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Album	You	Global	Diff
Like A Prayer Madonna	5	3.23	+1.77
1989 Taylor Swift	5	3.27	+1.73
British Steel Judas Priest	5	3.3	+1.7
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	5	3.33	+1.67
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	5	3.34	+1.66
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	5	3.46	+1.54
She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper	5	3.48	+1.52
Violent Femmes Violent Femmes	5	3.5	+1.5
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	5	3.57	+1.43
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.62	+1.38

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
OK Computer Radiohead	1	4.1	-3.1
Kid A Radiohead	1	3.71	-2.71
Live At The Regal B.B. King	1	3.68	-2.68
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	1	3.61	-2.61
Hail To the Thief Radiohead	1	3.45	-2.45
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
Bluesbreakers John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers	1	3.16	-2.16
Beach Samba Astrud Gilberto	1	2.92	-1.92
Music Has The Right To Children Boards of Canada	1	2.91	-1.91
Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones	2	3.87	-1.87

5-Star Albums (18)

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Popular Reviews

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

1/5

As an ace woman, this is just unrelatable. Never been this horny and craving that much d just seems like a waste of time, kinda like this album.

1 likes

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

1/5

I don’t like Radiohead. It’s just not enjoyable to listen to.

1 likes

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

2/5

I'm sure this is important somehow but I don't care for the blues.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (13)

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

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Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Surprised I already knew 4 of these songs. Also how varied the sound is across this album. If I didn’t know it was the same artist, I don’t think I would have guessed these were all by the same artist.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

This is not my cup of tea. I find the lyrics a bit misogynistic. Guess I just don’t have the cultural experience to relate. I don’t know. Reggae is fine just not for me. Though it’s clearly influenced other artists that I do like.

The xx

3/5

A little bit familiar with this one. But it all mostly sounds the same - low key vibes. What does it say that my favorite is the instrumental “intro” track and none of the lethargic vocal tracks.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

So I’m not enjoying this. I find blues frustrating and i just want to yell ‘get over yourself’. But there’s some impressive guitar solos and I can see how this would have been influential. But i just want this to be over. Everything is so drawn out. What I wonder is if I’d feel this way on another day. Today this is just irksome.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

2/5

Great voice, but such sad sack music. Now Hallelujah is one of my all time favorite songs but not this cover. I know lots of other people like it but it’s missing the gravitas & experience that Cohen brings. Better voice, I guess but then with respect to that I prefer k.d. Lang’s cover.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

It’s Hendrix…

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

3/5

He’d probably be a blast to see live. But yet more music that doesn’t resonate with me. I see how it could appeal to someone else.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Some pretty iconic tunes but not my favorite Led Zeppelin.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

2/5

The trumpet parts were listenable but the backing tracks - organ, drums were so dated sounding that it really ruined this music for me. Jazz is already not my thing and to have something so of it’s time instead of timeless made this unenjoyable. Extra star for Miles Davis’ trumpet

Headquarters

The Monkees

4/5

Enjoyable poppy stuff for the most part. Some of lyrics are a bit creepy and pedophilic when listening in 2023.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Great guitar riffs. Neil’s iconic vocals.

British Steel

Judas Priest

5/5

I like it. Love the lead singer’s voice

The Predator

Ice Cube

3/5

So violent and antisemitic and misogynistic. Not my cuppa. And was never for me anyway so I don’t even feel qualified to comment or rate.

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

4/5

New wave is much more my jam.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

A classic but a bit underwhelming to me.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

New wave is my jam. I guess I like the Smiths even if Morrissey is a dick.

Kid A

Radiohead

1/5

Not for me. Feels pretentious. I just don’t like this. It’s frustrating and unenjoyable.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

I liked this one. Would listen again.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

30 years ago I never would have said I liked the Beastie Boys. I guess I didn’t then. I do now though.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

I much prefer this style of country music

Fragile

Yes

2/5

Prog rock…hmm

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

There’s an energy here.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

Dark and moody. I’d listen again

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

4/5

Catchy. I like the parts with Eminem.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Will have to listen again next year.

