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Album	You	Global	Diff
Frampton Comes Alive Peter Frampton	5	3.19	+1.81
The Blueprint JAY Z	5	3.21	+1.79
American Beauty Grateful Dead	5	3.25	+1.75
1989 Taylor Swift	5	3.26	+1.74
Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi	5	3.29	+1.71
Tommy The Who	5	3.33	+1.67
Music From Big Pink The Band	5	3.36	+1.64
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) The Kinks	5	3.39	+1.61
Aqualung Jethro Tull	5	3.44	+1.56
Imagine John Lennon	5	3.45	+1.55

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Since I Left You The Avalanches	1	3.28	-2.28
Dig Your Own Hole The Chemical Brothers	1	3.11	-2.11
OK Computer Radiohead	2	4.11	-2.11
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield	1	3.09	-2.09
Music From The Penguin Cafe Penguin Cafe Orchestra	1	3.01	-2.01
Better Living Through Chemistry Fatboy Slim	1	2.99	-1.99
Vulgar Display Of Power Pantera	1	2.97	-1.97
I Against I Bad Brains	1	2.93	-1.93
Medúlla Björk	1	2.73	-1.73
Atomizer Big Black	1	2.73	-1.73

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Artist	Albums	Average
Johnny Cash	3	4.67
The Doors	3	4.67
Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	5
The Who	4	4.25

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Artist	Albums	Average
The Fall	3	2

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Fleetwood Mac	2, 5

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

Popular Reviews

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons · 1 likes

3/5

Verrrry early 2000s rock. Fine but not my thing.

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J · 1 likes

4/5

Classic old school rap album.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath · 1 likes

3/5

As good as it gets for Sabbath. Not my jam but a good album.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band · 1 likes

2/5

Irish psychedelic. Weird vibe.

1-Star Albums (17)

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Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2/5

No singles, whiny and loud. I don't get Radiohead.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

5/5

Has both greatest hits and deep cuts. The only Tull album needed.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Never heard of them but recognized a couple songs. Better than expected, Kinks vibe.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

Hall of Fame

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Excellent, a couple hits and the rest are typically solid Stevie. As good as Songs in the Key of Life.

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

2/5

Better than I expected. No real hits but enjoyable enough.

Crazysexycool

TLC

3/5

Waterfalls and some good lesser known songs, but nothing special.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Solid but nothing I had heard before.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

3/5

Really solid rap album, no hits that I've heard of

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Classic. Bohemian Rhapsody and deep tracks that form a concept album, just not too deep.

Elvis Presley

3/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

Great classic Hip Hop album. CREAM and others.

The Visitors

ABBA

3/5

Fine, but no hits and nothing special.

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

4/5

Great country album.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

The only Cat Stevens album you need.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Classic Christmas songs, lots of Darlene Love. Sounds like a shuffled playlist more than an album.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

2/5

Weird robotic noises, not even lyrics. Flume vibes.

Eagles

3/5

Couple hits, but not as good as Greatest Hits.

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

3/5

Country Rockabilly. Solid but not spectacular.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

Has the major hits, really all you need for Deep Purple

Van Halen

4/5

Classic Van Halen, more fun than a Greatest Hits

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

3/5

Alternative Rock. Not my usual style but enjoyable enough.

1989

Taylor Swift

5/5

Her best album.

Sister

Sonic Youth

2/5

Not my style. Kind of a grunge/alt mix but I can't imagine ever being in the mood.

S&M

Metallica

3/5

Really cool album but not really my style.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

Covers but his best.

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

3/5

British rapper. Kind of hard to understand, but fun enough.

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

3/5

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

1/5

Nope.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

Really mellow. Good for background music.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

2/5

Not really my style but solid background music.

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

5/5

Their best album, HoF.

Phrenology

The Roots

4/5

Really fun, good beats and a chill vibe.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

None of their big hits, but classic Temptations.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Weirdly short album but the songs are nice soul jams.

Tracy Chapman

3/5

Fast Car, but that's about it. Lots of protest stuff.

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

4/5

Never heard of them, but has a classic rock feel. I liked it. Kind of a Doors vibe.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

2/5

80s Rock similar to Blondie/Pat Benetar. Not my favorite style.

1984

Van Halen

3/5

Great album with Panama, Jump, Hot For Teacher, but the rest are not as good.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

The Best.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Hall of Fame. Not quite a greatest hits but not far off.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

Classic old school rap album. Little bit long and repetitive but a good time.

