Björk
4/5
Björk is life
Depeche Mode
1/5
Beatles
5/5
This is why I love this site, it's so great for discovering unknown albums from bands I've never heard of
Jane's Addiction
2/5
I quite like some of this album. A lot I could take or leave.
High: Jane Says (of course), Summertime Rolls, Ocean Size
Low: Standing in the Shower Thinking
I'd give it a 2.5 but rounding down because I have a sore throat
Simple Minds
1/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Sinead O'Connor
2/5
Suede
3/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
Cornershop
1/5
Mike Oldfield
2/5
The Clash
2/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Sabu
2/5
3/5
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
4/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
of all the albums about walls, this one is the best
The Smiths
3/5
I thought I hated The Smiths? Turns out I don't hate The Smiths
Stan Getz
3/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Peter Frampton
1/5
Circle Jerks
1/5
Janis Joplin
3/5
Spiritualized
4/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Daft Punk
4/5
JAY Z
3/5
D'Angelo
4/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Ian Dury
1/5
Gross. I hate it
Def Leppard
2/5
Public Enemy
3/5
The Yardbirds
2/5
Kings of Leon
2/5
Dead Kennedys
2/5
The Kinks
3/5
Tina Turner
2/5
Prince
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
3/5
Randy Newman
3/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Saint Etienne
2/5
almost a 3, it was ok
Public Enemy
2/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Meat Puppets
2/5
Queens Of The Stone Age
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Gotan Project
3/5
Sepultura
1/5
No, I don't think so
Megadeth
1/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2/5
Nirvana
3/5
The Black Keys
5/5
Billy Joel
2/5
Scissor Sisters
2/5
Aerosmith
1/5
I hate it
The Killers
2/5
10cc
2/5
inconsistent but I enjoyed some of this
Steely Dan
3/5
Rush
3/5
Giant Sand
2/5
Metallica
3/5
Slayer
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
U2
3/5
Laura Nyro
3/5
Fugees
4/5
hey this was great
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Christine and the Queens
2/5
Hi Chris
Michael Kiwanuka
5/5
Elvis Costello
2/5
Stop giving me Costello albums dangit
The Lemonheads
2/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
More like a 3.6
Dennis Wilson
3/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Eminem
2/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Red Snapper
2/5
Marty Robbins
5/5
5 stars, why not
The United States Of America
3/5
Caetano Veloso
3/5
Deep Purple
2/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
The Beta Band
4/5
Mostly dug this. Rounding up
Soul II Soul
3/5
Otis Redding
4/5
Cream
4/5
Orange Juice
2/5
The Psychedelic Furs
2/5
It had moments. I liked the first song. It could maybe grow on me. But alas, it will never have the chance
Supergrass
3/5
Sade
2/5
The Monks
4/5
it's monk time. I wish this was on spotify, this was a pleasant surprise
Songhoy Blues
5/5
Tortoise
4/5
The Streets
2/5
The White Stripes
5/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Air
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Pavement
3/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Can't get past how much he looks like Jason Gunn on the album cover
3/5
Suede
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Fugazi
3/5
Metallica
2/5
Pretenders
2/5
Lou Reed
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Various Artists
3/5
Aretha Franklin
3/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Al Green
4/5
The Louvin Brothers
3/5
The Triffids
1/5
Is this album meant to be on here
Metallica
2/5
Tito Puente
3/5
The Prodigy
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
Madonna
1/5
I guess I do not like to boogie-woogie
Judas Priest
1/5
Rating a one, rating a one
Rating a one, rating a one
Rating a one, rating a one
Rating a one, rating a one
Orbital
1/5
i hate it
Lauryn Hill
4/5
Nanci Griffith
2/5
Neil Young
4/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Rounding up
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Police
2/5
M.I.A.
3/5
AC/DC
1/5
Garbage
3/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Dion
2/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
The Doors
5/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
If it was just its strongest half, it'd be a 5, but there's a few there I don't love. Still. 4/5 ain't bad. Highlight: In the Light
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Jamiroquai
3/5
4/5
The Go-Go's
3/5
Simply Red
1/5
David Bowie
5/5
best bowie
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
The Who
3/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
The Pogues
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
a-ha
2/5
The Bees
4/5
Aerosmith
1/5
blegh
Silver Jews
2/5
The Sonics
2/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
Look I love it but also I do subscribe to the philosophy that music should be, on some level, actually listenable
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
Van Morrison
2/5
Lucinda Williams
2/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
3/5
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
The Doors
4/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Wild Beasts
4/5
Metallica
3/5
Almost a 4. Fun
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Bobby Womack
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Justice
4/5
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
4/5
A million years long, but worth it.
