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Album	You	Global	Diff
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	4	2.29	+1.71
Haunted Dancehall The Sabres Of Paradise	4	2.37	+1.63
We Are Family Sister Sledge	5	3.48	+1.52
Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash	5	3.49	+1.51
1984 Van Halen	5	3.51	+1.49
The Wildest! Louis Prima	5	3.53	+1.47
Fear and Whiskey Mekons	4	2.61	+1.39
The Score Fugees	5	3.69	+1.31
Yank Crime Drive Like Jehu	4	2.7	+1.3
Moondance Van Morrison	5	3.71	+1.29

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Joshua Tree U2	1	3.67	-2.67
All That You Can't Leave Behind U2	1	2.98	-1.98
Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar	1	2.83	-1.83
In Utero Nirvana	2	3.83	-1.83
Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club	2	3.65	-1.65
Young Americans David Bowie	2	3.62	-1.62
In A Silent Way Miles Davis	2	3.61	-1.61
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	2	3.57	-1.57
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	2	3.44	-1.44
Tres Hombres ZZ Top	2	3.42	-1.42

5-Star Albums (15)

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Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

3/5

Sunday morning music, wasn't really hitting on Thursday . Felt a little repetitive but it's still Billie holiday

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1-Star Albums (4)

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My Generation

The Who

4/5

More diverse than I thought it'd be. Loved the blues covers

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

4/5

Amazing soniscape and mixing. James Taylor has always been the quiet delicate fire and rain guy in my head, steamroller blues and others showed me he has more to offer.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

5/5

Unbelievable vocals. The rest of the album could be dogs barking and still be 5 stars with judy blue eyes and helplessly hoping the only tracks

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

I enjoyed how a portion of the songs carried on the same melody. Can't unsee all the drummer hate though

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

Fun. The hits I knew were fun, the rest seemed a little dated

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

An absolute classic. 2014 road trip solidified that for me. 6er and hot dogs and whiskey every night. The cacophony of sounds before breathe is great

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

Was a bit distracted for this listen but I loooove funk

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

4/5

Dreamy grunge. Liked it alot

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

4/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

Trippy, cool experimental moments but ultimately not something I feel the need to revisit

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

4/5

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

Wasn't fully in the right headspace for this one, but I can tell it's a great album even if it's outside of my typical tastes/preferences.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

Great boom bap. Felt dated initially but there were a couple runs of rhymes that turned me around on that opinion

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

4/5

Trippy. Rock jazz? I liked it more than I expected knowing how weird he can be and is

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

3/5

Blues country? Idk what the genre was but it was nice

1984

Van Halen

5/5

Banger after banger, then the last two songs dip slightly. Yes there are more technical, more thoughtful albums but this one is just too fun. Still reminds me of driving too fast in my dad's tundra

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

4/5

Can't tell if I really liked this just to spite my friends after they said to skip all jazz or not, but it made cooking a blast. So interesting when you give it full attention and don't get mad when it's abrupt or chaotic or nonsensical or any other jazz hater descriptor

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

Good, but it ain't no speaking in tongues

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

2/5

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

2/5

Felt like a mellencamp/Springsteen ripoff with country added in. Songs were good and I liked the lyrical content more than typical for country, but I couldn't get past the 80s sounds

LP1

FKA twigs

4/5

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

Solid album from my childhood. The playful narrations kept the main theme of fun going throughought

The Visitors

ABBA

4/5

Buena Vista Social Club

2/5

Foo Fighters

3/5

The Doors

3/5

Not really big on the organs, still had some all time songs that carried it for my

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

Holy shit that's an album. Anyone got some blow?

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Better than I thought. Bob Dylan never was my favorite but I enjoyed this album a lot. His songwriting does capture you if you sit and listen for more than a song

Young Americans

David Bowie

2/5

Don't think I'm a bowie guy

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

All time making breakfast on a Sunday album

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Fun, reminiscent of rilo kiley

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

2/5

Felt like an Elliot smith cover band at times. I'll fully admit I wasn't giving this album full attention though at time of listening

Hypnotised

The Undertones

3/5

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

2/5

Punk origins and what I imagine was a pretty unique sound at the time

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Was really surprised how much I liked this one. The fun he's having can be heard. Probably didn't hurt my scoring that I was driving up to a day of powder skiing while playing hooky from work

The Rise & Fall

Madness

2/5

Eh.

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

3/5

Trippy. Some really surprising and interesting soundscapes. Would get a higher rating if I was stoned but alas I wasn't at time of lustening

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Really dreamy, flowed nicely as a cohesive album instead of a list of songs if that makes any sense. Do you realize is always pretty

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Fun album that faltered a bit in the middle

Permission to Land

The Darkness

4/5

Fun all the way

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

4/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

Not a big PJ guy but it's hard to deny that this album has some bangers. And I know bangers

Calenture

The Triffids

2/5

Every song to me was in the B- to B+ range, and the whole didn't outperform the sun of its parts

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

4/5

Debut

Björk

3/5

Interesting. I liked the first half and lost my weird appreciation a little on the back half

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Risque

CHIC

3/5

Good groove to it. Stats string and then fades of alittle

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

4/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

Konnichiwa

Skepta

4/5

Not big on hip hop, but enjoyed the British delivery and interwoven skits. Is skits the right word? Idk idc

