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Albums you rated higher than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| We're Only In It For The Money | 5 | 2.47 | +2.53 |
| Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room | 5 | 2.6 | +2.4 |
| Roots | 5 | 2.78 | +2.22 |
| The Grand Tour | 5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
| Kings Of The Wild Frontier | 5 | 2.83 | +2.17 |
| Ctrl | 5 | 2.91 | +2.09 |
| Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite | 5 | 2.91 | +2.09 |
| I Against I | 5 | 2.93 | +2.07 |
| Rapture | 5 | 2.94 | +2.06 |
| Like Water For Chocolate | 5 | 2.96 | +2.04 |
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Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| You've Come a Long Way Baby | 1 | 3.35 | -2.35 |
| Horses | 1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
| Little Earthquakes | 1 | 3.22 | -2.22 |
| The Boatman's Call | 1 | 3.2 | -2.2 |
| Tubular Bells | 1 | 3.1 | -2.1 |
| Autobahn | 1 | 3.09 | -2.09 |
| Architecture And Morality | 1 | 3.05 | -2.05 |
| Joan Baez | 1 | 2.96 | -1.96 |
| Swordfishtrombones | 1 | 2.95 | -1.95 |
| Eli And The Thirteenth Confession | 1 | 2.94 | -1.94 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Beatles | 6 | 4.33 | 3.89 |
| The Cure | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Marvin Gaye | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Beastie Boys | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Amy Winehouse | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Run-D.M.C. | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Public Enemy | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Nirvana | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Muddy Waters | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Radiohead | 5 | 4.2 | 3.75 |
| David Bowie | 9 | 3.89 | 3.67 |
| Paul Simon | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
Least Favorite Artists
Artists with 2+ albums and low weighted score
| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Waits | 2 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
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1-Star Albums (23)
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Paul Simon
5/5
Soft Machine
3/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Peter Gabriel
5/5
Metallica
3/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Air
4/5
The Jam
4/5
Parliament
4/5
George Michael
5/5
Nine Inch Nails
5/5
R.E.M.
4/5
The Psychedelic Furs
5/5
Burning Spear
5/5
The Flaming Lips
5/5
MGMT
4/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
The Stranglers
4/5
5/5
didn't appreciate how good this album was in the nineties. All the thrash metal I listened to blunted the impact.
Steve Winwood
3/5
There are better Steve Winwood albums
5/5
The Band
3/5
This album is among the roots of seventies Southern rock. It's good, but seventies southern rock is just not my thing.
Sisters Of Mercy
2/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
OutKast
5/5
What an amazing dual album.
Iron Maiden
4/5
Would have been 5* with Bruce Dickinson.
Pretenders
4/5
The United States Of America
2/5
Turbonegro
3/5
The White Stripes
5/5
The Go-Go's
4/5
The Verve
2/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Boston
4/5
Gang Of Four
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
Talking Heads
5/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Not a big fan of the Rolling Stones, but this was a good album.
Green Day
3/5
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
David Bowie is a musical genius and a treasure, but this one was a bit too out there for me.
Norah Jones
2/5
Norah Jones has an amazing voice, but her songwriting skills are forgettable.
Method Man
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
Curtis Mayfield should be a household name and incredibly rich. This is a great album
Pink Floyd
5/5
David Gilmour > Roger Waters
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Tracy Chapman
2/5
The Temptations
3/5
Good stuff. But there are far better MoTown recordings
Beck
5/5
The Adverts
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Moby
4/5
The album was a lot better than the songs that were played on the radio
Bert Jansch
4/5
T. Rex
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
Frank Zappa is great
The Prodigy
4/5
Jimmy Smith
4/5
really good jazz album
Van Morrison
5/5
van morrison is awesome
Steely Dan
4/5
Beth Orton
2/5
This was difficult to get through.
De La Soul
5/5
Funkadelic
5/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
The Incredible String Band
1/5
this was terrible and I could not get through it
4/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
5/5
Pearl Jam
5/5
Just as good as it was 30 years ago.
Tom Waits
1/5
"One man's trash is another man's treasure . . " but, damn, this was awful. I kept waiting for some redeeming quality - some hook that would draw me back in - but nope.
It's terrible.
David Bowie
4/5
The Offspring
5/5
Various Artists
4/5
The Residents
1/5
This was awful.
Soft Cell
4/5
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
The Clash
4/5
Yes
4/5
Blur
4/5
Green Day
5/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Janelle Monáe
5/5
The Pogues
3/5
Sam Cooke
5/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Calexico
3/5
Saint Etienne
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Garbage
5/5
The Avalanches
4/5
Elton John
4/5
Frank Ocean
4/5
Bee Gees
1/5
I would rather listen to "Staying Alive" for an hour and ten minutes than this dreck. I'm honestly not sure how this album found its way into "essential listneing" except maybe as a cautionary tale. If only there were a 0 star rating.
The Undertones
3/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
1/5
Avand guard, post punk, 80's synth pop? No, thank you.
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Metallica
5/5
RIP Cliff Burton
Ice Cube
5/5
Amy Winehouse
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Elbow
4/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
The Cure
5/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Thriller is better.
