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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
|
5 | 3.04 | +1.96 |
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Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
|
4 | 2.06 | +1.94 |
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
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5 | 3.29 | +1.71 |
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Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
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5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
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5 | 3.39 | +1.61 |
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En-Tact
The Shamen
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4 | 2.43 | +1.57 |
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Timeless
Goldie
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4 | 2.53 | +1.47 |
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At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
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5 | 3.55 | +1.45 |
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Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
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5 | 3.56 | +1.44 |
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Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
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4 | 2.65 | +1.35 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
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1 | 3.75 | -2.75 |
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After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
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1 | 3.63 | -2.63 |
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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
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1 | 3.49 | -2.49 |
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
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1 | 3.42 | -2.42 |
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
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1 | 3.42 | -2.42 |
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System Of A Down
System Of A Down
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1 | 3.27 | -2.27 |
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Rust In Peace
Megadeth
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1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
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2 | 4.2 | -2.2 |
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Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
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1 | 3.06 | -2.06 |
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Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
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2 | 4.02 | -2.02 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Beatles | 6 | 4.17 |
| Prince | 3 | 4.33 |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Megadeth | 2 | 1 |
| Kanye West | 2 | 1 |
| Slipknot | 2 | 1.5 |
| Leonard Cohen | 4 | 2 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 2 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 2 |
| Tom Waits | 4 | 2.25 |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 2.25 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Neil Young | 1, 3, 4 |
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Radiohead
4/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
Fun old school hip hop
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
Not my cup of tea. I can see the appeal but not my taste.
Aerosmith
4/5
How can you not like old school Aerosmith?
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Hits and little knowns.
The Temptations
4/5
Classic Motown
Anthrax
2/5
Not my cup of tea. I do appreciate the talent specifically drums and bass. Definitely one of those you have to be in the right mood to listen and for me - I am never in that mood.
Beastie Boys
4/5
Megadeth
1/5
No
Boston
4/5
Great 70’s hits
Jack White
3/5
I wouldn’t have played this on my own, thinking it wouldn’t be my type of music, but they actually liked it more than I thought I would.
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3/5
I wouldn’t have played this on my own, thinking it wouldn’t be my type of music, but they actually liked it more than I thought I would.
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Not a fan. Lead singers voice a little too high pitched for me
Muddy Waters
5/5
Loved it! Good background music while you’re getting stuff done
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Knew more songs than I thought I would. Good grooving music.
Kid Rock
4/5
Southern Rock, dated references. If not for his crazy political rants I’d listen more when in the mood for this genre.
Duran Duran
3/5
Not my favorite of theirs. Only two hits
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
Eh. Scratchy
Beyoncé
2/5
Beatles
4/5
Fun
Kings of Leon
4/5
Southern rock, Chris Stapleton feel.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Great guitar / bass
Neil Young
1/5
Not available on Spotify
Suede
3/5
Wouldn’t seek out but wouldn’t balk if on
Coldplay
3/5
The National
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
Raekwon
2/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
1/5
Not available on Spotify
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
1/5
Traffic
3/5
k.d. lang
4/5
Beautiful voice, nice background music
Radiohead
3/5
Not my jam
Pere Ubu
3/5
At times Devo like.
Alice Cooper
2/5
Only good song is the title
Eminem
1/5
No.
The Gun Club
3/5
Very 80’s British
Björk
1/5
Not a fan
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2/5
Didn’t get into it like I thought I would.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Not his best
U2
3/5
Some hits some misses
The Undertones
4/5
Fun 80’s Brit rock, reminiscent of groups like Swueeze and The Kinks
Tears For Fears
4/5
Throwback to my high school days
Nas
3/5
Liked the beat, not big on the lyrics
3/5
‘80’s Brit rock - felt more like an one hit wonder group
The Shamen
4/5
Good electronica / trance
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
DJ Shadow
3/5
Good background music
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
First change the album version to Taylor’s. Great pop songs mixed in with ballads.
TLC
3/5
Throwback to the 90’s hip hop poppy music
The White Stripes
3/5
Gillian Welch
3/5
Folk - blue grass- country - she has a pretty voice but not my genres
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Good head nodding rock
Kanye West
1/5
I opted to not listen. Not my favorite genre or “artist” so not wasting my time.
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
Of course beautiful soulful bluesy voice.
