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Album	You	Global	Diff
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room Dwight Yoakam	5	2.6	+2.4
Movies Holger Czukay	5	2.71	+2.29
A Date With The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers	5	2.96	+2.04
Fire Of Love The Gun Club	5	2.99	+2.01
Pieces Of The Sky Emmylou Harris	5	3.11	+1.89
Trio Dolly Parton	5	3.13	+1.87
Ritual De Lo Habitual Jane's Addiction	5	3.19	+1.81
John Prine John Prine	5	3.22	+1.78
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band John Lennon	5	3.24	+1.76
System Of A Down System Of A Down	5	3.27	+1.73

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	1	3.61	-2.61
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	1	3.37	-2.37
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	1	3.35	-2.35
British Steel Judas Priest	1	3.3	-2.3
Under Construction Missy Elliott	1	3.14	-2.14
This Is Hardcore Pulp	1	3.14	-2.14
Dog Man Star Suede	1	3	-2
Ray Of Light Madonna	1	2.99	-1.99
Damaged Black Flag	1	2.86	-1.86
Yeezus Kanye West	1	2.77	-1.77

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	3	5
Bob Dylan	2	5
Stevie Wonder	2	5

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Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

5/5

This is how all country albums should sound. Five out of five stars. I can't believe I saw some one star reviews for this album. That's okay, I will probably give one or two stars to the albums that they like. The universe will balance itself out. Dwight is true to the heart of country. Hank Williams would be a fan.

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1-Star Albums (11)

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

All Ratings

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

5/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

5/5

Scissor Sisters

3/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

2/5

Except for the first song, this is boring synth pop.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Amazing voice.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

5/5

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

5/5

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

I find that with R.E.M. their songs are either mediocre or absolute bangers. I knew going into this album their were two certified bangers. It's the End of the World As We Know It and The One I Love, with the former being my favourite song by them. I found the first four songs to fall into the mediocre category but starting with the track Strange and, with the song Fireplace, I found the rest of the tracks to be bangers. I was prepared to only give this album only two stars but because of the strong finish I upped it to three stars. I still think that anyone who says the Beatles are boring is probably pretty boring themselves and Michael Stipe has been quoted as saying exactly that. Michael, when yoy make an album as incredible as Sgt. Pepper or Abbey Road, you can talk trash. Until then you should shut up and listen.

British Steel

Judas Priest

1/5

Sorry, I can't stand this band. I feel that their version of "heavy metal" has lost all connection with the Blues which is an essential ingredient in any genre of music.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

The only song that stands out is The Girl From Ipanema.

Trio

Dolly Parton

5/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

5/5

A blues rock masterpiece! Five stars

White Denim

3/5

I liked their sound butnot all of the songs were up tp par.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5

Quiet Life

Japan

3/5

Scott 4

Scott Walker

2/5

Good voice but the songs are boring.

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

The Temptations are indeed the Sultans of Soul. Papa Was A Rolling Stone by itself would elevate this album to a three star rating but there are at least three other songs that are essential. Funky Music, Run Freddie Run and Do Your Thing are all worthy songs.

Among The Living

Anthrax

2/5

Typical 80's hair metal. Meaning it sucks. Long live Zep!

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

It would be a five star except there are a couple of weak songs. The ballads I don't care for.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

5/5

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

4/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

2/5

Not hard enough to be Punk and not tuneful enough to be New Wave.

Solid Air

John Martyn

3/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

It's not my type of music but you cannot deny the talent and creativity of the musicians.

Truth

Jeff Beck

4/5

Jeff Beck on guitar and Rod Stewart on vocals? It does not get much better than that. I actually give it 4.5 stars but there is no option for that.

Moving Pictures

Rush

2/5

Yeezus

Kanye West

1/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

Just when rock needed it most, this album shook up the establishment and gave rock a much deserved kick in the ass.

Slayed?

Slade

3/5

They know how to rock.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

5/5

A country music classic

Gris Gris

Dr. John

4/5

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

4/5

It doesn't get much better then Jeff Beck on guitar.

The United States Of America

4/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

5/5

Closer

Joy Division

3/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

3/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

1/5

#1 Record

Big Star

4/5

rock and roll with lots of pop hooks.

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

A masterpiece.

Third

Portishead

3/5

I don't like her voice. The first song was good but that was it.

Kid A

Radiohead

2/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

One Love, baby!!!

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

2/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Movies

Holger Czukay

5/5

I was prepared to not like this album because I don't usually listen to this genre. I had heard some tracks from his former band Can and I was not impressed. Was I wrong. Every track on this album is amazing. It is the perfect marriage of experimentation and pop music.

The Doors

5/5

!967. 12 years old. The most wicked, dangerous album I had ever heard.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

Excellent debut with some of the finest guitar licks ever put on vinyl.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

5/5

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

1/5

cRap!

