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Album	You	Global	Diff
Southern Rock Opera Drive-By Truckers	5	2.82	+2.18
Fragile Yes	5	3.32	+1.68
Third Soft Machine	4	2.43	+1.57
Reggatta De Blanc The Police	5	3.45	+1.55
Superunknown Soundgarden	5	3.66	+1.34
Da Capo Love	4	2.81	+1.19
Apocalypse Dudes Turbonegro	4	2.9	+1.1
Who's Next The Who	5	3.91	+1.09
Signing Off UB40	4	2.97	+1.03
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) Loretta Lynn	4	2.97	+1.03

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Homework Daft Punk	1	3.29	-2.29
Architecture And Morality Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	1	3.05	-2.05
Disintegration The Cure	2	3.85	-1.85
Our Aim Is To Satisfy Red Snapper	1	2.74	-1.74
90 808 State	1	2.69	-1.69
She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper	2	3.48	-1.48
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	2	3.47	-1.47
Play Moby	2	3.47	-1.47
Stardust Willie Nelson	2	3.4	-1.4
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	2	3.35	-1.35

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	4	4.5
The Who	4	4.25

5-Star Albums (9)

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Signing Off

UB40

4/5

Didn’t realize what a solid reggae band they were

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1-Star Albums (4)

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Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Have never been a big fan of Dylan's music. Was already famiiar with several of these songs. Knowing the background of this album now, though, I found all the songs more affecting than they were in the past.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

5/5

As great an album as when I first heard it in 1979.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

An amazingly rockin' album. The weakest points are the jams; 13mins on "sex machine" is particularly belabored. Otherwise, a fantastic album.

My Generation

The Who

4/5

A unique sound for the time. Hits hard in many areas. Sounds way different from the Stones and Beatles at the time, maybe even much different than the Yardbirds. It even sounds like an influence on Jimi Hendrix' early work.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

First time hearing this album. Didn't meet my expectations; despite the modern beats and approaches, this is truly a jazz vocalist's album. Interesting layered arrangements. Enjoyed it.

Elephant

The White Stripes

3/5

My first exposure to a full White Stripes album. A few good cuts, but overall I'm not really into it.

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

3/5

First time hearing a Kid Rock album. It definitely hits hard and has a lot of influences I recognize: Rage Against the Machine, Alice in Chains, and early RHCP. Lyrically amusing, but it’s all a bit manic for my tastes.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

2/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

2/5

Too heavy, too manic

Cross

Justice

2/5

Somewhat accessible, but too much dance club noise

The Blueprint

JAY Z

4/5

Surprisingly, for me, really du gtgis album. Some very soulful sounds and sampling.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

An okay album.

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

2/5

Much too stylish for me. Meh

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

2/5

Some good grooves; however, in general, a bit too experimental for me.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

Fantastic guitar tones. I didn’t realize until hearing this album how much of a two lead guitar band TL was.

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

1/5

Too much electronic drum and soft sounds.

Da Capo

Love

4/5

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Probably the most cohesive awesome album by Santana. Always worth a listen.

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

4/5

Old school rap. A lot of great funk on this.

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

4/5

Great album. I can see where this is the start of "folk rock".

Risque

CHIC

2/5

Too much commercial disco/soul music for me. Can't get enough of "Good Times" though.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Definitely has a Pink Floyd feel. A few great songs, but the rest seem a bit noodley.

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

4/5

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

4/5

Fantastic thrash rock album. If I'd heard this when it came out, my musical tastes might've been greatly altered.

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

Classic album

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

Fantastic vocal stylings and band arrangements.

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

2/5

While I can get into his lyrics, I can’t take a whole album of spoken word singing. The late-80s synth and e-dryms don’t help either

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Really nice stuff, but it all starts sounding the same. I can’t imagine someone buying this record and playing it on repeat.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

Neat pop music. A bit too synth-ey in places for me.

