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Album	You	Global	Diff
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive Merle Haggard	5	2.85	+2.15
Kimono My House Sparks	5	3.06	+1.94
1989 Taylor Swift	5	3.27	+1.73
Music in Exile Songhoy Blues	5	3.33	+1.67
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	5	3.35	+1.65
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson	5	3.35	+1.65
25 Adele	5	3.36	+1.64
Dusty In Memphis Dusty Springfield	5	3.47	+1.53
Queen II Queen	5	3.49	+1.51
Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash	5	3.49	+1.51

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	1	3.61	-2.61
Stankonia OutKast	1	3.55	-2.55
Violent Femmes Violent Femmes	1	3.5	-2.5
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	1	3.42	-2.42
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	1	3.35	-2.35
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) Motörhead	1	3.06	-2.06
Maxinquaye Tricky	1	3.04	-2.04
E.V.O.L. Sonic Youth	1	2.89	-1.89
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Mudhoney	1	2.84	-1.84
In Rainbows Radiohead	2	3.84	-1.84

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I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

5/5

Now, you’re talking!

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4-Star Albums (23)

1-Star Albums (10)

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Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

5/5

Sultry, nightclub

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

1/5

Repetitive synthesizer music

Stankonia

OutKast

1/5

Intense, angry-sounding

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Interesting, spooky

Adele

5/5

What a voice!

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Bluesy disco, repetitive

Abraxas

Santana

5/5

Cheerful, easy on the ear

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Half country half rock

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Some very pleasant, and some explicit rap

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

Pleasant and mildly electronic

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Sounds like he was just noodling around while high

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Synthesizer pop, pleasant, but can be repetitive

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

What a talent!

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

Jaded lyrics, but fresh sound

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

1/5

Repetitive synthesizer, music and explicit lyrics

Maxinquaye

Tricky

1/5

Sultry background music for a nightclub party, where everybody’s high

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

Very interesting for a heavy rock album

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

5/5

Rousing and fresh!

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

Brit-pop with familiar chord progressions; mildly nasal singer

The Real Thing

Faith No More

2/5

Phonetic, driven rhythms; cartoon-like voice

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

4/5

Very peaceful and interesting; surprisingly, not at all similar to the beach boys

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Easier to listen to, and musically better than others in this genre

Queen II

Queen

5/5

Roxy Music

4/5

Odd but fun

Cross

Justice

2/5

Sounds like jump rope songs

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

What a genius!

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

2/5

Screaming and headbanging

Paris 1919

John Cale

4/5

Very interesting and poetic…I like the orchestral influences.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Brilliant! What a rare combination of gifts!

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

What a fabulous, poet and songwriter, but who told him he could sing, John Prine?

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Terrific!

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

1/5

This one was painful to listen to.

Caetano Veloso

4/5

Interesting rhythms and melodies

1989

Taylor Swift

5/5

Fresh and energizing; clever lyrics

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

3/5

Sometimes sounds a bit like Elton John; weird lyrics

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

4/5

Kimono My House

Sparks

5/5

Fresh, fun, and an amazing vocal range

The Coral

3/5

Interesting, but a bit repetitive

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Sounds like a call and answer; cool rhythm and sounds but a bit repetitive

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

This is the best!

Thriller

Michael Jackson

3/5

Very talented musician; it is just hard to separate his behavior from his musicianship.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

4/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Groundbreaking!

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

Great, blues, just not particularly relaxing to listen to

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

Brilliant! What a crime shame she died so young.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

1/5

The guy screamed himself hoarse. Sounds like you are in a train that is crashing.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

5/5

Now you’re talking!

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

This is the rare songwriter who truly is also a poet!

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

3/5

Violent Femmes

1/5

Occasionally, the guitar work was interesting, but other than that, there are no redeeming features.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

Thank you for calling my attention to this album!

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

3/5

Nice, but the beat is too dominant.

The Stone Roses

4/5

Really nicely done

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

Interesting listening

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

2/5

This collection seems rather heavy on British rock from around 1990. A lot of it sounds the same.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

1/5

A flushing toilet makes more interesting sounds.

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

5/5

Now, you’re talking!

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2/5

Sounds anxious or antsy and yet repetitive.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

1/5

Everyone likes different types of music, but only their lovers or mothers could possibly pretend to like this!

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

4/5

Really good, but I like some of the Crosby Stills Nash and Young work better.

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

2/5

Pleasant background music, but all the tracks sound the same.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

The lyrics are lame, but this has very nice instrumentals and vocals.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

5/5

Beautiful!

Black Sabbath

4/5

Interesting and innovative; good choice for today to mark Ozzy Osbourne‘s passing.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

This style of jazz is puzzling to me because it doesn’t seem to go anywhere melodically, but it is nice background music.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

2/5

Some intriguing rhythms/sounds, but rap just sounds so monotonous to me.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

What a voice!

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Some of these songs are a bit boring, but some are refreshing, especially “Light“.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Very enjoyable music. Another sad loss of a young artist.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

If you can produce songs like Down by the Seaside, Boogie with Stu, and Bron-Yr-Aur, why would you make those other noises?