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At San Quentin Johnny Cash	1	3.8	-2.8
Power In Numbers Jurassic 5	1	3.48	-2.48
Coat Of Many Colors Dolly Parton	1	3.42	-2.42
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan	1	3.38	-2.38
Music From Big Pink The Band	1	3.36	-2.36
Siembra Willie Colón & Rubén Blades	1	3.29	-2.29
Feast of Wire Calexico	1	3.29	-2.29
System Of A Down System Of A Down	1	3.26	-2.26
Hysteria Def Leppard	1	3.22	-2.22
No Other Gene Clark	1	3.18	-2.18

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Simply Red

1/5

I cannot stand Simply Red

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1-Star Albums (18)

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Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

A few odd tracks, old people talking being one. Some tracks seem out of place - Mrs Robinson for example. Overall an enjoyable listen with a couple of classics in there.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Some good innovative tracks but overall too long. Good use of samples.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

3/5

A few classic tracks. Billie Jean being my favourite. I few tracks sound very dated especially the Paul McCartney duet.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

2/5

Not my thing. Background music really. Had a few songs I recognised

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Soothing background music. Probably quite poetic if you listen closely enough.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

Known this one on vinyl. Good album. Tiny dancer being the highlight

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

Great album that I own. Good lyrics. Upbeat tempo.

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Weird. When this popped up I was listening to it on vinyl. Good album. Loose production makes it sounds like it was recorded live in a garage. It’s a a brilliant debut album with catchy tracks and sun lyrics.

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

1/5

Poor man’s Nirvana or Foo Fighters. Didn’t enjoy it

Guero

Beck

2/5

A bit dull. No stand out tracks. Ok as background music. Same as all the Beck stuff I’ve heard.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

A few good tunes but too much sweating and use of faggot for my liking.

Sail Away

Randy Newman

1/5

Motr nonsense . Couldn’t stop thinking about Toy Story.

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

2/5

Didn’t manage to listen to all of it. Average at best

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

2/5

Enjoyable enough for a hip hop album. Reminded me of de la soul

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

2/5

Had it on the background. Passed by unremarkably. Will give it another listen.

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

1/5

Did not listen

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

2/5

Not my cup of tea

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

1/5

Couldn’t get it to play on Tidal

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

1/5

Not my thing so did not listen

The Libertines

3/5

Good album with a couple of stand out tracks

Queen II

Queen

2/5

Very glam rocky. Not my cup of tea.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Classic album that I own in 2 formats. Love it.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

1/5

Not my thing at all.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

3/5

Not bad for a hip hop album

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

1/5

Did not listen

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

Not interested but listened anyway. Much better than expected.

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

3/5

Diddly dee

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

1/5

Not my thing

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

Not had a chance to listen yet but will

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

Heard it many times before. Good album , some catchy songs, some terrible lyrics

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

I have this album. I think it’s better than Thriller. Has more stand out tracks.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Good album. Has a couple of brilliant tracks.

Goo

Sonic Youth

3/5

Great shoe gaze album

Elvis Presley

3/5

Great debut from the King

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

2/5

A bit dull

Real Life

Magazine

3/5

Ok. Reminded me of very early Cure albums

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

1/5

Didn’t listen

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

Good album containing some stadium rocking anthems.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Good album. Great guitar as you would expect, surprisingly good vocals. Some classic tunes. Good blues riffs.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Brilliant album that I own on vinyl.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Phrenology

The Roots

3/5

Surprisingly enjoyable despite the frequent use of the N word

Hysteria

Def Leppard

1/5

Awful cheesy rock

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

Classic 80s with a few excellent tracks

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

Classic indie rock

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Seemed listenable. Only had it on in the background

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

1/5

Did not listen

Fleet Foxes

2/5

I own this one but it’s not a favourite

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

3/5

Ok 60s rock pop

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Decent enough

Station To Station

David Bowie

2/5

Not the best Bowie album

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

2/5

Elephant is a better album

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

2/5

Ok. Not the best by them

Technique

New Order

4/5

Excellent album that I bought on vinyl when it came out.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

3/5

Some very good tracks but a bit iffy on the middle especially some of the covers.

