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Album	You	Global	Diff
Pump Aerosmith	5	3.11	+1.89
Close To You Carpenters	5	3.11	+1.89
Fragile Yes	5	3.31	+1.69
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears The Mamas & The Papas	5	3.42	+1.58
Aja Steely Dan	5	3.46	+1.54
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles	5	3.49	+1.51
1984 Van Halen	5	3.51	+1.49
So Peter Gabriel	5	3.55	+1.45
Boston Boston	5	3.71	+1.29
Bad Michael Jackson	5	3.81	+1.19

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
System Of A Down System Of A Down	1	3.26	-2.26
Winter In America Gil Scott-Heron	1	3.25	-2.25
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	2	3.9	-1.9
Medúlla Björk	1	2.72	-1.72
Orbital 2 Orbital	1	2.7	-1.7
Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan	2	3.64	-1.64
Penthouse And Pavement Heaven 17	1	2.62	-1.62
Boy In Da Corner Dizzee Rascal	1	2.57	-1.57
Stankonia OutKast	2	3.55	-1.55

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Popular Reviews

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

Its the Beatles...but not one of their best. Sadly, because they are the Beatles, they get judged against themselves.

1 likes

Movies

Holger Czukay

2/5

Meh

1 likes

1-Star Albums (9)

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

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Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

Classic late 80s synth-pop. Like plainsong (big orchestration) and Proayers For Rain. Think I probably hear Love Song a million times in the late 80s' early 90s

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

2/5

Wow...I respect all that he has done but to me, this album was difficult to listen to. Although I still love Danny Boy, Desperado, and many of the others on this album I think his voice is more applicable to some of his earlier work. I do think it is fate (or Cash looking down on us) that the album today was by Cash. 🐕‍🦺

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Oddly appealing. Of course everyone knows/likes Praise You but the remainder of the album is just different enough from what I normally listen to such that it was...oddly appealing...

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

Smooth as silk! Love this album...classic early 70's R&B with just a touch of funk. This album and this group certainly set the path for the groups that followed them.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

Nope, never again. Can I get that hour back?

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Featuring the 'Queen of Rock', this album captures the world of the late '60s. With JJs unique voice (*Always* powerful) and the rest of the Big Brother and the Holding Company supporting her (love the purposefully (?) out of key guitars, you can hear/feel their passion for the music. Piece of My Heart is a classic and I really like the Turtle Blues. Really like this album.

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

3/5

Jerry Lee, one of the pioneers of the early days of rock-n-roll, found something that works (High energy, faster tempo, piano-based blues) and stuck with it...over and over and over again. Everyone's 'best of the oldies' playlists needs to have at least one of his songs...but not more than one. Fun to listen to for sure and makes you tap your toe and maybe even get up and dance. Very enjoyable.

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Love this album if for no other reason in that it reminds me of the mid 70's. Her voice is appealing (to me) and her drummer plays *exactly* what I would have played if I were recording with her. No song really sticks out as a highlight but there were no songs that I didn't enjoy. Glad to have listened to this one, for sure.

Pump

Aerosmith

5/5

Aerosmith, with their more 'refined' sound of the late '80s. Layers upon layers of instrumentation (i.e., Love in an Elevator) plus that classic voice. And really, there are so many hits on this album it is like a greatest hits collection. If I were to pick a 'pop rock' album that defined this time period, this is it!

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

5/5

Love the band! And Ray Charles is, like Johnny Cash, an iconic voice that helps to define American music over the last century. Simply LOVE this album. A bit mellow with orchestration but still brings a smile.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Very much 80's synth...meh

Peter Gabriel

5/5

First CD I ever purchased (in 1986) and IMHO it still sounds current. Love the different compositions but my favorite is still probably Don't Give Up.

System Of A Down

1/5

Don't get it...don't want to

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Not his best stuff but still a nice mix of Genesis sounding stuff while PG gets out on his own.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Meh...OK, I guess. Wouldn't go out of my way to listen to this again

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Black Hole Sun is still one of my favorite songs from this era. This is a classic from the grunge era.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

Meh, nothing great, nothing too bad.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

5/5

Classic '60s sound with the harmonies etc... Love this!

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

2/5

Very repetitive. Like their sound but the language barrier is a challenge.

1984

Van Halen

5/5

If you like guitar-oriented album rock, this is for you. Superior musicianship across the board and clever, albeit juvenile, lyrics that extol the virtues of that rock musician lifestyle. I feel like they were able to capture a live rock sound/show/energy in a studio album.

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Like how much 'sound' they can produce with just 2 people. Also love the way that their songs are all just a bit different.

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

1/5

Nope.

Eternally Yours

The Saints

4/5

Early punk/pop...enjoyed this.

