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Album	You	Global	Diff
I See A Darkness Bonnie "Prince" Billy	5	2.97	+2.03
Walking Wounded Everything But The Girl	5	2.97	+2.03
Deserter's Songs Mercury Rev	5	3.02	+1.98
Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba	5	3.19	+1.81
Shaft Isaac Hayes	5	3.24	+1.76
1989 Taylor Swift	5	3.27	+1.73
Urban Hymns The Verve	5	3.36	+1.64
From Elvis In Memphis Elvis Presley	5	3.36	+1.64
Garbage Garbage	5	3.38	+1.62
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	5	3.39	+1.61

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie	1	4.26	-3.26
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	1	4	-3
The Doors The Doors	1	3.95	-2.95
Doolittle Pixies	1	3.74	-2.74
Master Of Puppets Metallica	1	3.73	-2.73
The Score Fugees	1	3.69	-2.69
Transformer Lou Reed	1	3.67	-2.67
A Love Supreme John Coltrane	1	3.63	-2.63
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	1	3.63	-2.63
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	1	3.61	-2.61

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Artist	Albums	Average
Johnny Cash	3	5
Beatles	3	4.67
Pink Floyd	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Lou Reed	2	1
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	1.5
David Bowie	2	1.5
The Velvet Underground	2	1.5

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Metallica	1, 4
Neil Young	1, 4, 2

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Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

The more I hear of his albums, the more I enjoy the poetic style of his songs.

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1-Star Albums (50)

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

All Ratings

Boston

5/5

Enjoy every song on album!

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

Didn’t really listen to The Who in younger years but a few of their songs I really enjoyed and recognized. Good live album and definitely has the rock/band sound of 70’s for teen youth.

Transformer

Lou Reed

1/5

Not so much a music album, more like talking style poetic lyrics. Songs out of tune really because it came across more like talking vs singing.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Good album, fun songs to listen to. Blonde is a category all on her own & band is great!

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

Good album to listen to when doing chores. Most of the songs are hard to sit still for.

On The Beach

Neil Young

1/5

Vocals sound a lot like Willie Nelson but music has a more bluesy undertone.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Ugh

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

4/5

4+ First time hearing this album and really like DW’s singing style and the different music notes on this Album.

Da Capo

Love

1/5

Last song on album good because it’s most instrumental.

Being There

Wilco

3/5

Contemplative, reflective album

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

1/5

Too many recordings on this album. No lyrics, only statements to a good beat. What comes to mind is singer had a hard, troubled, unhappy life. Not an album a parent, grandparent, brother or sister would be bragging about.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

A unique individual and such a distinct voice. An icon.

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

3/5

Rock/Techno sound

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

3/5

Rock, Techno sounds. R&B, Rap vibes. Wide variety of sounds.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Beautiful voice, soulful stories sung through music.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

Enjoyed band and brass instruments with no lyrics.

Parachutes

Coldplay

5/5

Early morning listening to album, has a coffee house type vibe.

John Prine

4/5

Good storytelling songs that would be great for long road trips.

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

2/5

Bluesy, political topics of the 70’s, racial.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Beautiful somewhat smoky voice and band is great. Nightclub Smoke filled room vibe

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Soulful voice

Franz Ferdinand

1/5

Stress inducing music

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

2/5

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Enjoy the sound and vocals from Pet Shop Boys

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

2/5

Wood be a great rap album if less N & P used

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Nice mellow rock

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Such a great musician

The Stone Roses

5/5

Great tracks for debut album.

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Uplifting lyrics, good vocals

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2/5

Very long classical piano album

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

As Austin Powers would say…”yeah baby”

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

5/5

So great that I got to hear this album! The cover is deceiving as I wasn’t sure what to expect. The music and lyrics are very mellow and flow very easily.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Enjoyed this album, great vocals and band notes.

Van Halen

5/5

Classic Rock ‘n Roll band. Had no idea all these great songs were on 1 album.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Good 80’s music album.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

Another great album and band from the 90’s!

American Gothic

David Ackles

1/5

Lyrics are a bit of a downer, melancholy-ish. Music sounds like it could be (maybe is), in the background of few movies.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Great techno-type sound, very little lyrics. Good for movie soundtracks, exercise workouts, dance clubs.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

1/5

Not a fan of this style of singing. This is more talking-style and some notes sounded off. Definitely times of the 70’s, but not rock-n-roll.

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

Neil Young has such a distinct voice. Few iconic 70’s songs on the album that never age.

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

Black Metal

Venom

1/5

Too much anger, not really music.

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

Background music is good. With the lyrics included, the album appears to be best for those in mourning.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

1/5

Songs sound too much alike

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

Great album, unique sound and can understand lyrics

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

Great jazz band, no lyrics & easy listening

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

3/5

Good band, 80’s somewhat fast paste music that was/is probably used in clubs

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

3/5

Very smooth R&B

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

4/5

Synthesized pop music, futuristic sounding

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Pleasant album with such a wide variety of musical notes, classical, few rap like songs, instrumental.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Few good classic songs.

