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Album	You	Global	Diff
Fever To Tell Yeah Yeah Yeahs	5	3.29	+1.71
Achtung Baby U2	5	3.31	+1.69
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea PJ Harvey	5	3.38	+1.62
The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy	5	3.41	+1.59
Sign 'O' The Times Prince	5	3.45	+1.55
Dirt Alice In Chains	5	3.47	+1.53
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	5	3.47	+1.53
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	5	3.49	+1.51
Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers	5	3.5	+1.5
1999 Prince	5	3.6	+1.4

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Hard Day's Night Beatles	1	3.9	-2.9
A Love Supreme John Coltrane	1	3.63	-2.63
In A Silent Way Miles Davis	1	3.61	-2.61
The Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald	1	3.53	-2.53
The Atomic Mr Basie Count Basie & His Orchestra	1	3.5	-2.5
Play Moby	1	3.47	-2.47
Zombie Fela Kuti	1	3.47	-2.47
Ellington at Newport Duke Ellington	1	3.43	-2.43
Stardust Willie Nelson	1	3.4	-2.4
Seventeen Seconds The Cure	1	3.38	-2.38

Artists

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Artist	Albums	Average
Prince	2	5
Jimi Hendrix	2	5
Nirvana	2	5
Pink Floyd	3	4.33
PJ Harvey	3	4.33

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Björk	2	1
Morrissey	2	1
Miles Davis	2	1
The Fall	2	1
Wilco	2	1.5
Yes	2	1.5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2	1.5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	2	1.5
The Beach Boys	2	1.5
Beatles	5	2.2

5-Star Albums (23)

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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

Popular Reviews

Van Halen

2/5

Technical flourishes aside, this is not what I expected. A boring rock album.

1 likes

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

1/5

Barely got through 2 songs before having to turn this shite off. Where's the zero stars option?

1 likes

1-Star Albums (49)

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Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

Franz Ferdinand

2/5

The band sound as bored as I am. Jingly jangly guitars performed by mediocre musicians. There isn't an ounce of originality amongst them. 1 extra point because Take Me Out has rattled around in my brain for the day, annoyingly.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

I thought it was Beck at first. I quite liked Radio Cure and I'm The Man Who Loves You but overall a bit too nice for me. No need to ever hear it again.

Elvis Presley

2/5

I liked the uptempo songs. Blue Suede Shoes is an all time classic. Otherwise, not for me.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

What. A. Voice.

The Rolling Stones

2/5

They go on to bigger and better things but this feels like just a bunch of lazy covers. Disappointing.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

Although I liked it musically I found his voice grating.

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

3/5

This was a pleasant surprise. Mr Skin was my favourite, the presence of horns made it feel soulful.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

5/5

Easy 5 for me. I'm not into dance music but the punk ethos runs through this album. Love it.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

Starts strong but quickly becomes very repetitive.

Let It Be

The Replacements

1/5

There's absolutely nothing on here to recommend. No good songs, no riffs, no musicianship, no good lyrics. Just no.

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

2/5

I'd been waiting ages to hear some hip hop and then I'm served this mediocre slop. How did this get on the list but there's no Saul Williams? Lazy and uninspired.

Being There

Wilco

1/5

Boring whiny shite.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

A landmark album that has aged well musically but not aged well at all lyrically. It has one of the all time great hip hop openers.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Inoffensive background music. It's OK.

Fragile

Yes

1/5

Not for me.

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

Great slice of funk.

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

1/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

Starts with a classic and ends with a classic. Good album, but I know there's far better Bowie albums to come.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Well I enjoyed that way more than I thought I would. Liked the first 2 songs and Here I Am, but Early Morning Breeze is my favourite. Some excellent song writing with a sense of humour.

Metallica

4/5

First half is a stonking 5/5 but everything after Nothing Else Matters is meh.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5/5

A rare album that I have loved since the very first listen. It sounds like a chaos train barely hanging on the track and it's utterly brilliant.

The Slider

T. Rex

3/5

A long and repetitive album. Buick Makane is a belting song. When they turn to straight up rock it sounds great.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

1/5

This is, without doubt, the worst shit ever inflicted on my ears. Jingle jangle guitar + whiny voice = utter aural carnage. I just don't get it. Shitty jingle jangle guitar but worst of all is fucking Morrisey. It's a beautiful sunny day and I've got to listen to his whiny bullshit. Some of the stuff I've listened to has been boring but this actually makes me nauseous. Why would anyone choose to listen to this?

