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Album	You	Global	Diff
Want One Rufus Wainwright	5	2.91	+2.09
Maxinquaye Tricky	5	3.04	+1.96
Lady In Satin Billie Holiday	5	3.23	+1.77
Cross Justice	5	3.27	+1.73
The Message Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five	5	3.28	+1.72
Made In Japan Deep Purple	5	3.29	+1.71
British Steel Judas Priest	5	3.3	+1.7
Melodrama Lorde	5	3.31	+1.69
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk	5	3.33	+1.67
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	5	3.36	+1.64

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
MTV Unplugged In New York Nirvana	2	4.21	-2.21
Armed Forces Elvis Costello & The Attractions	1	3.09	-2.09
Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club	1	3.03	-2.03
Elephant The White Stripes	2	3.86	-1.86
Moondance Van Morrison	2	3.71	-1.71
L.A. Woman The Doors	2	3.67	-1.67
Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2	3.53	-1.53
Marquee Moon Television	2	3.5	-1.5
War U2	2	3.48	-1.48
Fear Of Music Talking Heads	2	3.47	-1.47

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Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	2	5

5-Star Albums (27)

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Melodrama

Lorde

5/5

"I'm totally not a pop girlie," I say, as I reflexively rate this a 5/5

6 likes

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

4/5

I tried really hard not to enjoy it but I failed because I enjoyed it immensely

4 likes

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

5/5

Adored everything about this. It made me very emotional. The variety and layers to this really got me. I'm going to want to dedicate time to dig deeper into this.

3 likes

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

I mean it's alright? But REM has just never really resonated with me all that much

1 likes

1-Star Albums (3)

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Arrival

ABBA

4/5

The melodrama! The dancing! THE FEELINGS. I thought I wasn't into ABBA before this and I was wrong.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

It's motherfucking Pet Sounds

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5

This was neat and the influences are all over, but I think this isn't exactly something I'll reach for again.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

The whole album is a vibe, bop after bop. The Go-Gos have such an immediately identifiable sound, which I love, but it's a tad one-note (to my ears at least) after long enough

Rocks

Aerosmith

3/5

Good, reminds me of why I like Aerosmith without sticking around long enough to remind me I'm lukewarm on Aerosmith. Back In The Saddle is a killer album opening

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

3/5

Cowboys and Angels is so beautiful. I enjoyed it but will admit I didn't find most of it particularly memorable. I might try and revisit it

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

3/5

I enjoyed it alright

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

There were parts of this album I enjoyed a lot (the opening tracks!) - but there are a lot of aspects that I enioyed but kind of blended into the background a bit. I'm probably going to revisit it eventually but it scratches a certain singer-songwriter itch for me

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

I still hate "Girls" and I can only listen to 10-15 minutes at a time before I begin to hate it and need to take a break But damn it I still had a great time

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

5/5

Adored everything about this. It made me very emotional. The variety and layers to this really got me. I'm going to want to dedicate time to dig deeper into this.

New Wave

The Auteurs

3/5

I enjoyed it but nothing really stuck out to me

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

4/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

4/5

I really enjoyed the vibes on this album.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

Loved this. Did not expect to vibe with it the way I did but halfway through it all clicked.

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

3/5

I enjoyed it but Phil Collins' voice has just never really done it for me. Some phenomenally trippy stuff here, really nest instrumentals for sure

Risque

CHIC

3/5

Fun, easy listening, nothing that totally blew me away

The Slider

T. Rex

2/5

If I want to listen to something with this kind of sound I'd rather reach for Bowie or The Kinks.

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

5/5

It's Deep Purple, I just can't help myself

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

Dire Straits

5/5

When I first started driving, I used to listen to Sultans of Swing on repeat with the windows down while I was driving down mountain roadways in the summer evening. This whole album takes me mentally to that place.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

4/5

The naming of the tracks on this album is absolutely inspirational

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

2/5

I can intellectually appreciate Common, but this album felt like a slog to me.

