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21
1-Star Albums
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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Of Love | 5 | 2.99 | +2.01 |
| Music From The Penguin Cafe | 5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
| Double Nickels On The Dime | 5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
| Rain Dogs | 5 | 3.2 | +1.8 |
| Django Django | 5 | 3.21 | +1.79 |
| Ocean Rain | 5 | 3.22 | +1.78 |
| Since I Left You | 5 | 3.28 | +1.72 |
| Low-Life | 5 | 3.3 | +1.7 |
| Meat Is Murder | 5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
| Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs | 5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parachutes | 1 | 3.46 | -2.46 |
| A Rush Of Blood To The Head | 1 | 3.44 | -2.44 |
| Eliminator | 1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
| Wish You Were Here | 2 | 4.3 | -2.3 |
| Little Earthquakes | 1 | 3.23 | -2.23 |
| The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | 1 | 3.11 | -2.11 |
| The Last Broadcast | 1 | 3.05 | -2.05 |
| Dog Man Star | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| Gentlemen | 1 | 2.9 | -1.9 |
| Survivor | 1 | 2.86 | -1.86 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| The Smiths | 3 | 4.33 |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Coldplay | 2 | 1 |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 1.5 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Cocteau Twins | 5, 2 |
| Tom Waits | 5, 2 |
| Steely Dan | 2, 5, 3 |
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1-Star Albums (21)
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Alanis Morissette
3/5
When it’s good, it’s great. When it’s not, it’s just boring. Wish she had leaned into her weird vocal quirks and gone full Björk mode, one too many soft quiet songs that feel like missed opportunities. Absolutely quintessential 90s pop rock production, but does that make it dated or emblematic? Standouts (that weren’t singles): Not the Doctor, All I Really Want
Coldplay
1/5
I went into this album with an open mind but man, I struggled to get through this one. Songs are too long, instrumentation is ok but kind of samey. It’s weird because Chris Martin seems to be an objectively talented vocalist but I still found him super annoying? Haters and lovers both seem to like Shiver but for my money it might be the worst on here. Yellow is alright.
MGMT
3/5
Pleasantly surprised by this album! Was expecting middling garden-variety 00s synth pop but instead it’s got this very 60s-inspired sound with shades of Bowie, the Stones. Honestly the lowest points for me were the 3 big hits but that might just be because I heard those songs 10 million times each in high school and would be fine never hearing them again for the rest of my life. Fav tracks: Weekend Wars, Pieces of What
Beatles
3/5
Half these tracks are great, some of my favorite Beatles songs (Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon, Back in the USSR) and the other half are mediocre at best and obnoxious at worst. I guess that kind of speaks to what was going on with the band at the time. Does it work as an album? Not for me. A 45 minute cut of this would be much better imho. Maybe you had to be there
Coldplay
1/5
Somehow I got both Coldplay albums on this list within 4 days of each other, a very funny prank from the universe. I will say that this one was a little bit better; the songs actually sound different from each other, a slightly more engaging listen. Chris' voice is still really annoying but at least it doesn't always feel like the main focus here, that's an improvement. No idea why these songs are so long though. 8 of 11 tracks are over 5 minutes and they REALLY don't earn it. Probably a 1.5 if I could do half stars but alas.
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
This album is WEIRD and I dig it! If Rumours is about breaking up, this album is like the awkward stage after the breakup where you still have to live together because you’re both on the lease and everything is uncomfortable and tense and sad; you can practically taste the coke on some of these songs.
Girls Against Boys
1/5
Not a fan of post-hardcore. Maybe someday I’ll hear an album that turns me around but today is not that day
Queen
3/5
Not bad! First half wasn’t doing much for me but I got more into it as it went on. Always forget how proggy early Queen was. Fav tracks: March of the Black Queen, Seven Seas of Rhye
White Denim
4/5
Really cool album, these guys are clearly super super talented musicians. A little all over the place but in a way that works. Individual tracks aren’t quite memorable enough for me, like I’m not gonna get any of these stuck in my head but I don’t think that’s really the point.