No Other

Gene Clark

3/5

Contemplative, type with vibes of country music.

The Undertones

1/5

Fast pace music that all sounds alike.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

Great outdoor background music to listen too

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

Nice easy listening, great musical notes.

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

2/5

Too many F bombs, good rage album.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

Folk-rock music.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

5/5

High-end dance club music, very sultry.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

2/5

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

5/5

Beautiful album, easy to listen to.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

Techno dance club type album, not very many lyrics. Last song has notes of middle eastern music.

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

5/5

One of the greatest theme tracks, like how the album begins and ends with theme track. Album has great music notes on all tracks except song 10, that one didn’t fit the music style for this album.

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

3/5

Album cover doesn’t match the type of music that comes to mind. Each song is so different, middle eastern notes, Indian, a few tracks that sound a bit rappish.

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

There’s no other band like ABBA. Such pure music.

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Legendary

One World

John Martyn

1/5

Musical note brat, vocal is some raspy

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

2/5

Good beat, some explicit language

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

1/5

Artwork on album fits the music

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

2/5

Circus type sound in beginning of songs and changed to darker notes.

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

3/5

Good album, story telling in the lyrics and background music choice is great.

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

Simple Minds

3/5

So 80’s!

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

5/5

Brilliant choice of instruments! Great band and album for originality!

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

1/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

Relaxing music, no vocals.

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

4/5

Enjoyed the album and the different blends of music.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Singing sounds forced.

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

One of the greatest British Rock/Punk Bands. Train in Vain (Stand by Me) timeless!

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

1/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Enjoyed the horns, culture of the album.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

5/5

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

2/5

Such unique vocals, not their best album.

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Great 1st album for 1960’s rock’n roll, with bluesy notes.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

Words are clear and can be understood, story-like telling album.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Heard of this band but never listened to them, great album and enjoyed the variety of music. Sweet Sweet is great.

The Doors

1/5

Odd

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

5/5

One of the most beautiful albums I’ve heard. The musical notes are well done and voice is beautiful!

A Northern Soul

The Verve

3/5

Enjoyed album, good band vocals and music notes

The Band

4/5

Great Southern Rock Band!

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

Love Johnny Cash’s voice, album sounds like one nearing end of life.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Not a fan of rap but this is a good album.

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

3/5

Night Life

Ray Price

3/5

Good old fashion country music album.

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

Upbeat album, le freak is such a masterpiece!

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Variety of sounds, pop, funk and rap.

Rocks

Aerosmith

3/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Nice bluesy southern rock album.

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

How did I not hear this album before now!?

LP1

FKA twigs

4/5

Such a beautiful voice! Album cover not so beautiful.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Not really a rap listener, but this is one of the best rap bands I’ve heard.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Such a distinct voice. Dolly could sing any song and have it come through with such emotion. Title of album, song is so powerful!

Ramones

2/5

Song tunes are all very similar.

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

1/5

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

1/5

Odd

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Os Mutantes

3/5

Fun album to listen too, definitely can tell it’s an album of the late 60’s. Enjoyed the foreign language vocals.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

Punkish futuristic sounds for 1980 album.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

5/5

Such a beautiful, soulful singer. The powerful emotion in his voice and lyrics. He deserves the title of king.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

4/5

Such a great 80’s rock album.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

2/5

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

2/5

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

2/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

1/5

Precursor to screamo music?

Suzanne Vega

3/5

Poetic singer

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

2/5

Guero

Beck

4/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

S&M

Metallica

4/5

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra makes this album great. Not a huge Metallica fan but this album is worth listening too!

Roxy Music

1/5

Album cover doesn’t match voice of singer.

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

3/5

Beautiful voice.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Like the funk factor in this album.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Enjoyed the freshness and gospel-like sound of her voice. Loved Son of a Preacher Man!

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

1/5

Weird

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

4/5

Enjoyed the variety of music notes and styles. Wide variety and not mundane.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

2/5

Sister

Sonic Youth

1/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

Love the album cover. Great heavy metal-rock album.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

3/5

New Forms

Roni Size

2/5

Somewhat techno with tracks all being very similar with beat. Too many songs on the album - 53!!!

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Beautiful soulful voice.

Roots

Sepultura

1/5

Listening Notes: Too much screaming. A few of the instrumental tracks were refreshing to the ears.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

2/5

Culture album

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

2/5

Psychedelic sounds of the 60's album, groovy baby!

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

3/5

Gorillaz

3/5

Like the variety of music on this album

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Beautiful voice and lovely album.

Hms Fable

Shack

3/5

Enjoyed the melody of the album and the acoustic guitar

White Denim

4/5

Great album for road trips!