Blur

4/5

Decent album by a great British band

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

3/5

A combination of Byrnes musical style and Zeno’s ambient sound. Ok

Feast of Wire

Calexico

1/5

Dull. Labelled as indie but more like folk or country really.

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

2/5

Loud and shouty. Reminds of Dinosaur Jnr or similar.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Good album. One that I have a copy of. 1979 is the stand out track

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

3/5

Decent

Picture Book

Simply Red

1/5

I cannot stand Simply Red

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

2/5

Meh

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

2/5

Decent enough.

Nowhere

Ride

4/5

Awesome

Tago Mago

Can

2/5

I own this one, but not one I play often and not for years

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

2/5

Not my thing these days. A bit heavy

Kimono My House

Sparks

1/5

Terrible

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

I refuse to listen to this. I know all the famous tracks already

Viva Hate

Morrissey

3/5

I own this one on CD. His best album by some way.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

Ok, not heard of this album before

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

2/5

Probably great as a live act 50 years ago. Not so fresh these days

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

3/5

Jangly guitars that reminds me of Mr Dylan. Quite enjoyable

Spiderland

Slint

3/5

Never heard of this album. Mostly low key guitars and almost spoken lyrics. Quite enjoyable.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

3/5

Classic. Heard many time before

Scissor Sisters

3/5

Another one I own on CD

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

2/5

Not their best

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

2/5

Haven't yet listened

Tidal

Fiona Apple

2/5

Meh

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Decent stones album

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Enjoyable but not a classic like Nevermind

Common

4/5

This is why I wanted to do this. Great artist that I have never heard of. Vocals sound similar to JayZ. Great.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

I have this one. Interesting album.

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

2/5

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

2/5

Decent enough.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

I own this one on vinyl. Good listen

The Modern Lovers

3/5

Surprisingly enjoyable. Echoes of the Doors, Roxy Music etc

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

Quite enjoyable jangly Beatles inspired tunes

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

I own this one as well. Decent album

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Good fun considering it’s Queen

System Of A Down

1/5

Awful shouty rock

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

2/5

Ok. Punky rock. Better than I thought it would be

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

Listenable but nothing special

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

Decent album. Couple of stand out tracks

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

2/5

This has been on my list for a while. Not bad.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

Decent enough listen

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

2/5

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

2/5

Meh

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

2/5

Pretty good

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

2/5

Heard before. Good album.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

Ok. Enjoyed some of the instrumental ones

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

3/5

Enjoyed it, especially the really long last track

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Excellent. Another one I own.

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

2/5

Ok. Will probably never listen to it again

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

2/5

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

I own this album. Decent album some good tunes.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

Surprisingly enjoyable

Fun House

The Stooges

3/5

Good album. Reminded me of the Doors on parts

Fragile

Yes

2/5

Decent enough.

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

2/5

Surprisingly in-bee-gee-like. Not the disco I know them for.

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

Excellent

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

3/5

Never heard of this Damon Albarn album. Good pick

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Enjoyable disco album

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

2/5

Some good tracks a couple do terrible ones.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

2/5

Had its moments

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

2/5

I knew this one. Sounds better than I remembered.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

Pretty good for Queen

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

Excellent album that I own

Infected

The The

3/5

I knew this one. A couple of great tracks at the start of the album

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Very enjoyable album with a few classic tracks

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Actually really enjoyed this album. Never really like any Nick Cave before

Music From Big Pink

The Band

1/5

Meh

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Great Stones album. One of the best

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

3/5

Great band. Mostly great songs. A couple I had to skip

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

2/5

Alt rock. Seems heavily influenced by Sgt Peppers etc

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

Excellent

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Nice

No Other

Gene Clark

1/5

Not my thing

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

3/5

Decent enough.

Tommy

The Who

3/5

Decent enough with a couple of great tracks

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

But too rocky for me

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

1/5

Couldn’t get it to play

Ramones

3/5

Decent

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

4/5

I had forgotten how good this album is

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

2/5

Ok 80s pop