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Album	You	Global	Diff
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche Koffi Olomide	5	2.61	+2.39
Quiet Life Japan	5	2.86	+2.14
Walking Wounded Everything But The Girl	5	2.98	+2.02
Fishscale Ghostface Killah	5	3.05	+1.95
It's Too Late to Stop Now Van Morrison	5	3.25	+1.75
The Age Of The Understatement The Last Shadow Puppets	5	3.26	+1.74
Eagles Eagles	5	3.29	+1.71
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	5	3.32	+1.68
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	5	3.33	+1.67
xx The xx	5	3.35	+1.65

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Green R.E.M.	1	3.47	-2.47
Strangeways, Here We Come The Smiths	1	3.44	-2.44
Here, My Dear Marvin Gaye	1	3.21	-2.21
Trans Europe Express Kraftwerk	1	3.15	-2.15
Modern Life Is Rubbish Blur	1	3.13	-2.13
Songs In The Key Of Life Stevie Wonder	2	4.07	-2.07
Your Arsenal Morrissey	1	3.05	-2.05
Viva Hate Morrissey	1	2.96	-1.96
The New Tango Astor Piazzolla	1	2.88	-1.88
You Are The Quarry Morrissey	1	2.86	-1.86

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Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel · 1 likes

3/5

A side was hot garbage. B side pretty good. 2.5

1-Star Albums (19)

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The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

Lovely, trumpet centric. Good happier background music

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

Repetitive, high pitch bells are annoying

The Joshua Tree

5/5

Mellow but atmospheric, hit after hit, will come again

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

2/5

Gorillaz

3/5

Good happy lounge with annoying interludes in between. Some childhood hits though!!

Green

R.E.M.

1/5

Hate it. 0/10. Every song reminds me of the 2 rem songs I do like in a very repetitive and not at all satisfying manner.

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

2/5

Couldn't get through it. 2 because I loved reading the reviews.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

Theatrical, over the top, songs are very long too. However, a couple of them were lovely. Interesting arrangements. Would listen again in moderation.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Half of this is dissonant and annoying. The rest is alright

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

Meh.. but oh baby is one of my favorites ever. Glad to have been reminded of it here

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

It's fine. But repetitive. All songs blended into each other. Not my favorite lyrics. Understand the historical significance though

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

3/5

The synth sounds like gta stripper music and i could not get over it

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

3/5

Just okay?

Quiet Life

Japan

5/5

Actually really enjoyed this! Atmospheric synth pop with a very pleasant man voice leading and nice variation in drums and base. Will listen to it again

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

3/5

Worse Brian eno

Live At Leeds

The Who

2/5

Ananda Shankar

1/5

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

4/5

Actually enjoyed it! Something about listening to Bjørk seemed pretentious to me so I haven't , but it was more or less enjoyable. Punky drums.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

1/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

5/5

Loved it! They ate and left no crumbs. First live album I've maybe ever liked. Will be going back for more

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

2/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

5/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

A side was hot garbage. B side pretty good. 2.5

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

2/5

It's not the worst thing I have listened to but not far from it

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

The last couple of tracks were better and more Eno than the first ones imo

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Okay? I guess?

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

3/5

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

5/5

The Cars

5/5

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

4/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

2/5

John Prine

3/5

Repetitive. Doesn't feel profound in any way

McCartney

Paul McCartney

4/5

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

1/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

3/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Lost Souls

Doves

3/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

Very

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

4/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

5/5

Absolute classic

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Honestly easy listen. Way better that I thought it would be. Empowering lyrics.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

2/5

Sounded self important

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

3/5

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

Phil Collins?

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

3/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

5/5

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

1/5

The xx

5/5

Iconic and so badly reminds me of college

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

5/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Mid

Marquee Moon

Television

2/5

This gave me a headache

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Felt vapid? Was excited to listen to Duran Duran because I love Japan but it's not for me

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Pretty good!

Orbital 2

Orbital

1/5

Couldn't do it

Parklife

Blur

2/5

Not into it

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

5/5

Kind of like my favorite era of the Arctic monkeys but slightly harder arrangements

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

Sounds like a highschool band except soul and fire which sounds like a sophomore college band

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

It's fine... Kind of even liked it. But the arrangement is so old school I really don't see myself listening to it again.