Throwing Muses

2/5

British female punk. Not terrible but not my vibe at all.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

His best album.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

Sounds like a mix of Sting and Coldplay. Different than what I'm used to but I was into it.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

Americana at it's best, though I didn't know any songs.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Tom Waits vibe. Very low key but enjoyable enough.

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

2/5

Country/Dylan wannabe with a Barenaked Ladies vibe. Weird.

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Tracy Chapman wannabe but that's not a bad thing.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Concept album without major hits, but a fun listen.

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Can't imagine a better Pearl Jam album. Eddie is pretty incoherent but it rocks hard.

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Solid album. Exactly what you think of for The Police.

The Doors

5/5

Hall of Fame. Essentially their Greatest Hits but it's their debut album.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

2/5

Decent but not their best.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

3/5

Modest Mouse vibes, never heard of them before.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

Fun blues concert, but would have been better to just be there.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

3/5

I enjoyed it, but no truly great tracks.

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

Some hits and a jazzy vibe. Lot of fun.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

Jazz album that is great background music.

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

1/5

Lots of synthesizer and noise, incoherent voices. Nope.

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

3/5

Never heard of any of it, but it's a fun bluesy rock.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Probably their best album but just not my favorite group.

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

Undeniably Hall of Fame album but not really my style.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Very good MGMT album, but not my vibe in general.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

3/5

Jam band covers album. Interesting but not my favorite.

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

4/5

Dylan style but no big songs. I liked it.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

1/5

Psychedelic and mumbling. Bad.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Not as good as Folsom but still a lot of fun.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Not as good as Stadium Arcadium but probably their second best album.

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

2/5

Lots of soul/blues jamming. Enjoyable enough but not something I would seek out.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

Ballad of NYC and otherwise just enjoyable Irish music.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Not quite as good as their debut but still excellent.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

Classic rap album without much mainstream appeal. Historic but not HoF.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

Not nearly as good as Back in Black.

The Modern Lovers

2/5

Punk British Rock, similar to Talking Heads. Not for me.

Pelican West

Haircut 100

4/5

Jazzy rock similar to Chicago, but I was into it.

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

1/5

I don't know what I just listened to.

Queen II

Queen

4/5

Seems like a concept album. I had not heard any of the songs before, but clearly a good Queen album.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Kind of a modern Police/Paul Simon vibe. Really into it.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

1/5

Screamy Rob Zombie/Radiohead vibe. Nope.

Closer

Joy Division

2/5

Kind of mumbly and electronic. Not my thing.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

If you like Elvis Costello, you will love this album.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Not all great but a very high ceiling.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

All time album but all the songs kind of sound the same.

LP1

FKA twigs

2/5

She could have a good voice but it's hard to tell with the autotune. Not really my thing.

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

3/5

The music/melody is really good, but the vocals are incoherent.

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

4/5

As good as she's ever sounded musically. No hits but a good album.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

5/5

Eminem at the absolute top of his game. Wildly offensive and silly, but great rap album.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

Not quite Blonde on Blonde but still an absolute classic.

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

2/5

Weird synth punk. Not my bag.

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Clearly a classic, but not really my favorite style.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Amazing album but 4 stars because I like other Kendrick better.

Gorillaz

2/5

A couple good songs, but mostly pretty weird.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Just a great time overall.

Mott

Mott The Hoople

3/5

Nothing I had ever heard before, but I liked it.

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

3/5

Good Byrds album.

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

3/5

A very early alt-rock group that I had never heard of. Not bad at all. Foo Fighters vibe.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Everything you want in a Steely Dan album.

Liquid Swords

GZA

3/5

Not sure how this differs from Wu Tang, but it's good.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Couldn't decide whether it wanted to be poppy or ballads. Not the worst but not my thing.

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

3/5

Verrrry early 2000s rock. Fine but not my thing.

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

1/5

British punk vibes, not for me.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Excellent blues/rock vibe.

Odelay

Beck

2/5

Some cool stuff but mostly weird.

The Coral

4/5

Fun rock album, liked it more than I thought I would.

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

1/5

Super weird instrumentals. Exorcist theme though.

No Other

Gene Clark

4/5

Never heard of any of it but it was really good. Kind of a Mott the Hoople, country-rock vibe.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

1/5

Super weird Fatboy Slim/Pink Floyd vibe, not for me.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Great blues album.

Black Metal

Venom

1/5

Best case Iron Maiden, worst case Slipknot. Nope.