Parliament
4/5
Tori Amos
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Libertines
3/5
The Cars
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
4/5
I've not cared much for Boy in the past but for some reason this album hit me just right
Buffalo Springfield
4/5
R.E.M.
2/5
I thought I liked REM until I listened to this
TV On The Radio
3/5
Not my favourite of theirs, much less consistent than the prev two. DLZ is a banger though. 3.5
Milton Nascimento
4/5
Small Faces
3/5
Kanye West
3/5
Carole King
3/5
Animal Collective
4/5
The Temptations
3/5
R.E.M.
2/5
Nobody needs to hear FOUR R.E.M. albums before they die. NOBODY. Stop it
Nick Drake
4/5
Solid but no Pink Moon. Highlight: River Man
Willie Nelson
3/5
I should hate this? I don't hate this
Radiohead
5/5
Pretty okay Radiohead album, five stars
Iggy Pop
3/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Maybe closer to a 3 for me if I'm honest but rounding up to a 4 for the immaculate vibes
Dizzee Rascal
3/5
Fats Domino
3/5
The Black Crowes
1/5
A 1 feels very harsh for this album. And yet, here we are
Paul Simon
3/5
Ride
3/5
Blur
3/5
High highs, but meh mehs
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
2.5
Laibach
4/5
I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. It's more a 3 for me but a bonus star for the album cover and the commitment to the whole arty ironic fascist thing
5/5
The Sugarcubes
4/5
Throwing Muses
4/5
Admittedly pre-judged this one by the album art and band name, but a pleasant surprise. Very '90s for an '80s album
The Undertones
3/5
Butthole Surfers
2/5
The Birthday Party
3/5
Pantera
1/5
a quiet rainy day inside with hot cocoas was, in retrospect, probably not the appropriate environment to be judging this one, but ah well
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
Big Star
2/5
mid star
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Kate Bush
5/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
2/5
I enjoyed a lot about this album. Also, I did not enjoy a lot about this album. Gats and mysogyny pew pew pew
Ozomatli
1/5
Beck
5/5
best beck
Rush
2/5
Quite enjoyed listening to this. More of a 3 for me, but rounding down because Ayn Rand
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Good! But a good covers album gets a three and that's that
Johnny Cash
4/5
Snoop Dogg
2/5
3, but rounding down for the worst album art in music history
Can
4/5
Black Flag
2/5
Klaxons
3/5
Charles Mingus
5/5
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
I tried
Stereolab
4/5
Bee Gees
1/5
This album just made me kinda angry for some reason
Lightning Bolt
3/5
David Ackles
2/5
Guided By Voices
2/5
Dusty Springfield
2/5
Portishead
4/5
A 4, but a 5 in a world where I hadn't heard Portishead's other albums
The Zutons
3/5
Paul Weller
2/5
Talking Heads
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Grizzly Bear
5/5
Cyndi Lauper
2/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
3.5
The Young Gods
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
Not my favourite Bowie album
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2/5
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Highlight: The Partisan
Lorde
3/5
Pixies
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Billie Holiday
3/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
Leftfield
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
The Fall
3/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Isaac Hayes
5/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
I gave the other Springsteen's 1. So I guess this is my favourite Springsteen album
The Stooges
3/5
3 for the album, but a 5 for Gimme Danger
The Specials
3/5
The Associates
1/5
The Jam
2/5
OutKast
4/5
Rounding up
Traffic
2/5
Girls Against Boys
2/5
Tom Waits
5/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
Don McLean
1/5
blegh
The Beau Brummels
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
The Adverts
2/5
Steely Dan
2/5
More like Steely Yawn amirite
Joanna Newsom
5/5
Surprised by the low ratings. This thing is a journey, a sublime masterpiece. Full marks
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
The Byrds
3/5
Enjoyed it more than I thought I would, but there's some real duds in there
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
I thought I didn't care much for Bob Marley & The Wailers. Who knew?