Lou Reed
3/5
The Bowie production really really comes through, half these songs sound like his anyway. Solid
Echo And The Bunnymen
5/5
absolutely haunting
Bobby Womack
2/5
Bobby sure can sing but the music itself is too uninteresting for him to work with imo. The big hit off this album was If You Think You’re Lonely Now which is just about, like, mocking someone you’re about to dump? idgi
Sarah Vaughan
5/5
Fantastic little album. Usually not a fan of live recordings but this one is just right
Justice
4/5
what the hell is in France's water that makes them all good at electronica
The Gun Club
5/5
The Killers
4/5
Metallica
2/5
I actually almost fell asleep on the train and missed my stop listening to this album
The Afghan Whigs
1/5
Ozomatli
2/5
ZZ Top
1/5
Jacques Brel
3/5
Joy Division
2/5
Really really liked a lot of things about this album but I find Curtis' voice so unpleasant that it kind of ruined everything else :(
New Order
5/5
Beck
3/5
Raekwon
2/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Yes
3/5
hey it's the song from the thing
The Jam
2/5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Digital Underground
2/5
George Harrison
4/5
Kanye West
3/5
Doves
1/5
Stan Getz
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Oasis
3/5
Van Morrison
4/5
The The
3/5
Jimmy Smith
4/5
OutKast
2/5
Arrested Development
3/5
FKA twigs
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Nina Simone
2/5
David Bowie
2/5
Talking Heads
5/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
Motörhead
2/5
Van Halen
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
The B-52's
2/5
The Verve
2/5
Suzanne Vega
3/5
The Teardrop Explodes
4/5
Mudhoney
2/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Joe Ely
4/5
George Jones
4/5
Television
4/5
The Birthday Party
1/5
Foo Fighters
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
The Smiths
5/5
Bad Company
2/5
The Who
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Lambchop
2/5
Cocteau Twins
5/5
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Rush
3/5
Shack
2/5
Duke Ellington
4/5
The Hives
2/5
Femi Kuti
3/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Amy Winehouse
5/5
Fela Kuti
5/5
Yes
3/5
Sigur Rós
2/5
Ash
4/5
Nas
3/5
3/5
it's classic Devo, which is to say it's a couple absolute bangers sandwiched between some of the most unpleasant and discordant songs you've ever heard
Blondie
4/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Eminem
2/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
The Black Crowes
2/5
The White Stripes
2/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Cat Stevens
2/5
Dr. Dre
2/5
Janelle Monáe
5/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
5/5
Cocteau Twins
2/5
The Jam
3/5
Frank Ocean
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Scritti Politti
3/5
Various Artists
4/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Anthrax
1/5
Cream
3/5
The Libertines
3/5
Magazine
3/5
The Cars
5/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
1/5
James Taylor
3/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Rocket From The Crypt
2/5
Soundgarden
2/5
Nirvana
5/5
Pink Floyd
1/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
Depeche Mode
2/5
Prince
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
The Byrds
2/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Nico
3/5
Judas Priest
4/5
Genesis
3/5
Public Enemy
4/5
808 State
2/5
Joanna Newsom
4/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
The Vines
2/5
It’s not as bad as some of my other 2s, it’s just kind of whatever. Sounds like all the other samey alt rock of its era. It has a couple cool things going for it (Schnapf’s very Elliott Smith production on Country Yard, ska-like upstrokes on Factory, modern psych rock sound on the fittingly-titled 1969) but they’re too few and far-between to save the rest of it. Honestly might make a 3 in isolation but on a list with limited spots, I’m getting real tired of all the 2000s Britpop (sorry Oz, that includes you too)
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Beck
4/5
acoustic emo with polished production; an album after my own heart
Elton John
4/5
Korn
1/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Queen
4/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Tom Waits
5/5
Common
3/5
Cee Lo Green
1/5
The Kinks
3/5
Kanye West
5/5
David Gray
2/5
All those radio-friendly adult contemporary sounds from the 90s distilled into one record, I wasn't a fan. I will say that Gray's got a good voice for this kind of music, even if it does sound like a rough Dylan impersonation at times. Could see myself being slightly more into this album if it was closer to 35 minutes, the average track is nearly 5 minutes long and I don't think any of em earn it
Incubus
3/5
Gorillaz
4/5
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Ms. Dynamite
2/5
CHIC
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Dennis Wilson
2/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Ian Dury
1/5
Marty Robbins
5/5
The Smiths
4/5
Nirvana
3/5
Fugees
2/5
Prefab Sprout
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Dizzee Rascal
1/5
Taylor Swift
2/5
Lorde
3/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5
The Verve
3/5
The Pharcyde
4/5
Songhoy Blues
5/5
Fugazi
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Neil Young
5/5
Violent Femmes
5/5
M.I.A.