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

3/5

Chill instrumental, good background music to zone out to.

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

4/5

Classic old school rap album.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

Solid jazz album, good background music.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Fun live album before he got huge.

Ctrl

SZA

4/5

Really good R&B album without any real hits.

The Blueprint

JAY Z

5/5

Hall of Fame rap album.

I Against I

Bad Brains

1/5

Very weird mumble rock. Didn't like it.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

80s British Rock album with no hits. Fine.

The Joshua Tree

5/5

Hall of Fame. Really high highs.

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

Really good but a little bit too long.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

Hall of Fame.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Fun old school hip hop with some brass.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

5/5

Great Doors album with some all-timers.

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Solid British Rock album.

So Much For The City

The Thrills

3/5

Fine album. California sound mixed between the Eagles and whiny emo.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

3/5

Solid but standard early 2000s rock album.

Viva Hate

Morrissey

3/5

Solid 80s British rock/pop.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

4/5

Iconic debut album. A little bit silly in hindsight.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

Fine classic rock album. Once in a Lifetime but not much else that I loved.

Like A Prayer

Madonna

3/5

Title track is a banger but the rest is meh.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Standard/great Frank album.

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Hall of Fame. Desert Island Contender.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

Nice jazzy instrumental. Solid background music.

Paul Simon

3/5

Verrry low key. Fine.

The Last Broadcast

Doves

2/5

Typical early 2000s mumble rock. A weirder Coldplay.

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

3/5

Weird classic rock, kind of a Kinks vibe. Fine.

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Really really good. Borderline HoF.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Solid but outside of Preacher Man, not spectacular.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Pretty much all covers but Otis is great.

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

3/5

Fun short live album

Tical

Method Man

3/5

Lots of Wu Tang style old school rap.

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

3/5

Interesting early 2000s alternative soft rock. Not bad but not my thing.

Imagine

John Lennon

5/5

Classic album. Not quite HoF.

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

The Kinks

5/5

Fun Kinks album with some hits. Loved it.

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

Super low key British pop/rock. Not my favorite.

Elastica

2/5

Punk rock/pop album. Decent but not my thing.

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

1/5

Very noisy and incoherent. Not good.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

No idea what language he's speaking (maybe Portuguese?) but it's a fun vibe.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Excellent.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

Her best album for sure. A little slow overall for me, but very good.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

The Who Sell Out

The Who

3/5

Super weird but still good.

Common

4/5

Really solid hip hop album with soul backing.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Very good but not her absolute best.

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

Solid 90s rock, never heard of it but I liked it.

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

3/5

Pretty standard 90s rap album, nothing special.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

2/5

Quiet and mumbly soft rock. Nope.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Solid Willie album but not his best.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

2/5

Allison but that's about it. Didn't really like it.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Solid Jimi but not his best.

Snivilisation

Orbital

2/5

Weird electronic music. Not necessarily bad but not for me.

Chris

Christine and the Queens

3/5

French poppy vibe, not terrible.

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Classic live album. Setlist isn't perfect but otherwise excellent.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Typically great and short Beatles album. Just a shade off the top.

Joan Baez

3/5

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

1/5

Super weird, not my thing at all.

Reign In Blood

Slayer

2/5

Not as bad as I thought it would be but still not for me.

Rage Against The Machine

3/5

A coherent album despite the screaming.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

4/5

Great rap album but not HoF

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

2/5

Not what I expected or like from Supertramp. Almost a knockoff Pink Floyd vibe.

The World is a Ghetto

War

3/5

Jam band/jazz vibe that I did not associate with War. Nice background music.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

Really solid album that made me appreciate REM more.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Not sure what language they were singing but it was kind of fun.

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

1/5

Kind of screamy rock that I'm not into.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Made me like DMR more than I did before, despite only knowing 2 songs.

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

3/5

Solid Chicago album, reminded me more of Hendrix than I expected.

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

Kind of a Bowie/90s vibe. I liked it.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

2/5

One obvious banger but the rest was meh.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

Never heard any of it, but wasn't bad.

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

1/5

I don't know what I just listened to

Hms Fable

Shack

2/5

Generic softer rock album, nothing special.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Classic Beatles album. Great but not HoF.

Violent Femmes

3/5

More punk than I expected, but probably my favorite version of the genre.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

4/5

Really solid Clapton album.

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

4/5

Good old school country album.

Rio

Duran Duran

5/5

The only Duran Duran album you need.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

Hall of Fame

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

Didn't really like it surprisingly.