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
2/5
I liked.. some of this
Wilco
3/5
Suicide
3/5
I really liked some of this! But I only kinda liked the rest of it. Three stars
The Verve
3/5
The Magnetic Fields
2/5
Primal Scream
3/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Afrika Bambaataa
2/5
Ice Cube
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
Green Day
2/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
I dig it
The Residents
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Killing Joke
2/5
Didn't hate
The Damned
2/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
1/5
I cannot
Serge Gainsbourg
4/5
The Strokes
4/5
Is good. Might've been a five if Last Nite hadn't been butchered on the radio for years, but alas, I can no longer listen to it objectively
Sigur Rós
5/5
Magical
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
2/5
Didn't hate
3/5
Blur
3/5
Inconsistent
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Mott The Hoople
2/5
4/5
ABBA
2/5
Didn't hate it
Safe, sad, soulless. Not interesting enough to be on this list, or any list, unless it is a list of albums that aren't interesting enough to be on lists
John Grant
3/5
I was on the fence, until:
I feel just like Winona Ryder
In that movie about vampires
And she couldn't get that accent right;
Neither could that other guy
Thelonious Monk
4/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
4/5
George Harrison
4/5
Ananda Shankar
2/5
Mike Ladd
3/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
3. Very listenable. But a 5 for Son of a Preacher Man
Bee Gees
1/5
No
King Crimson
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Beach House
4/5
This album takes me back to a very specific time in my life. 4 starts right now but 5 when I'm feeling more nostalgic
Tim Buckley
3/5
3.45
Sugar
1/5
None for me thanks
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Queen
3/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Kid Rock
1/5
lol no
Sex Pistols
3/5
U2
3/5
Solange
4/5
Bill Callahan
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
Ash
2/5
Not awful
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Ramones
3/5
Harry Nilsson
4/5
Aphex Twin
3/5
k.d. lang
2/5
Le Tigre
4/5
I enjoyed this a lot more than expected, had only ever heard “Deceptacon”. Fun album.
Billy Bragg
2/5
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Yes
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Bert Jansch
3/5
Björk
4/5
AC/DC
2/5
Spacemen 3
3/5
Public Enemy
3/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Queen Latifah
3/5
Violent Femmes
4/5
Sebadoh
2/5
John Cale
2/5
The Saints
2/5
2Pac
3/5
Richard Thompson
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
The Pharcyde
4/5
Passing me by is a classic. Fun album
The Young Rascals
3/5
David Holmes
2/5
Gang Starr
4/5
Mudhoney
2/5
Deerhunter
4/5
Moby
4/5
Probably overrating this but
Cee Lo Green
2/5
The Boo Radleys
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
3.5
George Jones
2/5
Sparks
4/5
3.75
The Velvet Underground
2/5
Venom
1/5
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
The Thrills
2/5
Screaming Trees
2/5
Forgettable
Can
4/5
The Blue Nile
2/5
Guns N' Roses
3/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
I didn't like this album quite as much I remember. Let me give half stars please
Hole
4/5
Green Day
3/5
Supergrass
4/5
This list mostly had me despising Britpop so far. But I dig this
2/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Ray Price
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Madness
3/5
Rod Stewart
2/5
Napalm Death
1/5
Röyksopp
4/5
Crowded House
3/5
Shack
1/5
I don't... I don't get it
Nas
4/5
Eagles
2/5
Fuckin' Eagles, man
Peter Gabriel
4/5
John Lennon
4/5
Coldcut
2/5
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
Bad Company
3/5
dad rock, assemble
Cat Stevens
4/5
Björk
5/5
Cocteau Twins
5/5
dreamy
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Teenage Fanclub
2/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Buck Owens
2/5
Coldplay
4/5
I don't get it, I thought I hated Coldplay
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
Korn
3/5
Nah. Even edgy angsty teenage me would've given this one a 3 at best
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Radiohead
5/5
Ghostface Killah
3/5
Gillian Welch
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
I swear that I try. Every time another Springsteen album comes up I do listen to it in earnest, with fresh ears. But I can't. No more. Please I'm begging you
Gil Scott-Heron
4/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Basement Jaxx
2/5
Hawkwind
2/5
SPACE IS NOT LARGE AND IT IS NOT SMALL
SPACE IS DARK. SPACE DOES NOT CARE
Country Joe & The Fish
2/5
Joy Division
5/5
classic
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
Def Leppard
2/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
The National
4/5
Frank Black
3/5
Burning Spear
3/5
Sepultura
1/5
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Hey Rikki, lose my number
Elis Regina
3/5
Turbonegro
2/5
Ass
Emmylou Harris
2/5
LTJ Bukem
2/5
The Avalanches
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Prince
3/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
The Fall
2/5
Tricky
4/5
The Vines
2/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
Needed more bongos
The White Stripes
5/5
Talking Heads
5/5
LL Cool J
3/5
Title track is dope
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Eurythmics
2/5
Van Halen
2/5
I know I'm SUPPOSED to like this album. But still
Jean-Michel Jarre
4/5
I dig this
The xx
2/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
Incubus
3/5
TV On The Radio
5/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
Gorillaz
5/5
Roni Size
3/5
SZA
3/5
Hole