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

I mean, it's Bob Marley.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

2/5

It's zz top. , and there aren't really any surprises to what that meant to me already

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

3/5

Reminded me of Courtney Barnett. Honest lyrics and stripped down sound were enjoyable

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

3/5

It was ok, wasn't really in the best headspace for a thorough listen

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Alexa, play Billy Joel 100 percent volume

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

2/5

Not bobs best

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Love tribe, such dependable boom bap. Great sampling and interludes

Miriam Makeba

4/5

I will probably never listen to this album again but man is it pretty

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

4/5

Antlers Hospice did it better

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Pretenders

3/5

New York Dolls

3/5

Decent early punk sound

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

3/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

3/5

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

3/5

Sunday morning music, wasn't really hitting on Thursday . Felt a little repetitive but it's still Billie holiday

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Pretty pretay pretayyyyu great. Diverse styles and paces throughout

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

4/5

Reminded me of hackers. I like hackers

The Score

Fugees

5/5

Only listened to 2/3 of it, but its still 5 stars even if the last 1/3 was just fart noises or something like that

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

2/5

Eh, it had moments but I feel like I wasn't surprised after song 1

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

4/5

Pretty cool punk/concept album. Slow start but had me by the end.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

I mean duh

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Very pleasant. Like Ben folds or Billy Joel but with a bigger sound

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

This is a 5 star album even if it was only 4 songs long. Timeless

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

3/5

Mixing struck me as a little flat, but I was surprised by the quality of the songs nonetheless. Not sure I needed an hr 17 min of Aguilera runs tho

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5

The start of new sad boy. I wanted more diversity from the songs though

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

It was ok, felt like a wannabe talking heads early on but found it's way in the back half

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Highly unique and nostalgic. Casino pulaski breaks my heart every time

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Love Sam Cooke,.missing a few hits but great performance

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3/5

Metallica

5/5

So many bangers. Not even a metal guy but you can tell it's top of its class

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Ananda Shankar

1/5

Meh. Don't think sitar is my jam

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Low on the ella list

I See You

The xx

2/5

Their first EP better be on the list if this one is

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Far more enjoyable than I anticipated. Felt very cohesive as an album

Fragile

Yes

2/5

Cool concept album at times but ultimately not my thing. Roundabout is great regardless

Spiderland

Slint

3/5

The Joshua Tree

1/5

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

3/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

4/5

Love the flow. Very nice subtle shifting through nice melodic songs

American Pie

Don McLean

3/5

Decent album, a little delicate for my taste but very pleasant for Sunday morning coffee

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Very 90s, very good.

Snivilisation

Orbital

3/5

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Night Life

Ray Price

2/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

4/5

Grew on my throughout. Decent staying power despite also very obviously being a little older

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

Holy shit this is bad.

2112

Rush

4/5

Seamless transitions, unique vocals, awesome pace throughout

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

I'll never forget my high school shop teacher stopping class to announce that this album was a must listen. This was roughly 2004. I agree with Mr. perry

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Another album I really liked but will unlikely ever hear again just because of my typical genres unfortunately. Nice groove throughout

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

5/5

The Niles Rodgers involvement can be heard often and I love it.

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

Fun, and nostalgic to when I realized how much music was out there to discover

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

The Libertines

2/5

What the artic monkeys would sound like if they sucked

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

So damn good. A staple growing up as my dad loved them, the A side is perfect

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

2/5

All That You Can't Leave Behind

1/5

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

4/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

Franz Ferdinand

2/5

Fairly monotonous, no doubting take me out is a bop though

Vulnicura

Björk

2/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

I knew I'd like the album, but had no idea I already knew and enjoyed damn near every song on the album. Iconic!

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

Good tunes, about what I expected from the dead. Still don't fully get it

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

This album surprised me. The first few songs blended together, but not in a good way. Vocals were very distinct and interesting throughout, but something about the pace won me over starting around song 3 or 4, it just kept doubling down and it worked

In Utero

Nirvana

2/5

A solid listen, but in my opinion inferior to nevermind

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

Groovy baby

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

Smooth operator and hang on are great! Sade has an inherent coolness that makes you feel cool listening, and then there you are being all cool with a cool head bob on your cool commute, crushing it

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

Boston

4/5

Os Mutantes

4/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Talking heads adjacent with some Bowie, but for me not the rights parts to put them on that level.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

Fever Ray

3/5

Third

Soft Machine

2/5

Too much prog rock on this list

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

2/5

Subpar compared to the rest of the era and genre

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

2/5

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

4/5

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Eh, another album with some nice songs but ultimately to dated sounding for me

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

I like this one, right amount of tempo and aggression, like the garage house sound from this era

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

4/5

Wayyyyyy good, I like the intermixing of proper soul/funk, with some foundational hip hop tracks. I think they knew they had something, but a full hip hop album was not ready to be accepted yet

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

4/5

Elvis Presley

3/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

If I liked Smashing pumpkins more, I think this would be great, but I tire of Billy's voice sometimes and so it's just a run of the mill 3 for me. There are some timeless songs on here though