Solange
3/5
Sparks
2/5
Björk
3/5
Was better than expected
Arcade Fire
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
TV On The Radio
4/5
Joanna Newsom
1/5
Trash.
Coldplay
5/5
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Baaba Maal
1/5
trash
Aimee Mann
1/5
There is nothing memorable about this album.
Wilco
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
amazing album
Iggy Pop
3/5
Anthrax
3/5
Anthrax is on the mt rushmore of thrash, but unlike megadeth, metallica and overkill I could never appreciate Joey Belladonna voice.
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Radiohead
4/5
Missy Elliott
2/5
The most redeeming qualities of this album were the artists that were featured on the tracks.
Eels
4/5
The Byrds
4/5
Louis Prima
4/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
not a fan of arcade fire.
Talking Heads
4/5
MC Solaar
2/5
The Fall
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Willie Nelson
5/5
Oasis
4/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
1/5
Bad Bob Dylan clone
The Doors
5/5
Lauryn Hill
4/5
Kings of Leon
2/5
This was the album that introduced everyone to Kings of Leon, but it is most definitely not their best album.
Don McLean
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
The xx
2/5
out of all the music that has been captured and disseminated throughout history, I strongly disagree that THIS belongs amongst the 1001 albums that you have to hear in your lifetime.
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Frank Zappa
3/5
The Bees
3/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
David Holmes
4/5
Queen
4/5
Jurassic 5
5/5
Grizzly Bear
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Billie Holiday
5/5
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
Trash post punk synth pop
Supergrass
4/5
The Who
3/5
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
Incubus
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Adam & The Ants
5/5
Run-D.M.C.
5/5
Radiohead
5/5
The Teardrop Explodes
4/5
The Stooges
4/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Public Enemy
5/5
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
Genesis
4/5
Megadeth
5/5
Amazing album. Too bad Dave had to go and "remaster" these albums
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
Beastie Boys = National Treasure
John Lennon
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
Amazing album
1/5
This music was trash. I even like jazz, but there was no theme or variation, just a group of people vomiting up whatever notes came to mind.
Awful trash
Stevie Wonder
5/5
4/5
Judas Priest
4/5
The Cramps
4/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
U2
5/5
Happy Mondays
4/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
The Smiths
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Keith Jarrett
2/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Amy Winehouse
5/5
Jane Weaver
4/5
B.B. King
5/5
The Cure
5/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Tito Puente
5/5
Jeff Buckley
5/5
Beatles
4/5
The Black Crowes
5/5
UB40
4/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
5/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Soundgarden
5/5
What an amazing album
The Blue Nile
4/5
Blue Cheer
4/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Dwight Yoakam
5/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Muddy Waters
5/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
ABBA
2/5
Not an ABBA fan
Sade
5/5
Paul Simon
4/5
The Smiths
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
The Stooges
4/5
The B-52's
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Tom Tom Club
2/5
was nice to hear several of the songs that were sampled in hip hop, but otherwise unremarkable.
Kanye West
2/5
Rod Stewart
4/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
Tori Amos
1/5
Awful
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Faust
3/5
Sheryl Crow
2/5
Maybe I just heard way too much Sheryl Crow in the 90's but there was nothing remarkable about this album
Beach House
4/5
didn't expect to like it as much as I did
Stan Getz
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
Neil Young
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Air
3/5
Elis Regina
4/5
Stan Getz
5/5
Great album
Fatboy Slim
1/5
There's a reason no one knows more than one or two Fatboy Slim songs
Radiohead
4/5
Dr. Octagon
4/5
Leftfield
3/5
4/5
Nina Simone
3/5
4/5
Meat Puppets
4/5
Black Flag
3/5
Sister Sledge
3/5
Ray Charles
3/5
Snoop Dogg
5/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Man, Bob Dylan. A prime example of right person at the right time.
Primal Scream
2/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Violent Femmes
3/5
Eurythmics
3/5
American Music Club
4/5
4/5
This album was great outside of the context of Fred Durst's personality. Having been around during the rise and fall of Limp Bizkit, I feel strongly that their music would have had a much greater impact on the early aughts if Durst had not been such an insufferable douche canoe.
Linkin Park
2/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Man, the only thing worse than a Bob Dylan day is a Thom Waits day.
Morrissey
3/5
Fats Domino
4/5
Suicide
1/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Prince
5/5
John Martyn
4/5
The Beau Brummels
3/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
AC/DC
5/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
Meat Loaf
2/5
Sweet Jeebus - why does everyone revere this album?
Malcolm McLaren
4/5
White Denim
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Joy Division
4/5
Depeche Mode
5/5
5/5
Stereolab
4/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Nick Drake is awesome
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Alice Cooper
5/5
Talk Talk
2/5
Charles Mingus
5/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
Stereo MC's
3/5
The Byrds
4/5
Stephen Stills
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Coldplay
4/5
Big Black
3/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Tina Turner
4/5
The Cure
4/5
Genesis
4/5
Pixies
4/5
Cream
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
Badly Drawn Boy
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Neil Young
3/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
Having heard only one song that was popular on the radio, this album far exceeded my expectations.