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

5/5

The title track alone would give this album four stars. Long live the spirit of Lennon.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

2/5

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

4/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

I didn't think I would like this band but they can rock pretty good.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

A lot of people will give this album five stars but if Dark Side of the Moon is five stars, and in my opinion it is, than this album is only four stars because Dark Side is superior to this.

Blackstar

David Bowie

4/5

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

4/5

Crazysexycool

TLC

2/5

Boring!!!

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

It was ok. I didn't hear any songs I would put om my playlist.

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

5/5

Hell, I'll give five stars for the guitar player alone. The rest of the band is impeccable but that guitar is what made this album. My favorite is Three Days. You don't even realize the song is almost 11 minutes.long.

Franz Ferdinand

5/5

Another album that I would probably never have listened to if I was not a member of this project. Every song on here is perfectly crafted. They remind me a little of Cheap Trick with the way they combine pop and rock in a perfect mix.

With The Beatles

Beatles

5/5

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Superb pop music.

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

2/5

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

5/5

Tracy Chapman

5/5

The Score

Fugees

3/5

System Of A Down

5/5

I love these guys and I'm 70 years old. Not a bad song on here. These guys are incredibly creative and the musicianship is impeccable.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

1/5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

Dog Man Star

Suede

1/5

Boring and pretentious.

Feast of Wire

Calexico

5/5

Amazing.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

evermore

Taylor Swift

2/5

Generic pop.

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

2/5

Sorry, but I just don't get it.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Do I need to say anything? Anything below five stars should not be allowed

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2/5

Queens of the Stone Age

3/5

I'd give it three and a half if I could.

Adele

2/5

She has a great voice but none of these songs are standouts. I would like to see her sit down with only the piano and none of the production. 2.5 Stars.

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

5/5

John Prine

5/5

A genuine masterpiece.

Damaged

Black Flag

1/5

Ingratiatingly painful to listen to.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

It took me two listens to really appreciate this album. I was prepared to only give it two and a half or three stars but now I am giving it four stars. I didn't like her voice at first but the second time I listened I had an awakening. I hear shades of Patti Smith and the Pretenders. I even hear echoes of Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty. The songwriting is very strong and the execution of each song is perfect.

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

4/5

Alternative rock meets psychedelic rock. These guys had to have been listening to some Pink Floyd and some Jimi. The standout track for me is track two, Upon 9th and Fairchild.

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

3/5

This kind of music was done better in 1977.

1984

Van Halen

4/5

I'm actually giving this 4 and 1/2 stars. It would get five if it was not for the Mr Jimmy song. Van Halen in top form. I think Hot For Teacher is my favorite.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

The best Christmas album ever. The standout track for me is Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) bye Darlene Love. Yes, I know the horrible things that Phil Spector did but we must learn to separate the art from the artist.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

5/5

I know it sounds dated but at the time it was released this was some explosive music. Got to give it five.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

I was only familiar with Black Sabbath's first two albums. So, I never heard this before. I like it a lot. However, I could only give it four stars because the first two albums are definitely five stars and this is not quite as good as they are. It's still rocks.

Fun House

The Stooges

4/5

Based on the one song I have heard by these guys, I Want To Be Your Dog, I was not expecting much. But this album surprised me. Every song is killer except for the last one. That's why it gets four stars instead of five.

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

1/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

1/5

Basket of Light

Pentangle

2/5

Not my thing.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

One of Bob's best. Maybe his best, but he has several albums that could be in that category. I remember this was kind of a comeback for Bob. Pure genius.

Violent Femmes

3/5

Real Life

Magazine

4/5

Didn't care much for the singing but the guitar work and the songwriting brought it up to four stars.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

A masterpiece by one of the most underrated songwriters of the 20th century. To me, he is comparable to Dylan and Lennon and McCartney along with many other great songwriters. Let's not mention his voice which is one of the best singing voices I've ever heard.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

5/5

Another masterpiece by the master.

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

1/5

My brain feels like it's been beaten to a pulp after listening to this mess.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Six out of five stars. Bruce Springsteen's best work ever. The E Street Band are at their peak. I cannot praise this album enough. It helped me through some dark spots in my life. It also holds a special place because it was the album they were touring on the first time I ever saw them. Pure, raw rock and roll at its best. Badlands and Adam Raised a Cain are the standouts. The perfect follow-up to Born To Run. A road map to adulthood.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Soul music at its finest. A couple of the songs were weak but Solomon's voice made them stronger.

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

5/5

Wow, I had never heard these guys before and that was definitely my loss. Every song on here is amazing. Punk infused with blues. I love it.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

The musicianship is impeccable but the songs are boring.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

3/5

I guess I just don't get it. I find this music kind of boring.

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

It might have been rated four stars if it hadn't buried some of the good songs in noise and distortion

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

3/5

I prefer Peter Gabriel's solo material. A lot of these songs sounded like generic prog.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

1/5

If this is the music they play in heaven then send me to hell where all the good blues is. Anyway, if I wanted to listen to trippy music I'd put on Pink Floyd. If I want to hear some great music in a language I don't understand then I will put on the Hu Band.