Caetano Veloso

3/5

Fun Spanish album.

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

2/5

Nothing special.

Medúlla

Björk

1/5

Super weird. Not for me.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Great Creedence album, though not their best.

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Hall of Fame.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

Fine album with the absurdly long finale.

#1 Record

Big Star

3/5

Solid all around, nothing special.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

5/5

Hall of Fame.

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Fine but nothing special besides the one banger.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

Solid album but I'm not a big Beastie's guy.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

Definitely his best album. A little repetitive but very good.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Great Little Richard album. A fun time.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

Borderline HoF but the lows are not the best.

Pretenders

4/5

Fine but a little repetitive. I liked some of the deeper tracks.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

La Grange but otherwise just fine.

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

2/5

Weird electronic and mostly no words. Not for me.

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

2/5

Decent with some random yelling. Had never heard of them.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Fun enough, nothing crazy.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

This is what I expect from a ZZTop album.

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Standard Offspring stuff, nothing special.

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

2/5

Kind of protesty and not very good.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

America and Mrs. Robinson and basically nothing else.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Hall of Fame.

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Really cool for his last album but not one that I'll come back to.

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

Knockoff Sherly Crow. Fine.

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

2/5

Kind of weird electronic. Not that bad but not my thing.

Low

David Bowie

2/5

Very different from what I expect from Bowie and not my favorite.

War

4/5

Great U2 album.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

Fun jazz album

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

Iconic rap/R&B album.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

1/5

Weird classical-ish album. I didn't get it.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Iconic soul album.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Good Bob album. Couple hits and repetitive but still enjoyable

Tommy

The Who

5/5

Hall of Fame

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

Nothing special.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

3/5

Low key album with a Girl From Impanema vibe. Fine.

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Solid Bowie album, nothing special.

The Clash

2/5

Not as good as London Calling, just decent.

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

3/5

Bowie vibe that was fun but not really memorable.

Sulk

The Associates

2/5

British poppy and kind of weird. I didn't get it.

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

2/5

Nothing special.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

Solid album in one listen. Not really an Arcade Fire fan but it was enjoyable enough.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

Pretty much what you expect from Blondie. Solid, not spectacular.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Really enjoyed it.

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

2/5

Not my thing.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Good enough.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

3/5

As good as it gets for Sabbath. Not my jam but a good album.

The Band

4/5

Really good album, not quite their best.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Hall of Fame.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Fine but not my thing.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Not bad but I didn't get it.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Super low key but good enough.

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

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

I liked it more than I thought I would.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

As good as it gets for CSNY

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

5/5

As good as it gets for CSNY

Close To The Edge

Yes

3/5

Fine but way too long of songs.

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Best Rush album

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Fun Caribbean jazz album

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

3/5

Weird electronica. Not bad but not my style.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

2/5

Irish psychedelic. Weird vibe.

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

4/5

Actually liked it. Have to be in the mood though.

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

One of the better 21st century albums

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Hall of Fame

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Kind of a lighter Foo Fighters? Fine.

OK Computer

Radiohead

2/5

I don't really get the appeal of Radiohead.

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

4/5

Really liked it even though I had never heard of the band or any of the songs. Fun 70s rock.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Fun jazzy instrumental album. Good background music.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

2/5

Electronic jazzy, but nothing special.

Atomizer

Big Black

1/5

Kind of metal, not good.

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

3/5

Fun 90's R&B

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

Loretta Lynn

4/5

Loretta is always great.

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Don't know much about the Strokes but this has to be their best.

Blur

3/5

More wide-ranging than I expected from Blur, but still not my favorite style.

The Stooges

3/5

Liked it more than I thought I would, but they seem like Doors/Bowie wannabes.

Moby Grape

3/5

Never heard of them but a fun typical 60s rock album.

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

2/5

Weird and Clash-lite. Not my favorite.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

Pretty good but not great.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

All time jazz album, good for background music.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Really good Elvis album with more deep cuts than I'm used to.

Eternally Yours

The Saints

2/5

Fine rock album, nothing special.

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

2/5

Weird sad rock, not for me.

Pink Flag

Wire

2/5

Another lesser version of The Clash.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Hall of Fame

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Have to assume it's his best solo album. Some good hits but not something I would necessarily come back to.

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

3/5

Kind of all over the place. Not terrible but not really my style.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Fun short album with the one big hit.

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

4/5

Eerie Irish rock, I liked it.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Don't really like Smashing Pumpkins but this album is fine.