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Album	You	Global	Diff
Neon Bible Arcade Fire	5	3.35	+1.65
Funeral Arcade Fire	5	3.57	+1.43
Moon Safari Air	5	3.58	+1.42
Nixon Lambchop	4	2.75	+1.25
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	5	3.76	+1.24
Good Old Boys Randy Newman	4	2.86	+1.14
Leftism Leftfield	4	2.9	+1.1
Music Has The Right To Children Boards of Canada	4	2.91	+1.09

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
KEAH** (Psalm 69) Ministry	1	2.69	-1.69
In A Silent Way Miles Davis	2	3.61	-1.61
Suicide Suicide	1	2.46	-1.46
More Songs About Buildings And Food Talking Heads	2	3.42	-1.42
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	2	3.35	-1.35
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo Devo	2	3.13	-1.13
Dog Man Star Suede	2	3	-1

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Artist	Albums	Average
Arcade Fire	2	5

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Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

The Clash

4/5

It's like Green Day from the past. I did check out their later albums and liked them better, but it's interesting to see how basic punk hasn't changed much from these roots.

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

The music is quite nice, gives me post-rock vibes. The lyrics are interesting, but the lead singer's voice can be irritating. Always sounds like he's straining.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

Maybe I'm biased since I heard so many of these songs growing up, but I really liked this one even though I don't usually like live albums. I did go through Sam Cooke's discography after and enjoyed most of it.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

I was already a fan of this one, but I hadn't heard the whole album in a while. I had thought The Suburbs was my favorite Arcade Fire album, but I think I was mistaken. This one is a near masterpiece.

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

Some nice chill tunes, but overall it doesn't excite me much.

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

4/5

Pretty classic rock and roll. They could go pretty hard with a piano!

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

3/5

Not really my taste, but interesting to listen to once. Kinda feels like a musical at some parts.

Celebrity Skin

Hole

3/5

A bit generic for me, but pretty nice.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

A surprisingly chill album from the Rolling Stones. It's nice!

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5

Catchy in some parts, good beats. Gets repetitive sometimes

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Solsbury Hill is so good. The rest of the album feels a bit experimental to me, but I'm glad to have heard it.

Suicide

1/5

An unpleasant listening experience. This is the kind of music I would play to someone if I was torturing them. I guess some people could see this as art, and at least it's different. I couldn't tell that this was made in 1977, it could have just as easily been made today.

Moon Safari

Air

5/5

It's difficult to give this an unbiased review because I used to listen to this album repeatedly in college. I still think it's great

Paul Simon

3/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

2/5

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

Sounds like Sonic the Hedgehog 3, in a good way

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

2/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

4/5

Not mind-blowing but pleasant enough

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

3/5

Kinda felt like a musical

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

Not mind-blowing but pleasant enough

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

4/5

It all sounds the same, but it's a nice listen.

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

3/5

I wasn't sure what to expect given the title. It was an interesting listen, not something I'd return to though.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

3/5

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

2/5

Pretty generic and boring really.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

5/5

Hard to be unbiased when I've already heard and liked the album, but it's a great one in my opinion!

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

Orbital 2

Orbital

2/5

When I heard the first song, I thought the album was going to be pretentious garbage. Turns out that it was just generic loops. There are some decent concepts here, but most of it is overlong. I agree with another reviewer that stated that it sounds like someone's first day with FL studio.

Stankonia

OutKast

3/5

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

4/5

Decent background music for getting work done. Much better than some of the other electronic albums on the list.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

4/5

Decent background music for getting work done. Much better than some of the other electronic albums on the list.

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

4/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Didn't really know what to expect having heard only the hits. I think they should have selected a handful of the best songs rather than overload the album. I found their quieter songs to be the better ones, while the "heavy" ones didn't work for me from this band .

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

2/5

Very experimental. Perhaps it was influential at the time of its release, but I don't think I'll be listening to this one again.

Leftism

Leftfield

4/5

Better than a lot of the other electronic albums on this list. Doesn't get too repetitive and songs don't overstay their welcome. I think Original is my favorite track, although I was enjoying it more before the vocals kicked in.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

Not really my thing, but it does what it says on the tin.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

Not my favorite Radiohead album, but a good one.

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

4/5

This album does not put its best foot forward with the first song, but after that I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I like the instrumental interludes.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

This is not something that I would seek out, but it was worth a listen. Willie uses good storytelling techniques to keep you listening, and it all sounds pleasant enough.

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

1/5

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

3/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

I feel like all of their songs sound the same. Not bad, just meh. Nothing stands out here.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

The fact that I know half of these songs already over 50 years after this album's release shows just how many classic hits it contains.

Nixon

Lambchop

4/5

The Slider

T. Rex

4/5

Copper Blue

Sugar

3/5

Generic, inoffensive.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Pump

Aerosmith

3/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

Loretta Lynn

3/5

I would say that it's well executed, but it gets a bit repetitive. I feel like most country songs are by men, so it was interesting to hear a woman's perspective in this genre.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

I feel like this is background music. Not unpleasant, but not something that grabs my attention. My grandfather listened to this sort of stuff

Vivid

Living Colour

4/5

Rocks pretty hard in some spots. Enjoyable, and I may give it another listen in future.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

2/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Reading the reviews, I didn't realize that Coldplay was so polarizing! This review is through nostalgia goggles as I used to listen to this album regularly in college. I am quite fond of The Scientist, Clocks, and Green Eyes, but the rest of the album doesn't grab me as much as it used to. The Scientist is one of a handful of songs I can play on guitar, so it has a special place in my heart.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Dog Man Star

Suede

2/5

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