2/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
The Doors
4/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4/5
ABBA
4/5
Ray Price
4/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
The Black Keys
2/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Supergrass
4/5
The Specials
3/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
Cyndi Lauper
2/5
Parliament
3/5
The Monkees
2/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Dr. John
3/5
Mike Oldfield
4/5
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Death In Vegas
2/5
Minutemen
5/5
Anita Baker
2/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
The Damned
4/5
3/5
The Who
3/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
2/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
The Young Gods
2/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Green Day
4/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
Jeru The Damaja
2/5
Tori Amos
1/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Ramones
5/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
Snoop Dogg
4/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Ananda Shankar
2/5
Beatles
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Khaled
2/5
Everything But The Girl
1/5
Deep Purple
2/5
Richard Hawley
2/5
Destiny's Child
1/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Primal Scream
4/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Solomon Burke
2/5
Suede
1/5
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
James Brown
2/5
Jungle Brothers
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Nightmares On Wax
2/5
Portishead
4/5
Chicago
3/5
Lightning Bolt
2/5
Ray Charles
5/5
The Byrds
3/5
Paul Simon
5/5
Billie Holiday
2/5
Beatles
5/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
2/5
LTJ Bukem
2/5
The Avalanches
5/5
N.W.A.
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
The xx
4/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
2/5
The Smiths
4/5
David Bowie
2/5
Lana Del Rey
3/5
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
Garbage
3/5
The Charlatans
2/5
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Finley Quaye
2/5
Mj Cole
1/5
Butthole Surfers
3/5
B.B. King
3/5
Astrud Gilberto
4/5
Shuggie Otis
3/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Hawkwind
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Serge Gainsbourg
2/5
The Strokes
5/5
Deep Purple
2/5
2/5
Gram Parsons
3/5
Deerhunter
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
Roxy Music
2/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
The Offspring
3/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Spiritualized
2/5
The The
4/5
John Lennon
3/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
The Roots
2/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
The Saints
4/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
Lou Reed
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
The Zutons
4/5
The La's
2/5
John Lee Hooker
2/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Dr. Octagon
2/5
The Police
3/5
Can
2/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Django Django
5/5
Eagles
4/5
Queen
4/5
Madonna
3/5
T. Rex
2/5
Pink Floyd
2/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
GZA
2/5
N.E.R.D
2/5
4/5
Boston
2/5
AC/DC
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Steve Winwood
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
The Beta Band
3/5
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Paul McCartney
3/5
Peter Frampton
2/5
Big Star
2/5
Slipknot
3/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Nanci Griffith
4/5
The United States Of America
1/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Germs
3/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
Duran Duran
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
The Temptations
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
U2
3/5
The Dictators
2/5
Norah Jones
4/5
4/5
Shivkumar Sharma
4/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
Soul II Soul
2/5
Little Richard
3/5
Weather Report
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
The Cure
4/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Prince
3/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Madonna
3/5
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
The Band
3/5
Prince
3/5