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Album	You	Global	Diff
Homework Daft Punk	5	3.29	+1.71
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.3	+1.7
Raising Hell Run-D.M.C.	5	3.5	+1.5
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones	5	3.81	+1.19
Back In Black AC/DC	5	3.84	+1.16

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
OK Computer Radiohead	1	4.11	-3.11
Harvest Neil Young	1	3.81	-2.81
Doolittle Pixies	1	3.74	-2.74
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	1	3.67	-2.67
On The Beach Neil Young	1	3.46	-2.46
Seventeen Seconds The Cure	1	3.38	-2.38
Debut Björk	1	3.38	-2.38
Something Else By The Kinks The Kinks	1	3.25	-2.25
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde The Pharcyde	1	3.13	-2.13
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast Badly Drawn Boy	1	3.11	-2.11

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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

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The White Room

The KLF · 1 likes

1/5

These guys had a great single in 1991 called 3 A.M. Eternal. I loved that song, and it was originally on the White Room album, but it was removed for the "Director's Cut" version. I'm not really digging any of the rest of the album, but they get 1.5 stars for 3 A.M. Eternal alone.

1-Star Albums (14)

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The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

4/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

3/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Metallica

4/5

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Homework

Daft Punk

5/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

1/5

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

1/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

5/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

1/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Close To You

Carpenters

3/5

Doolittle

Pixies

1/5

Debut

Björk

1/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Harvest

Neil Young

1/5

Buena Vista Social Club

2/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

1/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

1/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

S&M

Metallica

3/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

3/5

Adele

2/5

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

1/5

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

3/5

All That You Can't Leave Behind

1/5

Pump

Aerosmith

3/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

2/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

Not for me

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

2/5

Manassas

Stephen Stills

2/5

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

1/5

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

3/5

The Clash

3/5

Fragile

Yes

2/5

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

2/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

This was the first studio album after the 68 special. Elvis was still a little unsure of himself. Still a great album.

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

Gorillaz

2/5

1 song is really good. The rest are okay. Good beats, but sometimes the lyrical vocalizing is irritating.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

Ultimately not as bad as I remembered it was. But still not really my kind of music.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

2/5

He’s a great songwriter but I’m distracted by his weird vocalizing when he sings.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Jimi being Jimi. He’s really experimenting with his sound here. Lots of echoes and overdubs.

Rocks

Aerosmith

3/5

Probably more of a 3.5. Down and dirty album by Aerosmith. Really enjoyed it. Back in the Saddle is one of my favs.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Excellent album by the Stones. One of my favorites. Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, Let it Bleed. Top notch blues-y rock.

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

3/5

I actually like Slipknot, but I have to be in the mood for them, some of their stuff is a bit too much. This album is pretty good though. I liked it.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

Sorry, Smashing Pumpkins is not for me. This one is better than Mellon Collie, but only just.

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

3/5

I like Rod. Maggie May is the best song on here, but at this point it's a little overplayed.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

3/5

This is a pretty good Beatles album. Very transitional, they are playing around with what being "The Beatles" means and what types of songs they write. I like the experiment for the most part.

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Great AC/DC album beginning to end. Back in Black, Hells Bells, Shoot to Thrill, Have a Drink on Me. Just a classic and a really solid hard rock album.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

she is like butttttaahhhhhhh Loved this

System Of A Down

3/5

I do like these guys, but I've mainly listened to some of their later stuff, like the Toxicity album. It's a pretty good album, if not spectacular.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

I believe this was Aretha's first album with Atlantic after she moved from Columbia Records. Her cover of Otis Redding's Respect has become the new standard for that song. Even Redding admitted she had taken the song from him. There's nothing on this album as good as Respect, but this is still a solid R&B/Soul album by the Queen. I almost gave the album a 5 based on Respect alone.

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

2/5

If the color beige was a band, it'd be The Byrds. Four of their best songs are Dylan covers; and to be fair I like their versions better. That being said, their songs are like wallpaper, you kind of forget about them.

On The Beach

Neil Young

1/5

I would say Neil Young can die in a fire, but he's probably going to outlive us all.

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

1/5

The Kinks have some great songs; You Really Got Me, Lola, Destroyer. However NONE of them are on this bland AF album. Hippy dippy bologna.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

3/5

Strange to go with a 1989 Hooker album when his best stuff is in the 60s and 70s. However, that being said, this is a pretty good album. Lots of guest stars like Santana, Bonnie Raitt, George Thorogood, and Canned Heat. Still really enjoyed it. Really more of a 3.5 album.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

2/5

Not for me.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

2/5

The Weight is a rock classic. The album almost deserves a 5 based on that track alone. However the complete lack of any other memorable song on the album is a problem. I've already forgotten the other songs.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

What a great album. Black Steel in an Hour of Chaos is probably my favorite. But also Louder than a Bomb, Prophets of Rage, and Rebel without a Pause are bangers. 4.5 stars.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Pretty great album. 3.5 stars. The Stones sound pretty lean and angry here after the excesses of their previous album. Sympathy for the Devil is the standout, but Street Fighting Man holds its own. They also do a great Blues cover of Prodigal Son.

Sister

Sonic Youth

2/5

For the most part this isn't for me. However, there are one or two I was surprised I liked.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

3/5

It's not bad. I guess I don't love the whole "Wu Tang" thing. But there are a few bangers on this album.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

3/5

You can tell Johnny Cash really put his all into this album. Hurt is the standout, but The Man Comes Around is pretty good. The rest is sadly hit or miss for me, but the heart and soul Johnny puts into the entire album makes it a win.

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

3/5

This is kind of a melancholy album for George. After the immense pop popularity of Faith, I guess he decided to do something vastly different. Freedom '90 and Soul Free are the closest you get to pop radio on this album. And that's not necessarily a critique.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

So, it's Zepplin III, one of their more folkiest, acoustic albums which was conceived at a remote Scottish cottage. There are several bangers in the first half of the album; Immigrant Song, Celebration Day, and Gallows Pole, but the rest is kind of boring.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Classic Hendrix. A left handed musical genius. This can get a bit trippy, honestly, but Jimi makes it work. Several classics on this album.

London Calling

The Clash

2/5

This is fun and surprisingly bouncy for what I thought was going to be a straight up punk album. There are a lot of pop sensibilities in this album, several of the songs sound like they'd be in movies from the 80s, and this was released in 1979! If I listen to this more and became more familiar with it, I can see it getting bumped up to a 3 star album. Right now it's more of a 2.5 star album for me. One I like, but one I'm just not really familiar with.

The White Room

The KLF

1/5

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TLC

4/5

Classic. The name of the album is perfect. These ladies are queens.