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

Will have to listen again

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

2/5

Very bluesy punk. I’m finding the lyrics juvenile.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Definitely can see the path of country and soul crossing here. Never heard this before but it’s pretty good.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

Messed up and depressing. But great album

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Interesting. Very New York

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

I used to like this quite a bit.

Take Me Apart

Kelela

4/5

Would listen again if in the right mood

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

4/5

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

4/5

I liked this. Even if it’s a bit dated

Led Zeppelin

4/5

It’s Zeppelin

The World is a Ghetto

War

3/5

Pretty funky.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

1/5

Why is the one thing I remember a lyric about how a man shouldn’t hit is wife because the only thing that teaches her is how to dodge? And it got laughs… it’s dated and I can’t relate.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

3/5

Very British

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

2/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

2/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

3/5

The Modern Lovers

3/5

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

3/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

2/5

Really only liked ‘Layla’

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

1/5

Not for me

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

Catchy, I could dance to this, i mean, if I could actually dance.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

2/5

The first and last tracks are bangers. But not a fan of all the honky in between.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

5/5

One of my childhood favorites

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

Pretty good but really too mellow for my tastes.

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

1/5

The first half is unrelentingly frenetic. Not for me. Too exhausting. By the time the slightly less chaotic later half came around I was so done with the whole thing. I’m going to go find somewhere to eat my lunch in silence.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

This is a bit better than just noise. Very 90s. Might’ve liked it then but not now. After a while just kinda samey and boring.

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Love me some Leonard Cohen

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Cool like an iced tea on a hot day.

Dirty

Sonic Youth

3/5

Black Metal

Venom

2/5

I guess this was quite an influential album but today I'm just finding it a bit silly.

Harvest

Neil Young

2/5

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

4/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

4/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

2/5

I didn't really care for this.

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

2/5

Meh. Perfect way is okay but everything on this album sounds the same.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

2/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

I liked this more than I thought I would.

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

4/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Rocks

Aerosmith

2/5

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

1/5

As an ace woman, this is just unrelatable. Never been this horny and craving that much d just seems like a waste of time, kinda like this album.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

1/5

I don’t like Radiohead. It’s just not enjoyable to listen to.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

1/5

Not for me on this day.

Teen Dream

Beach House

2/5

Low key, inoffensive, alright for background music since it’s so innocuous. But therefore nothing particularly interesting or enjoyable.

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

2/5

Felt like I should have liked this more than I did. Overall just meh.

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

2/5

Disco & Bollywood - so very 70s

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Bowie!

The Specials

3/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

2/5

I enjoyed this better than that John Zorn album but that's really not saying much. This type of jazz is not for me.

Scott 2

Scott Walker

2/5

Very much of its' time and that's a time in which I don't belong.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

Satire that's of its time. I'm never going to listen to this again.

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

2/5

Something a bit different but still kind of meh.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

I would listen to this if it was only a track or two. But 10 tracks were a bit too much and a bit too melancholic and samey for me.

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

3/5

So many tracks but it's punk so at least they're short.

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

2/5

I kind of liked the music - guitar riffs and drums. But vocals & lyrics are pretty poor.

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

3/5

Is This It

The Strokes

2/5

Hooky pop rock but I don’t like the lyrics

Destroyer

KISS

3/5

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

2/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

1/5

Did I really need to hear this before I died? Pretty sure my life is not measurably better for having listened to this drivel.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

3/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Dolly is a gem and I really miss country music that sounds like this.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

2/5

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

3/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

Not for me today. Too mellow and melancholic. On another day I may have found this beautiful.

