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AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Opus Dei
Laibach
5 2.39 +2.61
Nixon
Lambchop
5 2.73 +2.27
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
5 2.74 +2.26
Gris Gris
Dr. John
5 2.89 +2.11
Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
5 3.07 +1.93
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
5 3.08 +1.92
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
5 3.25 +1.75
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
5 3.28 +1.72
Tommy
The Who
5 3.3 +1.7
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
5 3.35 +1.65

You Love Less Than Most

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Ten
Pearl Jam
1 3.91 -2.91
Graceland
Paul Simon
1 3.72 -2.72
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
1 3.65 -2.65
Odelay
Beck
1 3.45 -2.45
Homework
Daft Punk
1 3.28 -2.28
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
1 3.07 -2.07
You Are The Quarry
Morrissey
1 2.87 -1.87
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
2 3.79 -1.79
Grace
Jeff Buckley
2 3.75 -1.75
Moondance
Van Morrison
2 3.68 -1.68

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Ten by Pearl Jam

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All Ratings (102)

Transformer by Lou Reed
Jan 11 2024

Lou reed is peak jazz rock. Walk on thr wild side is GOAT

Crime Of The Century by Supertramp
Jan 11 2024

Crime of the century is PEAK rock along with breakfast in america

Grace by Jeff Buckley
Jan 12 2024

boring

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop
Jan 16 2024

not bad but I cant get behind the fucking tambourine playing out of tune

Pyromania by Def Leppard
Jan 17 2024

Not a fan of boomer rock

Blur by Blur
Jan 19 2024

test

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis
Jan 23 2024

Mile davis will always be king of improvisational jazz

Ten by Pearl Jam
Jan 24 2024

I hate pearljam with a passion

Elephant by The White Stripes
Jan 25 2024

a classic

Moon Safari by Air
Jan 30 2024

Its hard to make boring electropop yet here we are

Homework by Daft Punk
Jan 31 2024

I hate music that repeat itself

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads
Feb 01 2024

pretty boring but catchy I guess

Cross by Justice
Feb 07 2024
Sunshine Superman by Donovan
Feb 09 2024

a classic of psych rock, Season of the witch MVP

Tommy by The Who
Feb 12 2024

Rock operas are mankind's greatest achievement

Marquee Moon by Television
Feb 14 2024

Knew a couple of songs but never really paid much attention to this band. I am now its great.

Gris Gris by Dr. John
Feb 15 2024

This is fucking awesome bayou witch music. the kind of chaos that sooth the adhd riddled brain

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson
Feb 16 2024

Was going to call it cliché but can you really call something that invented the cliché that. Im sure I woupd have loved MJ back in the day but this genre was so overused by everyone after him that I cant enjoy it.

Feb 19 2024

I absolutely love some of muses songs, but most of the time its what I call microwaved music. It's the kind of music you listen in the backround and forget it's on. Not bad, but it lacks personality. 3/5 neutral opinion.

Graceland by Paul Simon
Feb 20 2024

Didnt know rock could be gentrified but yeah, here it is. I try really hard to not be a music snob but I draw the line at Paul Simon. This guy saw 80s folk rock and decided to strip it of all its meaning and essence to market it to a bigger audience with a horrible "world music" vibe. Usually when that happens I try to focus less on the message and more on just the music itself but even them idk what happens but it sounds like shit. The recording sucks, the instruments sucks, his voice sucks, the whole thing mashed together sucks. fuck off

Nixon by Lambchop
Feb 21 2024

very soothing and relaxing. Voice is great, instruments blends really well together

A Walk Across The Rooftops by The Blue Nile
Feb 22 2024

First time hearing closely that type of music. Which is like, experimental 80s pop, soft new wave? Anyway, the combining soft instruments leaving all the place to the mediocre voice kinda ruins the whole thing and the lyrics arent that good. Still, some songs were pretty heartfelt and some short segments are actually 5/5 when the music and voice picks up. Was gonna give it a bad rating but the weirdness grew on me 4/5

Good Old Boys by Randy Newman
Feb 23 2024

Was not ready for the toy story dude to drop this much slurs. what a ride. This made me realise we need to bring back working class country.

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley
Feb 24 2024

Elvis is a classic. Gets annoying quick tho.

