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Album	You	Global	Diff
Copper Blue Sugar	5	2.97	+2.03
Henry's Dream Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	3.1	+1.9
Fetch The Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple	5	3.2	+1.8
Inspiration Information Shuggie Otis	5	3.27	+1.73
Debut Björk	5	3.37	+1.63
Heaven Or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins	5	3.38	+1.62
Beauty And The Beat The Go-Go's	5	3.39	+1.61
Nilsson Schmilsson Harry Nilsson	5	3.43	+1.57
Arrival ABBA	5	3.51	+1.49
Ramones Ramones	5	3.58	+1.42

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Hard Day's Night Beatles	1	3.9	-2.9
Queen II Queen	1	3.49	-2.49
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.41	-2.41
The Chronic Dr. Dre	1	3.32	-2.32
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles	2	4.26	-2.26
The White Album Beatles	2	4.17	-2.17
Roxy Music Roxy Music	1	3.1	-2.1
Time (The Revelator) Gillian Welch	1	3.06	-2.06
Felt Mountain Goldfrapp	1	3	-2
Hunky Dory David Bowie	2	4	-2

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Johnny Cash	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Roxy Music	2	1
Beatles	3	1.67
David Bowie	4	2.25

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Elephant

The White Stripes · 1 likes

5/5

I love this album.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash · 1 likes

5/5

Really excellent

1-Star Albums (10)

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Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

The arrangement was so familiar also like jazz each song is full of improvisation.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

I thought I knew their discography. Pleasant surprise.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Ironic view of the good ol’ days and criticism of cultural stagnation. Also use of Village Green in Hot Fuzz is on the nose.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

2/5

Don’t like the Beatles. Lucy in the Sky with diamonds is absolutely about drugs.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

1/5

Radio friendly silliness.

S&M

Metallica

3/5

This was an event.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Weirdly all songs sound the same.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

1/5

Gave up second song in. Too sad for me.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

No Refused to listen. In this case i am not separating art from the artist.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

5/5

Brilliant album. All songs are consistently soulful.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

4/5

Interesting And fresh

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

3/5

The theme was interesting

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

2/5

Very 80s

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Golden Years sounds like Fashion. Overall it’s alright.

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

Lyrics not complicated, but the talent is on show.

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

2/5

Very melodic

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

1/5

Exceptionally boring. If makes you wonder why they never broken the US this album can clearly demonstrate why.

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

3/5

Interesting and full of charm. Didn’t like the use of certain word in “rednecks”, but understand the reason why satire of southern Americans would use it.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

Whenever I listen to run for the hills I’m somewhat bothered by the discrepancy between singing and drums, because they are not at the same time. Listening to the whole album I realised that the drummer is really bad. They don’t keep the same time as the rest of the instruments.

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

It was missing a hit. Very consistent.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Surprised

Paul Simon

3/5

Not as good as Graceland.

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

2/5

Mark E Smith cannot sing. The music is interesting.

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

4/5

Surprisingly interesting

I Should Coco

Supergrass

2/5

Drug references and misogyny, while sounding like Beatles and the Rolling Stones

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Not bad. Couple of hits.

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

1/5

Monotone and preachy

Street Signs

Ozomatli

2/5

Album no longer available in full on Spotify. Listened to main single. It was ok.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

2/5

Makes me sad.

Suzanne Vega

3/5

Poetic and slow

Spiderland

Slint

2/5

Tough listen when you’re sad.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Loved it. Every song tells a story and they are catchy as well.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

You can hear references to other compositions, like Rapsody in Blue. Really good!

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Every song sounds the same.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

As good as Folsom Prison.

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

Hypnotising

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Interesting voice, but the song arrangements are of it’s time.

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

1/5

It supposed to be atmospheric, but it’s just annoying.

Talvin Singh

2/5

Not my kind of vibe. Found it distracting. Appreciate the artistry.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

So Psychodelic and harmless.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

3/5

It has one radio friendly single and the rest is a stoner album.