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

1/5

Nope. Little girl eww

Adele

3/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Better than radiohead but that isn't saying much.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

2/5

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

The Band

3/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Follow The Leader

Korn

3/5

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

2/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

3/5

Energetic Rock n' Roll but Jerry Lee Lewis was a POS

Queens of the Stone Age

2/5

Mid. Repetitive.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Funky

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

3/5

Like A Prayer

Madonna

5/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

2/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

Debut

Björk

4/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Too bluesy for me

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

2/5

This just wasn't interesting

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

2/5

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

2/5

Meh

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

4/5

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Familar with a few of the tracks and I don't mind those. The other tracks I did not like. Grunge isn't really for me

Franz Ferdinand

5/5

Permission to Land

The Darkness

3/5

This was a more enjoyable and fun listen than many on this list.

Medúlla

Björk

3/5

weird

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

Not for me. I didn't like this.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

2/5

Was Rod Stewart always old or did he just sound old or is it because he's old now?

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

Parklife

Blur

4/5

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

I like daft punk. I like this but it did get a bit loooong.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2/5

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

2/5

Meh

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

3/5

Weird

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

So sick of misogynistic lyrics. Not for me.

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

As background noise, okay. Not sure I’d call it music, though.

Adele

3/5

The Only Ones

3/5

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

I usually like alternative music but this is meh.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

2/5

Too smooth for me. I like it a little bit rough.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

2/5

Despise the misogyny. And the violence is a bit much for me too.

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

2112

Rush

4/5

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

This list needs more world music.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

2/5

Dated production. Was probably interesting at its time. Now prefer the originals.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

3/5

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

I never heard of these guys before. I like this better than shoegaze. And the disappearance is interesting to read about. More interesting than the lyrics.

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

It's Bowie but it's not the best Bowie.

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

3/5

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

2/5

Not the biggest fan of live albums. Also the tracks get a bit long and repetitive.

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

2/5

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

2/5

I thought a few of the tracks were ok. Didn’t like others. Really this was just too much folk for me at one time.

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

I sort of love Morrissey and sort of hate him too so I guess that’s a 3

OK Computer

Radiohead

1/5

My favorite Radiohead album. Except I don’t actually like Radiohead.

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

2/5

Generally I like Paul Simon but some of this is just silly; allergies! And did you know cars are cars all over the world?

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

3/5

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

The Joshua Tree

5/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

4/5

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

Violent Femmes

5/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Low

David Bowie

4/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

3/5

It's a mood

Achtung Baby

4/5

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

3/5

Very bluesy.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

2/5

So mellow I almost fell asleep

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

1989

Taylor Swift

5/5

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

Arular

M.I.A.

2/5

Sail Away

Randy Newman

2/5

Too many parodies of Randy Newman songs make it nigh impossible to enjoy Randy Newman directly.

Connected

Stereo MC's

2/5

🫤

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

Picture Book

Simply Red

2/5

The United States Of America

2/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

3/5

Interesting

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

1/5

Generic pop. Why is this on the list?

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

4/5

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

4/5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Such a soulful voice

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

3/5

It was fine - bit unremarkable

The Stone Roses

2/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

3/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Quite liked this, even the tracks I'd hadn't heard before

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

5/5

I miss Leonard Cohen

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

3/5

Very german

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Like the classic first track.

Kimono My House

Sparks

3/5

Never heard of this before. it was not too bad.

Timeless

Goldie

2/5

Can't say I found this timeless.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

I like some of the bass lines but otherwise I cannot relate to this. I find many of the lyrics offensive and the skits lame. Not for me.

New York Dolls

4/5

Today I learned Buster Poindexter is the lead singer of this band.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

2/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

5/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

2/5

I'm sure this is important somehow but I don't care for the blues.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

poignant

Urban Hymns

The Verve

2/5

Opus Dei

Laibach

3/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

2/5

I can see why other people might love this. I don't hate it but I'm never going to listen to this again.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

3/5

Liked this better than I thought I would. Still not really for me.

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

2/5

I don't care for the lead singer's vocals at all.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Make Yourself

Incubus

2/5