The Specials
4/5
The Strokes
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
awful
Julian Cope
3/5
John Cale
3/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
5/5
ABBA
2/5
Not an ABBA fan
The Thrills
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
Jethro Tull
3/5
Queen
4/5
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Guns N' Roses
5/5
The Young Gods
3/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
Pixies
4/5
Simple Minds
4/5
Boards of Canada
3/5
Had its high points and definitely had its points
Frank Sinatra
5/5
Muddy Waters
5/5
Ramones
5/5
Hole
4/5
The Damned
4/5
Traffic
4/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Duran Duran
5/5
Scott Walker
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Queen
4/5
Tangerine Dream
3/5
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Skunk Anansie
2/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Thundercat
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
The Cars
4/5
Fleet Foxes
4/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Gillian Welch
3/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Duke Ellington
5/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Youssou N'Dour
2/5
just not my bag
Love
4/5
Ash
4/5
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
All of the good songs of this album were released as singles. Everything else was "meh"
Patti Smith
1/5
trash
Johnny Cash
3/5
Johnny Cash is a friggin treasure, but this was not one of his best.
The National
3/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Minutemen
2/5
4/5
actually, wasn't bad.
N.W.A.
4/5
Supertramp
3/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
SZA
5/5
Never heard of her before but this was a great album
Lambchop
2/5
Cat Stevens
2/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
The Zombies
4/5
Pixies
4/5
The Doors
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Buzzcocks
3/5
The Byrds
4/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Donald Fagen
3/5
Can
3/5
Devendra Banhart
3/5
Bad Company
4/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
It's a 4 but only because it's Willie
The Dictators
2/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
Pavement
3/5
The Slits
2/5
Elvis Costello
4/5
Hawkwind
2/5
Madonna
3/5
Todd Rundgren
2/5
The Who
4/5
Brian Eno
2/5
The Sugarcubes
4/5
Wasn't expecting this to be that good
Goldie
2/5
The Velvet Underground
2/5
The Human League
3/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Emmylou Harris
2/5
Christina Aguilera
4/5
JAY Z
5/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Ray Charles
5/5
Ute Lemper
3/5
It has some high points.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
a classic and a must listen
Orange Juice
3/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
Brian Wilson
4/5
The La's
4/5
Yes
4/5
Underworld
3/5
The Shamen
3/5
Tom Waits
1/5
Tom Waits is what you would get if there was a being who needed to ingest good music to live. After passing through this beings GI tract and extracting all that was great from that music, Tom Waits would be the crap clinging to the boil just south of this being's anus.
it's awful
Pulp
2/5
The Young Rascals
3/5
Beck
4/5
Mike Oldfield
1/5
weird
Missy Elliott
3/5
Slade
4/5
Kevin Dubrow and Quiet Riot is awesome.
Maxwell
5/5
Big Star
3/5
Aerosmith
4/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
4/5
Red Snapper
3/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
50 Cent
4/5
The The
4/5
Antony and the Johnsons
1/5
George Jones
5/5
Kings of Leon
5/5
Neil Young
3/5
The Undertones
4/5
The Killers
5/5
Primal Scream
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
Kraftwerk
1/5
Thin Lizzy
5/5
Spacemen 3
3/5
Barry Adamson
2/5
System Of A Down
5/5
William Orbit
3/5
Pavement
3/5
Coldcut
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Joan Baez
1/5
awful
Laura Nyro
1/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Koffi Olomide
3/5
The Everly Brothers
3/5
LTJ Bukem
3/5
Frank Black
4/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Fugazi
4/5
Fugees
5/5
Morrissey
3/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
4/5
New Order
3/5
Sepultura
4/5
Django Django
4/5
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
Eagles
2/5
Scritti Politti
2/5
The Zutons
3/5
Ray Price
4/5
The The
3/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Bebel Gilberto
4/5
Common
5/5
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Ride
2/5
Röyksopp
3/5
Shuggie Otis
4/5
Big Star
3/5
Queen Latifah
4/5
Marty Robbins
4/5
Basement Jaxx
4/5
The Go-Betweens
3/5
T. Rex
4/5
Metallica
3/5
Mudhoney
4/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2/5
Orbital
4/5
Tears For Fears
5/5
Marianne Faithfull
1/5
if stevie nicks and tom waits had a love child who released an album. If that's your thing, you'll love this album. It's not mine though.
Weather Report
4/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Thelonious Monk
4/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
The War On Drugs
4/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
not a fan
Taylor Swift
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
The Stooges
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
5/5
Metallica
5/5
every Metallica album before the black album is amazing
The Louvin Brothers
4/5
The Saints
4/5
4/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2/5
Sepultura
5/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
5/5
Richard Thompson
2/5
Klaxons
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Christine and the Queens
3/5
Holger Czukay
3/5
U2
3/5
Anita Baker
5/5
The Soft Boys
4/5
Skepta
3/5
Bad Brains
5/5
David Bowie
4/5
Public Enemy
5/5
The Mothers Of Invention
5/5
The Roots
5/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
David Gray
5/5
Gil Scott-Heron
5/5
King Crimson
3/5
There really are better King Crimson albums.