The Stooges
3/5
Was surprised to learn they aren’t a British 70’s punk group. Some head bopping tunes but overall not mine
3/5
Was surprised to learn they aren’t a British 70’s punk group. Some head bopping tunes but overall not mine
Mj Cole
3/5
Eh. Some electronic r&b feel but too long an album
Simply Red
3/5
Eh. Felt too long.
Van Halen
4/5
80’s rock at it’s finest
Eurythmics
3/5
New wave- y.
OutKast
3/5
Some hits … some misses…
Nine Inch Nails
2/5
Metal
The White Stripes
3/5
The Go-Go's
4/5
Fun 80’s tunes
Sonic Youth
2/5
Fun 80’s tunes
Duke Ellington
4/5
Good background music
TV On The Radio
3/5
Goldie
4/5
Trance - electronica
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
Didn’t realize this was old as it is. Some big hits mixed with eh.
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
1/5
This is horrid. I can scream my lungs out too.
John Coltrane
4/5
Classic Coltrane - great smooth jazz
Lauryn Hill
4/5
Nice R & B with shades of reggae
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
One hit wonders and that one hit wasn’t on here
Rage Against The Machine
3/5
Good arena rock
Van Halen
4/5
Many hits several misses - great ‘80’s rock
PJ Harvey
2/5
Not into angry women singers
Gang Of Four
3/5
Devo-ish
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2/5
Too much synth
Ray Charles
4/5
Soothing jazzy, bluesy love songs
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
Great classic tejano
Nina Simone
4/5
Good jazzy bluesy album
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
Not a Bruce fan didn’t listen
Foo Fighters
3/5
Just rock - simple as that
Shuggie Otis
3/5
‘70’s soul
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Some hits some eh
Kate Bush
3/5
Eh not a fan
Fishbone
3/5
Generic ‘80’s rock
Throwing Muses
1/5
Not available
Rush
3/5
Old Rush
The B-52's
4/5
The best B- 52’s album there is
Radiohead
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
80’s New Wavy tunes
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
70’s soul funk
Slipknot
1/5
If you like death metal you’ll like this. I don’t so I didn’t.
Talvin Singh
3/5
Decent
Amy Winehouse
2/5
White Denim
2/5
Eh
Fiona Apple
4/5
Songs I hear quite frequently
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Not my favorite of his
Beck
3/5
Maudlin
Elis Regina
4/5
Great songs to play in the background.
Bert Jansch
2/5
A little to dinner theater music for me.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Aretha being Aretha
The Sugarcubes
2/5
B52 vibes
The Notorious B.I.G.
2/5
If you don’t know, now you know
Prince
5/5
Snoop Dogg
3/5
Old skool Snoop
The Cure
3/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
‘80’s alt rock
Public Enemy
3/5
Yeah boi!
King Crimson
3/5
Jam band like
R.E.M.
5/5
Loved it. Haven’t listened to full album before didn’t realize it was chock full of hits.
4/5
Can’t go wrong with the Beatles
Linkin Park
4/5
Enjoyed more than I thought I would
Aphex Twin
3/5
Trance
Germs
1/5
Not my thing
Solomon Burke
3/5
Old timey
Beastie Boys
3/5
I like Beastie Boys but this is eh for me- some hits some misses
Aerosmith
4/5
Classic Aerosmith tunes
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Soothing
De La Soul
3/5
Fun old skool hip hop
Ryan Adams
3/5
Country ish
Mike Ladd
3/5
Tribe called Quest vibes
Green Day
3/5
Long songs - hits mixed in with eh
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Shades of ELO and other 70’s here
ABBA
3/5
Abba doesn’t change much
Everything But The Girl
3/5
No great shakes for me
Janelle Monáe
3/5
Pretty voice
Songhoy Blues
4/5
Fun world music
Hole
4/5
Recognized & liked one song,the rest were ok wouldn’t seek out
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Not their greatest only two “hits” rest are unknowns and should stay that way
Tom Waits
2/5
Not a fan. Reminds me of Bruce Springsteen and I don’t like him either. Personally don’t think gravely voices are good.
N.E.R.D
3/5
Big band hip hop
10cc
2/5
Seemed a bit all over the place
Cat Stevens
2/5
If you like 70’s long drawn out depressing songs you’ll like this
Sugar
3/5
Rock
Marvin Gaye
2/5
Nothing to write home about
The Smiths
2/5
Typical 80’s British rock
Afrika Bambaataa
4/5
Old school funk
Cornershop
2/5
Calexico
3/5
Elton John
5/5
His best work
Pink Floyd
3/5
Pink Floyd is Pink Floyd. Long synth-y songs. Eh.
