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Album	You	Global	Diff
Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears	5	3.17	+1.83
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	5	3.34	+1.66
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	5	3.38	+1.62
Stardust Willie Nelson	5	3.39	+1.61
Hail To the Thief Radiohead	5	3.44	+1.56
Ramones Ramones	5	3.58	+1.42
The Madcap Laughs Syd Barrett	4	2.62	+1.38
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	5	3.62	+1.38
A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets	4	2.67	+1.33
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	5	3.68	+1.32

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Hard Again Muddy Waters	1	3.62	-2.62
Parklife Blur	1	3.38	-2.38
Inspiration Information Shuggie Otis	1	3.27	-2.27
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie	2	4.26	-2.26
Every Picture Tells A Story Rod Stewart	1	3.24	-2.24
Are You Experienced Jimi Hendrix	2	4.16	-2.16
Wild Wood Paul Weller	1	3.09	-2.09
Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones	2	3.87	-1.87
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Raekwon	1	2.86	-1.86
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones	2	3.83	-1.83

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Nirvana	2	5

5-Star Albums (18)

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Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

3/5

Not terrible, but there were much better imitations of this album.

1 likes

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

5/5

Relative to other Radiohead records, it isn't a 5, but it's still Radiohead and better than 90% of the rest of these albums. Pretty sad.

1 likes

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

David Bowie

2/5

This list is too full of mediocre British albums. This is another one. Bowie and this album are over hyped IMO.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (10)

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London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Great album. Not new to me, but I love it.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Sounds pre-metal with flute. I couldn't get into it, but did find it *interesting*.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

This was better than I remember it. I do really like '77, but later Heads typically doesn't do it for me.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

4/5

It grew on me

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Interesting, but it didn't vibe with me.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

2/5

System Of A Down

2/5

Didn't age well

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

4/5

It's pleasant, but does not have a spark.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

I'd never heard this album from start to finish. It's a banger!

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

1/5

bad.

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

1/5

terrible. This was uninspiring and I did not like listening to it.

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

I'd give it 4.5 stars if I could. Not perfect, but better than a 4.

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

3/5

I wouldn't go back for a second listen, but i didn't hate it as much as some listeners here.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Not the best CCR album, but decent. 3.5

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

3/5

3.5. This album was well done and lyrics are good. The music on some of the tracks is not very compelling to my ears, however.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

4/5

4.5. Obviously some of the songs are legendary, but there is also too much filler to get a 5.

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

3/5

Not terrible, but there were much better imitations of this album.

Adele

4/5

Solid.

2112

Rush

4/5

Probably my most replayed album so far. I thought it was musically really quite great. I didn't get in to the story...

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

Country-ish, but not too bad

Liquid Swords

GZA

3/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

3/5

Fine. One great song... the rest don't really vibe with me.

Blur

3/5

Fine. One good song, the rest is average.

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Pretty good. I probably wouldn't go back, but certainly don't mind listening to it.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

2/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

2/5

Meh.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

Meh.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

4/5

The stereo on this album is really cool. Bass on left side, rhythm guitar on the right. Pretty good.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

Very good. Close to a 5, but it gets better.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

1/5

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

2/5

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

The best album yet. I LOVE IT! 5 Stars.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

3.5. Pretty good. Fun, catchy.

Woodface

Crowded House

3/5

Solid. Couple songs that are 4s, but I didn't get the sense that this is a 5-star album over all, to my tastes.

Violator

Depeche Mode

2/5

Just doesn't do it for me. Perfectly fine album, but dark synth pop is not my genre. Kinda boring.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

1/5

I'd rate it 0. Mostly because of the talking bits. Music was fine, but uninspired.

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

4/5

I didn't get to listen to it as many times as I'd like, but tentatively I'd rate this closer to 4-stars than to 3-stars.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

5/5

Relative to other Radiohead records, it isn't a 5, but it's still Radiohead and better than 90% of the rest of these albums. Pretty sad.

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

David Bowie

2/5

This list is too full of mediocre British albums. This is another one. Bowie and this album are over hyped IMO.

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

3/5

Metallica

5/5

Is it Metallica's best album? No. Is it dripping with masculinity? Yes. This album isn't for every day or every mood. Does it rock? Very very much yes. 5-stars.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Great. I love Otis.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

A bit too bombastic, but it gets the blood flowing.

Blood, Sweat & Tears

5/5

Not perfect, but really good. I'd rate it 4.5-stars if I could. Jazzy. I love the horns. Grew up playing trumpet, so makes sense.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

I like Bruce. I do. But it all sorta sounds the same, musically, to me. So I get bored.

Debut

Björk

4/5

Bjork is really odd. The music is a bit obtuse. But that is what makes it interesting. Not many others like her. I can't say my rating is equivalent to other 4-stars. Most of them, I'd be very happy listening to. I'm rating 4-stars because I'm pretty sure that with enough listens it would be at least a 4-star album, possibly 5-stars.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Pretty depressing, but I love to put it on when I'm feeling down and tired from work. Certainly a 4-star album if I've ever heard one.

Dog Man Star

Suede

4/5

I don't think I'll come back to it, but it was pretty good.

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

Great. I already liked R.E.M. a lot, but this album was before my time. I give it a 4.5 and will probably add it to my playlist.