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

I enjoyed it but it didn't blow me away

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

I love early Coldplay and I'll never apologize for it

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

5/5

I'm always going to be obsessed with Billie Holiday and this is why

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

Honestly as much as I love The Beatles this album just doesn't really do it for me

1999

Prince

4/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

I enjoyed this less than the other stuff of Neil Young's I've listened to

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

3/5

This whole era of pop is so nostalgic for me and man Aguilera has a hell of a voice, but this album was about three times as long as necessary imho

New York Dolls

3/5

This one was really fun, love the vocals and the whole sound and vibe.

Nowhere

Ride

2/5

I think I just fundamentally don't get shoegaze

The Band

3/5

This was a fun listen, I can vibe with it

So Much For The City

The Thrills

4/5

I enjoyed this a lot because I love this sort of detached Americana vibe. Something about it also reminds me of Ween's 12 Golden Country Greats and I can't quite place why

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

I love sadboi music but this didn't really click with me. Maybe I'll give it another go eventually but this didn't really make me feel anything.

Cross

Justice

5/5

Killer album. It's bops all the way down.

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

I mean it's alright? But REM has just never really resonated with me all that much

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

Unparalleled bluesman guitar wankery, I'll never not be obsessed

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

4/5

I tried really hard not to enjoy it but I failed because I enjoyed it immensely

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

2/5

If I would ever be into this album at any point in my life it would be right now, and it just didn't land with me until the very end when it started to click. Real conflicted on this one.

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

3/5

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

The perfect album to blow out some speakers to. Miss you Jr

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Lots of interesting stuff on this one, and I've always enjoyed that noir sort of thing Nick Cave has going on. As with a lot of double albums though, I think it could have been pared down a lot

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

4/5

Help I'm a rock

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Super fun, guitar virtuoso stuff, v groovy

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

Killer album

British Steel

Judas Priest

5/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

A perfectly enjoyable Bob Dylan album

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

3/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

2/5

I like The Doors but tbh they really just make me want to listen to the blues

Melodrama

Lorde

5/5

"I'm totally not a pop girlie," I say, as I reflexively rate this a 5/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Super fun, super funky, I loved the harmonies and enjoyed this album a lot

Atomizer

Big Black

4/5

Legendary producer, totally bonkers noise rock edgyboy stuff. Musically it blew my mind but man I was not ready for some of the lyrical content and I'm not totally sure how comfortable with it I am

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

2/5

The horn-like synth on Krazy Krush is good beyond belief, but oh my God this album is so early 2000s it hurts

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

This is that sort of sadboi music that I vibe with

The College Dropout

Kanye West

3/5

I can't deny that there aren't some total bangers on this album, but man I just can't stand the skits

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

2/5

Every now and again one of these songs hits it out of the park but I'm kinda lukewarm on the project as a whole

Country Life

Roxy Music

2/5

Some neat experimental stuff here but I don't think most of it was really my thing.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

5/5

Okay this kind of blew my mind. Loved everything about this.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

5/5

Legendary album. I can see why this album has been sampled to hell and back by everyone since.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

2/5

I think it's interesting, I think Talking Heads was important and groundbreaking for the history of music, etc etc but at the end of the day I just didn't enjoy listening to this that much.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

There's some interesting stuff there and I can see why this would have been huge in the early 70s

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

3/5

It's albums like this that make me really love this whole project, because I 100% would have never heard about this otherwise. Not my usual thing at all but I definitely dig it

The La's

3/5

I am so sick of all the British rock on this list. But it was alright

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

3/5

Super weird - this is the archetypal psychedelic rock band imo. Not super my thing but a very fun listen nonetheless

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

I'm pretty sure I gave this a whole extra star because it's summer right now and I'm all about the vibe in a way that I would decidedly not be in winter

Elephant

The White Stripes

2/5

I'm just not that into the white stripes I think

Cut

The Slits

2/5

Was kind of fun, not really my thing though and not much stood out to me

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

3/5

I enjoyed this more than I expected to

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

2/5

I tried with this album but it just didn't land with me

Marquee Moon

Television

2/5

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

I really don't know why I've been avoiding radiohead for years, this slaps

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

4/5

This was super fun

Cypress Hill

2/5

Some of the samples were really fun and I'm obsessed with the sloshy hi hat samples but most of this just doesn't hit my ear right