Liquid Swords by GZA
Feb 25 2024

gotta love good ol hip hop. lyrically good and musically catchy

Vivid by Living Colour
Feb 26 2024

Not a fan of late 80s rock because they always have weird echoey voices and slow percussions. The guitar riffs are really good tho

The Score by Fugees
Feb 27 2024

I really loved this album. only knew their popular songs but the whole thing is a work of art. Each song is basically a singed poem with pretty intricate and smart lyrics. A lot of the songs are really political on the condition of african americans in America, which makes the whole thing even more powerful.

You Are The Quarry by Morrissey
Feb 28 2024

This album has this weird paranormal psychological effect of entering one ear and leaving the other instantly. Would love to rate this better, but my psyche is not strong enough to focus on the song. I also realised halfway through that it was the frontman of The Smiths and it made me sad what he became. Would rate 2/5 I guess? But this dude is a pretty big fascist and I cant wait for the guillotine to be back in fashion.

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Mar 01 2024

I like noisy stuff. It's pretty unique and catchy but noise can't just be your whole thing without another gimmick. Also what's up with the sound mixing????

Station To Station by David Bowie
Mar 02 2024

David is a true artist and one of my favorite. his lyrics and vocals are great. each story he tells in songs is great

Timeless by Goldie
Mar 03 2024

this gave me a big headache. the bass is also creepy

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues
Mar 04 2024

wtf this is so fucking good. why have I never heard of this? The mix of irish folk and ocasional punk outburst is so good. will def listen to more of them

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
Mar 05 2024

I always loved this album so much. Take me out is literally peak indie rock

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor
Mar 06 2024

usually not my style but this was pretty funky!

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson
Mar 09 2024

high as fuck cowboys make the best kind of country. Love this guy and his music.

Tidal by Fiona Apple
Mar 10 2024

generally not a fan of pop and she got a very generic voice and she does not hit those notes... Redeeming thing is that some brief jazzy parts are alright, but the rest is bland.

Fred Neil by Fred Neil
Mar 11 2024

what a snoozefest. this is what Cash would have done if he did nyquill instead of coke. Quote from marianne

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs
Mar 12 2024

Dreamy and soft but nothing groundbreaking. Good background music

The Specials by The Specials
Mar 13 2024

Huh. Was about to rate it 0 and joke about how ska is just the gentrified child of reggae and punk but this is actually decent. It's the old school british punk rock voice that dows it! 3/5, which is a lot from me for ska.

Illmatic by Nas
Mar 14 2024

eh, maybe im just not in the mood but it felt too aggressive. lyrics and sampling are pretty good tho!

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Mar 15 2024

I only knew Heads Will Roll, first time hearing the whole album and I really dig it! Post-punk is one of my favorite genre but oftentimes its woefully underrated/unoriginal a lot of the time. Not this album, the punk voice with the heavy rock tune mixed with the whacky electronic noises makes the whole thing masterful!

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper
Mar 16 2024

Never really digged Cyndi Lauper. This album was probably very innovative when it came out, and I would probably have loved it in the 80s but new wave, and lauper especially, has been milked to death. If this album came out today, it would be branded as yet another unoriginal pop artist who wanted to feel cool by adding punk elements to their songs. One song is alright once in a while, but a whole Lauper album is TOO MUCH.

Opus Dei by Laibach
Mar 17 2024

Rating it 5 because this is the first album where the music is truly unique and took me off guard. life is life cover killed me

Mar 19 2024

REM is one of the quintessential of rock, always nice to listen to and very cozy. It gets a special mention for Everybody Hurts because I always loved that song.

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths
Mar 20 2024

Hey Morissey is back, this time its before he went insane! Never really got into The Smiths but they have some pretty good and original songs here and there! Not in this album tho. Its pretty uninspiring post-punk which is actually surprising because its hard to make a couter-culture genre boring. Barbarism Begins at Home is actually pretty good because it has that disco bass riff that makes it original, but I guess the inspiration ran out after that because the other songs are meh. The title song starts very weirdly and that gave me hope, but it devolved back into another unoriginal track. Not the worst but im giving 3/5 because it makes me angry that they were so close to sounding great and chose mediocrity.