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Not his best collection of songs. Too many slow ones for me but I do like Boogie on Reggae Woman.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

A couple of nostalgic singles but nothing else to recommend.

Truth

Jeff Beck

4/5

Some class blues with the silky smooth as gravel voice of Rod Stewart.

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

1/5

Nothing for me here. I don't mind some plinky piano nonsense, or even twangy guitar nonsense. But I didn't sign up for any squealing trumpet nonsense.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

A couple of good songs but for the most part it meanders to nowhere.

Nowhere

Ride

1/5

Why are they so miserable? Did their mummy's ask them to do the washing up. Poor kids. Waste of an hour.

Rocks

Aerosmith

4/5

Enjoyed this way more than I thought I would. Some great blues rock.

Guero

Beck

4/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

2/5

Good start but went downhill quickly after. Too many slow songs.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

1/5

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

3/5

It's awful but a guilty pleasure. I can't explain or defend it, I just like the sound.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Silky smooth voice but it's just 1 long song.

Van Halen

2/5

Technical flourishes aside, this is not what I expected. A boring rock album.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

2/5

Starts strong but quickly descends into 60s dirge.

Marquee Moon

Television

2/5

Play

Moby

1/5

So very very very very very very very very very very repetitive. Tedious background musak.

Medúlla

Björk

1/5

Pretentious tosh.

Very

Pet Shop Boys

1/5

I didn't like them in the 80s and I don't like them now. Just plastic pop at its worst.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

2/5

1 great Song. The rest made my ears tired.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

1/5

What's the point of this? Instantly forgettable covers.

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

1/5

Barely got through 2 songs before having to turn this shite off. Where's the zero stars option?

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Overblown operatic rock. Haven't heard it in 40 years so an extra point for the nostalgic feels.

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

1/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

2/5

I'm afraid 1 finger synths don't do anything for me. An extra point for the couple of tracks that registered in my memory.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

1/5

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

2/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

1/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

2/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

Low-Life

New Order

2/5

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

1/5

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

2/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

2/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

1/5

Pretentious arse chants.

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

3/5

Pretenders

2/5

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

2/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

2/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

Third

Soft Machine

1/5

This is what happens when you let toddlers loose with some pots and pans and a keyboard.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

3/5

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

3/5

Caetano Veloso

2/5

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

2/5

Dire Straits

3/5

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

1/5

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

2/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

3/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

2/5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

1/5

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

Arctic Monkeys

2/5

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

2/5

The Coral

2/5

1999

Prince

5/5

Sea Change

Beck

2/5

The Libertines

1/5

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

4/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

1/5

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

1/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

2/5

Violent Femmes

2/5

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

4/5

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

1/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

2/5

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

3/5

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

3/5

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

Tommy

The Who

3/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

3/5

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

1/5

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

1/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

3/5

Abraxas

Santana

2/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

1/5

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

2/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

2/5

Vulnicura

Björk

1/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

1/5

Bert Jansch

2/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

3/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

3/5

Ananda Shankar

1/5

The Doors

4/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

3/5

S&M

Metallica

4/5

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

1/5

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

1/5

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

David Bowie

4/5

My Generation

The Who

2/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

1/5

Led Zeppelin

3/5

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

1/5

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

2/5

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

1/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

2/5

Document

R.E.M.

2/5

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

2/5

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

1/5

Paul Simon

2/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

1/5

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

2/5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

2/5

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

2/5

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

2/5

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

1/5

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

1/5

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

1/5

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

1/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

2/5

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

2/5

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

2/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

5/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

1/5

Scott 4

Scott Walker

1/5

Revolver

Beatles

2/5

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

4/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

2/5

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

2/5

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

2/5

Damaged

Black Flag

2/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

1/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

1/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

1/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

2/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

Foo Fighters

3/5

Common

2/5

Bummed

Happy Mondays

1/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

2/5

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

2/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

5/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Low

David Bowie

3/5

Dry

PJ Harvey

4/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

2/5

Achtung Baby

5/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

5/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

5/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

1/5

Green

R.E.M.

2/5

Slipknot

3/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

5/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

3/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

4/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

3/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Suzanne Vega

2/5

Garbage

3/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

5/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

5/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Adele

3/5

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

Roxy Music

3/5

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

2/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

2/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

2/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

2/5

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

3/5

The Joshua Tree

4/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

4/5

Follow The Leader

Korn

3/5