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

3/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

Best bdsm synthwave album of all time from the best bdsm synthwave band of all time, imo

Elvis Presley

3/5

I've got a soft spot for those early Elvis recordings and that whole Sun Records sound

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

Tom Tom Club

1/5

I not only hated this album, I'm also now wondering if I ever really liked The Talking Heads, either

Bert Jansch

3/5

It was fine, but I'm unlikely to seek it out again

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

JAZZ

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

I enjoyed a lot of it, don't get me wrong, but if it had been half the length I still would have enjoyed it just as much.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

5/5

You can hear the charisma through the microphone. I adored everything about this

Sound Affects

The Jam

2/5

Kind of fun but I'd rather listen to Bowie tbh

Van Halen

3/5

If the song "Ice Cream Man" didn't exist this album may have gotten another star

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

The title track makes me cry without fail every time

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

Fun and super listen able

Virgin Suicides

Air

3/5

Unsettling, melancholy vibes. Never seen the film. I enjoyed it alright

Let It Be

The Replacements

3/5

It's a vibe

Sincere

Mj Cole

1/5

I just really didn't like this

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

I enjoyed this quite a bit more than I expected to, I dig the sound

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Bops on bops

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

1/5

I just can't stand anything about Elvis Costello

One World

John Martyn

2/5

Meh

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Not my favorite Beach Boys album but I've also been assured I'm wrong about this one so? I enjoyed the back half of this record way more than the front half, and I don't know what's up with Student Demonstration Time but I did not vibe with it

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

5/5

The guitars on Summer Breeze and That Lady are just phenomenal That Lady is like straight up pure 100% joy I love this album

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Okay I normally hate double albums because I feel like they're usually bloated and contain a bunch of material that should have been cut, but oh my god everything on this is golden. It's a foundational album, been sampled to hell and back and for good reason. Absolutely a must-listen. This album will stay with me forever.

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

2/5

Kinds groovy at times but kinda whatever most of the time

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

4/5

GLOCKENSPIEL

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

Willie singing pop standards is a total novelty but it's a novelty I really enjoy

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

There are so many layers to this album and every time I listen to it I catch something new

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

It's a fun listen, jazz organ is a rare enough treat

The xx

3/5

It's got that detached indie rock kind of thing going on, which hits my brain in a pleasant sort of way. Reminds me of TV on the Radio a bit.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Fairies Wear Boots is low-key one of the best Sabbath songs I saw it and I tell you no lies

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

*Radiohead fanboying intensifies*

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

This was the first Rush album I ever heard in full and it made me stop and go "oh huh I guess these guys are more than just Tom Sawyer"

Garbage

4/5

I love this era of 90s rock

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

I'm usually a bit of a Nirvana hater and talk about how I think they're overrated, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden are the only good grunge/Seattle sound bands, etc etc, but re-listening to this album really reminded me of just how damned iconic it all is so I may need to reevaluate my stance

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

I enjoyed it alright, parts of it really hit hard

Guero

Beck

4/5

Girl, E-Pro, and Go It Alone are in my regular rotation. Love this album and listen to it all the time, but it's got a handful of skippable tracks (Broken Drum and Scarecrow don't do it for me) and it's not in my top 3 for Beck albums. It reminds me of Odelay but not all of the experimentation always lands quite right.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

This album is special to me and only becomes more special to me over time. There's something so vulnerable about Cash here. This version of Desperado makes me cry. This version of We'll Meet Again makes me cry. It's all fantastic.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

I hate the name of this album but I enjoy it otherwise

En-Tact

The Shamen

3/5

Fun dance music, probably won't listen to it again but it was fun to have on in the background.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

She's the queen of soul, I can't help it

Closer

Joy Division

3/5

Feast of Wire

Calexico

3/5

More detached indie rock, I can dig it

Moondance

Van Morrison

2/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

3/5

The first 6 tracks are back to back bangers, but the quality drops off so fast after that. And Blame Game still sucks. If it was just the first 6 tracks it would be a 5/5.

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

4/5

Super pleasant all around, interesting themes and lyrics and sublime steel guitar

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

3/5

Bad Company

4/5

Buena Vista Social Club

5/5

I enjoyed this so much