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

Of course I'd heard many of these songs, but this album was a bit before my time. It's probably blasphemy to give it only 4-stars, but that's what I think it deserves.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

2/5

Chill, but absolutely nothing special. Why is this on this list??

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

Fine. 3-stars.

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Look, maybe Led Zeppelin was a pioneer of blue-sy rock, but to me it all sounds the same. Not bad, but just doesn't vibe with me. Kinda boring.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

I just can't get into Iron Maiden. I don't get it, and think the singer sucks.

Justified

Justin Timberlake

3/5

Some very catch songs, but overall I'm not the target demographic of this genre.

The Score

Fugees

5/5

I'd never heard this album. Shame. It is from my era too, but, I grew up living a sheltered life. I found a new favorite and will rank this 5 stars. The outro almost lost this a star though.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Rolling Stones don't do it for me.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

3/5

Catchy, but a bit poppy for my tastes. I'd never heard of Electric Light Orchestra or even Mr. Blue Sky before this listen...

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

2/5

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

3/5

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

4/5

Berlin

Lou Reed

3/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Feast of Wire

Calexico

4/5

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

1/5

The most memorable thing about this album is the spoken parts. Music bad.

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

2/5

Boring. 2.5 Closer to 2.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

Just great. So relaxing. Love 1001 albums for this kind of discovery.

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

1/5

This was so incredibly bad.

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

2/5

I just can't give bad pop more than a 2-star rating.

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

Four-stars seems generous, but it is better than 3

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

3/5

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

4/5

Pretty good.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Very good, but not the best Bad Seeds album.

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

R.E.M. is good. This album is not one of the best, though.

Faust IV

Faust

1/5

God awful. What is this crap

My Generation

The Who

2/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

Pretty darn good.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

2/5

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

2/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

2/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

4/5

Don't usually like Bowie, but this was good.

Caetano Veloso

4/5

Listened a few times and it grew on me. Fun. Sexy. Relaxing

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Country Life

Roxy Music

2/5

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

Not the best Elliott Smith album, but still good.

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

2/5

This was a tough listen... and I like punk and Nick Cave.

Make Yourself

Incubus

2/5

I just can't get into Incubus.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Pretty good.. After a few listens I realized how melancholy this album is.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

3/5

It's bad, but chill enough to get 3 stars.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Enjoyable but not best of the best

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

3/5

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

2/5

Fine. Good for country

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Even there are a couple of good - great songs, I just can't get into most of them and don't like the Rolling Stones.

Fragile

Yes

4/5

Surprisingly good. I didn't really love it at first, but that's what makes a good album. I'd probably even give it a 4.5

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

2/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Clear 5-stars. So far the best album on this list, and I'm over 100 in. A classic both musically and thematically.

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

2/5

I did not like this. But also not in the mood, so, 2 stars. Seems childish and obnoxious.

Ramones

5/5

I loved this at some point in my life -- 5 stars because of that. Nowadays, I'd probably give it 4.5, but who is counting?

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

2/5

Probably a 2.5, but that option isn't available..

Odessa

Bee Gees

4/5

I liked this a surprising amount. Pretty chill and hopeful.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

A couple good songs, but overall I just don't like The White Stripes. 2.5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

2/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

4/5

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

3/5

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

Parklife

Blur

1/5

This album is obnoxious. Not good. Fucking shit Brit pop.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Gosh.. How do you rate an album with one of the greatest songs (Paint it Black), a song that is quite questionable in content (Under my Thumb) and a bunch of crap honkey tonk / filler?

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

This album can never be 5-stars for me. A couple of 5-star songs, but most are clear 4-stars.

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

2/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Another album with one of the best songs ever on it... But the album doesn't really feel like an album but a collection of filler and a few hits.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Couple of awesome songs, some things that were a bit too strange (last song). Overall pretty good.

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

2/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

5/5

Probably not in the top 20, but still better than a 4.5.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Aja

Steely Dan

2/5

Not my cup of tea, but probably gets rated highly by others.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Really calming.

Bert Jansch

4/5

This was really, really good. Excellent guitar work. Vocals just okay. Angie is phenomenal.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

It's been a while since I've listened to this, but being a child of the 90s, of course I listened to it a lot. I thought that I would be bored of it, or that it wouldn't have stood the test of time, but oh boy was I wrong. It sound great remastered on my stereo. I miss Nirvana, I guess.

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

2/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

This is not super accessible, but I think it is artistically better than Nevermind.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

This was remarkable. I've of course heard Take 5, and it is the best, but the rest was great too.

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

One great song, most of the rest is not for me.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

4/5

This would have been a 5-star album at some point in my life, but I just can't give it that many. It's clearly a 4.5, but that rating isn't available.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

I owned this album in my teens and of course liked some of the songs, but was also repulsed by the intensity of some of the music and lyrics. Like, it was too much. Now, much older and more capable of riding the emotional waves, I find this a breath of fresh air in the AI / TikTok - everything sounds the same - era. The remix sounds good, the music is good but not revolutionary, but the lyrics and song writing are top notch.

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

1/5

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

1/5

Not for me. I could only make it a few songs.

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

3/5

I wasn't in the mood for 3rd wave ska when I listened to this, so the best I could muster was 3 stars.

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