Klaxons
3/5
Brit rock
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
Tortoise
2/5
Long instrumental
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Rock - nothing stood out
Pulp
3/5
Brit rock
Miles Davis
4/5
Smooth jazz
Janis Joplin
2/5
Not my cup of tea
Mariah Carey
3/5
If you like breathy pop, Mariah is for you.
Eagles
4/5
Eagles at their best
Jean-Michel Jarre
4/5
Trance
Butthole Surfers
1/5
No
The Isley Brothers
3/5
Didn’t realize so many of their songs were remade by other artists
David Bowie
2/5
I found this one lacking
Pavement
2/5
Not a fan of screaming metal
Turbonegro
1/5
Just read the titles of the songs that’s all you need to know about the quality of this “music”
Wilco
3/5
Too subdued for me
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Two hit wonders
Mercury Rev
3/5
Shades of Queen here
Stan Getz
5/5
Loved this
Nirvana
4/5
Great tunes
The Beta Band
3/5
Felt very late 70’s early 80’s - shades of ELO like tunes
The Sonics
3/5
Felt very Beatles
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Good background music
The Lemonheads
3/5
Typical 80’s punk / rock
Charles Mingus
4/5
Marilyn Manson
1/5
Sometimes you just know when to say no
Beck
3/5
Not a big fan but some good songs
AC/DC
4/5
Classic AC⚡️DC
Sonic Youth
3/5
The Black Keys
3/5
Rock
Ministry
1/5
No. Screeching is not music
Billie Holiday
4/5
Smooth sultry songs
Patti Smith
3/5
I don’t get the appeal
Elvis Costello
3/5
Eh
Girls Against Boys
2/5
Heavy rock - nothing to write home about - not horrid - not fabulous
The Pretty Things
3/5
Reminiscent of The Who. If you like rock operas this is one for you
The Velvet Underground
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Throw back to the 60’s
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
2/5
Rap with a message? Eh
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Not my favorite of theirs
Pearl Jam
4/5
More hits than misses
Laibach
1/5
German heavy metal
Santana
4/5
Love samba
Nirvana
4/5
Classic Nirvana
David Bowie
3/5
Subdued
OutKast
2/5
I’m sorry but I’m not listening to an album that’s longer than an hour, unless it’s Taylor Swift.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
80’s
The Kinks
3/5
British rock nothing to write home about
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Seemingly sea shanties
Underworld
2/5
A little rave-ish
The Cure
3/5
I’d like to like The Cure, but I just don’t
Talking Heads
3/5
Massive Attack
3/5
Jazzy slow songs - kind of reminded me of Sade
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Very old Stones - more ‘50’s sounding
Black Sabbath
3/5
Eh
The Cardigans
3/5
Other than the popular “Love Fool” not much caught my attention
The Everly Brothers
3/5
60’s pop
Soundgarden
3/5
Classic heavy metal, some hits most people will recognize
The Soft Boys
3/5
Too long. Music is fine but too long an album not a group worthy of 2+ hours
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Fun 70’s
Gene Clark
3/5
70’s ballady music
Elliott Smith
4/5
Decent tunes
Joan Baez
2/5
Ugh - not a fan of hers at all. Don’t get the hype
B.B. King
4/5
Liked this a lot - jazzy, toe tapping
Depeche Mode
4/5
Many hits
Tim Buckley
2/5
His voice was grating
The Stooges
3/5
Brit rock.
Again
😑
David Bowie
3/5
Not my jam
Radiohead
2/5
to mellow airy for me
Everything But The Girl
3/5
Soft pop music
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Gogo and B-52 vibe.
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Love ol’blue eyes!
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Boring
Lightning Bolt
2/5
Metal is not my thing
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Recognized some hita but overall eh
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Not familiar with most of these
Incubus
4/5
This is a classic case of letting your opinion being swayed before listening to the first note. The name ‘Incubus’ doesn’t bring in cozy warm thoughts m, I thought for sure I’d hate this but surprised to find it wasn’t half bad.
Steely Dan
4/5
70’s
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
Shades of Devo here
John Grant
3/5
Decent songs but questionable titles
Queen
2/5
Only one recognizable song - others were blah
The Damned
2/5
Metal
U2
3/5
Some hits most misses
Nick Drake
2/5
Too croony soft for me
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Not my favorite artist
New Order
3/5
80’s new wave sounds
Ozomatli
4/5
Genres all over the place - Latin, strains of Bollywood, hip hop, interesting & eclectic
Oasis
2/5
This is who is going to eclipse Taylor Swift in concert ticket sales? What delusional planet are they on?!
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Dated 80’s early 90’s - no great shakes
David Crosby
2/5
70’s
Carole King
4/5
Great album with many hit songs
4/5
We are Devo D-E-V-O
Classic fun Devo
Digital Underground
4/5
Great old school rap hip hop
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
Very pretty voice
Jethro Tull
3/5
Aqualung and that’s it
The Monks
3/5
One song does not make an album. Very 60’s Beach Boys / Beatles
Pixies
3/5
Good punkish album
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Love!
Antony and the Johnsons
2/5
No
CHIC
3/5
Early days disco fun
Magazine
3/5
A mash up of sounds
Iron Maiden
2/5
If you like metal, here you go
Steve Earle
3/5
Gritty country rock
Bad Company
3/5
70’s
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Old school r&b soul like
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
I can’t do back to back
Gorillaz
3/5
Not as funky rave as some of their later songs
Marty Robbins
2/5
If you like twangy, old time country this is the album for you
Sigur Rós
3/5
New agey techno Scandinavian like
Neil Young
3/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Nice jazz
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Ice Cube
3/5
Aerosmith
4/5
Classic Aerosmith
The Hives
4/5
Punk - I liked it
Neil Young
4/5
I like this one
Astor Piazzolla
4/5
Good jazz tracks
Willie Nelson
2/5
Old time country, if you like that stuff, which I don’t
Elliott Smith
3/5
Enjoyable
The Cramps
2/5
Punk yelling no
John Cale
2/5
Eh
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Several recognizable songs
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Long
ZZ Top
4/5
So many bops here
Arcade Fire
3/5
Nothing amazing
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Classic LZ
Public Enemy
3/5
Classic hip hop
Bon Jovi
5/5
80’s rock
The Psychedelic Furs
2/5
Punk
Massive Attack
3/5
Interesting mix of songs
Dr. Dre
2/5
Not a hard rap fan
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Old school 70’s rock
Sade
3/5
Soft lounge music
Lupe Fiasco
4/5
Fun hip hop, shades of JayZ
The United States Of America
3/5
Very psychedelic Woodstock-y 60’s
Dr. Octagon
2/5
Starting an album off with soft porn to songs about “pee pee doo doo” …. Yeh not my type
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Not their best
Jeff Buckley
5/5
Loved this
Parliament
3/5
“We want the funk”
Amy Winehouse
4/5
I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. A sultry, smokey blues/ jazz club feel.
Beatles
4/5
Fun, catchy Beatles
Mudhoney
2/5
Reminiscent of late ‘80’s rock
Fela Kuti
2/5
Songs are too long
Björk
3/5
Some good beats
Dr. John
2/5
Not a fan
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Felt like a lot of screaming
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
50’s USO fun
The The
3/5
Nothing that stood out
Kings of Leon
3/5
The best way to describe Kings of Leon is rock and roll
JAY Z
3/5
If rap is your thing Jay- Z is your guy
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Ballady 70’s
Metallica
3/5
Enter Sandman
That is all
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
Country 60’s twangy
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
60’s
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
A little U2ish
Travis
3/5
Ok no great shakes
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
My parents generation
Scott Walker
2/5
Boring
Peter Gabriel
3/5
80’s
Pink Floyd
5/5
Quintessential Floyd. I hadn’t listened to the entire album at once before and found I knew almost all of the songs
Brian Wilson
2/5
Beach Boys without the name
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Felt a little Pink Floyd ish
Brian Eno
2/5
The Strokes
3/5
Prince
4/5
Some hits some misses
Alice Cooper
2/5
No more Mr. Nice Guy is the only hit here. Some of these songs did not age well.
Madness
4/5
Fun 80’s Brit pop
Dire Straits
4/5
I love Dire Straits! So many hits on this album
Talking Heads
3/5
Every song sounds the same
Metallica
2/5
If you like metal you’ll like this.
M.I.A.