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

1/5

Could not get past the first track. Can't do it

Country Life

Roxy Music

3/5

The beginning is okay, then there's too much sax, then it sounds like a Disney villain

Guero

Beck

3/5

Kind of whatever

Miriam Makeba

4/5

I liked this more on the second listen. The flea song is very weird but there are a few great ambiance ones. The vocals are awesome too

Cypress Hill

2/5

Couldn't get through it. Sometimes this list makes me wonder if I even like music

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

4/5

Oddly enjoyed this. Definitely eclectic but kind of late night car music

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

2/5

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Kind of iconic. Worth a second listen

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

3/5

Mid

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

I thouht this was pet shop boys and was pretty surprised by the genre lol. Shocking amount of what sounds like jazz flute. I enjoyed the more relaxed interludes

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

2/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

2/5

Stupidly repetitive and simple thirsty music. Couldn't wait for the album to end

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

Very mediocre. Kind of sad

Solid Air

John Martyn

4/5

Garbage

3/5

I don't know if it's because they've had an outsized impact or what but listening to it in 2024 the album sounds cringe and derivative

Sound Affects

The Jam

4/5

Bass heavy and quite great

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

1/5

I hated this and now I hate Morrissey. Regretting the college year+ I spent liking the smiths

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Great. But the harmonica scared me a couple of times

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

1/5

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

4/5

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

4/5

Loved parts of this with vampiric gypsy guitar. Weird children's tunes not so much

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Ctrl

SZA

3/5

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

4/5

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

It started really great and then got worse

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

4/5

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

3/5

Viva Hate

Morrissey

1/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

5/5

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

4/5

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

4/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

4/5

I loved the first song. There were a few decent in between as well.

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

2/5

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

1/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

Crazysexycool

TLC

3/5

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

GREY Area

Little Simz

4/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

2/5

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

3/5

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

Arrival

ABBA

5/5

Love

Paul Simon

4/5

It's alrighty. The Spotify shuffle after this was amazing

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Honestly a bop

Snivilisation

Orbital

2/5

I used to work for a certain infamous car maker with a big ego ceo. Some of this album removed me of corporate enforced event music. Bleh

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Meh

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

3/5

Also meh. Doesn't feel genuine. Performative male energy

Fragile

Yes

4/5

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

5/5

I really liked this. It's relaxed but not downcast. Fun beats. Like a predecessor to current whisper singing

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Pretty good

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

3/5

The Man Who

Travis

3/5

Meh

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

I didn't feel a big difference between this and the other Paul Simon album on this list. Maybe more... South African themes? Those are lovely

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

It was fine I guess

Dirty

Sonic Youth

2/5

Somehow both bland and anxiety inducing

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

One World

John Martyn

2/5

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

2/5

Meh

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

It was fine but I didn't love it

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

5/5

Instant save. Energetic, complex, eventually. The gipsy guitar brought it to 5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

4/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

Yeah well. I enjoy ZZ top in guitar hero explicitly. Feels like a middle aged uncle version of Sabrina carpenter.

Me Against The World

2Pac

3/5

I had hight hopes and was disappointed

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

2/5

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

4/5

Absolutely loved this. Made me hate my grandma and fuck the old generation

The Modern Lovers

3/5

Hmmm. It goes up to 3 stars for BU reference and my husband is an alum. Otherwise performative males with mediocre instrumentals, odd accents and annoying lyrics

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

4/5

Good mood bops. Listened to this while exploring a new town.

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

4/5

Actually - not bad. I would love to explore like, Morocco listening to this but enjoyed a sleepy coastal town in Greece as well

Moving Pictures

Rush

3/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

5/5

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

Manassas

Stephen Stills

4/5

Didn't mind it

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

He does sound constipated. But good background music. Very simple

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Rapture

Anita Baker

2/5

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

2/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

I actually loved this

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

Great album, almost no notes. Favorites: hero, you ain't the problem. Listened to it twice in a row

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

2/5

Not my favorite. The instrumentals were alright... But I didn't like the singing

Sister

Sonic Youth

4/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

I don't like Bowie and so I didn't like this

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

4/5

I like low energy music so I quite enjoyed having this in the background although I must mention I didn't realize when the album ended and random shuffle began since all of it was quite monotonous

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

1/5

Can't do blur

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

4/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

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