High Violet by The National
Mar 21 2024

Not bad, but not good either. Each songs have their own style but it never improves. It starts and end the same, no bridge, do drop, which makes the whole thing pretty underwhelming. The low monotone voice of the singer doesnt help their case either. indie rock is supposed to make you feel nostalgic/emotional but it felt cheap. Others have done it better

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone
Mar 23 2024

pretty funky

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman
Mar 24 2024

I'm sad that I cant stand this kind of music. It was milked wayyy too much by all the fucking radio stations throughout my life to the point where I cant listen to it anymore without feeling a bit of anger. I'm also not the main audience for simplistic music where they talk about personal issues. However I will acknowledge that she has a really good and powerful voice.

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu
Mar 25 2024

finally some good fucking music on this forsaken website.

Paranoid by Black Sabbath
Mar 26 2024

10/5, don't even need to listen to the whole album because I already do pretty often. They basically popularised heavy metal and will always be the goat of early heavy metal in my heart. Each song is really unique, good riffs, insane voice. always refreshing

Mar 27 2024

At first I was worried it would be too "proto EDM", as in it would be really basic and repetitive like a lot of 90 electro is. Turns out I really loved it! The beats are indeed simplistic compared to modern edm, but in this case I found it to be a good thing because it perfectly balanced with the eclectically changing beats and the unique sound sampling. It made me realize that a lot of modern EDM is actually very oversaturated with noise and that sometime a more refined beat is better.

Aja by Steely Dan
Mar 28 2024

I was curious why people go so insane for this album when to me, it sounds like boring elevator music. Apparently they strived for musical and recording perfection and it took a shit ton of effort to make and is thus hailed as the holy graal of sound engineering. But i'm not a musician, I dont have a musical ear and I listened to it on a shitty speaker so all i'm earing is boring elevator music... 2/5

GREY Area by Little Simz
Mar 29 2024

Hey, I was sure I was going to hate it when I saw it's modern hip hop but it's actually pretty refreshing! The use of a large array of instrument instead of just relying on sampling was a great surprise. The songs are also pretty diverse and original from one another and the fact rhat they're all pretty short and its only a 30 min album allow things to stay pretty fresh throughout the listening 4/5

On The Beach by Neil Young
Mar 30 2024

Used to be really into psych rock but its the first time I hear about Neil Young. After listening to it I know why: its pretty boring. It got some country elements that I find cool but its overla not bad, but not memorable

Snivilisation by Orbital
Mar 31 2024

Some songs are pretty boring and repetitive. Overall it sounds pretty archaic. Some beats were pretty good and would be pretty hype coked up on a dancefloor. Others had some sounds that caused mysophonia and were torture.

Kimono My House by Sparks
Apr 01 2024

Hey that was actually pretty original and good! Fhat piano was on fire. The singing was pretty great too!

Blue by Joni Mitchell
Apr 02 2024

Usually not my style but this was pretty soothing

Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.
Apr 03 2024

This is album is universally apraised as THE quintessential hip hop album. If you don't like it, it probably means old school hip hop is not your style. I'm pretty biaised because im a big fan but this is an easy 5/5

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields
Apr 04 2024

If you consider it a big irnonic shitpost it's pretty entertaining I guess.

Now I Got Worry by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Apr 05 2024

hell yeah! this is some raw music and im all bere for it. Loved most of the songs but im giving 4 because some songs sounds like elvis prestley from hell

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix
Apr 06 2024

Don't even need to listen to it, I already know it by heart. This album is peak rock guitar technique and one of the greatest everything

Zombie by Fela Kuti
Apr 08 2024

This would be a 2.5 because I never really got into afrobeats and the songs are pretty long and repetitive. But this is a big political album agaisnt the nigerian government that resulted in the military persecuting them and killing his mother so im giving 4 as a political message and concept album

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Apr 09 2024

boring rich people hippie music for people that I imagine are too afraid to order something different than what they always order at the restaurant they go every friday. All the songs there had the potential to be good but it feels like they gave up halfway. Should have focused on quality over quantity instead of making a pretty long double album.