4/5
I liked this - electic mix of rap, with international tones - Indian, African, British - cool album
Stan Getz
4/5
Smooth jazz - I liked it
Muddy Waters
4/5
Good old time blues
Arrested Development
3/5
90’s hip hop
The Doors
4/5
The original Doors
Richard Thompson
2/5
70’s ballady ick
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Weird pseudo techno but weak at best
Killing Joke
2/5
Punk hate the world music
3/5
Some big hits
The Who
2/5
Long rock opera, like albums
Weather Report
4/5
Good jazz
The Band
3/5
70’s pop
The Blue Nile
3/5
Reminded me of all the 80’s British rock bands
Sheryl Crow
3/5
Couple of big hits
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Lots of songs you’ll know
Kendrick Lamar
2/5
Not my cup of tea
Sepultura
1/5
Screaming shrieking loud banging is not music
Baaba Maal
2/5
Afro pop
Willie Nelson
3/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
70’s
ZZ Top
3/5
Not best but a couple of hits.
Blondie
3/5
Early Blondie. One Way is the big hit
Violent Femmes
3/5
Cypress Hill
2/5
West coast rap hip hop
Os Mutantes
2/5
International vibe
Fleet Foxes
3/5
Initially wasn’t thinking I’d like this but in listening it wasn’t half bad. Good background music.
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Nice mellow hip hop
T. Rex
3/5
Seemed very 60’s Beatles like
David Bowie
3/5
Some hits
Carpenters
2/5
70’s boring
Holger Czukay
3/5
Eclectic
Little Richard
4/5
Bop de be lou bop a bop bam boo!
Fun 50’s music
The Darkness
3/5
Generic metal
Various Artists
4/5
Can’t go wrong with Christmas music
The Stone Roses
3/5
I liked it. Shades of ‘80’s Top 40 and Beatles
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Too long but lots of hits
The Killers
4/5
A lot of great songs
TV On The Radio
2/5
Not a fan
3/5
60’s Brit rock
The Bees
3/5
Mellow tunes
George Jones
3/5
Old time twangy country
Randy Newman
2/5
All I could think while listening to this were his movie songs
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Old school CCR
Beatles
4/5
It’s a classic Beatles album, what more can be said
Faith No More
3/5
Very 80’s hair band sound
Joni Mitchell
3/5
I understand is ranked as a favorite of hers but not for me i
System Of A Down
1/5
If you like death metal this is all you
1/5
Couldn’t access
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Nice vibe
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Great early ‘80’s
Doves
4/5
Enjoyable good head bobbing tunes
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Some hits that I didn't realize were Neil Young.
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Long album with a few hits. Boring 70’s early 80’s
Machito
4/5
Fun jazz
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Chapman’s break out album - several hits
Donovan
4/5
Classic hippies 60’s music
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Fun head bopping rave-ish club music
Scott Walker
2/5
Lounge lizard music - ugh
Sam Cooke
3/5
Old time Rock n roll
The Prodigy
4/5
Lots of familiar songs
Yes
3/5
Typical 70’s rock n roll
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
Reminded me of Talking Heads
The Coral
2/5
Eh
Radiohead
3/5
Didn’t realize this was early Rod Stewart until told, fun - not as gravelly sounding
3/5
Old school country
Beastie Boys
3/5
Not my favorite of theirs
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Great album
Janet Jackson
4/5
Janet’s best known
Joe Ely
3/5
Country
3/5
No great shakes - reminded me of British rock bands of the 90’s early ‘00’s
The Triffids
2/5
Far too long
The Specials
3/5
Just another Brit punk rock group from the late 70’s. Nothing special
The Police
4/5
Early Police
a-ha
2/5
Let’s be frank here - on hit wonders. The rest are thumbs downs
Primal Scream
3/5
Good music to listen to while ripping carpet out
Funkadelic
3/5
60’s-70’s funk sound
50 Cent
3/5
Rap classic bday song
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
Rap
Gram Parsons
2/5
This was indeed grievous
David Bowie
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
All the songs sound the same
Tom Waits
3/5
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
Not his best
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Old school soul from EWF
Nick Drake
4/5
Somewhat of a 70’s vibe. I liked it.
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
70’s ballady vibe
Eric Clapton
3/5
D'Angelo
3/5
Smooth 80’s / 90’s R & B
Tori Amos
3/5
Soothing mellow tones.