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Just can't get into Springsteen. Especially when thinking about this being written and recorded after 9/11, it just feels like I'm being hit over the head with most of the songs.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Awesome stuff. Great voice and harmonies. Great guitars.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Great album, but for some reason one that I'm not into

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Great grooves here. For me, though, it suffers from the soundtrack issue of "interstitial" songs. "Do Your Thing" is a great groove that turns into an Allman Brothers jam.

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

3/5

Some great tunes

Guero

Beck

4/5

Awesome grooves.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Great album, but some of Sir Paul's pop aesthetic is not what I'm looking for.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

A great Hifi album

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Signing Off

UB40

4/5

Didn’t realize what a solid reggae band they were

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

3/5

Some good grooves. Reminds me of Charlatans UK. A bit repetitive.

The Joshua Tree

4/5

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

3/5

A bit too much G-funk for me

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

2/5

Too much noise

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Awesome grooves and a lot of soul.

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

4/5

Great great album!

Ray Of Light

Madonna

3/5

Enjoyed the techno beats but at some point it all sounds like the same spacey ballads

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Another awesome album, full of doo wop, soul, and Motown influences

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

4/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

As much as I enjoy Mingus, this one's difficult for me to access. Maybe if I listened several more times?

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

4/5

Great rootsy punk

Eternally Yours

The Saints

4/5

Kick ass punk rock. Sorry I didn’t hear it back in the day

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Amazing first album for a band

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Interesting music. Can definitely hear influences on most rock of the early 90s, from Smashing Pumpkins to Drive By Truckers

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

4/5

John Prine

4/5

Great easy listening album.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

Metallica

4/5

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

4/5

Great “live” album. Fun listen

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

3/5

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

3/5

Some good moments. Starts to sound a bit the same throughout

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Some great grooves. Solid original “non gangster” hip hop

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

3/5

Dark stuff but entrancing

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Great late60s album

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Bombastic indeed. A variation on Springsteen-style NJ rock

Slayed?

Slade

3/5

Solid 70s rock album

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3/5

Nice mix. Some duds. Good flow of one song to next

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

3/5

Hits hard. Great great rock grooves

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

Strong. Classic Ellington

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

3/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Nothing but top notch Soul

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

A few solid tunes, but mostly sounds like SD was feeling out what they’d like to to be as a band.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

Lots of great highlights on this album, but it bogs down a bit in places.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

4/5

Cool jangly stuff. Sounds like an influence to Let’s Active

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Essential blues. One of the best.

Tracy Chapman

3/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

2/5

Some good moments, but ultimately a bit boring for me

Headquarters

The Monkees

3/5

Good example of their original work.

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

3/5

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

4/5

Fantastic album

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

1/5

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

2/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

4/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Third

Soft Machine

4/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

Liquid Swords

GZA

2/5

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

2/5

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

2/5

4/5

3/5

4/5

R.E.M.

3/5

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

2/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

4/5

Great songs. Sometimes gets a bit outside

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

3/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

2/5

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

3/5

Interesting vocals and music. This is a 4 if I’m in the right mood

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

Loretta Lynn

4/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

3/5

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

3/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Dare!

The Human League

2/5

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

3/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

Solid jazz tuneage

Play

Moby

2/5

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

All Mod Cons

The Jam

4/5

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

4/5

Pretenders

4/5

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

Van Halen

4/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Pump

Aerosmith

3/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

The Band

4/5

Tommy

The Who

4/5

1984

Van Halen

4/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Boston

4/5

New Forms

Roni Size

2/5

Garbage

3/5

Close To The Edge

Yes

3/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Homework

Daft Punk

1/5

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

4/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

808 State

1/5

Disintegration

The Cure

2/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Excellent reggae from the master

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

4/5

Amazing record. Ramones meets Judas Priest and Lynyrd Skynyrd

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

Solid afro-funk

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Top-notch early rock

Low-Life

New Order

2/5

Among The Living

Anthrax

2/5

A few interesting riffs, but I can’t get on board with the speed metal

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

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

David Bowie

4/5

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

Would be a 4 if not for extended jam songs

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

5/5

Fragile

Yes

5/5

The Doors

4/5

Overall a strong classic rock album. To me, "The End" is ponderous and takes away from it.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

2/5