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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetheart Of The Rodeo | 5 | 2.82 | +2.18 |
| The Gilded Palace Of Sin | 5 | 2.93 | +2.07 |
| The Modern Lovers | 5 | 3.06 | +1.94 |
| The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway | 5 | 3.08 | +1.92 |
| Mermaid Avenue | 5 | 3.18 | +1.82 |
| Selling England By The Pound | 5 | 3.18 | +1.82 |
| Pink Flag | 5 | 3.21 | +1.79 |
| Tonight's The Night | 5 | 3.23 | +1.77 |
| Every Picture Tells A Story | 5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
| The Rolling Stones | 5 | 3.25 | +1.75 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hybrid Theory | 1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
| Deep Purple In Rock | 1 | 3.33 | -2.33 |
| System Of A Down | 1 | 3.26 | -2.26 |
| Reign In Blood | 1 | 2.96 | -1.96 |
| Roots | 1 | 2.78 | -1.78 |
| Vol. 4 | 2 | 3.75 | -1.75 |
| The Number Of The Beast | 2 | 3.59 | -1.59 |
| GI | 1 | 2.54 | -1.54 |
| The Fat Of The Land | 2 | 3.41 | -1.41 |
| Sulk | 1 | 2.36 | -1.36 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| The Rolling Stones | 5 | 5 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 4 | 4.75 |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4.75 |
| Beatles | 3 | 5 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 4.67 |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Clash | 2 | 5 |
| Steely Dan | 2 | 5 |
| Genesis | 2 | 5 |
| The Band | 2 | 5 |
| The Who | 5 | 4 |
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| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Miles Davis | 5, 2 |
5-Star Albums (55)
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Beatles
5/5
A great album. One of the best Beatle albums from the first half of their career.
1 likes
The Modern Lovers
5/5
A fabulous bridge between the Velvet Underground and indie rock.
1 likes
1-Star Albums (8)
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Beatles
5/5
A great album. One of the best Beatle albums from the first half of their career.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
Some bangers but overall a mixed bag. Certain elements have not aged well.
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Pretty good. A few standouts.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Lots of classics. I prefer the earlier and "weirder" Gabriel, but plenty to love in this album.
Nirvana
3/5
Some great songs but also some harsh, unlistenable ones.
Duke Ellington
4/5
Highlight here is Diminuendo in Blue, with the middle section by Paul Gonsalves. Outstanding!
Björk
4/5
I enjoyed it, esp. Human Behaviour
Meat Loaf
3/5
Bombastic but fun. Brought back memories of my high school days.
Badly Drawn Boy
4/5
Great album by Tightly Wound Boy. Great to hear it again.
Morrissey
3/5
Pretty good. Too bad he's such a wanker.
Janelle Monáe
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Rare album with no duds.
Iggy Pop
4/5
Good mid-period Iggy collaboration with David Bowie.
The Associates
1/5
Not my cup of tea.
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Great album. Ideal mix of 70s pop and proto-funk.
The Clash
5/5
A fantastic mix of melody, anger, guitars, swagger. I grew up on the US version, which is inferior to this one, although I miss "Complete Control"--perhaps my all-time favorite Clash song.
Lou Reed
4/5
Some wonderful & unique songs and some filler. I will keep coming back to "Perfect Day," "Walk on the Wild Side," and "Satellite of Love." The other songs, not so much.
Soft Machine
2/5
Not my cup of tea, but "Slightly All the Time" is pretty great.
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
Proto jam band. Some good songs. I favor versions of "Mona" and "Who Do You Love" by other artists, though.
The United States Of America
2/5
Glad to have listened to this (once).
Fleet Foxes
3/5
John Coltrane
4/5
Giant Sand
3/5
I am glad I listened to this one.
Pentangle
2/5
Fairport Convention without the heat.
Foo Fighters
3/5
"This Is a Call" and "Big Me" are transcendent. The rest are meh.
Beck
4/5
Moody sensitive Beck >> Rowdy frat boy Beck
Radiohead
3/5
White Denim
4/5
I liked this one--good mix of psychedelia and power pop.
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Meh.
David Bowie
3/5
Creditable Bowie
Arcade Fire
5/5
Love love love this album.
5/5
Fantastic album. Peak PJ! All killer, no filler!
Doves
3/5
Glad to listen to this. Sounded like something I would have liked when it came out. Hard to connect to it now.
David Bowie
4/5
Nas
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Spectacular album. Docked one star for being a little too chilly in spots.
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Lots of classic songs, but too slick for my taste.
Coldplay
4/5
Enjoyable indie pop record.
Pavement
4/5
Not my favorite Pavement album, but lots of highlights.
Simple Minds
2/5
Al Green
5/5
Wonderful album. The lead song is iconic, the rest are just great.
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
Classic after classic on this one. Spectacular vocal performance by Artie. The songwriting by Paul hints at the twists and turns in his stellar solo career.
Big Star
4/5
Excellent power pop record.
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Brilliant!