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

Garbage

5/5

Beautiful voice, different genre than the albums listened to so far.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

The best Elton John album recorded.

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Rock-n-Roll at its finest!

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

2/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

2/5

1989

Taylor Swift

5/5

So many great songs on this album.

Truth

Jeff Beck

2/5

First time hearing Jeff Beck and such a unique voice Rod Stewart has. Great guitar riffs.

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

Really enjoyed the cultural notes of this album, very curious to what the words translate into English, adds a mysterious element to the album.

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

2/5

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

1/5

Harmonica is nice but talk like singing tone is awful.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

Mellow songs, melancholy with spiritual sounds

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

2/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

2/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

1/5

Piano notes off, too much randomness on instruments being played.

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

1/5

Songs are too much like talking with music in background, difficult to understand what song is. Out of tune, no melody at all.

Fragile

Yes

4/5

Enjoyed the bands upbeat musical notes and rhythm.

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

3/5

Love the album cover. Enjoyed the mellowness of the music and similar Paul McCartney-like sounds on some of the songs.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

1/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Spiderland

Slint

1/5

Too much screaming in a few songs and hard to understand what is said in the lyrics.

Miriam Makeba

5/5

Such a beautiful voice and album. Enjoyed the cultural language sung in this album, very sweet sounds.

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

2/5

Enjoyed guitar notes

Raw Power

The Stooges

1/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

This should be on the list of 1001 albums not to listen too. He says niggahs and bitches so many f’n times… geez!

Tago Mago

Can

4/5

Music variety is wild, enjoyed the variety of notes

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

3/5

Like the music beat and edginess of songs

Berlin

Lou Reed

1/5

Songs sound too much alike

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Such a distinct singer, great rock n roll band.

1999

Prince

3/5

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

2/5

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

1/5

Foo Fighters

4/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

2/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

Not a big fan of Bob Dylan’s style of singing but this album is the best one he has produced.

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Beautiful, soulful singer, J’ai fait tout is a mysteriously lovely song

Pump

Aerosmith

4/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

Somber

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

2/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

1/5

Ish

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

Interesting sound, alternative music for the 80’s, makes me want to listen to more albums from this band.

Different Class

Pulp

1/5

Pervy

Tommy

The Who

2/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

3/5

The more I listen to Bob Dylan, the more I like him.

Sulk

The Associates

1/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Great southern rock band

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

3/5

Enjoyed the percussion, horns and saxophone, lyric free album.

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

2/5

Different… raspy, smokers voice.

Snivilisation

Orbital

2/5

Very techno

Funeral

Arcade Fire

2/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

Love the upbeat sound of this album!

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

2/5

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3/5

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Enjoy the melody and music notes.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Title song is masterful. Great band behind this album.

Blur

2/5

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

1/5

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

2/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

5/5

Great music and vocal harmony, takes us back to earlier times. This type of music needs to make a comeback!

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

Somewhat melancholy, but many great songs on this album.

Phrenology

The Roots

1/5

Why?

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

2/5

Interesting

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

Beautiful romantic album

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

5/5

What an icon, beautiful voice, backup vocals and band

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

3/5

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

Good album if going through a break-up. Enjoyed the music style, indie, blues, country vibes.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

1/5

Too much yelling, not music really.

Rage Against The Machine

1/5

So much rage, fits the title of album

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

2/5

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

4/5

So poetic, if a book could sing, this is album comes across that way.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

Doolittle

Pixies

1/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

One of the greatest disco voices of the 70’s. Tracks 9-12 great for exercising.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Suede

1/5

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

2/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Scissor Sisters

3/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Masterpiece

Bad

Michael Jackson

3/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

1/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Brilliant!

Palo Congo

Sabu

1/5

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

3/5

Dirty

Sonic Youth

3/5

Led Zeppelin

2/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

2/5

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

1/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Such fenominal music from only 3 band members.

My Generation

The Who

2/5

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

2/5

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

2/5

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

4/5

Type of album where music and voice of Mark Hollis draws you in to another dimension.

Kala

M.I.A.

2/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

2/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

5 stars just for novelty alone!

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

The Last Broadcast

Doves

4/5

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

4/5

Mystical sounding album

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

1/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

3/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

1/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

The more I hear of his albums, the more I enjoy the poetic style of his songs.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

2/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

1/5

Filth

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

3/5

Beautiful voice

American Idiot

Green Day

3/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

3/5

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

4/5

Album explores a different dimension

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

3/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

The Visitors

ABBA

3/5

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

3/5

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

Bert Jansch

2/5

The Score

Fugees

1/5

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

2/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

What a refreshing album, very much enjoyed the upbeat music of the Irish! Never heard of this band and not what I was expecting based on the name of the album.

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

2/5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

Joan Armatrading

3/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse