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Album	You	Global	Diff
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo Devo	5	3.13	+1.87
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	5	3.35	+1.65
One Nation Under A Groove Funkadelic	5	3.42	+1.58
The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe	5	3.45	+1.55
Blue Joni Mitchell	5	3.49	+1.51
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	5	3.61	+1.39
Mothership Connection Parliament	5	3.61	+1.39
Shalimar Rahul Dev Burman	4	2.65	+1.35
Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones	5	3.88	+1.12
Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective	4	2.9	+1.1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	1	3.68	-2.68
The Cars The Cars	1	3.67	-2.67
Nevermind Nirvana	2	4.37	-2.37
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	1	3.35	-2.35
Urban Hymns The Verve	1	3.35	-2.35
System Of A Down System Of A Down	1	3.26	-2.26
Can't Buy A Thrill Steely Dan	2	3.72	-1.72
Grace Jeff Buckley	2	3.71	-1.71
Heroes David Bowie	2	3.61	-1.61
That's The Way Of The World Earth, Wind & Fire	2	3.5	-1.5

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...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

3/5

Mid. But it's got spirit.

13 likes

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

4/5

It's a pretty hectic album. I liked it but it made me feel funny and I needed to sit down for a while after listening to it.

1 likes

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

2/5

What in the west Texas hell is this

1 likes

1-Star Albums (7)

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Heroes

David Bowie

2/5

Strong start with Beauty and the Beast. Best song is obviously Heroes. But whatever.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2/5

It's okay I guess. Nothing made me feel particularly like it was the most interesting or useful album that Radiohead have done.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

A relatively short outing. I think I liked it more than I expected to. I think this record has had more influence on Australian indie rock than I would have expected given there's a lot of bands getting play on JJJ that sound like this.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

1/5

Absolutely not my flavour. God bless Trent for being as angry as he was though.

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

I like this one. Shivering and anxious but abundantly melodic. Slow in places but not unbearably so

Copper Blue

Sugar

2/5

It was okay. It wasn't particularly interesting. By the album cover I thought it'd be jazz or something

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

1/5

Realistically, I think Gang of Youths did this album better with go farther in lightness. I had to turn this one off

Urban Hymns

The Verve

1/5

Bittersweet Symphony remains an absolute banger. Rest of the album is trash

The Cars

1/5

It's pretty blocky. I don't love it. Mercifully short

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

3/5

Mid. But it's got spirit.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

This actually goes pretty hard. I really enjoyed this album

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

4/5

It's a pretty hectic album. I liked it but it made me feel funny and I needed to sit down for a while after listening to it.

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

4/5

If I like an album I tend to turn it up. This got turned up. Awww yeah

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

3/5

Again, this probably isn't my bag. But it's well made and the instrumentation is solid. It's obviously influenced a lot of other rock and blues music since it was made. But again. Not my bag.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

This album really my little sense to me. I felt Marley's pain , his acute sense of loss, the sentiment of a man who was trying to see the best in the world despite being in a very dark space. Of the albums of listened to so far, I've turned off most of them. This one? Back to back. A true talent and a masterpiece of an album

Hysteria

Def Leppard

2/5

I literally didn't notice when this album finished. Boring af

Grace

Jeff Buckley

2/5

I like some of the songs but a bit meh. Very angsty.

The White Album

Beatles

3/5

How fuckin long is this thing. Jesus. It's good, but Christ they keep going

Throwing Muses

2/5

Not really my vibe but cool stuff.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Classic. Not my bag

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

I think what's more interesting than the story that this album tells is the story that is told in the reviews for this album. After I finished listening to this again, I went through and had a look at the reviews that other people had written. You all are telling on yourselves! I think it's really interesting that every single one of the reviews that is one star for this have the stodgiest old white man music up as their top 10, five favorite best artist, etc. I don't like the fucking doors but I'm still going to listen to it and appreciate it in the context that it's given to me in. Everyone who got on high horses saying, 'how can you listen to 'my dick get big as the Eiffel Tower' and be like that's a good lyric". What? It's a fantastic lyric. of course it's braggadocio. Course it's offensive. It's supposed to be from the perspective of a juvenile person who doesn't know how to act and has learned how to live from an ill-conceived popular notion that is negatively impacting their life. That's the point of this album. And it absolutely slaps while it's having that conversation. Everyone who gave this one star missed the point Thanks for coming to my ted talk. P.S. this is one of the best albums of the 2010s

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

A remarkable album

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

4/5

I'd never heard of this mob before. 100% 80s but again, as with many albums on the rating list I think this inspired a lot of other stuff that I listen to a lot of. Very cool and mercifully short.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

Cool album. OG jazz rap. Very scuffed but a cool record underneath. The De La Soul on this album is pretty different to the De La Soul on Feel Good Inc that defined a section of my youth. Still respect the fuck outta this album.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Ah. Childhood. I think again this one had an enormous impact on Australian music. Stuff like client liaison ran after this one like a dog after a ball. I recall this being absolutely everywhere in 2007/2008. And by this one I mean electric feel, kids and time to pretend. The rest of the album is forgettable as. Overall, this is American college kids doing Jamiroquai. It's not bad. It's just less imaginative than it should be

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Sounds like knock-off Beatles? Listening further I was pleasantly surprised. This is a good album. It's got a pleasant character and a lot of it sounds pleasantly modern. Lots of Mac Demarco in here, lots of King Gizz, lots of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, lots of Whitney, lots of the Strokes. It's good shit. Well worth a listen.

Berlin

Lou Reed

2/5

This one opened weird. Got sad.

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

3/5

By all accounts. I feel like I should like this quite a lot. But. It's not really doing it for me. DRs later stuff is much more up my alley. This carnival ride is still quite a lot of fun though

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

So, this is like the sequel to the village green preservation society? This is good. Funky and witty and mean at points. It's got a flair for the dramatic and it's shaken off the stodgy music hall element that made village green a bit difficult to listen to. It's like Monty Python. It's weird and it changes repeatedly and it's sweet in an odd kind of way. 4.5/5. Strong album.

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

I mean. It's Neil Young with Crosby Stills.and Nash. What'd you expect?

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

A blueprint for indie music in 2007. It's... Alright I guess?

War

4/5

This is OG U2. It sounded fresh in 2004 when I listened to it in 2003 as a kid. It still sounds fresh in 2023.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

I don't even need to listen to this one again. I would give it five stars The reason that I'm not giving it five stars is, one time when I was in high school there was a talent show. The only thing that I had a reasonable grasp of on the guitar was Wonderwall. Of course, I decided to play Wonderwall. It was the most appalling shit I have ever had to be a part of. Why I decided to even enter is a mystery. Fuck you Noel Gallagher. It's your fault I got bullied.

Blood, Sweat & Tears

2/5

Didn't grab me

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

5/5

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

2/5

Not really my Jam.

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

2/5

This is pretty plain. The kings of leon have two songs that are kinda hot, and those two are from 5 years later. This is just... The American equivalent of Powderfinger, and not as good

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

Damn. Funky.

Green

R.E.M.

2/5

Didn't jump out and grab me

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

What is post punk

System Of A Down

1/5

Yuck

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

3/5

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

2/5

What in the west Texas hell is this

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

2/5

Long as fk

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Short and sweet.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

Leave Reggatta to its original owners pls

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

4/5

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

No wonder I've never heard of these lads. Truly awful stuff

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

I actually had a bit of trouble finding this album because Joni's still not back on Spotify. Because of notable idiot Joe Rogan apparently. This album gives roots to artists like Aldous Harding and Big thief. She's very good. The musicianship on this is incredible as well. It's such an easy album to listen to. Also, Lou Reed wishes Berlin was half as good as this.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Bohemian Rhapsody? Instant 5 Car Song? Instant 1. I'll give it a 3 and be done with it.

My Generation

The Who

2/5

This is the most boomer album I've ever listened to. It's musically fine. It's just written and performed for people who existed 60 years who didn't die before they got old. They're all old now. And they own everything.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

2/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

This album is a lot of fun.

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

2/5

Good god there's a lot of punk on this list. Yuck.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

It's really odd, but I've just realized I've only listened to 1 Oasis album. I'm not sure why that is, because I really liked the one I listened to (the one with all the hits) This slaps. I was about 3 months old when this came out, but I think I would have been better off if I'd started with this album rather than Morning Glory.

Nevermind

Nirvana

2/5

I know this is meant to be a really good album but it's not mega interesting to me tbh. It's just unpolished and Cobain was a mediocre lyricist and singer at best.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

2/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

It's mid

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

3/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

5/5

Not sure why this isn't on Spotify. Absolutely bangin. G Clinton makes some wild fuckin music

Suicide

1/5

Weird little noises: the album Hot garbage 0/5

Boston

4/5

Short sharp and full to the brim of hits. Not a fan but it's a dope album

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Another mid tier funk album. It's good.

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

4/5

Funk rock is a pretty unique sound. Very cool though.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

It's not actually as good as I remember it being.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

"Sign 'O' The Times" by Prince - diverse, innovative, but a bit long and all over the place. Standouts: "Sign 'O' The Times," "U Got the Look." Rating: 3.5/5 stars.

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

2/5

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Rock and roll dude 😎

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

2/5

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

2/5

Country music is fuckin shithouse

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

5/5

This album upset my dog. 5 stars.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Such a good album. Packed full of great licks and big tunes. Love it.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Ella can sing incredibly well. But this album isn't something I'd listen to more than once.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

2/5

Oh, this is the American version of slim dusty. I get it

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

2/5

Interesting but very hard to find.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

As others have said the two mega hits carry this one. But my oh my do they carry this.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Pretty good for a Christmas album

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

Solidly nostalgic and packed with hits. For whatever reason I'd never heard the first track. That one takes a star off tho. Yikes.

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

If yesterday's album sounded like the 70s to me, this sounds like the 80s. Wild. Hungry like the Wolf is something that would again often play during my childhood. Overall, getting a closer look at the rest of the songs aside from the hits has not endeared me to the band or album.

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

2/5

We're all sacks of meat with Electricity in it. Dance, meat sack.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Helicopter music 🚁

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

3/5

I think this is actually better for not having Clapton in it. But it's worse for not having page. Beck's alright. 3 stars.