The Stooges
4/5
The Clash
5/5
Extraordinary, awe-inspiring, rollicking.
Holger Czukay
4/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Talking Heads
5/5
Van Halen
4/5
Kanye West
4/5
Great album from Ye before he became extra crazy
Adele
3/5
Oasis
3/5
Cat Stevens
3/5
Parliament
4/5
Premium grade funk. A fun ride.
Elton John
4/5
Arrested Development
3/5
Bill Callahan
4/5
I'm glad this one was on the list.
The xx
3/5
Ramones
4/5
Common
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Blondie
5/5
Premium class New Wave.
ABBA
4/5
Great pop
Pixies
4/5
Pretty great indie rock.
Van Morrison
4/5
Pretty pretty pretty good live album
FKA twigs
3/5
Elbow
3/5
TLC
3/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Dire Straits
3/5
The Who
4/5
Great album. Love the expanded version.
Anita Baker
3/5
Good smooth R&B
Mike Ladd
3/5
Frank Ocean
4/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
Def Leppard
2/5
Good for what it is.
Jeru The Damaja
2/5
Tito Puente
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Soundgarden
4/5
Coldcut
3/5
George Harrison
4/5
I actually like the instrumental jams.
Genesis
5/5
I know my rating is irrationally high, but it is from my 15-year-old self.
The Band
5/5
UB40
4/5
Good British reggae - before UB40 went covers happy.
CHIC
4/5
Kate Bush
3/5
4/5
The Temptations
3/5
Hüsker Dü
3/5
The Doors
4/5
The Go-Go's
3/5
Louis Prima
4/5
Black Sabbath
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Nanci Griffith
3/5
Linkin Park
1/5
The Who
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Small Faces
3/5
The Police
3/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Portishead
3/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Beautiful and hypnotic.
Coldplay
3/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
The Byrds
4/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
Good slick R&B
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Pixies
3/5
Pulp
3/5
The Kinks
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Can
3/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Billy Joel
4/5
The Hives
3/5
Dennis Wilson
3/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
The Police
3/5
Slayer
1/5
The Style Council
4/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Rush
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Ministry
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
k.d. lang
3/5
Germs
1/5
Sex Pistols
5/5
Lauryn Hill
4/5
John Lennon
4/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
The Sonics
4/5
Some primo garage rock mixed in with a few undistinguished copycat tracks.
Kanye West
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Nirvana
4/5
New Order
4/5
The Band
5/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Miles Davis
2/5
Antony and the Johnsons
3/5
The Isley Brothers
3/5
GZA
3/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
Beck
4/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
Calexico
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
The Coral
3/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
Faith No More
2/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
A romp.
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
"Love the One You're With" is great. The rest is pleasant but unremarkable.
New York Dolls
4/5
Big attitude
Fugees
3/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Chilly and bracing.
The Who
4/5
Some all-time classics mixed in with a few generic covers.
Charles Mingus
5/5
Swirling, mysterious, provocative. I love it.
Fairport Convention
4/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
The Who
5/5
A fantastic album--the apex of the Who. Every song is great. The musicianship is outstanding. The songs are compelling and original even if the Lifehouse concept is muddled.
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
Alice Cooper
2/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
Their peak, I think.
Bee Gees
3/5
Public Enemy
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Alanis Morissette
3/5
The Avalanches
3/5
4/5
King Crimson
4/5
Green Day
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Radiohead
3/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Ghostface Killah
3/5
Supergrass
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Grade A dance pop
The Roots
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
OG ambient
Jeff Buckley
3/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
Fun
Donald Fagen
4/5
James Brown
4/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Lenny Kravitz
2/5
Competent radio rock. Not my cup of tea.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Adele
4/5
Pulp
4/5
Common People = 5 stars
Mike Oldfield
3/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Can I give this one six stars? An amazing album!
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
I had not heard this before, and I enjoyed it.
Harry Nilsson
5/5
Primo
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
Guns N' Roses
3/5
Prince
4/5
When Doves Cry = 6 stars
Janis Joplin
3/5
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
Le Tigre
4/5
Deceptacon and Hot Topic = 5 stars
The Libertines
3/5
5/5
Kate Bush
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Public Enemy
4/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Motörhead
4/5
Duran Duran
3/5
Iron Maiden
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
All killer no (or not very much) filler.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
My first concert was seeing ELP at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus. I was infatuated with them at the time. That said, this album was never a favorite and hasn't aged well in the interim.
Megadeth
2/5
The Byrds
5/5
Peak Gram Parsons and a second peak for the Byrds
Beastie Boys
4/5
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
"Closer" and "Hurt" are great. The rest is too harsh and murky for my taste.
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Various Artists
4/5
Orange Juice
3/5
2Pac
3/5
Beck
4/5
Eminem
3/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Prince
4/5
4/5
I wouldn't want to be a housemate of these guys, but the album is a blast.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
Sophisticated and fun
Ray Charles
4/5
It's a little slick for my taste, but it's a fantastic reimagining of the source material.
Sonic Youth
4/5
Donovan
3/5
Some very good pop songs mixed in with some dreck
David Gray
3/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
All-time classics mixed with some juvenalia
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Deep Purple
1/5
Sludge rock and not the good kind.
Anthrax
2/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
A great concept album.
Jeff Beck
3/5
Teenage Fanclub
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
The Strokes
4/5
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
Syd Barrett
3/5
Queen
4/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
3/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Basement Jaxx
3/5
Queen
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Chilly
John Martyn
3/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
M.I.A.
3/5
Judas Priest
2/5
Radiohead
4/5
Tina Turner
4/5
50 Cent
3/5
Little Richard
4/5
The Allman Brothers Band
5/5
Sufjan Stevens
5/5
Peak 2000s indie. Stylistically diverse, fun, heart-rending.
The Verve
3/5
The Go-Betweens
4/5
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
Too much of a good thing.
Sade
4/5
Deluxe. Very fresh when it was released and still a pleasing listen.
Roxy Music
3/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
"Beautiful" = 5 stars. The rest is pleasing R&B-inflected pop.
The Saints
3/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Sigur Rós
4/5
Tortoise
3/5
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Chicago
4/5
The Modern Lovers
5/5
A fabulous bridge between the Velvet Underground and indie rock.
The xx
3/5
The Stone Roses
3/5
Ray Charles
3/5
AC/DC
4/5
The Only Ones
3/5
Justice
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Fugazi
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Destiny's Child
3/5
AC/DC
4/5
Blur
3/5
Boston
3/5
The Prodigy
2/5
Jane Weaver
3/5
Elton John
4/5
Yes
5/5
Prog rock at its best.
ZZ Top
3/5
Circle Jerks
2/5
Fishbone
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
4/5
A revelation. Docked a point for being a bit rambly, but that is also part of its charm.
George Michael
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Bad Company
2/5
Grateful Dead
4/5
Björk
2/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Supertramp
4/5
System Of A Down
1/5
Moby Grape
4/5
Billy Bragg
5/5
Fantastic concept and execution. Inspired.
Air
4/5
Prince
4/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
I like Ram better, but only by a hair.
Primal Scream
3/5
Weather Report
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Leonard Cohen
5/5
I loved it as an angsty teenager, and I still love it almost 50 years later.
3/5
Frenetic
The Stranglers
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Talking Heads
5/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Paul McCartney
4/5
Frank Black
3/5
Brian Wilson
4/5
MGMT
3/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
The Monkees
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Eminem
3/5
The Verve
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
The Replacements
4/5
Screaming Trees
3/5
Robbie Williams
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Hole
4/5
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Grizzly Bear
3/5
The War On Drugs
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
4/5
Patti Smith
4/5
Cee Lo Green
2/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Rousing.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
The Beau Brummels
2/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
George Jones
4/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Television
5/5
The song "Marquee Moon" is guitar nirvana.
The Bees
3/5
Sepultura
1/5
Apparently, some people love this stuff.
Genesis
5/5
Stellar prog rock
Bob Dylan
5/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Ravi Shankar
3/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
CHVRCHES
3/5
Suzanne Vega
3/5
The Offspring
4/5
The Who
3/5
Napalm Death
1/5
Not for me
Eurythmics
3/5
Spiritualized
4/5
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
2/5
Barry Adamson
2/5
Scott Walker
3/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
JAY Z
3/5
Incubus
2/5
Madonna
4/5
Richard Thompson
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Rod Stewart
5/5
Great songs and great performances. Stewart's absolute peak.
Barry Adamson
3/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
5/5
Primo
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Frank Sinatra
5/5
Fabulous mashup of bossa nova and songbook crooning. My only criticism is that the album is too short (28 minutes). "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" is a standout track.
Baaba Maal
2/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Maybe their best album and one of greatest rock and roll albums of all time.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
A good start to a great career
The The
3/5
Frank Zappa
4/5
The Fall
4/5
Living Colour
3/5
Neil Young
5/5
George Michael
3/5
Sparks
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Orbital
4/5
The Pharcyde
4/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Wire
5/5
An essential early punk album. It sounded like a transmission from an alien species when I first heard it. Subsequent Wire albums have left the same impression.
Method Man
3/5
The Cult
3/5
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
10cc
3/5
Steve Winwood
3/5
T. Rex
4/5
Def Leppard
2/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
OutKast
3/5
There's four- or five-star album hiding in here. Waaay too much filler.
Thundercat
3/5
Hookworms
3/5
Scott Walker
4/5
The The
4/5
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
The Birthday Party
2/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
The Specials
3/5
Jungle Brothers
4/5
Kate Bush
3/5
The Gun Club
4/5
Unhinged, in a good way.
Ryan Adams
4/5
The Smiths
3/5
CHIC
4/5
Queen
3/5
Beatles
5/5
4/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
5/5
Groundbreaking and primo country rock.