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

3/5

With the exception of 1 song most of the songs sound very similar.

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

Of it’s time. A little preachy with gated reverb.

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

1/5

Boooooring!

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

Songs to sing by the campfire with a guitar.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

Calm and steady. I knew Our House before.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Great storytelling in his song writing. Especially in the title track.

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

2/5

Background noise

Kid A

Radiohead

2/5

A bit whiny

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

Pleasant, but not memorable.

A Seat at the Table

Solange

4/5

Came to it with reservations, but the album was surprisingly interesting. The songs had a great style and content together with the message. Found the interludes a little preachy, but not super distracting. Her voice is very soothing.

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

3/5

You can hear the roots that will become reggae music.

Third

Portishead

2/5

We are Portishead! And we are here to make you think of death and stuff!

Parklife

Blur

2/5

It doesn’t know what it wants to be. There is plenty of songs that sound very britpop, but also random punk-ish song thrown in the middle. Quite incoherent stylistically.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

2/5

More of the concept album than pop. The first song “borrows” too much from Cat Stevens which is very distracting.

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

2/5

Don’t love his singing style, especially comparing it to Willie Nelson who sings straight. It makes it difficult to get engaged in the songs.

Elvis Presley

3/5

It sounds like it’s been a one take singing in to a can quality. All songs are covers of popular songs, but Blue Suede Shoes definitely stands out. Blue Moon is interesting.

Out of Step

Minor Threat

4/5

Loud, brash and great.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

2/5

Not my vibe. Sounds too much like The Police.

Arrival

ABBA

5/5

All the hits. Knowing me knowing you is definitely my favourite.

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

2/5

Background noise, but inoffensive.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

3/5

He crooned his way through a heartbreak. Very depressing. A year later he moves to singing swing, which we know him so well for. This one is alright.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

4/5

Enjoyable and interesting.

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

3/5

Great lyrics, but album needed more curating to pick the most interesting songs. It feels like it was just throwing everything in.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

2/5

Sounds unfinished and it’s a bit boring.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

The 2 singles are interesting, but the rest is a a little meh.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Precursor to something great.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

His voice isn’t as gravely as on later recordings. The lyrics are great.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Very funky concept album from the perspective of a pusher and pimp. Very enjoyable.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

4/5

Fully instrumental and interesting. Obviously Apache got a second life as basketball anthem, but this is so much more.

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

2/5

Sounds like they are stuck in the 60s.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

2/5

It’s alright i suppose. Not blowing my socks off.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Of it’s time. You can hear why it became a cult classic.

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

3/5

It was alright.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

5/5

Rather excellent for a debut album.

Roxy Music

1/5

Not for me. Tried too hard. Bad singing.

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

2/5

Not for me, but I admire artistry and the explanation of the music is very educational.

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

2/5

Sounds like PiL with some world music influences.

Debut

Björk

5/5

This may have been cheating from me, because i know this album so well. It still amazes me. The voice and the artistry. Love it.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

It’s alright. No real feelings. Not great, but not bad either.

Sea Change

Beck

2/5

Sad post break up Beck album

Moving Pictures

Rush

3/5

Blends into the background

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

3/5

Not available on Spotify right now. Found on YT. Melancholic and interesting.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

2/5

You cannot escape the notion that the Bill Bailey parody is spot on.

Ramones

5/5

Great energy and joyful noise.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

More complex arrangements

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

5/5

Soulful and excellent

Gris Gris

Dr. John

4/5

Fells like a longer album, because it’s so musically dense. Really good.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

It shows the potential of the band and Maps is a good example what will be expected in their next releases.

Arise

Sepultura

3/5

Loud

Pyromania

Def Leppard

2/5

In all it’s 80s glory it’s not memorable.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

5/5

Love it. I was very unsure first, but as long as i have been listening it got to me.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Sounds weirdly modern in terms of the music and themes.

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

2/5

Early rap not exactly my vibe.

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

2/5

Some of the songs would kill the invaders from Mars.

