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Album	You	Global	Diff
Homework Daft Punk	5	3.29	+1.71
Brothers The Black Keys	5	3.57	+1.43
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	5	3.61	+1.39
Grace Jeff Buckley	5	3.72	+1.28
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	5	4	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie	2	4.26	-2.26
The Seldom Seen Kid Elbow	1	3.25	-2.25
Pearl Janis Joplin	2	3.72	-1.72
Exile On Main Street The Rolling Stones	2	3.61	-1.61
Bryter Layter Nick Drake	2	3.51	-1.51
Murmur R.E.M.	2	3.42	-1.42
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	2	3.38	-1.38
L'Eau Rouge The Young Gods	1	2.32	-1.32
This Year's Model Elvis Costello & The Attractions	2	3.32	-1.32
The Next Day David Bowie	2	3.3	-1.3

5-Star Albums (6)

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Guero

Beck

4/5

Beck has been getting crazy with the Cheez whiz for as long as I can remember

4 likes

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

There's a lot of character to these tracks, pleasantly surprised I didn't hate my time with this album.

3 likes

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME

2 likes

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

1/5

This sucks it's boring

1 likes

1-Star Albums (3)

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Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Just wish this was mixed a bit better because musically it's fantastic

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

2/5

Why do people like Bowie he's pretty mid 3 stars

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

1/5

This sucks it's boring

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

3.5 star album that gets an extra half star because the name of the album makes me giggle

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

Some really great musical ideas here but I can't get over the singing

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

Claaaaaaaaassic

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

2/5

I feel like I would have fucked with this if I was alive in the 60s but it's just kinda boring to me now.

Scum

Napalm Death

2/5

Grindcore not really my thing. Actually hard to rate this

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

B-52's

The B-52's

3/5

I think it's cool this exists but its not something I'd go for beyond the list, except rock lobster is great.

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

2/5

How come no one in this guys life suggested he should try actually singing his lyrics

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Fuck let me give half stars, this is 3.5

Brothers

The Black Keys

5/5

Again a half star would be ideal because I don't think this is a 5 star album. Hm maybe it is ok ya it is

Foo Fighters

3/5

I remember really fucking with this in the 90s. Again, would love to give this an extra half star but fuck me I guess?

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Mid

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

2/5

Nothing here super magical just serviceable chill music from the 70s

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

Who is this for stop wasting my time

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

1/5

😬

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Fucking goaaaated omg

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

3/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

3/5

Pretty mid!

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

Damn just saw Nas in concert not long ago. He monkey flipped me with the rhythm

Picture Book

Simply Red

2/5

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

4/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

This is pretty novel for the fact there's a bunch of rapists and murderers hollering in the background

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

2/5

Pretty great album cover but fuck me boys 40 songs? Nah.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

3/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

In an ocean of noise I still remember this vividly almost 2 decades later

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

Only 2 songs what is this a Godspeed you black Emperor album?

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

For me, one of the most impactful pieces of art I've experienced. 36 stars for the wu

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Becks follow up to Mellow Gold imo not as great but still great, you know. Actually I think it's better nevermind. Is Guero better than this do I have to listen to Guero again?

Faust IV

Faust

2/5

Yawn

The xx

4/5

Such a strong opening to the album, reminds me of a lost love though.

GREY Area

Little Simz

2/5

Never really enjoyed British rappers and Little Simz is no exception, I'm afraid.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3/5

Nina's incredible but I don't think this is one of her better records, despite Lilac Wine.

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

2/5

Not even on Spotify at the moment, hard to find and I couldn't fuck with the singer's voice. British music has been taking a big L on this app the last week.

The Next Day

David Bowie

2/5

I just don't get Bowie

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

This has some insanely huge pop hits. I remember Psych 1001 at YorkU with Vic H listening to some of these songs before lecture started and I kinda miss Vic H, she was an incredible friend :'(

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

I dunno it looks like there was sufficient effort put into the song writing and instrumentation, I don't hate the singer, it's that's early 2000s indie that I should be eating up, just find it a bit boring.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

3/5

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Lorde's sophomore effort didn't reach the heights of Pure Heroine for me but I have a lot of love for this album since it came out while I was living abroad, listening to more music than I ever have before or since. Whenever I hear Green Light I am instantly transported back to an Uber in Bordeaux.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

I've never done a deep dive on the Pogues before this, no idea there was Celtic Punk as a genre

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

I thought I would hate this because I just kinda dislike Bruce Springsteen and the americana he embodies, but it's not terrible. Not great either.

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Pretty timeless tracks on this album, some didn't age super well (lookin at you, Mother) but overall pretty great.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

This shit slaaaaps. That guitar tone on Money For Nothing is so satisfying to listen to.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

Fever Ray

3/5

Oh shit it's the singer from the Knife. That's cool. Bit too atmospheric for me, feels like the songs never really get going but it's not unpleasant to listen to by any means.

Dog Man Star

Suede

3/5

It's like The Cure meets Radiohead but I guess that could be said for a lot of the Britpop acts coming out of the 90s. Overall it's fine but no surprise I've never heard of them.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

Aside from the vocal talent on display across the whole album, I love this album dearly because Lover You Should've Come Over will remain my heartbreak anthem forever, even makes me want to have my heart broken so I can feel how he felt singing.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

Sort of a timeless sound, tracks like The Big Apple are great late night driving tracks.

Murmur

R.E.M.

2/5

Not their best, that's for sure

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

Oh that's the song that's in like every movie from the late 90s and early 00s. Otherwise it's not bad.

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

This shits almost 50 years old lol wow. Steve Tyler sounds so young but obviously a couple of these tracks at least have become iconic. The title track is the best of the non iconic hits. Feel like I'm watching a Richard Linklater movie.

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

3/5

Cathy's Clown is a bop!

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

3/5

I was ready to give this 1 star based on the album cover alone but turns out this is pretty fun spanish music for all occasions!

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

The Stooges

3/5

Some of these tracks are cool as hell

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

2/5

That's not so good, Al.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

2/5

Tbh I've never listened to much Janis, didn't realize she was so bluesy. That being said, nothing here has connected with me. It's solid, musically, but her voice is probably one of those love it or hate it things and I'm in the latter category, sorry love.

Throwing Muses

2/5

Nothing here to make it stand out.

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

2/5

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2/5

I knew after getting a few great albums in a row I would pay the price with a bunch of bad albums in a row and here we are.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Somehow Dolly can make me enjoy this kinda stuff.

Vivid

Living Colour

2/5

It feels like I'm listening to a personality disorder

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Is this an LP or just an EP, too short, gimme more Rush!

Homework

Daft Punk

5/5

Fuckin goated.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

There's a lot of character to these tracks, pleasantly surprised I didn't hate my time with this album.

The La's

2/5

Wait the sixpence version was a cover?!?! Regardless give me more Gilmore Girls music.

The Specials

3/5

I had no idea ska was this old!

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

3/5

Nusrat was Jeff Buckley's Elvis.

Snivilisation

Orbital

2/5

At the time, British electronic music had so much more to offer, I'm not surprised I've never heard of these blokes. This feels unfinished.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Was just talking to my buddy the other day that the opening to Hell's Bells is up there as one of the best openings to a rock song/album. This album fuckin rocks, I'd even argue it helped define what it means to rock. Brian Johnson's first AC/DC album I think.

Music

Madonna

2/5

Woof this did not age well. Don't Tell Me is still cool, but Music which was the lead single is awful. Didn't love it back in 2000 and definitely like it less now. And that American Pie cover sucks, but then again, nothing could ever come close to Weird Al's version.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

One of my lesser favourite Beatles records but it's still a great LP

The Joshua Tree

4/5

Weird this was being posted on Reddit yesterday and now it's my AotD.

Guero

Beck

4/5

Beck has been getting crazy with the Cheez whiz for as long as I can remember

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

2/5

I understand The Byrds underwent a number of lineup changes, but this is not one of my favourite iterations of this British band.

No Other

Gene Clark

2/5

Competent but I didn't enjoy it much

Doolittle

Pixies

3/5

This is on the required reading list for my life growing up. Understand the importance of it, how it influenced the music that came after etc, just not a huge fan of it.

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

3/5

This is pretty wavy but with more parts I didn't enjoy than parts I did.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

2/5

Not for me

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

2/5

It's not good but is it weird to say that I'm really glad it exists?

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Title track is enjoyable. Spotify calls this post-punk but definitely doesn't feel like that to me.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

3/5

In Every Dream Home A Heartache is a fuckin bop! These British 70s bands are a dime a dozen on this site but these guys manage to put together a couple nice tracks on this short offering.

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

3/5

Awful title aside this album somehow escaped my sphere but it's exactly what I would have listened to in the late 90s, early 00s.

Germs

2/5