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Album	You	Global	Diff
Liege And Lief Fairport Convention	5	3.1	+1.9
Frampton Comes Alive Peter Frampton	5	3.18	+1.82
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	5	3.33	+1.67
Joan Armatrading Joan Armatrading	5	3.34	+1.66
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	5	3.35	+1.65
Back At The Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith	5	3.39	+1.61
Stardust Willie Nelson	5	3.39	+1.61
Pretzel Logic Steely Dan	5	3.4	+1.6
Odessey And Oracle The Zombies	5	3.42	+1.58
Cheap Thrills Big Brother & The Holding Company	5	3.43	+1.57

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	1	3.6	-2.6
Play Moby	1	3.46	-2.46
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	1	3.37	-2.37
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	1	3.34	-2.34
The Blueprint JAY Z	1	3.21	-2.21
MTV Unplugged In New York Nirvana	2	4.2	-2.2
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted Ice Cube	1	2.93	-1.93
In Utero Nirvana	2	3.83	-1.83
The White Room The KLF	1	2.79	-1.79
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	2	3.68	-1.68

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Artist	Albums	Average
Steely Dan	2	5
Muddy Waters	2	5
David Bowie	4	4.25
Beatles	4	4.25
Bob Dylan	5	4

5-Star Albums (36)

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Popular Reviews

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake · 1 likes

4/5

Loved the strings. Surprised I’ve never heard of this guy and very sad to learn he died young. Production value was high.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band · 1 likes

1/5

I was feeling badly about giving Linkin Park 2 stars when I thought - stupidly so in hindsight - that they made a 1-star album. Then I drew this album and realized this nonsense is what 1-star reviews are for.

1-Star Albums (17)

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

All Ratings

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Loved the strings. Surprised I’ve never heard of this guy and very sad to learn he died young. Production value was high.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

A few good songs but forgettable.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

4/5

Full of great tracks I never heard. Hip hop classic. The rhymes are incredible. Not perfect because of the stupid skits, gratuitous sex, and Puff Daddy’s failure to shut up.

OK Computer

Radiohead

3/5

Basket of Light

Pentangle

4/5

Fun sitar

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

2/5

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

2/5

Uninspiring

Solid Air

John Martyn

4/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

The drum machine was so distracting.

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

1/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

5/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

5/5

Loved every song - this was a real classic.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

4/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

1/5

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

1/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

2.5. Some good songs but mumble isn’t my style.

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

I’m not sure I understand the other reviewers upset over cultural misappropriation. Just enjoy the music without overanalysis. This album is perfection.

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

2/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

Some of this was okay but it wasn’t really my style.

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

1/5

This is not music.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

Os Mutantes

2/5

Too weird for me.

The Joshua Tree

4/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Her voice is beautiful but every song on this album except Son of a Preacher Man sounds exactly the same. It was so boring during my morning commute it made me sleepy.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

3/5

Dust

Screaming Trees

2/5

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

2/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

2/5

The White Room

The KLF

1/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

5/5

I didn’t know I love organ jazz but I do.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

4/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

5/5

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

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

Out of Step

Minor Threat

2/5

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

I hate Billy’s voice so much.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

3/5

Musically I liked this. I wish I could understand even 20% of what Thom Yorke sings.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

The Doors

4/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

5/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

So boring

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

2/5

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

4/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Such a banger

War

3/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2/5

Boring

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

5/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

Nice but too much organ. Sounds like you’re going to a carnival.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Weird

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

2/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2/5

Boring.

Joan Armatrading

5/5

One of my favorites that has popped up yet. This was excellent, soulful, folksy and fun.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

One of my fave LZ albums. Despite the fact that many don’t care for it, Tangerine, Immigrant Song, and Gallows Pole will always rock. Since I’ve Been Loving You may well be LZ’s best song.

2112

Rush

4/5

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Except for My Wife, a perfect rock album.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Not a hip hop person but this was a fun listen. The top half is much better than the second.