Stankonia

OutKast

2/5

...kept waiting for " Hey Ya"

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

This album gets 4 stars just for having Bittersweet Symphony!

Suede

3/5

Average early 90's British (?) rock.

No Other

Gene Clark

3/5

Sorta generic, mellow, early 70's music. I don't here the passion that I hope for.

The Band

4/5

Classic album by classic band. Hard to believe that was 1969!!!

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

When people 'complain' about the music of the 70s only being disco, this album, along with Boston and Foreigner, are the albums that I bring up to let everyone know that there is a great deal of non disco-based music that cam out in the late 70s.

Close To You

Carpenters

5/5

Simply "THE VOICE". Never be another one like her....additionally, as a young drummer this was the first group where I could play along...extra points for that!

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

2/5

One work...interesting. For the most part is it just noise but putting it all together it is...interesting

Aja

Steely Dan

5/5

Another late 70's classic. And with the addition of Steve Gadd on the drums, this is really about as good as it gets for what we now classify as Yacht rock.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Like their sound, and the layers within the songs.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Like the music and the compositions but the voice is starting to grate on me...maybe a double album is a bit too much.

Street Life

The Crusaders

3/5

OK... nothing more, nothing less

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

Its the Beatles...but not one of their best. Sadly, because they are the Beatles, they get judged against themselves.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

2/5

Classic Dylan. Like it and love the fact that he cares about the lyrics in his own mid-60s style.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Like Thelonious Monk and his cast of all-star musicians on this album. He is, obviously, a virtuoso and his playing goes from lyrical and melodic, to chaotic and all over the place, often from bar to bar. Not 'easy' to listen to but it is enjoyable in the be-bop, late 50's jazz style.

Fragile

Yes

5/5

What a great sound they produce . Classified as progressive rock (due to the odd time signatures?) the band is one of the classics of the progressive rock movement. And Jon Anderson's voice is a unique masterpiece.

Lost Souls

Doves

3/5

Its OK. Nothing great, nothing too bad. Like the instrumentals more than the songs with lyrics

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

4/5

Nice...

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Yep, this is about as good as it gets in this Genre.

Garbage

3/5

The songs all start to sound the same....just a tab bit too much distortion

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Not really my style...

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

Marvin Gaye's take on some classic 'soul' hits. Love the voice but I kep expecting to hear the 'original' version of the songs

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

Simply the best pop of his era.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

Gotta love ZZTop in all their guitar-based glory!

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Where is "Come on Eileen"??????

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

1/5

NO!

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

4/5

Love her voice, what a range. We all know Beautiful but I'm really a fan of Cruz

Metallica

4/5

Yep, Its Metallica.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

The Boss!

The Grand Tour

George Jones

2/5

Old country...not so much a fan.

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

1/5

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

3/5

Lots of 'catchy' pop hooks. Like the female's lead voice. Maybe a bit Synth-heavy for my tastes but still enjoyed listening to this album

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

Love it...organ jazz!

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

2/5

Not good, not bad...

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Disco kings/queens, for sure!

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

Like the rhythm ...but they all started to sound very similar

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Classic

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Never heard of them before but I really like the sound and the difference between songs.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Like the lead singer's voice. Also like the chord progressions across the album

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

Love the sound.

Medúlla

Björk

1/5

NO!

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Hey, it's Sinatra

Sulk

The Associates

2/5

Not really my style...very repetitive sounding

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Smooth....

The Specials

2/5

- meh -

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

Purple

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

He makes it sound so easy.

Hypnotised

The Undertones

3/5

early 80's

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

British rock

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

All time classic

Suicide

1/5

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

4/5

Really like this!

War

3/5

early U@ before they were as 'polished'

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

3/5

smooth sound

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

2/5

Boring

Low

David Bowie

3/5

Bowie, meh

Orbital 2

Orbital

1/5

No!

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Come on Eileen

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

2/5

Sounds like the synch-related 80's

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2/5

Too much Piano :-)

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

1/5

Not my cup of tea

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

3/5

Sounds like the B-52s.

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

2/5

Average at best...

Queen II

Queen

4/5

Sounds like Queen...

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Just for Bohemian Rhapsody

Movies

Holger Czukay

2/5

Meh

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

Like it!

Nixon

Lambchop

3/5

A bit too mellow

Boston

5/5

Really, doesn't get much better

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Great post-Beatles work by McCartny

Celebrity Skin

Hole

4/5

Liked this more than I thought I would.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Its ok...

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Not my style...but OK

I See You

The xx

3/5

Enjoyed this

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Love this! Generational music...changed the sounds of music.

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

4/5

Gets a 4 just for Birdland!

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Typical Offspring...a bit fast and furious

Tommy

The Who

4/5

Truly a rock classic.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

Great stuff from that era...

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Meh