Madonna
4/5
Throwback Madonna
Fugazi
2/5
Screaming metal ugh
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Fun Afro beats
The Fall
3/5
Not a favorite
William Orbit
4/5
I liked this - good background music
The Cure
3/5
Not my thing
3/5
Typical 60’s Brit rock
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
Not my favorite of theirs, too much synth
John Martyn
3/5
Another 70’s rock like album
The Smiths
3/5
Decent
Dagmar Krause
1/5
Unavailable in Spotify
Nanci Griffith
3/5
Folk
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Maudlin & depressing
The Thrills
3/5
Felt older than it was - shades of 60’s/70’s
David Ackles
2/5
Lounge lizard music
Roni Size
2/5
Synthesizer club-ish sounds
Moby Grape
3/5
Jimi Hendrix - late 60’s feel
George Michael
4/5
Great throwback to the 80’s, full of hits
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Eh
Van Morrison
3/5
70’s rock
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
The album title says it all Southern Rock. Eh.
Johnny Cash
2/5
Boring
Nico
2/5
Someone who wanted to be a singer and had money / connections to make an album happen.
Sex Pistols
4/5
When you think punk rock you better be thinking this album
Def Leppard
4/5
Great 80’s tunes
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
One hit wonder band
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Ravish
Lorde
3/5
A little whiny, woe is me vibe that’s so popular these days
Drive Like Jehu
1/5
Screaming, while playing instruments at highest volume is not music.
Beach House
3/5
Pop -y
Stephen Stills
3/5
70’s rock
Bob Dylan
2/5
Songs you’ll know whiny voice, not my favorite
Mekons
3/5
Nothing special
Wilco
3/5
Country feel
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
60’s
Björk
3/5
Eclectic
Robbie Williams
3/5
A couple of good ones
The The
3/5
Eh
The Residents
2/5
Weird
David Bowie
4/5
Early Bowie
Black Sabbath
2/5
Screeching is not music
Burning Spear
3/5
Reggae-ish
The War On Drugs
3/5
Decent, soft rock
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Indy
Spiritualized
3/5
Mellow rave
The Pogues
4/5
Fun Irish
Kanye West
1/5
Mental illness aside his music is not for me
The Yardbirds
3/5
Good old fashioned 60’s rock and roll
Minor Threat
2/5
Punk
Hüsker Dü
3/5
80’s semi alternative
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
Great rave music
Black Sabbath
1/5
No
Maxwell
3/5
Smooth r&b
Brian Eno
3/5
Feels like 80’s alt music
Television
3/5
Devo-like
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Grungy
Kraftwerk
3/5
Trance techno
Bob Dylan
2/5
Not a Dylan fan, whiny voice
Röyksopp
4/5
Fun techno
The Kinks
3/5
Beach Boys - Beatles - 60’s
The Byrds
3/5
Another 60’s
The Jam
3/5
The Zutons
3/5
Stray Cats vibe
Johnny Cash
3/5
No surprises - Johnny being Johnny
Tito Puente
3/5
Samba tejano
The Stranglers
4/5
60’s classic Peaches
Van Morrison
3/5
Ballady 70’s
Tom Waits
2/5
What in the world!?
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
R & B 70’s
Death In Vegas
3/5
Low key techno
Khaled
1/5
Not available
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Latin
The Clash
3/5
Really only one good song here I’d listen to again
Neu!
3/5
Instrumental
Kraftwerk
3/5
Techno
Portishead
2/5
Too whispery
Stereo MC's
4/5
Loved it
Todd Rundgren
3/5
70’s rock
The Temptations
3/5
R & B
Teenage Fanclub
2/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Old timey twangy country
ABBA
3/5
Classic ABBA
Deep Purple
3/5
70’s southern rock vibe
Orbital
3/5
Experimental techno like
Les Rythmes Digitales
2/5
Weird techno
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Psychedelic 60’s
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
You’ll recognize a lot of these from sports arenas, commercials and radio talk shows.
Elastica
4/5
Very girl power rock liked it a lot
Yes
3/5
70’s
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Punk rock-ish
The Undertones
3/5
British punk rock
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
I didn’t realize many of these songs were theirs. Psychedelic rock songs from the 60’s / 70’s.
The Avalanches
3/5
Summery r&b sounds
Def Leppard
3/5
80’s hair rock
Ute Lemper
2/5
Whispery
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Mostly instrumental
Silver Jews
2/5
Weird lyrics
Lucinda Williams
3/5
Sheryl Crow vibe
Bauhaus
3/5
Club music
Devendra Banhart
4/5
Soft soothing Indy
Blur
3/5
Some songs you’ll recognize. Green Day feel
The Mars Volta
3/5
Rock
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Ian Dury
3/5
Weird
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
2/5
Folk
Ryan Adams
3/5
Rock a billy- country rock feel
Little Simz
4/5
Head nodding British female rap - cool stuff
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Some hits
The Beach Boys
4/5
Timely album RIP Brian Wilson
Classic Beach Boys, great summer songs
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Surprised these were his songs, I would have thought more along The Carpenters not my favorite
Britney Spears
2/5
How did she ever make it big ?
The Beta Band
3/5
Nothing that stood out to me. Rock
Big Star
3/5
Nothing memorable
The Monkees
3/5
A ‘60’s boy band
Tom Tom Club
2/5
Too long too weird
Cowboy Junkies
2/5
Not a fan
Meat Puppets
2/5
Not a fan of punk, screaming metal
Otis Redding
3/5
George Michael
3/5
Slow not his best
Slipknot
2/5
Not a fan of screaming
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Weird
Nightmares On Wax
2/5
Finley Quaye
2/5
Mike Oldfield
2/5
Weird
Miles Davis
5/5
Can’t go wrong with miles
The Stooges
3/5
British punk rock
Paul McCartney
2/5
Not a fan
Love
2/5
Odd mix
Basement Jaxx
3/5
Early days electronica dance music
Björk
3/5
Bjork
Crowded House
3/5
One hit wonders
Elvis Presley
3/5
Only a couple of his big hits here
SAULT
2/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Old blue eyes is always so smooth
Pere Ubu
1/5
Screaming nonsense
George Harrison
2/5
Far too long
Prince
4/5
Prince
Hawkwind
3/5
Trying to be David Bowie
Norah Jones
3/5
Cool jazz from the early 2000’s
Rod Stewart
2/5
Didn’t know one song and eh on Rod Stewart
Pixies
2/5
British punk
XTC
3/5
Pop like 80’s
The Smiths
3/5
Pretenders
3/5
Two hits, rest sounds similar. 80’s rock
Fats Domino
4/5
Reminds me of my Dad and what he’d listen to when he was growing up
The Style Council
3/5
Sounds like lounge music of the 70’s
Tom Waits
2/5
Hotel lobby piano performer
Skepta
4/5
Fun British rap hip hop
Justice
3/5
Electronica
John Martyn
3/5
70’s rock
Fugees
3/5
Ready or not ….
Syd Barrett
3/5
Feels Pink Floyd - Led Zeppelin like
Django Django
4/5
Fun album
Frank Black
3/5
Just ok
Lana Del Rey
4/5
Smooth
Brian Eno
3/5
Frank Ocean
4/5
Smooth
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
Country
Aimee Mann
3/5
Indie female rock
The Prodigy
3/5
Techno rock
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
What in the world?!
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
New age-y
Sonic Youth
4/5
Punk rock
3/5
Steam punk
Anita Baker
4/5
Short and sweet
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Old time Reggae
CHIC
3/5
Early days disco
Jeff Beck
3/5
60’s rock
Destiny's Child
3/5
Some big hits here
The Icarus Line
2/5
Metal and me do not mesh
4/5
Late 60’s r & b rock
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
Portishead
3/5
Weird soft whiny songs
Culture Club
4/5
Great 80’s throwback
Roxy Music
3/5
Didn’t realize Roxy Music was from the early 70’s, average rock- ish
Jimmy Smith
5/5
Loved this jazz
Youssou N'Dour
3/5
World music
Blue Cheer
3/5
Old time 60’s rock - like The Doors
Brian Eno
3/5
Rock
Dusty Springfield
3/5
70’s soft rock
The Young Gods
3/5
French metal
Le Tigre
4/5
A la B 52’s
New Order
3/5
80’s New wave
Can
4/5
Jazz smoke lounge like
Metallica
4/5
Very cool Metallica with orchestra
Metallica
4/5
Classic Metallica
Erykah Badu
4/5
Smooth R & B
Jazmine Sullivan
4/5
The Charlatans
3/5
Rock
Ray Charles
3/5
Lounge like
Billy Bragg
3/5
Ballads
Bee Gees
3/5
70’s
The Crusaders
4/5
R& B jazz mix lounge
Hot Chip
4/5
Head bopping fun
Peter Frampton
4/5
70s rock
Donald Fagen
3/5
70s rock
Heaven 17
3/5
Funk
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Gravel
Rush
4/5
Mostly instrumentals, but then they’re famous limelight, and Tom Sawyer
Arcade Fire
3/5
Boring
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Boring
Slint
2/5
Not a fan of death metal sounds
Bob Dylan
3/5
Boring whiny voice
Adele
4/5
Beautiful voice. The album that made her a star
The Jam
4/5
Love this one
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Slow and weird
The Beau Brummels
3/5
I didn’t know Beau Brummel was a real artist, just knew the name from the Billy Joel song. Brummel’s work feels typical 70’s soft rock.