3/5
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
Antony and the Johnsons
5/5
Björk
4/5
Not best Björk. But still great Björk
Baaba Maal
2/5
Devendra Banhart
4/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
3.5. Let me rate half stars dangit
The Darkness
2/5
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
The Cure
4/5
The Cure
5/5
Second only to Disintegration. Classic
The Everly Brothers
3/5
3.5. I enjoyed this
Doves
2/5
This album was really dull at first, but then it really picked up at the end. Turns out it had already finished and Spotify was just playing me other stuff. So, yawn
The White Stripes
4/5
The Dictators
2/5
Megadeth
3/5
The Cure
5/5
Kings of Leon
2/5
I don't hate KOL in general but this album in particular is agressively average
Talvin Singh
2/5
Tangerine Dream
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
SAULT
3/5
3.5
Todd Rundgren
1/5
I really wasn't in a mood for yacht rock so didn't give this one a fair shake, only got a few songs in. I'll give it another try if I ever go back through all these a second time
Beck
3/5
I like weird-beck more than sad-beck but it's still a great album
The Slits
3/5
The Specials
3/5
Coldplay
4/5
I don't get it, I thought I hated Coldplay
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Pleasant and massively impressive a capella album. I confess to involuntarily feeling like I was constantly waiting for the songs to start so can't rate higher than a 3, but that does sound like a me-problem
Emmylou Harris
2/5
The Kinks
4/5
A comfortable 4/5 for the album for me. Sunny Afternoon is a 10
Jacques Brel
3/5
Joe Ely
1/5
No, no I don't think so. Thanks anyway
Neil Young
3/5
I wanted to like this more than I actually enjoyed listening to it
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
2/5
Not for me
Duke Ellington
4/5
The xx
3/5
Adele
2/5
Heaven 17
2/5
Everything But The Girl
1/5
nope
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Little Simz
4/5
The Cult
2/5
too 80s
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
I hate Spingsteen. But I didn't hate this one for some reason. Way to go, Bruce!
Pentangle
4/5
Fun
The Zombies
3/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
Goddess / Holes are cool. The rest are acceptable
New Order
3/5
FKA twigs
3/5
A high 3
Fairport Convention
3/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
2/5
"Sensational"
Oasis
3/5
Meh
808 State
2/5
Pearl Jam
5/5
Ten stars
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
3 but could go up on relisten
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
Common
4/5
Solid album. Probably a 3.5 for me, but rating up because there's a crackup review from someone who gave this a 1 because he's a a STEM guy PHD student who "doesn't get rap" and I'm doing my part to bring balance to this world
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Interesting and experimental, but obnoxious and grating in that it feels like I'm getting harrassed by minions for 40 minutes so it all ends up being pretty unlistenable to me, sorry
The Modern Lovers
2/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
2/5
Stan Getz
3/5
I am enjoying riding this elevator
Anthrax
2/5
1/5
Look, it's a 1 from me. But a 5 from angsty teen me, who had this cranked up to 11 for a year straight
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
Common
3/5
Pere Ubu
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Pretty good
Robbie Williams
1/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
5/5
A classic, and a personal favourite - but on reevaluation I did find it more pleasant to listen to a mono version, oddly. The vocals especially have a weird channel distribution at times that I wasn't really digging
Lupe Fiasco
4/5
Yes there is such a thing as too much intro
Love
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Ravi Shankar
2/5
Eels
2/5
Couple of bangers, Novocaine is still great. But I do not want to go to Susan's house.
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
Django Django
4/5
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
Tom Waits
5/5
Perfect
Johnny Cash
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Minus a star for Yellow Submarine because I'm a curmudgeon and I hate fun
Fever Ray
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
At her grungiest. Raw and unpolished but it all works
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Nirvana
4/5
Willie Nelson
2/5
Q-Tip
3/5
John Prine
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Skunk Anansie
3/5
Lou Reed
4/5
Fiona Apple
5/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
5/5
Dr. John
5/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Orbital
2/5
Patti Smith
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
Loses one star for Dreams.
That's right, you heard me
Pink Floyd
4/5
ZZ Top
1/5
Taylor Swift
2/5
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
N.W.A.
3/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Kate Bush
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Goldie
2/5
Steve Winwood
1/5
Cowboy Junkies
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
It's a solid album. But I've seen Chungking Express, so I've already hit my lifetime quote for California Dreamin'
Bonnie Raitt
1/5
I cannot
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
Politically charged, but not subtle. Way too on the nose. For some reason this album reminds me of Banksy. Go figure
Big Black
2/5
Spiritualized
4/5
Youssou N'Dour
4/5
3/5
Elbow
3/5
Bon Jovi
1/5
Nope
T. Rex
3/5
Christina Aguilera
2/5
Fleet Foxes
4/5
Nirvana
4/5
The Electric Prunes
3/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Doves
3/5
Primal Scream
2/5
The Dandy Warhols
5/5
Radiohead
5/5
Perfection