The Stone Roses

2/5

Expected worst, but it’s relatively inoffensive.

Permission to Land

The Darkness

4/5

The singer’s voice is so distinctive you may forget how weak some of songs are.

Copper Blue

Sugar

5/5

Very surprised. Loved it!

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

3/5

All about getting high and shagging. Interesting for a debut.

Moondance

Van Morrison

2/5

Bit forgettable

Fun House

The Stooges

3/5

Initial impression was very positive, but the longer I listened it felt like The Doors imitators.

Heroes

David Bowie

2/5

Feels very improvised

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

The sad album

Close To You

Carpenters

4/5

Karen Carpenter can really sing, but i cannot get out of my head that this extremely talented woman starve herself to death.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

Becomes monotonous.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

2/5

Of its time.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

I don’t think this album could be made now. So many samples through all the tracks the copyright lawyers would have had a field day. Very consistent.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

Interesting and full of samples

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

With all the synth sounds and gated reverb it’s of its time.

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

3/5

Very theatrical. You have to admire the talent.

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

3/5

Interesting instrumentals

Different Class

Pulp

2/5

Not for me. However i find it interesting that this was a 5th album by Pulp. Right now artists are forced to succeed with their first efforts.

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

Almost hypnotic feels improvised and addition of Ginger Baker makes it sounds very special. You cannot believe this is a live recording it sounds so intentional and coordinated.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Excellent and very consistent. You really listen to the songs.

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

3/5

Growly and raw, but lots of songs remind me of other songs.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

3/5

Surprised by the cultures appropriation in the Jamaica song. Otherwise it’s alright. Saturday is a good song.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

She is a very good songwriter.

Queen II

Queen

1/5

Awful prog rock monstrosity. So different to their later pop/rock work.

The White Album

Beatles

2/5

Terrible mess. Good to hear music by other members, but then you have something like Revolution 9.

Marquee Moon

Television

2/5

Proto-punk It not yet had the energy of later punk, but also you could hear the themes that will become so prominent later.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

Their voices harmonise really well.

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

3/5

Interesting addition of brass instruments to what is meant to be a punk music.

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

3/5

Weird combination of typical Bollywood songs together with som catchy 70s pop music. Not bad.

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

3/5

Knowing only Red Alert it was interesting to hear the rest of the album.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

1/5

Not my vibe. The constant jabs at his former band mates and the use of the n word put me off.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

Funky and fun

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

4/5

Blue Monday is a great song. The whole album is very good.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Excellent album with Astrud Gilberto’s voice being so smooth and lovely.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Probably will need to listen to it for a second time to really appreciate the music. So giving it expected 3 stars.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

It’s a classic that expires countless copies.

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

4/5

Surprising and hypnotic

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

Didn’t even notice when it looped back. Interesting and unique voice that cannot be mistaken for anyone else, but also the songs are really good too.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

4/5

Her voice is so soothing

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

political and yet easy listining

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

Heartbreak and revenge album. Obviously Any things mentioned in Ironic are coincidence not irony.

Elephant

The White Stripes

5/5

I love this album.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

The first track overwhelms the rest of the album, but it’s an interesting mix of country and folk music influences.

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

After the powerhouse that was Nevermind the next album is a response to the enormous success.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Initial impression - OK GO has definitely been inspired by this, because the singing style is very similar and indeed they have covered one of the songs from this album.

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

So incredible

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

5/5

Consistent and brilliant

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Iconic

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

Big sound and singing talents.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

The rapping is of its time, but it’s obvious why it’s influential and was very popular. So much energy, themes of fun and partying. Talent on display.

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

2/5

Karma Chameleon is a catchy song, the rest is weirdly annoying, because the repetitive lyrics and Boy George doesn’t modulate his voice.

Take Me Apart

Kelela

2/5

Surface, shiny surface from someone really talented, which is more of a shame.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

You can hear the blues influences, and knowing that lots of this was inspired by other artists it’s still a great album.