Smile by Brian Wilson
Apr 11 2024

First few songs were aight, but I cant stand a whole album of these songs parodying old rock and roll a cappella

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian
Apr 12 2024

Hey this is actually good. I was scared it was going to be pompous but the rock with folksy vibe is pretty good and relaxing. The electro addition keeps thing fresh too.

The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett
Apr 13 2024

Digged the first piece. but improvisational piano gets boring quick when there's no sudden change in tone

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo
Apr 14 2024

90s fuckboy music. I tried many times to get into that genre but alas, it is irredeemable.

Low-Life by New Order
Apr 15 2024

Expected some boring rock but it ended up being an amazing fusion of post-punk and electro pop. Only downsize is the really bad singing

In Utero by Nirvana
Apr 16 2024

When I started dating Marianne, I told her I was a huge fan of Nirvana even though I never listened to it. To my surprise, it was one of the best thing I ever listened to and started my life long love for anti-consumerist music and low fidelity recordings.

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings
Apr 17 2024

Music is not bad per say. But it's pretty unoriginal and feels more like a jam session with stoners too high to come up with good ideas.

Celebrity Skin by Hole
Apr 18 2024

Huh. This one is weird. I dig the grunge parts, but it constantly switch between being pretty good grunge and boring pop rock. I even got some boomer country vibes from it, I think? These songs would be pretty good to listen to on like College Rock Station in the Sims 2, but irl its not my style.

Different Class by Pulp
Apr 19 2024

The more upbeat songs have all been played to death on the radio and are pretty boring. But the more mellow and melancholic songs are really good. Especially I Spy. so good.

Moondance by Van Morrison
Apr 20 2024

Absolutely boring.

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan
Apr 21 2024

I hate Steely Dan. Their music is vapid and boring. It's too clean, clinical. I'm pretty sure it's the go to album for a psychiatrist somewhere in the world to calm their patients.

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground
Apr 22 2024

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode
Apr 23 2024

I love depeche mode, they were my introduction to post-punk and goth related music. Go to album to ponder on your life while it's raining outside.

Ace of Spades by Motörhead
Apr 24 2024

Finally some good music after a long series of exceptionally boring and pompous music. I love Motorhead and Ace of Spades is my favorite album. All theses songs are super RAW and im all here for it

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple
Apr 25 2024

Last album I rated from her I said I hated her generic boring pop voice and boring instrumental and was ready to trash on her again. But this one is actually pretty good and unique!

Van Halen by Van Halen
Apr 26 2024

MY BOY VAN HALEN WOO. insane guitar and timeless pieces.

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe
Apr 27 2024

I really loved this album overall. Soul in general is not a genre i'm used to so this was a nice change of pace from what I usually listen to. The album kinda goes everywhere tho and walks a fine line between really original and artsy songs with rich instumentals and songs that you would find in a bad summer romcom movie featuring Adam Sandler. Would have rated 5/5 but the very few songs that sounded like really bad pop ruined it for me.

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
Apr 28 2024

I should like this album, I usually love everything punk and grungy. But this is just so generic and boring. Wikipedia says its noise rock and that its supposed to be minimalist. But idk, if you want to do some counter culture stuff, be more daring! more angry! Like its a mix between punk and prog rock? prog is technical and original, punk is raw and noisy, you cant just mix them together and expect something good

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
Apr 29 2024

I like the vibe, but it gets pretty boring always hearing the same thing

Apr 30 2024

I'm glad we got this, I know a bunch of people who are OBSESSED with Kanye but I never got around to listen to him because he always gave me bad vibes. Well, time proved me right and he ended up being batshit insane and I have a huge problem of not being able to separate the art from their artists. Trying to be open minded and understand why a lot of people consider this album "the best ever made", I listened to it twice and spent a lot of time interpreting the lyrics and focusing on the songs. But I cant... The lyrics are just him being self indulgent with half assed rhymes and the sampling is very boring and repetitive. There's even a few times I thought spotify was being buggy because the sampling were just repeating weirdly. Some songs get pretty hype but it either repeats ad infinitum, or abruptly stops and you never hear it again, no balance in between. Some guest artists were pretty good too, but as soon as kanye start spouting shit, it gets ruined. Overall, the music is also not really intricate, but I guess its decent compared to most of modern hip hop, which is not saying a lot tbh.

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