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Albums you rated higher than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beyond Skin | 5 | 2.76 | +2.24 |
| Coles Corner | 5 | 3.02 | +1.98 |
| Suede | 5 | 3.1 | +1.9 |
| Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 | 5 | 3.17 | +1.83 |
| Buffalo Springfield Again | 5 | 3.18 | +1.82 |
| Tonight's The Night | 5 | 3.23 | +1.77 |
| Debut | 5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
| Songs Of Leonard Cohen | 5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
| The Köln Concert | 5 | 3.39 | +1.61 |
| Murmur | 5 | 3.42 | +1.58 |
You Love Less Than Most
Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| It's Blitz! | 1 | 3.49 | -2.49 |
| Figure 8 | 1 | 3.32 | -2.32 |
| Queens of the Stone Age | 1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
| Exit Planet Dust | 1 | 3.16 | -2.16 |
| New York Dolls | 1 | 3.12 | -2.12 |
| Rage Against The Machine | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| Brown Sugar | 1 | 2.91 | -1.91 |
| Millions Now Living Will Never Die | 1 | 2.87 | -1.87 |
| Grievous Angel | 1 | 2.86 | -1.86 |
| Destroyer | 1 | 2.86 | -1.86 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| R.E.M. | 4 | 4.75 | 4 |
| Neil Young | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Steely Dan | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Beatles | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Fleetwood Mac | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Prince | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Joni Mitchell | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Bob Dylan | 5 | 4 | 3.63 |
Least Favorite Artists
Artists with 2+ albums and low weighted score
| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott Smith | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
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1-Star Albums (16)
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Bob Dylan
4/5
Muddy Waters
2/5
The Police
3/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The Clash
3/5
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Van Halen
3/5
2/5
Youssou N'Dour
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
The Undertones
3/5
Gram Parsons
1/5
Frank Black
3/5
Iggy Pop
5/5
Blur
3/5
Elis Regina
2/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Adam & The Ants
2/5
Nas
3/5
Prince
4/5
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Mike Ladd
2/5
R.E.M.
5/5
808 State
2/5
Nirvana
4/5
Derek & The Dominos
2/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
The Fall
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Suede
3/5
Ramones
3/5
Bert Jansch
4/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
David Ackles
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Queen
3/5
Beach House
2/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Black Flag
3/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
CHIC
3/5
Van Halen
3/5
Portishead
3/5
Neil Young
5/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Funkadelic
2/5
The Human League
4/5
Animal Collective
2/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Beck
2/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Tears For Fears
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Morrissey
3/5
Supertramp
3/5
Nanci Griffith
3/5
The Band
3/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
The Charlatans
2/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Ian McCulloch and Julian Cope were originally together in a band called A Shallow Madness. In 1978, Ian and Julian broke up to go their separate ways. I followed Julian on his journey with the Teardrop Explodes, so never really much liked the Bunnymen (they were “the other side”). As a result I never really gave the Bunnymen the listening time they deserved.
Listening to this album now all these years later was surprisingly enjoyable. Ians voice sounds like a weird mixture between Bono and Julian. Good orchestration on some of the songs. Strong album with interesting songs but The Killing Moon is easily the standout.
Thin Lizzy
2/5
Living Colour
2/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
John Lennon
3/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
The Allman Brothers Band
2/5
5/5
Beatles
5/5
The Electric Prunes
3/5
The Prodigy
2/5
R.E.M.
5/5
Calexico
2/5
Violent Femmes
5/5
Django Django
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
The Go-Go's
3/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Janis Joplin
4/5
Tina Turner
3/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Miriam Makeba
4/5
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Steve Earle
1/5
John Lee Hooker
2/5
The Bees
2/5
Frank Zappa
3/5
T. Rex
3/5
Green Day
2/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
1/5
The only thing that kept me listening was to see if there was a reason that this had been included in the list. Difficult to find one.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Ice T
2/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Beastie Boys
2/5
Rush
3/5
The Lemonheads
3/5
3/5
The Police
4/5
SAULT
4/5
Interesting- and beautiful in parts. Maybe too early to decide whether it is a classic?