Vulnicura

Björk

2/5

Musically I see potential in this. I just personally hated it.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

The Cars

4/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Play

Moby

1/5

I hated it in the 90s. Still hate it.

The Stone Roses

3/5

Scott 2

Scott Walker

1/5

He had a nice voice but it’s a big no from me.

Let It Be

The Replacements

3/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

3.5/5. Beautiful singing. Way too much sex.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

This was better than I thought it would be, but also put me to sleep while driving.

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

4/5

I really enjoyed this but I also love Steely Dan.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

3/5

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Loved it!

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

2/5

The Blueprint

JAY Z

1/5

1999

Prince

4/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

What a unique sound. I loved it.

Traffic

4/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

4/5

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

This was a jazzy fun time - felt like sipping a mojito in the Caribbean.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

5/5

Such lovely harmonies.

Dire Straits

5/5

Knopfler is the best singer-songwriter- guitarist there ever was.

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Great vocals obviously but I wasn’t crazy about the songs nor the songwriting.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

This was fine but way too long.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

I really enjoyed this - fun upbeat music, a party for the ears. Reading the wiki and learning the backstory made the record feel sadder though.

Blackstar

David Bowie

4/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

3.5 - a fun listen but gets repetitive.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

1/5

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

3/5

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Her voice is heavenly but the songs with few exceptions were just boring.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

3/5

Tago Mago

Can

2/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Amnesiac

Radiohead

2/5

I do not get Radiohead.

S&M

Metallica

4/5

I enjoyed this so much more than I thought I would after reading the wiki.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

2/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

2/5

I appreciate that this was ground breaking at the time, but I hated listening to it.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

1/5

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Easy 5. I wish I had a Time Machine and could go back to 1969 and hear the opening notes of Good Times Bad Times and get irrationally excited for the future of this band.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

2/5

Pretenders

3/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

I liked this much more than I thought I would.

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

5/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Great vibes even though the lyrics make zero sense.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

Follow The Leader

Korn

1/5

One of the worst things I’ve ever heard.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

Dreadfully boring music

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

I drew this album on a Friday and listened to it three times through Sunday. What an absolute joy. I can’t believe I’d never listened to this all the way through. The songs are all short, fresh and fun. Hints of ska with punk rock. Favorite tracks included: Death or Glory, Stand by me, Rudie can’t fail, and Spanish Bombs (really enjoyed Joe Strummer’s bad Spanish accent).

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Tracy Chapman

3/5

3.5/5. The top half was excellent and of course Fast Car is timeless. The back half of the album didn’t do as much for me.

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

3/5

Van Halen

4/5

Ice cream man sucked. The rest of the album was pretty great.

Gris Gris

Dr. John

3/5

This kind of album is why I signed up for this. I’m not sure I was ready for Dr John though.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

4/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

1/5

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

2/5

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Odelay

Beck

2/5

A few good songs plus robot noises.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

The Clash

4/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Really great pop with great lyrics and sound.

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

4/5

Great, short rock album with well-written songs. Waterloo sunset will always be the tops.

Revolver

Beatles

3/5

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

2/5

Awful boring music and I like Bonnie Rait, generally.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

2/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

My second Nick Drake - I’m grateful for this challenge for introducing him to me. I love the sad, melancholy guitar and lyrics.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

Maybe the best break-up album I’ve ever heard. Standout tracks include Idiot Wind, You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome and of course Tangled Up in Blue. Dylan’s songwriting shines.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

I liked the second side with more piano. First half big band music wasn’t my favorite.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Achtung Baby

4/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

Beautifully simplistic

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

I think people hate on Coldplay because it’s cool to hate them. This came out when I was in high school, but I never listened to anything but Yellow. I found this album super chill and easy to listen to. It’s like Radiohead, but you can actually understand the singer.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

4/5

As someone who loves old county, I really enjoyed this. Album does not have any of Merle’s hit/radio songs. It’s all very sad but still easy to listen to.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

This was so much fun.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Metallica

4/5

Doolittle

Pixies

3/5