Liz Phair
3/5
Indie female 90’s rock
Sonic Youth
3/5
Start off good and then I didn’t like a lot of the ending
The Fall
3/5
Early punk
Julian Cope
3/5
Long and eh - funk like
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Middle of the road rock / pop
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
Southern rock
Don McLean
4/5
Classic 70’s
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Southern rock
Korn
2/5
A particular type of person likes screaming metal. It’s not me
Green Day
4/5
Fun punk rock
Steely Dan
3/5
70’s rock
Judas Priest
2/5
Metal
UB40
3/5
Reggae
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
British punk
Johnny Cash
3/5
Johnny Cash’s famous song
Deerhunter
3/5
British alt
The Replacements
3/5
Grungey rock
Big Black
3/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
British punk rock Ish
Doves
4/5
I liked this - fun rock
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Classic Hendrix
Soul II Soul
4/5
Fun
Joanna Newsom
1/5
The Byrds
3/5
60’s
The Roots
3/5
Rap- hip hop
Joy Division
3/5
Emo alt
Air
3/5
An odd mix of pop, new age French
Lambchop
3/5
Soft rock - lounge music
Meat Loaf
4/5
How can you not like this album? A classic!
Talking Heads
3/5
Peter Tosh
3/5
Lame reggae
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
60’s soft rock sound
Eminem
3/5
Old Eminem
The xx
3/5
Poppy
Fela Kuti
3/5
Funky international
Genesis
2/5
Not a fan of rock opera albums
James Taylor
4/5
Beautiful voice. Need to be in the right mood to listen
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
Just the Beatles without all 4 members. 70’s rock
Jamiroquai
3/5
Music to roller skate to
Sparks
3/5
Funky international pop rock
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
70’s soft rock
Brian Eno
2/5
Weird choice for top albums
Circle Jerks
2/5
Screaming is not music
The xx
3/5
Mellow
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Beatles
5/5
Hit after hit
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Punk ish
Morrissey
3/5
Guided By Voices
4/5
I really liked this one. Shades of Green Day, British rock
Deep Purple
3/5
70’s rock
MGMT
3/5
Decent
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
Boring 70’s a little whiny voice too
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Soft Tejano ish music
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Some great hits here
Steely Dan
2/5
70’s
Roxy Music
3/5
Can’t describe felt like Yoko at times
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Surprised this was ‘60’s sounded more 80’s
Michael Jackson
4/5
Great MJ
John Lennon
4/5
Beautiful music
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
I don’t get the appeal
Ice T
3/5
Too long
Goldfrapp
3/5
Not bad
Thelonious Monk
5/5
Soothing, good background music
Miles Davis
4/5
Too long but good jazz
Ghostface Killah
1/5
Gangster rap is a no
Sebadoh
4/5
Felt very 90’s
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Eh, not a fan of her voice
4/5
Big U2 album
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
I’m not a Bruce fan, but this is his classic album
Megadeth
1/5
Metal
Elvis Costello
3/5
A bit whiney for me
Elvis Presley
3/5
More country Elvis than rock and roll
Bad Brains
3/5
Jane Weaver
2/5
Playing this upset our dog Louie. Hence it upset me.
Abdullah Ibrahim
5/5
Great jazz
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
R& B, hip hop
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
German industrial clang
The Byrds
3/5
Not what I was expecting, more country twang than 70’s rock
The Who
3/5
Rock n roll
Bob Dylan
2/5
Not a Dylan fan. Whiny voice
FKA twigs
3/5
R&b hip hop
fIREHOSE
3/5
English 80’s ish beat
Genesis
3/5
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
Soft French
Beth Orton
3/5
Beautiful voice
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Punk
LTJ Bukem
2/5
Long synthesized nonsense
Simple Minds
3/5
Very early British pop of the 80’s,
Minutemen
3/5
Felt 60’s rock n roll
GZA
3/5
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