Queens of the Stone Age
1/5
Interesting- and beautiful in parts. Maybe too early to decide whether it is a classic?
Joni Mitchell
5/5
The good songs are so good that it deserves a 5.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
The good songs are so good that it deserves a 5.
Michael Jackson
5/5
Suede
5/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Dr. Dre
2/5
Pixies
3/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Love the flute solo.
The Blue Nile
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Charles Mingus
3/5
Travis
2/5
Wilco
3/5
Björk
5/5
Beautiful at times.
Isaac Hayes
5/5
Beautiful at times.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Good - but not his best album.
Le Tigre
2/5
Nothing interesting here.
Stan Getz
4/5
John Coltrane
3/5
3/5
Miles Davis
4/5
KISS
1/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Rage Against The Machine
2/5
David Bowie
4/5
5/5
Elliott Smith
1/5
Nina Simone
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
Buffalo Springfield
5/5
Supergrass
2/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Alanis Morissette
3/5
The documentary about the associated tour was interesting.
Fairport Convention
2/5
2 twee 4 me.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
The xx
2/5
New York Dolls
1/5
Van Morrison
3/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Can
2/5
Didn’t know what to say about this one.
The Cars
5/5
Just brilliant.
Elvis Costello
2/5
Koffi Olomide
2/5
Lauryn Hill
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Coldplay
3/5
Some good songs. But a bit insipid.
Buck Owens
3/5
Otis Redding
4/5
And produced by the wonderful Isaac Hayes. 👍
Pixies
4/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Garbage
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
The Kinks
3/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Various Artists
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Gotta be 5. It’s Neil.
U2
4/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
2/5
Deep Purple
2/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
Tortoise
1/5
Killing Joke
2/5
The Black Crowes
3/5
Norah Jones
2/5
Spent most of the listening time worried that Spotify would now begin to suggest similar albums to me. Some nice double bass here and there though.
Moby
3/5
Simple Minds
3/5
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
Queen
2/5
Nirvana
5/5
Listened to the album. Think I’m just happy.
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Really enjoyed this - well worth a listen.
Guns N' Roses
5/5
Merits a 5 for the quality of some of the songs and their longevity.
Massive Attack
3/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
Slipknot
1/5
The Undertones
4/5
Good memories.
Michael Jackson
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Chicago
3/5
Eagles
4/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Adele
3/5
The White Stripes
2/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Donovan
4/5
Flavours of Dylan who came just before him and the Velvet Underground who came just after. The title track is the highlight for me.
Throwing Muses
3/5
Sabu
3/5
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
MGMT
3/5
Neil Young
5/5
Dirty Projectors
2/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Elton John
2/5
Don’t know why, but for some reason this album just irritates me and sounds bland to my ears. I think this is probably unfair criticism, but I just can’t warm to it. At times, some of these songs and his voice sound like Jim Croce (who doesn’t irritate me at all). I’d prefer to listen to Jim any day. Just can’t really explain why.
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Radiohead
2/5
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
D'Angelo
1/5
Sepultura
1/5
Radiohead
3/5
Wilco
3/5
Mudhoney
3/5
Richard Hawley
5/5
His melodies and orchestration are just beautiful - enjoy!
Joy Division
3/5
The Auteurs
3/5
Sam Cooke
3/5
Thelonious Monk
4/5
Liz Phair
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
Nitin Sawhney
5/5
AC/DC
3/5
The Stooges
4/5
Janelle Monáe
3/5
3.5 stars. A couple of great songs - Come Alive and Tightrope - carry the album but some interesting other stuff in there too.
Deee-Lite
3/5
Groove is in the Heart will always be a classic. I’m not too sure about the rest of the album though. 2.5 stars rounded up to 3.
5/5
Deserves 5 stars.
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
Possibly one of the greatest debut albums of all time? The band announced themselves to the world with an original sound and a great lead singer accent and voice - not to mention the brilliant guitar playing and drummer. The lyrics are really strong too.
An easy 5 stars.
Lucinda Williams
2/5
Sex Pistols
3/5
Prince
4/5
Elliott Smith
2/5
Sweet - but a bit samey. Two and a half stars.
Baaba Maal
3/5
The Who
2/5
The Who
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
The White Stripes
3/5
David Gray
3/5
Santana
4/5
Tracy Chapman
3/5
R.E.M.
5/5
Sade
5/5
The epitome of cool jazz with a bit of pop thrown in. Five stars all the way
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
3/5
The Doors
5/5
Riders on the Storm. At least four stars just for that song alone. The rest bring it up to a five.
U2
3/5
The La's
3/5
One classic song - the rest fade into the background a bit.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Coldplay
3/5
Tried to stay awake during this but it is so soporific. Maybe they are great, but they make me yawn. I know they are adored by millions, but just don’t get it. Snooze.
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Moby Grape
3/5
The Darkness
2/5
The Stone Roses
5/5
Stone cold classic album. Distinctive and wonderful. Has really lasted the test of time. Easy five stars.
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Five stars - no question.
Brian Wilson
3/5
The Temptations
4/5
The Monks
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
The Flaming Lips
2/5
Public Enemy
2/5
Neil Young
5/5
Spiritualized
2/5
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
Great debut album. Still sounds really sharp.
Arcade Fire
3/5
Herbie Hancock
3/5
Peter Gabriel
5/5
The Divine Comedy
4/5
The Offspring
3/5
Commercialised punk. Self esteem still sounds good. Nothing else seems too memorable. 3 stars.
Cyndi Lauper
2/5
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Paul Weller
3/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Screaming Trees
2/5
Nirvana
5/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Ghostface Killah
3/5
Burning Spear
3/5
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Gorillaz
3/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
The Roots
3/5
James Taylor
4/5
The Jam
4/5
Lou Reed
3/5
The Waterboys
4/5
Have to admit to being a big Waterboys fan for many years. So I find it a little hard to believe that this album made the top 1001 list.
Their first three albums were magnificent and portrayed The Big Music sound that Mike Scott was always talking about and seeking to find. Looking on back on those three albums, I still view them as works of art.
This album, their fourth, marked a turning point in the history of the band. To be fair, the first few songs (up to and including World Party), could have made it onto previous albums. However, after that, things shift into an Irish folk phase which was later followed by a “just found God” phase.
While I still have fond memories of buying this album and listening to it over and over, it always seemed to be the end of the beginning of the band and they never again reached the level of their earlier work. So overall, enjoyable for a few of the songs, but if you want to hear the real Waterboys then listen to the first three albums. Wonder if any of them made the list….
Duran Duran
3/5
Prince
5/5
Mylo
3/5
Shack
2/5
Sigur Rós
2/5
Flamin' Groovies
2/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
Joanna Newsom
1/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Green Day
3/5
The Damned
3/5
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
1/5
Keith Jarrett
5/5
The Birthday Party
1/5
Yes
3/5
AC/DC
4/5
Eric Clapton
2/5
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Guided By Voices
2/5
Drive-By Truckers
1/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
John Cale
3/5
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
Ms. Dynamite
4/5
Simply Red
3/5
King Crimson
2/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
The Jam
3/5
The Mars Volta
3/5
Interesting sound. Hugely reminiscent of the British band Mansun (but not quite as tuneful). Worth a listen, but you could upgrade to the album Six by Mansun if you want - wonder if that is on the list…
Miles Davis
3/5
JAY Z
3/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Kanye West
3/5
Scissor Sisters
3/5
Doves
2/5
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
Scritti Politti
3/5
Billie Holiday
3/5
Happy Mondays
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Pavement
2/5
Goldfrapp
2/5
Digital Underground
2/5
Jeff Beck
2/5
George Michael
5/5
Buzzcocks
3/5
Gillian Welch
3/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
5/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
SZA
3/5
George Michael
4/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3/5
2/5
The Verve
3/5
Soft Cell
2/5
The Everly Brothers
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
Her debut and previous album called The Lion and the Cobra seems to me to be a much better album than this one. It is likely that the only reason this album made the list is because of the Prince cover. Ho hum. I’d give the debut album a 5 (listen to the song Troy with the volume high if you have never heard it before - and enjoy) but this album is a 3 for me.
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Leonard Cohen
5/5
The Velvet Underground
2/5
Morrissey
4/5
Caetano Veloso
3/5